Debbie O'Riley Pics

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Amateur photographer. This is my creative space, no politics please! Nature 🌿 art, traveler, music, storyteller, dreamer, hsp, animal & yoga lover - Seattle, WA

Seattle's Great Wheel is lit up in yellow on this November evening. The sky is gray and light rain is falling. The yellow from the wheel is providing this evening's golden hour as it reflects on the water of Puget Sound. Off to the left is a playground that looks a lot like an octopus.
This photo was taken at the Weston Grist Mill in Vermont. The season is fall and the colors are popping. There is a low fence in front, and the river with a low waterfall that runs the mill in the middle. In the back is a field with orange and yellow fall foliage. Happy Autumn everyone!
A scene from Kubota Garden in Seattle from last weekend. The colors of fall are abundant in this beautiful Japanese garden with greens, red, yellow, & orange. This feature is an inviting bench to sit and watch it all.
Autumn has peaked in the Pacific Northwest. A beautiful orange and green tree can be seen in the foreground with others in the back. Happy fall 🍁
Nature was showing off! A beautiful sunrise over the Kent Valley in the greater Puget Sound area of Washington State. The sky is painted yellow, orange, red, and gray. The Cascade Mountains can be seen in the background and the Kent Valley with homes, businesses, and beautiful fall foliate can be seen in the foreground.
A moss covered staircase leads up through an English ivy pathway. Trees surround the image and the stairway. This can be found in the University of Washington Botanical Gardens in Seattle.
Autumn is showing off with Mount Rainier. This image showcases a beautiful field with a wooden fence in front, a green and golden lawn in the middle, a fantastic line of fall foliage covered trees with hills and misty mountains in the background. The crown on top of it all is Mount Rainier against a beautiful early morning blue sky.
A beautiful maple leaf is still in transition. The center is dark green with red veins and the outside of the leaf is bright red. It is covered in raindrops 🍁
It's a beautiful fall day in Seattle Washington. Bright orange leaves have fallen onto this path that goes through a tunnel of golden foliage. Green shrubs can be seen in the front with orange foliage on the left and yellow foliage still clinging to a large tree on the right. The same variety of yellow tree continues down to create a tunnel of yellow on this path.
Said to be the entrance to the otherworld, Irish folklore sites ruin when a lone tree is cut, angering the fairies who live there. Never fall asleep under a hawthorn tree. You will be taken away by the fairies 🎃 ✨✨✨ The photo is of a Hawthorne branch with lush green leaves and red berries covered by raindrops. Bokeh can be seen in the background in the sun rays are coming in from the upper right.
It's golden hour at Golden Garden Beach in Seattle. The reflection on the ocean is golden/orange like the sky. Puffy clouds can be safe blowing by with the islands of Puget Sound in the background. There is a sailboat moored just offshore.
A beautiful red fly agaric mushroom is growing in the loamy fall soil under a maple tree. Soon it will be covered with autumn leaves. Happy October everyone 🍂🍁🍄
One single pumpkin in a pumpkin patch photographed at night. Only the pumpkin is in the spotlight. Faint dark green foliage can be seen around with trees looming in the background and stars in the sky. Welcome to October! 🎃
A grove of deciduous trees pop in the autumn sun on the Pacific Northwest coast. Fir trees can be seen in front, the Pacific Ocean in the middle, with color-changing shoreline hills in the background. Puffy white clouds can be seen in a blue sky 🍂
Vashon Island, Washington at sunset. The waters of Puget Sound are framed by a fir tree on the left and a deciduous fall foliage filled tree on the right. A tree in the middle has already lost its leaves. The sun is setting in the background against the mainland of Seattle with soft sunrays reaching up into the sky. Happy Sunday friends!
This was early in the morning and I'm lost somewhere on Bainbridge Island Washington. I love roads that you can get out on to photograph without fear of being run over =) The photo is of a dark road with yellow lines down the middle; silhouettes of majestic fir a trees line each side of the road and at the end is a shroud of fog. Very mysterious!
