Just starting with ultraviolet reactive visible light photography. This is a rock specimen of Willemite, Calcite, and Franklinite (from Sterling Hill Mine in New Jersey). Both images taken in visible light. The right image is lit with a shortwave (255nm) ultraviolet flashlight.

Black-capped Chickadee, in apple tree, Iverson Preserve, Camano Island, Washington. Image taken 5/2/2023

San Juan Island sunset, image taken from Washington Park Boat Launch, Anacortes, Washington. Image taken 5/6/2022.

Tree Swallows, about to mate (which happened quickly), Iverson Preserve, Camano Island, Washington. Image taken 5/14/2010.

Cherry Blossoms and Jefferson Memorial, Washington DC. Images taken from across the tidal basin on 4/14/2013.

Steamboat Rock State Park, Grand Coulee, Washington. False color infrared images taken 10/9/2025.

Dark-eyed Junco, Kukutali Preserve State Park Heritage Site, Washington. Images taken 4/27/2022

Digital art interpretation of Skunk Cabbage, based on an image taken on the Wetlands Trail, Camano Ridge Preserve, Camano Island, Washington. Image taken 4/14/2020.

American Robin in a meadow, San Juan Island, Washington. Images taken 5/3/2018.

Digital art, based on an image taken in Bodie, California on 9/26/2013.

Spotted Towhee, hopping along, Iverson Preserve, Camano Island, Washington. Images taken 5/2/23

Savannah Sparrow on an Oregon Grape, Iverson Preserve, Camano Island, Washington. Image taken 3/18/2023.

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Mudflats of the northern end of Port Susan Bay, Washington, at low tide. Above the shoreline are agricultural fields stretching up the Stillaquamish River Valley. Slowly, over many years, some fields are being restored to tidal estuary, helping juvenile salmon, waterfowl, and other creatures.

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Female common merganser, flying up the south fork Skagit River, Skagit River Estuary, Washington. Images taken 3/31/2018.

Black Oystercatcher, Ala Spit, Whidbey Island. Image taken 4/18/2016 (ten years ago today).

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Another way to get there is via kayak. A favorite kayak trip for me is to go down the Skagit River (from HQ Unit boat ramp), and head over to the entrance to Wylie Slough. You can head up Wylie Slough, and a perfect time for this is near sunset with the tide coming in. Great for bird photography.

This is the entrance to Wylie Slough, Skagit Bay, Washington. Image taken 3/16/2021. It is a long, round about, walk from the parking lot at the Skagit Wildlife Area Headquarters Unit. Must be done at low tide and low river flow, with water shoes and/or waders. Never seen anyone else here.

Sadie and Sherman at the mouth of Wylie Slough, Skagit River Estuary, Skagit Bay, Washington. Image taken 3/16/2021. Tide is out, and there is a late winter sky to set the scene. Camano Island and Whidbey Island can be seen in the distance.

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Iceberg, LeConte Bay, near Petersburg, Alaska. The LeConte Glacier is the southern most tidewater glacier in Alaska. It flows into LeConte Bay, as you might imagine! Images taken 7/1/2014

Northern Harrier (aka Hawk of the Marsh), Samish Flats, Edison, Washington. Image taken 2/23/2024.

Northern Shrike, Hayton Preserve, Fir Island, Washington. Images taken 11/7/2023.

Fort Whitman, Goat Island, south of La Conner, Washington. Accessible only by watercraft and then scrambling up a rather steep hillside. Relatively unknown, but this fort was used from 1909 to 1947, and was part of the system of forts protecting Puget Sound.

Goat Island, south of La Conner, Washington. Accessible only by watercraft. I have kayaked there from La Conner. Image taken 9/19/2019.

North Fork Skagit River, as it empties into Puget Sound, south of La Conner, Washington. First image looks north east, while second image looks east (with Ika Island dominating the view). Both images taken 12/4/2020.

Another image of the South Fork Skagit River Estuary, Washington. Wonderful kayaking here, but a bit of a maze. It took me several trips into this area to learn my way around it. Routes can vary based on tide levels and river flows. Image taken on 3/9/2020.

South Fork Skagit River Estuary, Washington. First image is looking north northeast towards Mount Baker and the North Cascades, while the second image is looking south southwest toward Puget Sound (Camano Island on the left, and Whidbey Island on the right). Images taken on 3/9/2020.