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Jeremy Vohwinkle

@jeremyvoh.bsky.social

Photographer • Chef • Developer Once ran restaurants. Now I hike, take photos, write, and make art in the wild pockets of the world. Mushrooms, mountains, and the spaces in between. My Projects ⬇️

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Jeremy Vohwinkle @jeremyvoh.bsky.social · 16h ago

The forest floor is full of things quietly feeding on the dead and decaying. Like this ghostly white mushroom lurking in the shadows of the forest floor. No costume necessary. #BlueSkyArtShow #spooky #photography #macro #nature #mushroom #halloween

A solitary white mushroom rises from a lush bed of deep green moss, its slender, slightly curved stem supporting a broad, gently domed cap. Fine, silky fibers give the cap a soft, almost velvety appearance, while pale cream-colored gills peek out from beneath its rounded edges. Photographed from a low angle, the mushroom stands against a softly blurred backdrop of shadowy forest greens and browns, revealing the delicate textures and quiet beauty of the forest floor.

Jeremy Vohwinkle @jeremyvoh.bsky.social · 2d ago

A steep slope, an old cedar, and a lot of ferns holding the forest floor together. 🌲 #ForestFriday #photography #pnw #nature #trees #scape #landscape

A steep forest slope climbs toward an enormous old cedar, its trunk stripped silver and gray, split open near the base to show rust-colored wood inside. Sword ferns cluster around its roots. In the foreground, dark sections of fallen log lie broken across the hillside, their surfaces scattered with bright orange cedar sprays and crossed by thin, snaking roots. A long moss-covered log angles up the slope to the right, and behind the big cedar, slimmer trunks of hemlock and fir rise into a dense green canopy hung with moss.

Jeremy Vohwinkle @jeremyvoh.bsky.social · 3d ago

The gray months are here. Short days, low clouds, and the mountains mostly out of sight. Not that there's anything wrong with that. #grayscale #photography #pnw #mountains #autumn #clouds #landscape #nature

A heavy ceiling of grey cloud presses down over a deep mountain valley, its underside dark and churning, with one pale seam of brighter sky breaking through near the peaks. Forested ridges fold back one behind another, each fainter than the last, until snow-streaked summits half dissolve into the cloud at the far end. On the valley floor, a pale gravel riverbed winds through softer, lighter stands of trees. In the foreground, tall conifers rise dark and close, their branches hung with lichen, a few tops snapped off into bare grey spires. The whole scene is muted and cool, nearly drained of color, with the damp stillness of the hour before rain.

Jeremy Vohwinkle @jeremyvoh.bsky.social · 4d ago

The rock here never dries out. Moss on everything, cold air that smells like stone and rain, and a waterfall that has been coming over that ledge far longer than there has been a trail to it. #WaterfallWednesday #photography #waterfall #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #pnw #moss

A narrow waterfall drops from a notch in the top of a dark, wet rock face, falling in a single smooth white ribbon before spreading into braided strands over a rounded outcrop. The long exposure turns the water to silk. Bright yellow-green moss covers the rock on both sides of the fall, the only strong color in an otherwise dark, brown-gray scene. At the base, the water lands in a small, still pool, with a boulder on the left and weathered logs lying across the foreground. Ferns and more moss line the shadowed edges of the frame.

Jeremy Vohwinkle @jeremyvoh.bsky.social · 4d ago

It's a rain-slicked and lichen-spotted #RockinTuesday. These boulders frame a quiet lake in the North Cascades with the whole autumn hillside reflected in it. #photography #pnw #landscape #autumn #lake #nature

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Late autumn light breaks through heavy clouds over a small mountain lake, and the water holds the whole hillside upside down. Across the far shore, a steep slope of dark conifers climbs toward the ridgeline, their upper branches catching a warm yellow-green glow while the open ground below burns rust and orange with turning huckleberry and fern. The lake is nearly motionless, a deep green mirror streaked with the same copper tones, with a patch of pale sky resting near the left shore. Tall, thin firs stand close together along the near bank, shaded and quiet, and a gap at the far end of the valley lets a distant gray peak show through. Thick white clouds pile up on the left and open to blue overhead. In the foreground, wet angular boulders flecked with lichen frame the bottom of the scene, their pale surfaces holding some of the sky's light. The air looks cool and rinsed, the stillness of the moment just after rain has passed.

