Author: Fred King

Seventy four year old photographer, cancer survivor living in Seattle, WA. Currently under going Chemotherapy and soon to start one year of Immunotherapy. Update: 24 Aug 2025: Ten months of immunotherapy completed. ☑️ Now will continue immunotherapy "indefinitely" ( as of October 2025).

Our Garden Window

On By Fred KingIn blossoms, cactus, Flowers, garden, Houses, Nikon D610, Personal History, Seattle, Thoughts, Uncategorized2 Comments

 

Since my range of traveling has been limited to home or close to home ( due to health issues: broken bone in right foot, fractured 8th rib and a blood clot causing edema in my lower left leg-phew!) and not in the usual interesting places I find to shoot, I have some images here from our garden window. I love plants from the desert SW, and besides, they easily adjust to my black thumb!

Rose Bush: Me vs the Color Red

On By Fred KingIn backyard, blossoms, Flowers, garden, nature, Nikon D610, red, rose, Seattle, Thoughts, Uncategorized1 Comment

Partial view of our rose bush this year. I have been shooting red roses for years and it seems the color red is not my color to capture. Very frustrating. Something about red……no matter what technique or approach I use, it seems to always end in a near miss at best. The proof of that is above :-). My best effort or result to date, in my opinion, is a shot I took 10 years ago with my Minolta X700 35mm film camera. There was a black background and the rest of the image was fairly dark, but the result looked pretty good.

Duwamish Access VII

On By Fred KingIn abandoned, Blue Sky, Bridge, clouds, commerce, docks, Duwamish River, Environment, Nikon D610, river, Signage, Uncategorized, Urban DecayLeave a comment

After getting past a No Trespassing sign and fence I was able to get a closer look at this closed pedestrian pier and dock. In the background of one of the images you can see the West Seattle high-rise bridge. This bridge was a replacement for a drawbridge that was hit by a ship back in the 1980’s, I believe.

Duwamish Access VI

On By Fred KingIn abandoned, blue, Blue Sky, Bridge, buildings, docks, Duwamish River, nature, Nikon D610, Park, reflection, river, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Rippling water wake of large barge. What appeared to me as abandoned piers. One of them was a pedestrian pier that is now barricaded. To access the abandoned piers I had to ‘overlook’ a No Trespassing sign :-). Trespassing is pretty common to get into abandoned places or ones of high risk. My next post will take a closer look at the abandoned pier in the “No Trespassing” Zone.

Duwamish Access IV

On By Fred KingIn Barge, Blue Sky, boat, commerce, Duck, Duwamish River, Environment, nature, Nikon D610, river, Seattle, Thoughts, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Some of the non-commercial traffic on the Duwamish River. It’s interesting that one natural resource can be shared by so many diverse interests; from various wildlife, boaters, fishers, fish and commerce.

Duwamish Access III

On By Fred KingIn Barge, boat, commerce, Duwamish River, Nikon D610, river, Seattle, Thoughts, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Two large barges being moved both up and down river by tugs. A lot of containerized freight is staged up river for transport to Alaska. I know of two large operations, one either side of the river, that specialize in collecting and forwarding freight to Alaska ( one of which I actually did a job interview for about 30 years ago-fortunately I didn’t get the job). It’s not unusual to see vehicles of all types perched on top of a stack of containers heading north. What I found fascinating is that these barges draw little water and leave hardly a noticeable wake in the path. A small speedboat, on the other hand, will create all sorts of noise and a wake that sends the ducks scurrying and bobbing about :-).