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Title: Olympic National Park
Post by: popeshawnpaul on May 27, 2008, 09:34:14 PM: I got out for a "family camping trip" this weekend. My wife gets annoyed at these trips as they are really my photo trips disguised as a family outing. Anyways, we had a great time and saw everything from Hurrican Ridge, Marymere Falls, Shi Shi Beach, Second Beach, Rialto Beach, Ruby Beach, Beach 2-5, Hoh rainforest, Quinalt rainforest, some deer, and a bear. Here are a few of the shots I had a chance to post.

Rialto Beach
(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10250/Rialto.jpg)

Falls near Lake Quinalt
(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10250/Waterfall.jpg)

Lots of moss in this park...
(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10250/moss_over_river.jpg)

Yet another no name waterfall
(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10250/Waterfall_2.jpg)

Big tree...small daughter!
(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10250/Helene.jpg)
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Post by: jackelope on May 27, 2008, 09:42:54 PM: awesome pope...thanks for posting. i gotta get over there...maybe i will wait till my really small daughter gets a little less small so she can stand next to one of those trees.
good stuff.
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Post by: Slider on May 27, 2008, 09:45:15 PM: Very Nice!!! Is that Minime?
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Post by: popeshawnpaul on May 27, 2008, 09:45:54 PM: That's my 3 year old daughter/model Helene. She was a better trooper than mom was... :)
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Post by: bucklucky on May 27, 2008, 09:51:31 PM: Nice pictures! Have you been getting any pictures of some blacktails?
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Post by: LongTatLaw on May 27, 2008, 11:48:53 PM: very nice pics Sir!

any chance you'd give up some directions to those waterfalls? I was out messing around in the ONF this weekend but no idea where to find any falls...

can ya help a brother out or are they ur secret falls :rolleyes:
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Post by: popeshawnpaul on May 27, 2008, 11:53:13 PM: I didn't get any pictures of the black bear or the blacktails I saw. I actually didn't have a big telephoto so I missed a great opportunity with a black bear in a bright green field. The blacktails didn't have horns so I guess I'll have to wait until fall time for them...

The best waterfalls I found were right on the road. I hiked up to Marymere but it wasn't that spectacular. The two best smaller cascading type falls I found were up past Lake Quinalt on the south shore road. Where the loop connects to the north shore road is where there is a big field and the bear was out in that field. I never did make it to Sol Duc Falls so I can't comment on them.
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Post by: M_ray on May 27, 2008, 11:57:01 PM: Nice job Shawn ... Love that first one!
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Post by: billythekidrock on May 28, 2008, 06:16:39 AM: Great photos.

The falls look like the ones along the South Shore road.

You didn't happen to see the bear in Bunch Fields did ya? There is a whopper that hangs out there and we used to see him a couple times a year.
Title: Re: Olympic National Park
Post by: HawkenBob on May 28, 2008, 07:37:09 AM: I have a few shots of Bunch creek falls too. Once, like *censored*es, we hiked straight up to Bunch lake using the creek as our path. 6 hrs later we arrived and were too tired so we headed straight back down.

Great shot of Rialto.
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Post by: Ray on May 28, 2008, 07:52:32 AM: Great photos. I borrowed a nice camera once and tried to make nice photos. I failed miserably and went back to point and shoot. I was down in that region on Sunday.
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Post by: boneaddict on May 28, 2008, 08:47:37 AM: Top notch stuff Pope. Love the family pics.
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Post by: Alchase on May 28, 2008, 12:01:17 PM: Awesome pics Pope, every year we make the 101 loop drive and have to stop at "The Big Red Cedar" to get pictures. It started out as an annoying joke on my boys, but now they look forward to it, LOL.
Title: Re: Olympic National Park
Post by: billythekidrock on May 28, 2008, 04:17:14 PM: Quote
I have a few shots of Bunch creek falls too. Once, like *censored*es, we hiked straight up to Bunch lake using the creek as our path. 6 hrs later we arrived and were too tired so we headed straight back down.