A road in Vermont early in the morning last fall. No one else is on the road with me so I get out in the silence to take photographs. There is fog at the end of the road. Orange fallen leaves line up perfectly on each side of the road and beautiful autumn foliage still on trees stand guard on each side.
Seward Park in Seattle is beginning to show off its fall colors. Happy Autumn Equinox everyone! There is a Japanese pagoda statue in the front with Lake Washington in the middle; in the background is a hill of trees filled with lush green fir trees and dotted with orange and yellow deciduous trees. 🍂
The silhouette of a gull can be seen flying in the middle of this golden hour photograph. The sun is almost to the horizon and is bright yellow with sun rays shining up. This sky is painted yellow, white, and blue. The islands across Puget Sound can be seen off in the distance and the reflection of the sun can be seen on the waters at Alki Point in Seattle.
The museum of Glass in Tacoma Washington is appropriately made of glass. The mirrored exterior reflects the sky beautifully, especially with the white puffy clouds that can often be seen in Tacoma. The sharp angles of the mirrors create interest in this structure.
(I promise I was standing on the path; it snakes around.) Mount Rainier is in the background with some snow still left on her. Green grass with the path cutting through in the foreground and in the middle off to the left there are fir trees & a little bit of fall foliage starting to show through. "The world's big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark." - John Muir
A large leaf maple tree is changing in a spectacular manner. The middle of the leaves are still a deep green with a bright orange that turns into red on the outsides. An early fall evening in the PNW 🍂
At Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, the gardeners have brilliantly placed a beautiful yellow-turning larch amongst the vibrant fall maple trees and lush green lawns, shrubs, and fir trees. The sun is bright in the sky with some puffy white clouds. A perfect fall day.
A beautiful sunset over Puget Sound taken from Lincoln Park in Seattle. The nearby islands and Olympic Mountains can be seen in the distance. A bit of the beach can be seen in the foreground, with Puget Sound in the middle. The sun is casting a yellow reflection all the way across the water and sun beams are extending up into the painted orange and yellow clouds with a blue sky peeking through. Golden hour.
Mount Rainier at sunrise. The mountain herself is between fir trees in the foreground. The sky is painted yellow, orange, and white. This was taken in winter so she is covered with a blanket of snow and has a small cloud cap on.
Tipsoo Lake in Mount Rainier National Park, WA State in the summer. The pristine lake has a turquoise/jade tint to it since it was created from ice melt & the meadow surrounding it is covered in wildflowers. It is early in the morning and the sunrise is casting sunbeams down onto the lake. There's early morning fog still in the basin at the bottom of the mountains. The sky is painted orange, yellow, and blue. It was definitely worth the early morning hike!
Taken on the Palouse Scenic Byway in Eastern Washington, just as the sun started to break through the storm, this beauty appeared. There's a rainbow going from the upper right hand corner of the photo down to where the road leads. Magical!
North Bend, Washington is showing spectacular signs of an early fall. A road cuts through a forest with fall foliage mixed in with green fir trees on each side. A bridge can be seen in the background with misty cloud covered mountains in the background.
Someone has painted a rock with various shades of purple and pink dots and right in the middle it says, "You Rock". They placed it on a pile of rocks to be enjoyed by everyone.
A single English ivy League is covered in raindrops, showcasing the simplicity of nature's beauty. 💚
A beautiful robin stopped to say hello. He has beautiful brown wings with a little bit of white, he has a vivid orange breast and face. His eyes are big and bright and the sun is causing bokeh in the background. The foreground is moss on the branch that he purched on.
A burnt orange and black Aphrodite Fritillary butterfly lands on a fuchsia pink flower creating a beautiful contrast with lush green leaves as the background.
Alki Beach, Seattle at sunset. The sky was perfect for it, creating pink puffy clouds in a still blue sky above, with an orange sunset over the islands and Olympic Mountains beyond. The sun is casting her reflection across the water and is sending rays up and down. Seagrass and sand are in the foreground with a small ripple of water.
The Space Needle in Seattle at night. The sky is clear and filled with stars. Taken from Seattle Center, the trees below and some light pollution can be seen. The UFO look of the Space Needle is obvious from this angle.
