The topographical diversity of the Olympic peninsula is what drew me to that region. Within miles of each other Wild coastal beaches, rain forests and glaciated mountain peaks can be explored. The wildlife variety, likewise, is remarkable from Orcas to Mountain Goats. Although the Northwest tends to be wet, the Olympic peninsula is drier in the summer time. The peninsula's coasts, however, can be cloudy, foggy and colder even though inland the sun is shining and the weather is hot. I visited for five days in June, the weather inland was  great, however, the coast was mostly fogy and gray. Clear weather i.e. sunrise and sunset is a must, for dramatic coastline photography. When the weatehr was gray I was thinking in terms of B&W. Given the close proximity of locations on the peninsula, it's simple enough to travel to the 'best weather' locations, so if it's cloudy on the coast a sunnier day in the rainforest may do better, and a return for a hopeful sunrise to the coast may pay off big time.

The photos in the Olympic gallery include coastal beaches taken at Cape Flattery, Sand Point, Rialto, and Ruby as well as photographs from Hoh Rain Forest, Elwha and Hurricane Ridge. Most used lens was 17-50 2.8 the other lens for wildlife and landscape selection was 80-200 2.8, both tripod mounted. In retrospect my 18-200 3.5-5.6 VR would have done nicely with less bulk.