Elk hunting? lol
Title: Re: Olympic National Park
Post by: popeshawnpaul on May 28, 2008, 06:48:53 PM: Billy, I did see a bear but he was no whopper. I dunno, I looked at him and he had big mickey mouse ears so I figured he was small. His belly didn't sag at all and he looked like his legs were long. Here is a small picture of him...
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Post by: Timberstalker on May 28, 2008, 07:27:02 PM: Awesome pictures Pope.
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Post by: billythekidrock on May 28, 2008, 07:49:39 PM: Quote from: popeshawnpaul on May 28, 2008, 06:48:53 PM
Billy, I did see a bear but he was no whopper. I dunno, I looked at him and he had big mickey mouse ears so I figured he was small. His belly didn't sag at all and he looked like his legs were long. Here is a small picture of him...

The big ears thing is a myth.
This looks like Bunch Fields and I am assuming you took the pic from the (newly paved) road. If so, I don't think it is my whopper, but it is definately a shooter if on huntable ground. I am basing the "shooter" definition on the fact that I have spent alot of time up there and I know the distance from the road to the treeline.

Still a fun pic.
Did you see any elk there? Maybe these little guys only a year older?

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hunt101.com%2Fdata%2F500%2Fmedium%2F1443IMG_1490.jpg&hash=2eea4b6191ba66a5fdbd47eae2e614d4a0b48f1f)
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Post by: Jackjr on May 28, 2008, 07:57:41 PM: Nice pics. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by: bucklucky on May 28, 2008, 07:59:05 PM: KABOOM!! Dead bear!
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Post by: actionshooter on May 28, 2008, 08:17:58 PM: Cool pics and a neat area, spent a fair amount of time there myself, done enchanted valley twice.
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Post by: Head-shot on May 28, 2008, 08:34:27 PM: Nice pics Shawn, as usual, thanks for the post.
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Post by: robb92 on May 28, 2008, 11:43:23 PM: Great pics!!! Thanks for posting them.
Title: Re: Olympic National Park
Post by: popeshawnpaul on May 28, 2008, 11:55:13 PM: I think the picture makes the bear look bigger than he really was. This was not a big bear. I would have guessed him at 150 lbs... He looked really skinny and young. I actually wondered where mom was. I didn't see the elk this time...
Title: Re: Olympic National Park
Post by: popeshawnpaul on May 29, 2008, 04:01:24 PM: I was going through a few more pictures and my wife liked this one. Kind of the same Rialto shot with a different focal length. I think those rocks out there are called the needles...?

(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10250/Rialto_2.jpg)
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Post by: bucklucky on May 29, 2008, 04:13:05 PM: Pope you take some nice pics!
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Post by: popeshawnpaul on May 29, 2008, 06:36:42 PM: I love shooting panoramic images but they never seem to translate well to internet viewing. I shot this one with four images and merged later. My wife Anna saw this image while driving and demanded I pull over and shoot this scene for her. I guess she has a good eye.

(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10250/1200_px_sequim_panoramic.jpg)
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Post by: robb92 on May 29, 2008, 06:47:23 PM: Another great pic!!!!
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Post by: rosscrazyelk on June 03, 2008, 08:34:25 PM: Pope you want to give me some lessons?
Title: Re: Olympic National Park
Post by: popeshawnpaul on June 03, 2008, 09:05:54 PM: I'd love to. You name the time and place and let's go shooting. Grouse one of these weekends or a landscape/waterfall trip in the cascades for a day? (not sure you are ready for big rams yet...lol) I'm game for almost anything. If anyone ever wants to go shoot and take me to your honey hole let me know. :)

I have learned a ton by shooting with good photographers over the years. Sometimes just shooting next to them and hearing when and why and how they are shooting. How they set up. How they approach a subject, etc. Most photographers are cocky a-holes so I don't like to shoot with pros. Tony Bynum is that exception. I learn a lot just shooting near a guy like that. It's already affected how I shoot and approach wildlife photography.