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I didn't come back from Alaska with any photos. In fact, I didn't even take my camera out of my bag because my time was so taken up with family activities.
Not complaining though. It was fun. But I did get a great view of Rainier and St. Helens on the way back between Seattle and Portland and at a perfect time in the evening for some nice pink light in the clouds.
St. Helens definitely didn't have a dark cloud hanging over her head here but a nice pink one instead.
Mount St. Helens is an active stratovolcano located in the state of Washington, 50 miles NE of Portland. This view from the Boundary Trail hike that I did a couple of weekends ago.
Some interesting facts about Mt. St. Helens:
Erupted 05/18/80
Killed 57 people
Old Summit 9,677 ft (2,950m)
New Summit 8,363 ft (2,549m)
Isn't wonderful to lie down on the trail and look up at the world through a chorus of daisies dancing in the wind?
I just finished a new blog post titled Journey to Walden Pond, Thoreau's Legacy, and Message to a Modern World. In this post I talk about both Walden as a physical place close to Concord Massachusetts, and our own internalized Walden that can be found close to home in the here and now where ever we are. I discuss my twelve takeaways from reading and rereading the book including: (1) Access to Nature is our Birthright; (2) What we Need is a Breath of Fresh Air; (3) Voluntary Simplicity; (4) Daily Practice; (5) Follow the Beat of Your Own Drummer; (6) Solitude: (7) Inward Journey; (8) Be Here Now; (9) Waking Up; (10) Follow Your Dreams; (11) Stay Grounded; and (12) Rebirth. This post is intended for a wide audience, photographers and non-photographers alike, anyone who is drawn to nature. Head on over to my blog and give it a read and let me know what you think. Here is the link. erwinbuske.photo.blog/2019/06/04/journey-to-walden-pond-t... Thanks!
Taken just after midnight. Too much light from greater Portland area. (Note: photo updated in 2022 - used Topaz DeNoise)
A test shot attempting to capture the Milky Way from the Johnston Ridge Observatory at Mt. St. Helens. The bright sky on the horizon in the lower right of the frame is most likely light pollution from the Portland-Metropolitan area approximately 50 miles south.
D800 | Nikon 14-24 f/2.8 @ 15mm f/2.8 | 25 | ISO 1600
Here's another image from my hike at Mt. St. Helens. She gave us a sweet glow before nightfall took over.
A gorgeous morning at Coldwater Lake just minutes from Mt. St. Helens. My friends and I stopped here after shooting sunrise at the mountain and then were on our way to find some bacon. :D
A quick handheld shot of my friend Patty on the dock.
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I usually go to Mt. St. Helens for sunset or Milky Way, but I thought a sunrise might be fun to try for a change
This is a view of the crater at Mt. St. Helens from the Johnson Ridge Observatory. The lighting was changing quickly as clouds were zipping by. This is the long shot of the view from the ridge. This shot shows a good close up of the mound growing inside the crater. About a eighteen months after this shot was taken, the growing mound spewed ash and steam. That was the first time it showed activity in about twenty seven years.
Last week I headed out to hike and photograph near Mt St Helens, but I cancelled the hike due to the strong winds. I posted a photo on Flickr that showed whitecaps on Coldwater Lake. Today I tried it again. The lake was like a mirror. This photo is from the same point as last weeks, only with a wider angle. The hike up the lake was great, made more pleasant by a temperature inversion. It was 31 degrees when I left home, and as I gained elevation, it got warmer. It was 51 at the trailhead.
Mount St. Helens Rim Hike from my pre-digital days. Edited from a scan after enlarging with Topaz Gigapixel AI. Mt. Rainier in the background.
This video was so much like the day I hiked to the top and glided down the glacier.
It was an incredibly beautiful and very hot day as I remember. I believe it might have been 90 degrees in Portland, OR that day.
Mount Saint Helens National Monument, Washington State
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Today my girlfriend and I went to Oregon to visit one of her cousins. Before the visit, we went to Voodoo Donuts downtown, then after the visit, we decided to take in the sights of the Portland waterfront along the Willamette River. Following that, we then headed for a scenic jaunt out to Mount St. Helens. The trip up Highway 504 was quite desolate as we were the only vehicle headed eastbound from Toutle. We stopped at the Elk Rock overlook on Highway 504 (which was amazingly plowed!) and then I captured these fantastic images.