Jeremy Vohwinkle @jeremyvoh.bsky.social · 6d ago

I've always thought of Alaska as a place of enormous mountains, glaciers, and endless wilderness. And it certainly delivers on all of that. But what surprised me most when I was there were the colors. #MountainMonday #autumn #fallcolor #photography #alaska #nature #landscape

Fresh snow clings to the high ridges of two broad Alaskan mountains, the white thinning into streaks where the rock shows through. Below the snow the slopes burn deep red and rust, softening to gold near their base. A dark band of spruce stretches across the valley floor, and in front of it a wide field of yellow willow and grass glows under a quiet, overcast sky.

Jeremy Vohwinkle @jeremyvoh.bsky.social · 7d ago

It was of those sunsets where the color reached all the way across the sky instead of localized near the horizon. Quite fitting for #Stunday if I do say so myself. #sunset #photography #ColorADay #OrangeSun #clouds #landscape #landscapephotography #pnw

Evening over the Skagit Valley, the sky burning in long ribbons of orange and red that thin to gold where the sun has just gone down. Beneath that glow, a low bank of cloud rests along the horizon, and the light spills down onto a quiet bay, turning the water soft pink as it curves along the edge of the farmland. The fields are already falling into dusk, a few lights showing among the farms, while islands and far mountain ridges fade in layers of blue haze. Closest of all, the evergreens on the hillside have gone almost black against the fading day.

Jeremy Vohwinkle @jeremyvoh.bsky.social · last wk.

Clear enough to see every stone on the bottom, still enough to hold the whole mountain in a nearly perfect reflection. #photography #reflection #pnw #lake #landscape #mountains #landscapephotography #nature

A still alpine lake lies beneath a rounded, rocky peak on a bright day with deep blue sky and a few drifting white clouds. Dark subalpine firs climb the slopes between gray rock outcrops, with patches of rust red and gold where the low brush has begun to turn. To the right, a broad pale talus slope spills down from a steep cliff to the water’s edge. The lake holds a near-perfect reflection of the mountain, its trees, and the clouds, and in the shallow foreground the water is clear enough to show a bed of flat stones in shades of gray, blue, and muted red.

Jeremy Vohwinkle @jeremyvoh.bsky.social · last wk.

Autumn in the Pacific Northwest isn’t just happening overhead in the changing leaves. It’s happening down in the shade, where damp earth and early rains bring out the best fungal work in the woods. #ForestFriday #scape #FungiFriday #mushroom #photography #nature #forestfloor

A yellow amanita stands alone on a dark forest floor, catching a patch of soft light while everything around it falls into shadow. Its golden cap, paler toward the rim, is studded with small white warts that thin out near the fringed edge. A torn white ring hangs from the upper stem like a loose skirt, and the base swells into a bulb wrapped in rings of ragged white tissue. Gray fallen leaves, conifer needles, and a slab of dark slate rock surround it.

Jeremy Vohwinkle @jeremyvoh.bsky.social · last wk.

Rain had been falling on and off all morning, and the mist never fully lifted from the hills behind. Everything was soaked, which is when the moss looks its brightest. #photography #fall #hiking #trees #moss #landscape #nature

A rocky trail climbs through a wet autumn forest, its dark stones scattered with fallen orange bigleaf maple leaves. Moss-covered maple trunks lean out from the hillside on the right, their long limbs arching over the path and still holding yellow and gold leaves. Thick green moss coats the rocks along the trail's edge. Off to the left, the slope drops away into dense undergrowth and tall conifers, fading into gray mist under an overcast sky.

Jeremy Vohwinkle @jeremyvoh.bsky.social · 2w ago

Most of what grows on the forest floor this time of year is easy to walk past with all the autumn debris, but this mushroom stood out next to a fir cone, even if only about an inch tall. #mushroom #fungi #macro #photography #nature #macrophotography #forestfloor

A tiny white mushroom with a ribbed, umbrella-shaped cap stands on a slender pale stem in a bed of moss on the forest floor. Beside it rests a weathered Douglas fir cone, its scales dark and curling, with thin bracts poking out like little forked tongues. A broken cone fragment lies at the mushroom's base among feathery moss and small green leaves. The background dissolves into soft greens and muted gold, leaving the pale cap almost glowing against the dim understory.

