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Native Americans reverently referred to this magnificent stratovolcano as Tacoma or Tahoma. Most of us now know it as Mt. Rainier, but it is superb in any language.
Shown here mirrored by the aptly named Reflection Lake, Mt. Rainer is framed by the Milky Way and fringed by some subtle green airglow during the August Perseid Meteor Shower. The mauve/pink glow to the left of Rainier is evidence of Seattle lurking over the distant horizon.
The Milky Way stretched to nearly directly overhead so I had to take two full 'horizontal rows' of images to capture all of it, even at 14mm. This result was a 13-frame panorama stitched together via Photoshop. Noise reduction via Topaz.
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In the Hargita volcanic mountain range in Transylvania, there are two volcanic craters, around which there is a unique European natural reservation. In one of these craters the only volcanic lake in Romania was formed: Saint Anne Lake, and in the second lake there is an oligotrophic swampy area of 80 ha, namely Mohos, located at 1050 m altitude. The peat bog is one of the most important botanic nature reserves in Europe. It is part of the Mohos Nature reserve. The surface of this bog is almost 4 times larger than that of the Lake St. Anne, and its depth reaches 20 m in some places. The birth certificate of this reservation is lost in the mists of time, 30,000 years ago. The crater that houses the Mohos erupted first, forming a lake. The volcanic ash thrown when the second crater erupted, clogged this lake, forming the peat moss, which gives an almost black shade to the 20 meshes of water scattered on the surface of Mohos.
Another history of the place leads us over the years 2012-2014, when the peat bog was attacked by xylophagous swamp insects, which destroyed a large part of the wild pines and especially the birches in the tree population.
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Mt. Rainier and the Milky Way from Reflection Lakes.
I’ve been stoked to have a camera that can shoot 24 hours a day again. I started out 10 years ago with a Pentax K1000 which I loved shooting the stars with. In 2002 I bought a Canon G2, and I’ve had several other fixed lens digicams since then, but I have always missed the ability to shoot in the dark. My last camera, a Sony R1, could take 3 minute exposures. That was long enough to shoot under a full moon but it couldn’t take pictures on a moonless night. I’ve been really excited since I got my D5000 last year and I’ve been wanting to take a trip to shoot all night ever since. I had planned to finally make it happen Labor Day weekend but when I saw a crummy weather forecast on the Wednesday before, I decided to leave straight from work on Thursday and take Friday off. These pictures are all from that Thursday night.
One thing I’ve learned while taking these images is how distorted my Nikkor 10-24 lens is. I’m not sure how I feel about it
75 second exposure, f/4, ISO 3200
Washington's Mount Rainier and a starry pre-dawn sky at Reflection Lake. Definitely best viewed on a dark background, so press L to check it in the lightbox!
This is the "sequel" to one of my favorite images, Volcanic Twilight. Both are twilight/star blends, and are attempts at doing iconic PNW volcano/lake images a bit differently.
Tech details: one exposure for everything taken just as the first hint of alpenglow was beginning to hit the mountain, and one exposure for the stars taken earlier in the night (overlaid with a Lighten layer).
Landscape: 1.3 sec, ISO 100, f/9
Stars: 30 sec, ISO 1600, f/3.5
Mount Rainier casting its reflection in the still waters of Reflection Lake as a mist rolls in from camera left after sunset.
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Another stop a friend had recommended on a drive we were taking from Anchorage to Fairbanks. There was something peaceful about walking that Saturday morning with the cool Autumn temperatures...I loved it! So stopping at another location to walk around and take in views of mountains was both welcome and amazing! This setting was at Reflections Lake (one site also refers to it as Reflection Lake) in the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge. I decided to use some nearby wildflowers and trees to hep frame the image and cut down on some of the bright sunlight present to both compose and meter this image.
One side note about those peaks: I’d been at Thunderbird Falls Trail maybe an hour or so prior and had seen those same peaks off in the distance. I just didn’t know if at the time. A different perspective and just as beautiful!
....telling me to get off the mountain. :-) Last one from Reflection Lakes, Mount Rainier National Park. A day I'll never forget. :-)
I wish I could say that the mosquitoes were bad this day, but the only thing this photo proves is that they weren't.
The things we put up with to pursue a hobby.
Reflection Lakes, Mount Rainier National Park.
I've posted quite a few images of The Mountain captured at this particular lake in the Reflection Lakes system. While it looks similar, it also always looks different, depending upon the time of day, the weather, the season, and whether or not the lake is mirror-smooth.
This was a bluebird sky kind of day, but apparently a little windy around the mountain, as you can see from snow blowing up off the sides. This is a great place for star photography and for sunrise imagery, in case you've never been to this park and want to capture those shots. Reflections Lakes is on Stevens Canyon Road, about a mile before the large parking area called Inspiration Point and maybe another mile (or less) from there to the turnoff to either Longmire (turning to your left) or heading on up to Paradise (turning to your right).
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True to its name it is the most scenic reflection lake in alaska. Dawn and dusk here can be breathtaking , with vibrant colors playing across the water and on the peaks. Happy Friday everyone.
Mount Rainier and Reflection Lake
Mount Rainier National Park, WA
My favorite time for photography is in the morning. Peacefulness and morning light - what more could a gal ask for? Okay, a cup of coffee is nice too.
One of the many image captures I took this last morning in Mount Rainier National Park. The calm lake waters and setting were amazing to take in, even more so as no one else was around. I had the lake and mountains to myself...heavenly! I later used a Sepia Landscape recipe in Silver Efex Pro 2 as it brought out a richer tonal contrast for the final image.
