The Nature Photography Thread

[RedSidedSPR]

yeah, they're ok

[ConcinusMan]

Here you go. Nikon Coolpix s6000. Macro mode, ISO-250, focal length 8mm, 300X300dpi, exposure 1/60 sec. Image mode 16:9, 4224 X 2376 pixels.

[RedSidedSPR]

wow, that was quick. What did you do, hose the yard down?!

Awesome pics. Now i really want the camera!

[ConcinusMan]

Didn't have to. This is the Pacific Northwest. It was raining and in the upper 50's in the afternoon. Can't manage to get more than a couple of dry days in a row this entire spring. It's still doing that. Still quite cool and damp with the exception of day or two here and there.

[RedSidedSPR]

Wow. It rains very rarely here. Hasn't rained in quite a while...

[ConcinusMan]

Shoot, we get more days with rain than without. Half of the dry days are still cool and cloudy. We've got 2 inches since June 1st, around 26 inches since Jan 1st. About the only time it quits raining is for a little while in late July through most of August and that's it. The rest of the year is the rainy season. around 60 inches a year. It's quite miserable. Especially the last two years in a row. Blink and you miss summer and you might as well forget about sunshine in the spring season 'cause it's just not happening.

[RedSidedSPR]

Wow. Where are you exactly?

[ConcinusMan]

Standing in ankle-deep water most of the time but right now I'm sitting at my computer.

[RedSidedSPR]

Well, that answers the question...

State is all i meant. You don't have to tell me...

[ConcinusMan]

State of confusion. Telling you the State would tell you nothing since WA and OR are both split right down the middle by the Cascades Mt. range. The west side gets 60 inches of rain a year, and is (or was, rather) heavily forested and green year round, the east side is desert and gets around 8 inches a year. I guess my point is, if I said I was in WA or Oregon, that wouldn't tell you much about the weather unless you know if it's east or west of the mountains.

Now if I haven't confused you yet, then let me tell you this: The metropolis I live in, is not completely in Washington, and it's not completely in Oregon. It spans both states.