Jeremy Vohwinkle @jeremyvoh.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'm always fascinated by the variety of rock formations in the North Cascades. In this particular spot, exposed rock is smooth to the touch, worn down by glacial ice that left a long time ago. #RockInTuesday #mountains #photography #geology #landscape #nature #pnw

Pale, glacier-smoothed granite slabs roll toward a cluster of subalpine firs on a low rise, while to the right a pair of shallow tarns hold still reflections of the overcast sky among golden autumn grass and low heather. Between a weathered rock outcrop and the treeline, a gap opens onto distant blue mountains with their summits lost in cloud.

Jeremy Vohwinkle @jeremyvoh.bsky.social · 2w ago

A lingering look at fall up here before snow reclaims the landscape. #MountainMonday #pnw #photography #landscape #nature #mountains #fall #hiking

Standing on a steep mountainside in early fall, with cold, lichen-crusted rock falling away and the grass around it turned rust and gold. Dark firs lean out from the slope and frame a long view across the valley, where ridge after ridge fades into blue haze. The sky sits low and gray overhead, but near the horizon a thin band of light breaks through.

Jeremy Vohwinkle @jeremyvoh.bsky.social · 2w ago

Sometimes shots compose themselves. Between the low clouds weaving through the mountains, the colorful hillsides, and the nearly perfect reflection in the lake, there wasn't much left for me to do except press the shutter. #stunday #photography #pnw #reflection #nature #landscape #autumn

Low clouds hang over a secluded mountain lake, with ribbons of mist slipping through the evergreen forests and drifting across the steep, rocky slopes. Splashes of autumn color brighten the hillsides beneath the fog, their golden and rusty hues reflected in water so still it’s difficult to tell where the mountains end and their reflections begin. Overhanging cedar branches frame the view from the shoreline, where an old moss-covered log lies partly submerged in the clear shallows. Beyond it, the lake stretches into a quiet, cloud-wrapped basin, with just enough blue sky breaking through to illuminate the surrounding mountains.

Jeremy Vohwinkle @jeremyvoh.bsky.social · 2w ago

I think this is my favorite kind of mountain hiking. Not necessarily trying to reach a summit, get somewhere specific, or make good time, but just following a trail through the high country and enjoying whatever views happen to open up along the way. #photography #landscape #nature #mountains #pnw

A narrow mountain trail winds through a rugged stretch of the North Cascades, skirting pale gray rock outcrops and grassy slopes dotted with evergreens. Beyond the trail, the mountains fall away into deep, forested valleys before rising again into a dramatic maze of jagged ridgelines, rocky summits, and scattered patches of lingering snow. Thick, slate-gray clouds stretch across the sky, hanging just above the peaks, while a sliver of brighter light along the horizon reveals layer after layer of distant blue mountains.

Jeremy Vohwinkle @jeremyvoh.bsky.social · 2w ago

The heart of the North Cascades is defined by its deep green valleys, where ancient timber stands resilient against every season. Here, you get a front-row view of the forest giving way to raw granite, shifting mist, and early mountain snow. #ForestFriday #scape #pnw #photography #landscape #nature

A rugged rocky path winds across a steep alpine ledge, flanked by hardy evergreens rooted into exposed granite cliffs. Beyond the deep forested ravine, towering jagged peaks capped with fresh snow rise up, partially hidden by low, sweeping cloud cover and heavy mountain mist that blanket the high country landscape.

Jeremy Vohwinkle @jeremyvoh.bsky.social · 2w ago

The hillsides are ablaze with yellow and gold. 🍂 #ColorADay #YellowThu #fall #autumn #photography #landscape #nature

Mist rises off a steep, forested mountainside, thinning the dark evergreens into gray shapes as it climbs. Below, a slope of maple and brush has turned orange and gold, bright against the gloom of the clouds above.

