Color photo. Mount Si and a small lake. The mountain is reflected in the lake. Growing on the far shore are a line of trees going golden autumn yellow.

I spent my weekend getting out and enjoying the sun and the autumn color, visiting places both new to me and familiar.

The familiar place was Mount Si, which is the mountain partly responsible for me moving to Washington in the first place. I’d flown up to Seattle for a job interview and, afterwards, had a limited amount of time to explore the area. I ended up down in Snoqualmie, caught my first good view of Mount Si, and knew that I wanted to live here.

The new place was the aptly named High Steel Bridge, out on the Olympic Peninsula. It crosses a steep gorge over the South Fork Skokomish River and the view from the span is pretty great. I brought my drone so that I could include the bridge in a shot.

I hope you all had a great weekend, and are getting the opportunity to see some autumn colors in your area.

Gear: Nikon Z7 II, Nikon Z 24-70mm f2.8 S, DJI Mini 3 Pro

Color photo. Mount Si and a small lake. The mountain is reflected in the lake. Growing on the far shore are a line of trees going golden autumn yellow.
Color photo. A graffiti-covered deer skull hangs from a tree. Nearby, on another tree, is a white sign with red letters that reads "AREA CLOSED, EXTREME HAZARD".
Color photo. A thin creek falls down a steep slope covered in evergreens and autumn yellow trees.
Color photo. A view of a river in a gorge. The left slopes are in shadow, and the right are in sunlight. Both are mostly covered in evergreens, with splashes of autumn yellow.
Color photo. An arcing bridge truss crosses the top of the frame. Below is the river gorge the bridge spans. The steep slopes are covered in evergreens, and dotted with autumn-yellow trees.

If you’d like to see any of these made available in my Print Store, let me know in the comments!