A number of weeks back, Joelle and I took a day trip to the area known as White Pass in the Gifford Pinc hot National Forest and then into the Snoqualmie National Forest.

This would be one of the only sunny days we would have in the coming months so it was a real treat to be up there.

My goal was to photograph the Western Larch in their fall yellow attire.

The Great Western Larch are very large coniferous trees which change their leaf (needle) color in the fall.

Technically, they are what is called a “Deciduous Conifer”. The trees are a cousin to the Tamarack trees of the east. They are so similar in the characteristics, the two trees are often intermingled or confused with the other.

They are not the same.

Western Larch are out here on the Pacific Coast and the Tamarack are on the Eastern portion of the United States. Both equally stunning in their fall splendor.

We hit the jackpot on the day after the election when we headed up.

It was sunny in the early morning and it was also incredibly calm from a wind standpoint.

The calmness allowed for safe and successful drone flights, certainly. But more importantly, this meant that a few of the lakes which would present themselves to us would also be calm.

This fact allowed for a few spectacular photographs which contain a lake reflection of a small hill/mountain and the larch in color.

It was great.

I’d like to share the attached photos with you to enjoy and also share the video I produced while headed up and driving around, showing you the Larch along the mountain sides in 4k.

I hope you enjoy.

rob out

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