Jeremy Vohwinkle @jeremyvoh.bsky.social · 3w ago

October in the Cascades. Rain on the boulders, mist in the valley, and the first signs of fall color showing along the edge of the forest. #MountainMonday #pnw #31DaysOfHalloween #photography #landscape #fall #autumn #hiking #nature

Rain-slick black boulders spill down toward the edge of a dark fir forest, their broken faces catching a dull shine from the overcast sky. A weathered log lies bleached and silver across the top of the pile, and a few vine maples at the rocks' edge have turned a bright, burning orange. Past the tall, pointed crowns of the trees, the land falls away into a deep valley where mist drifts along the slopes. Low clouds rest heavily on the far ridges, and here and there a little light slips through, touching the distant hillsides with a pale glow.

Jeremy Vohwinkle @jeremyvoh.bsky.social · 3w ago

Fall in the mountains doesn’t get much better than this. 🌲🍁🏔️ #Stunday #pnw #photography #fall #autumn #landscape #landscapephotography #nature #naturephotography #31DaysOfHalloween

Standing at the edge of a quiet mountain lake in the North Cascades in late autumn, looking across the water toward a gap in the trees where distant peaks are just visible under heavy clouds. The meadow at your feet has gone to rust, tall dried stems crowding around mossy boulders. Sunlight catches the steep hillside to the right, lighting up the green firs and the orange brush below them, while the far end of the valley sits in shadow under a darkening sky. The water is perfectly still, holding the reflections of the trees.

Jeremy Vohwinkle @jeremyvoh.bsky.social · 3w ago

Lake Michigan has a way of making you forget you're looking at a lake. When the winds pick up and the waves start crashing over the St. Joseph lighthouses, the whole scene looks more like the North Atlantic in the middle of a storm. #BlueSkyArtShow #weather #photography #storm #waves #lighthouse

Violent waves batter the St. Joseph North Pier Lighthouses on Lake Michigan, sending an enormous wall of white spray into the air behind the smaller outer lighthouse. Churning, gray-green water rolls toward the shore in powerful, foam-covered swells, while waves crash against the steel supports of the long, elevated catwalk.

Jeremy Vohwinkle @jeremyvoh.bsky.social · 3w ago

The Pacific Northwest has a particular talent for making a rainy, overcast day look like the best possible time to be outside. I'll sit in the rain with this view any time. #ForestFriday #scape #photography #pnw #landscape #landscapephotography #trees #moody #nature #hiking

Through a tangle of rain-soaked cedar branches, a secluded mountain lake emerges from the dense forest, its dark, glassy waters resting beneath towering evergreens. Droplets cling to the delicate green boughs in the foreground, while a lone, slender conifer rises above the far shoreline. Beyond the water, rugged cliffs climb into a thick blanket of clouds, their jagged contours appearing and disappearing as wisps of fog drift across the mountainside.

Jeremy Vohwinkle @jeremyvoh.bsky.social · 3w ago

The Pacific Northwest really knows how to make a gloomy day look good. What I love most about foggy coastlines is how much they leave to the imagination. #pnw #photography #pnwlife #moody #landscape #fallvibes #seascape #fog #island #coast

A thick blanket of coastal fog hangs over a quiet inlet in the Pacific Northwest. Dense evergreen forests cover the steep hillsides, their treetops gradually fading into the pale gray mist. Below, rugged cliffs of exposed rock and weathered earth give way to a shoreline scattered with dark boulders. Calm, blue-gray water fills the foreground, curving around a wooded point toward a distant shore that is barely visible through the fog. The muted colors and layers of mist give the entire scene a soft, atmospheric quality.

Jeremy Vohwinkle @jeremyvoh.bsky.social · 4w ago

Some fall color scenes are about the leaves. This one was just as much about the weather. Low clouds kept drifting through the trees, turning the upper forest into layers of silhouettes against the fiery foreground. #photography #autumn #31DaysOfHalloween #pnw #landscape #fallcolors #moody #nature

Golden autumn color clashes with misty mountain greens in a dense mountain grove. Fiery orange and yellow leaves fill the lower valley, while low-hanging clouds weave through the tall evergreen timber on the steep slope behind, creating a quiet, atmospheric autumn scene.

