late summer glimpse

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late summer glimpse
late summer glimpse

North Shore, Union Bay

A glimpse of green after a long, hot day and even longer period between serious rain, taken about 30 minutes before sunset.

The lack of rain since roughly April, combined with more recent hot days has the whole Puget Sound region looking dried out. The tops of most trees are suffering and a lot of the local cedars are as well. Virtually all grass is dried and browned except for those who regularly water their lawn. I'm not one – my only lawn is the streetside grass strip out front. It's currently brown. I sort of regret not watering it. Not for the lawn; it always comes back each winter. But, rather, for the cherry tree out front. It looks to be suffering after this long stretch of dryness.

Tonight though, on an after-dinner walk to practice shooting birds (photographically), I caught this glimpse of bright green trees and shrubs growing next to a slough still full of water. There were few birds though. The recent hot weather probably drove them to Canada.

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Taken on: August 27, 2023
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Camera: LEICA CAMERA AG LEICA SL2, f/6.3, 1/640 sec, 100mm, ISO 3200 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: LEICA CAMERA AG LEICA SL2
Lens: VARIO-ELMAR SL 1:5-6,3 / 100-400
Aperture: f/6.3
Exposure Time: 0.002 sec (1/640)
Focal Length: 100mm
ISO: 3200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program: Manual
Metering Mode: Multi-segment
White Balance: Manual
Light Source: Other
Sharpness: Hard
Color Space: sRGB
Software: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 12.5 (Macintosh)
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