What Makes the Northwest great? Is it the Mountains? The Ocean? The Rivers? The Trees? The Desert? The Sunsets? The Animals? The People? None of the above? All of the above? … I’ll go with all of the above! Not only do we have beautiful natural areas full of animals and their habitats but we have humans that love and want to preserve these beautiful areas. How can we learn to love and respect what we can’t see? This is one of the things I love about photography. On Instagram I follow photographers from all over the world, Some photographers I follow are local others are from Australia, Vietnam, Africa, South America, All over America, different parts of Asia and more. I love to see and learn about animals I don’t have in my backyard. Those that are I can hope to get out and capture through my lens. I would never have known of all the birds, animals and places I know if people didn’t share their photos. I appreciate what they share I know the time, effort, patience and cost to capture those shots. I am only and amateur nature photographer but I hope others like the photos I share as much as I like theirs.