JFM Photography

Photo taken with an iPhone 6 from 27,000 feet from Air Alaska flight into Seattle, Washington Airport. Mount Rainier, also known as Tahoma or Tacoma, is the highest mountain of the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest, and the highest mountain in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a large active stratovolcano located 59 miles south-southeast of Seattle, in the Mount Rainier National Park. It is the 21st most prominent mountain in the world with an elevation rise of 13,211 feet from its nearest low point.

The icon of Seattle, Washington USA is the Space Needle observation tower. The Stuttgart Tower in Germany inspired it. Its space-age image was the focus of the futuristic 21st Century theme 1962 World’s Fair in Seattle.  (605-foot tall; the restaurant on top rotates with just a one horsepower electric motor.)

Canon 40D, EF 24-105 Lens ISO 100 on tripod with cable release from the Downtown Hyatt hotel room, 110 6th Ave. N. Seattle, WA. 

The icon of Seattle, Washington USA is the Space Needle observation tower. The Stuttgart Tower in Germany inspired it. Its space-age image was the focus of the futuristic 21st Century theme 1962 World’s Fair in Seattle.  (605-foot tall; the restaurant on top rotates with just a one horsepower electric motor.)

Canon 40D, EF 24-105 Lens ISO 100 on tripod with cable release from the Downtown Hyatt hotel room, 110 6th Ave. N. Seattle, WA. 

The icon of Seattle, Washington USA is the Space Needle observation tower. The Stuttgart Tower in Germany inspired it. Its space-age image was the focus of the futuristic 21st Century theme 1962 World’s Fair in Seattle.  (605-foot tall; the restaurant on top rotates with just a one horsepower electric motor.)

Canon 40D, EF 24-105 Lens ISO 100 on tripod with cable release from the Downtown Hyatt hotel room, 110 6th Ave. N. Seattle, WA. 

The icon of Seattle, Washington USA is the Space Needle observation tower. The Stuttgart Tower in Germany inspired it. Its space-age image was the focus of the futuristic 21st Century theme 1962 World’s Fair in Seattle.  (605-foot tall; the restaurant on top rotates with just a one horsepower electric motor.)

Canon 40D, EF 24-105 Lens ISO 100 on tripod with cable release from the Downtown Hyatt hotel room, 110 6th Ave. N. Seattle, WA. 

Wizard Island is a volcanic cinder cone formed after Mount Mazama, a large stratovolcano, erupted violently approximately 7,700 years ago; forming its caldera that now contains Crater Lake (about 4,000 feet (1,200 m) deep). The top of the island reaches 6,933 feet above sea level, about 755 feet above the average surface of the lake. A volcanic crater about 500 feet wide and 100 feet deep caps the cone. William Gladstone Steel named the crater the “Witches Cauldron” in 1885, and the island Wizard Island. It is located in Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, North Western Coastal area of the USA.

Canon 1Dx, EF 24 – 105 Lens ISO 100 on tripod with cable release

Mount Saint Helens is a horseshoe shaped crater partially filled by a young lava dome is what remains of the once conical Mount St. Helens or Louwala-Clough. It is an active stratovolcano that erupted in 1980 located in Skamania County, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is 96 miles south of Seattle, Washington, and 50 miles northeast of Portland, Oregon. Mount St. Helens takes its English name from the British diplomat Lord St Helens, a friend of explorer George Vancouver who made a survey of the area in the late 18th century.

Canon 1Dx, EF 24-105 Lens ISO 100 on tripod with cable release.

 Multnomah Falls is the tallest waterfall in the state of Oregon. It is on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge. The falls drops in two major steps, split into an upper falls of 542 feet (165 m) and a lower falls of 69 feet (21 m), with a gradual 9 foot (3 m) drop in elevation between the two, so the total height of the waterfall is conventionally given as 620 feet (189 m). Benson Footbridge is 105 feet above the lower cascade.

Canon 1Dx, EF 24-105 Lens ISO 100 on tripod with cable release.

Oregon Sand Dunes is the largest expanse of coastal sand dunes in North America that are wind-sculpted towering to 500 feet above sea level. Located in the state of Oregon in the Pacific Northwest region of the USA.

Canon 1Dx, EF 100- 400 Lens ISO 100 on tripod with cable release.

The Fog City Dinner on the Embarcadero at night with the Coil Tower in Pioneer Park on Telegraph Hill lighted in the background. Homage to Edward Hopper’s 1942 NightHawks  - oil on canvas painting.  The original Fog City Diner, which opened in 1985 was closed, renovated and reopened at 1300 Battery Street along the Embarcadero in San Francisco, CA. USA. 

Bay Ferry Gate B is located at the San Francisco Bay Ferry Terminal on the Embarcadero, San Francisco, California, USA. The Bay Bridge and Treasure Island can be seen in the background. 

Canon 1Dx, EF 24-105 Lens ISO 640 on tripod with cable release.

Golden Hills of San Francisco, CA. USA. The dry brown grasses give a golden appearance to the hills around the San Francisco Bay. Several ancient cities and San Francisco claim to have been built on seven hills but it is more like 43 hills for San Francisco.

Canon 1Dx, EF 24-105 Lens ISO 400 on tripod with cable release.

Nuphar luteum subsp. advena, the yellow water lily, or brandy-bottle, is native to temperate regions in the world. This aquatic plant grows in shallow water and wetlands, with its roots in the sediment and its leaves floating on the water surface; it can grow in water up to 5 metres deep. The flower ripens with a red fringe on the seedpod and the Klamath Indians call the seedpods “wokas” Taken at the Silver Lake area around the Mount St. Helens Visitor Center at Silver Lake, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is 96 miles south of Seattle, Washington, and 50 miles northeast of Portland, Oregon. This is one of several Interpretive Centers located on the Spirit Lake Highway with information about the volcano.

The Japanese sea nettle (Chrysaora pacifica) has a light- colored bell with a dark orange lines radiating from the center of the bell to its edges. They have long tentacles that can be up to 10 feet long. If touched these can cause skin irritations and a burning sensation. Habits are the temperate waters of the northern Pacific Ocean, Arctic Ocean and especially the Bering Sea.  San Francisco Bay Aquarium on the Embarcadero, San Francisco, California, USA. 

Canon 1Dx, EF 24-105 Lens ISO 25600 with cable release.