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undulating fields of autumn
I don’t know…there’s just something about those curvy hills – said everyone who’s been to the Palouse.
Palouse, Washington
photographed 9.3.2020
after the harvest
I know the traditional time to go to the Palouse to photograph the famous rolling hills of wheat is in the early summer, when it’s green and lush.
So, naturally I went in September*, when it was brown and dusty. (In that way, it reminded me of home.) I liked seeing the patterns in the fields and the distant columns of dust rising from a harvesting operation.
near Farmington, Washington
photographed 9.3.2020
*I didn’t just wind up there in September: I went then on purpose.
Moon Tree
Of course, everyone knows you’re not supposed to shoot the night skies when the moon’s full. That’s the Main Rule.
Yet, there I was. Although to my (very slight) credit, I was there one day after it was full. But when trips have to be scheduled around other things, and when night-sky photography isn’t the main reason for travel, sometimes you have to take what you can get. And what I got was a nice dead tree – on the edge of a cemetery, even – and a shy moon peaking out.
Greenwood Cemetery
Palouse, Washington
photographed 9.3.2020
Cairns
I like how the golden color of those cairns is mirrored in the wheat fields below.
Steptoe Butte State Park, Washington
photographed 9.1.2020
Sod Roller
If I’m in a cemetery, I will always check out the groundskeeper’s shack. It’s just a thing I do. Sometimes it isn’t worth the (very small) effort, but other times, there’s a sod roller leaning against the wall.
Greenwood Cemetery
Palouse, Washington
photographed 9.3.2020
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