Leap

The shadow of participant of the extreme sports of Parkour is cast on a concrete wall as she gets set to make a leap in Freeway Park in Seattle.

Fish Head

With its eyes plucked by hungry gulls, the lifeless carcass of a returning Sockeye Salmon lies on the shore of the Cedar River in the Maple Valley Washington.

Water Potatoes

A member of the Coeur D’Alene Tribe holds a basket of water potatoes, a traditional food source she harvested from Cottonwood Bay on Lake Coeur d'Alene, Id. 1999

Shadow Boarder

A skate boarder rides a sea of asphalt in Seattle, Washington in 2008

Ever Young

The Ever Young sits anchored in Elliott Bay as dark storm clouds surround the Seattle skyline \ January 2009.

Under dark skies biologist, fold up their seine net at Alki Beach in March 2006

Employees of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer gather for a finial employee photograph March 9, 2009

Seattle Post-Intelligencer’ news researcher Marsha Milroy talks with reporters as she holds a photo of the late P-I Photojournalist Phil H. Webber, after the finial employee photograph March 9, 2009

As the closure of one of Seattle’s oldest newspapers approaches members of the P-I’s photo staff gather in front of the landmark PI globe on the roof of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer building for a finial photograph on March 9, 2009.
Senior P-I staff photographer Grant Haller tries his best to control the mob of local media who assembled to document the final group photo of the P-I’s photo staff March 9, 2009.
As the closure of one of Seattle’s oldest newspapers approaches members of the P-I’s photo staff gather in front of the landmark PI globe on the roof of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer building for a finial photograph on March 9, 2009.
As the closure of one of Seattle’s oldest newspapers approaches members of the local media gather in front of the landmark PI globe located on the roof of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer building for the finial photograph of members of the PI photo on March 9, 2009. (Photo/ Gilbert W. Arias,)

Final Photo

Like the finial day of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer the fate of the landmark PI globe is still uncertain. March 9, 2009.

Spotted Frog

Jim Lynch, a Fort Lewis Fish and Wildlife biologist hold up a juvenile Oregon spotted frog showing its markings before releasing it. The frogs are on the endanger list, as part of a collaborative effort to repopulate the species members of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Northwest Trek Wildlife Park, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium released 530 in area ponds on Ft Lewis near Tacoma Wash September 2008.

Black Sun

Visiting from New York, James Huang soaks up the afternoon sunshine while sitting next to the "Black Sun" sculpture at Volunteer Park in Seattle October 2008.

Mud Queen

Miss Emerald City, Allison Rome poses in her rubber boots, crown and a pink dress during a media event for the Alliance for Puget Sound Shorelines at Alki Beach in Seattle May, 2007.

Field Trip

A group of children from Cedar Wood Elementary School in Portland OR play in the surf at Hug Point State Park on the Oregon Coast.

Mountain View

The Olympics Mountains with a new dusting of snow seen from South Hill of Puyallup in February 2009.

Ballerina

A young ballerina practices her jumps at the ARC School of Ballet in Seattle.

Peace

A young girl looks out over the crowd at Martin Luther King Jr. Park at the end of the annual King Day march in Seattle Washington, January 2008

Chair

A empty chair over looks a marina in Union Washington August 2008

Shackled

A suspect shackled foot is seen under his chair in a Pierce County courtroom in Tacoma Washington in April of 2008

May Day

Demonstrators’ carry a large American flag up 4th Ave during the annual May Day March in Seattle in May 2008.

Lake Boats

Aluminum boats line the beach at Lake Crescent, near Port Angeles, Washington in March of 2008.

Dog Walk

Surrounded by fall colors a man and his dog enjoy a leisurely walk along Lake Washington Blvd in Seattle in October of 2008.

Paul Supporter

John Moran a Ron Paul supporter peeks through a window in an attempt to get a photo of theGOP presidential candidate during Paul’s visits to Seattle Washington in January of 2008.

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Bluebrid

A wildlife conservationist checks on the condition of a Western bluebird after it was captured at Fort Lewis in Washington State in April 2008.
Each year breeding pairs of the birds are collected and relocated to an area in the San Juan Island where the numbers have be declining.