Late summer roses. These beauties feature red/coral frilly petals with yellow on the inside. These are covered by morning dew in the garden.
A video featuring Neil Diamond's song September Morn features a sunflower with a bright blue sky behind and lush green fir trees. The words Hello September are flanked by positive terms such as be happy. Happy September! 🍂
The clock tower at King Street Station in Seattle just before dusk. There are still some sunrays coming down from above. The sky is still a blue green with the golden sunset just starting to peek through at the bottom.
A Japanese Anemone × hybrida ‘Whirlwind’ Is blooming in the garden; the signs are everywhere that fall is coming. Enjoying the simple things in life. Beautiful white petals are opened to bright orange stamen and a green center. Green foliage and expended flowers can be seen in the background.
A sunbeam shines down onto a lake full of lily pads with a water lily in the front. Lush green hills of grass and trees are in the background. This was taken at the UW Washington Botanical Gardens in Seattle, Washington.
A bee has landed on a beautiful red sunflower. There is a golden circle around the interior where the pollen is being harvested. A sun flare is coming down from the upper left with a bright blue sky and green foliage in the background.
A boat is coming back into dock at sunset. The Puget Sound is almost glassy and the sky is painted orange, gray, blue, & white. A small wake can be seen behind the boat with the Olympic Mountains in the background.
A pink rosebud just beginning to open is covered in raindrops. In the garden.
A beautiful deep yellow sunflower is hosting a bee of exactly the same color (covered in pollen). A sunbeam is shining down from a bright blue sky, with green foliage surrounding in the late summer garden.
A monarch caterpillar is looking at the camera upside down. Perfect for a Monday morning! Actually, it's munching on a stem getting ready for the strength it will need for metamorphosis 🦋
A bee has landed in the center of a yellow sunflower. The sunflower is not alone and the sun is shining down on it with a blue sky painted with faint white clouds behind.
A person is paddle boarding through Puget Sound at sunset. The sun is almost down and the paddle boarder has reached the golden line in the water. This sky is painted in hues of orange, blue, and white, with the dark Olympic mountains in the background.
The skyline of Vancouver, BC, Canada from Queen Elizabeth Park. Brightly colored fall foliage is in the front, the city is in the middle, & the mountains are in the back with white puffy clouds and a blue sky above.
It's sunflower season and I'm taking full advantage of it. This bright yellow sunflower with a burnt orange center has a sunbeam shining down on it.
Taken on a dock near Creek Street in Ketchikan, Alaska on a rainy day. I took advantage of the water on the dock to create a reflection of a local shop. The building is bright red with white borders and writing. The sky is gray, but that kept the people away, which made for great photography!
A soft pink rose is covered in raindrops. Seen on a walk in a neighborhood Garden.
A much photographed glacier in Glacier Bay National Park that I have worked some magic on in Photoshop to create a reflection with a rainbow. It is World Photography Day, so I thought I would share something extra.
Erysimum linifolium - AKA: Wallflower, showcases the delicate artistry that is nature. Each tiny flower is only a few centimeters across and yet each petal is a work of art. Magenta, orange, and green all from one stem. Nature is the ultimate artist!
A yellow rose in profile is covered in raindrops. Dark green foliage surrounds the beautiful wide open bloom.
Glacier ice leads away from this beautiful glacier in one of the fjords of the inland passage, Alaska... Lamplugh Glacier is an 8-mile-long (13 km) glacier located in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. It leads north to its 1961 terminus in Johns Hopkins Inlet.
A sun beam is shining down on a bright yellow sunflower with a burnt orange circle highlighting the dark brown and orange center that the birds adore. Olive green foliage creates the backdrop to this beautiful seasonal favorite of mine.
A lush landscape filled with conifers and green & red leaf maples surround a pathway with a red Japanese garden bridge in Kubota Garden, Seattle, Washington.
It is a smokey night in the greater Seattle area, which gave the sky a very eerie glow. The sun is setting on top of this building under the American flag. There is a double meaning in this photograph. Thankfully, at least for the physical fire, rain is on the way. 😔
A bumble bee perches on the stamens of a coral pink coneflower spreading the magical pollen around the garden.