Jeremy Vohwinkle @jeremyvoh.bsky.social · 4w ago

Tiny, fragile, and somehow perfectly composed. The forest is good at making ordinary mushrooms feel a little magical when you get close enough. #mushroom #fungi #forestfloor #macrophotography #nature #photography

A single delicate mushroom rises from a mossy fallen log, with a long slender brown stem and a small pale pinkish-brown cap marked by fine radial lines. The softly blurred forest background fades into deep greens and shadows, isolating the mushroom and emphasizing its fragile, almost umbrella-like shape.

Jeremy Vohwinkle @jeremyvoh.bsky.social · 4w ago

Fall in the Cascades working its magic right now. When the clouds finally lifted, the reflection of the blue sky really tied the scene together. #MountainMonday #BlueSkyMonday #pnw #photography #reflection #nature #landscape #landscapephotography

An alpine lake sits still beneath dramatic steep slopes in the North Cascades, its glasslike surface creating a mirror image of dark evergreen forest, a stretch of golden fall color along a rocky slide, and low mist drifting through the upper trees. Above, a patch of bright blue sky and sunlit clouds reflects seamlessly in the deep, calm water below.

Jeremy Vohwinkle @jeremyvoh.bsky.social · 4w ago

Some mornings the Pacific Northwest doesn’t feel like real life. No wind, no ripples, just peak autumn colors swallowed by low-hanging clouds and a reflection so sharp it distorts your sense of reality. #Stunday #photography #reflection #landscape #scape #moody #pnw #nature #washington #fallcolors

A dramatically moody landscape photo of a calm, reflective alpine lake shrouded in heavy fog. Tall green fir trees line the shoreline, transitioning up the slope into vibrant patches of autumn brush painted in shades of yellow, gold, and crimson. The entire scene s perfectly duplicated in the smooth, mirror-like surface of the dark water below.

Jeremy Vohwinkle @jeremyvoh.bsky.social · 4w ago

Low light, wet rock, and peak fall color fighting through the clouds. Fall in the Cascades just hits differently. My legs are paying the price today, but totally worth it. 🍁 🍂 🌲 #pnw #fallcolors #autumn #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #nature #fog #clouds #hiking

A moody mountain slope shrouded in swirling low-hanging fog, where dense evergreen forest meets a cascade of golden and fiery orange autumn foliage spilling over jagged gray boulders.

Jeremy Vohwinkle @jeremyvoh.bsky.social · 4w ago

#FungiFriday from the forest floor 🍄‍🟫 #ForestFriday #mushroom #photography #nature

Looking up from the forest floor at a slender mushroom rising out of bright green moss, its wavy cap lit from behind so the gills glow amber where they meet the stem. A smaller, darker mushroom stands just behind it to the left, and sword fern fronds and soft, out-of-focus evergreens fill the pale sky above.

Jeremy Vohwinkle @jeremyvoh.bsky.social · last mo.

Chasing light through the mist on Sauk Mountain. The switchbacks here never disappoint, even if never ending, especially when the clouds start rolling through the valley. 🌲☁️ #pnw #photography #northcascades #landscape #landscapephotography #hiking #intheclouds

A moody mountain perspective along the Sauk Mountain trail, looking out over a sheer green slope as it drops into a misty abyss. Soft sunlight filters through heavy clouds and fog, illuminating the winding footpath and dense fir trees lining the ridge.

Jeremy Vohwinkle @jeremyvoh.bsky.social · last mo.

While not your typical raging waterfall, the snowmelt coming down the face of Mount Pilchuck creates dozens of small waterfalls that produce the best white noise to accompany a hike. #WaterfallWednesday #pnw #photography #waterfall #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #waterfalls

Thin waterfalls thread down the face of Mount Pilchuck, splitting into delicate ribbons as they spill over uneven rock ledges. Broad patches of snow fill the hollows beneath the cliffs, while evergreens grow along rocky shelves and cluster across the foreground. Scattered boulders and low, mossy vegetation lead into the rugged slope, which rises toward a sky heavy with gray clouds.