Kagami-ike, which is literally translated as Mirror Pond, is famous for its beautiful reflection of the surrounding mountains and trees throughout the year, when there is no wind. In particular, autumn is popular season for visitors.
Kagami-ike is located in Togakushi Plateau, Nagano City, which is a part of Myoko-Togakushi Renzan (Mountain Range) National Park.
The Egg, more formally known as the National Centre for the Performing Arts is located in Beijing, China. Technically, it’s an ellipsoid dome of titanium and glass surrounded by an artificial lake. The building seats 5,452 people in three halls and is almost 12,000 square meters (129,000 sq ft.) in size. It was designed by French architect Paul Andreu.
The initial planned cost of the theatre was $393.7 million USD. When the construction had completed, the total cost rose to more than $468.7 million USD. At least 80% of the annual operational costs must be subsidized by the government for at least the first three years after the opening, and for the rest of its operational life, at least 60% of the annual operational cost must be subsidized by the government.
The Opera House
The magnificent Opera House is mainly used to stage operas, dance dramas, ballets, and large-scale shows. The arc-shaped metal net wall of the auditorium changes the lights and shadows according to different circumstance to bring the audience into the immersed artistic space with the development of plots. The surface of the ballet stage is made of Oregon timber and its triple-layer construction ensures the greatest possible resilience, helping to protect the feet of dancers. The Opera House can seat 2,416 people.
The Concert Hall
Exuding an air of serenity and refinement, the silver white Concert Hall is the venue for mainly large symphonic and national music performances. The audience can enjoy all performances from any angle. The Concert Hall is home to a giant pipe organ, the “Hall Guardian”, which is believed to be the largest of its kind in China with 94 stops and an impressive array of 6,500 pipes. The over-100-ton white ceiling of the Concert Hall is specially designed to embody an ideal integration between architectural and acoustic aesthetics. The Concert Hall seats 2,017 people.
The Theatre
The Theatre is a tribute to the traditional theatre atmosphere of warmth and hospitality, and stages primarily traditional Chinese operas, stage plays and national song and dance. The vertical stripes in purple, dark red, orange and yellow regularly alternate with each other on the walls to express a sense of vividness in quiet, and imagination in realization. The Theater Hall is used for plays and the Beijing opera. It has 1,040 seats.
The Fifth Space
Among the venues at the National Centre for the Performing Arts are a host of public spaces that are designed to amaze and stimulate. Jointly known as “The Fifth Space”, they include the Underwater Corridor, the Olive Hall, an exhibition gallery, a resource centre, a press room, a terrace lounge, souvenir shops and cafes.
SOURCES
– The National Centre for Performing Arts: Official Page
– Wikipedia: National Centre for the Performing Arts (China)
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What a beautiful night. I love the Reflection Lakes--with no road noise, there's no sound at all.
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Guepiniopsis alpina grow on a decaying log in the woods near Reflection Lake in Mount Rainier National Park. Also known as poor man’s gumdrop, this fungus has small, yellow, bell-shaped fruiting bodies. It is gelatinous, usually with ridges on outer edges. It is a saprobic fungi and grows in large groups like the one pictured on the decaying wood. Saprobes are the group of fungi that act as decomposers, feeding on dead and decaying wood, leaves and other organic matter. To digest this organic material, they secrete enzymes that breaks the dead plant down. This releases and recycles vital nutrients for other organisms, and helps dispose of organic waste
References:
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Elephant heads (Pedicularis groenlandcia) grow in a wet meadow near Reflection Lake in Mount rainer National Park, Washington. It is a distinctive member of he lousewort family.
Beautiful Alp mountain peaks from lake and forest near Mittenwald, Bavaria, Germany.
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Fall is definitely here. The leaves are golden yellow at Reflection Lake out on the Palmer Hayflats outside of Anchorage.
Phyllodoce empetriformis blooms near Reflection Lake in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Commonly called pink mountainheath it is a low matting shrub with distinctive leaves which roll under themselves so tightly they resemble pine needles.
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Morning fog @ Reflection Lake, located by Stevens Canyon Road in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA.
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What a difference a clear day can make. Compare this pre-dawn image at Reflection Lakes captured yesterday, with the one captured a week or two ago when the wildfire smoke was wafting into Mount Rainier National Park.
I'm not certain what town/city that light is coming from. Maybe Ashford? Or Enumclaw? Any guesses?
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While walking along the Reflection Lake Trail with a view looking to the west across a nearby grassy meadow and lake waters. This is in Lassen Volcanic National Park. What I had wanted to do in composing this image was to get down low and capture a look across the grasses and waters with the backdrop of evergreens and blue skies. I liked the color contrast that the blues in the image had to the earth-tones in the lower portion of the image.
I chose to work with HDR Efex Pro 7 to better bring that complete color setting in the image. I later exported a TIFF image to DxO PhotoLab 8 where I did some final adjustments with contrast, saturation and brightness for the final image.
To end the evening, here are two from Mt. Rainier... this one is one of my favorites from the trip.
Image made with my Hasselblad 500 C/M.
The vibrant colors of midsummer on the slopes of Mount Rainier when the last snows have just melted after an epic winter. Everything was so lush and green, jumping out in contrast with the blue of the sky and the white of the glaciers. One of the most beautiful days I've had on the mountain.
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Springtime in Alaska. The first 70 degree day in Alaska was spent at Reflection Lake outside of Palmer Alaska.
"A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature." -Henry David Thoreau
I was struggling to come up with a name for this photo and hoped I could find inspiration from someone better with words than I am. Of course I came across this quote from Thoreau, and there in the middle was the title: Earth's Eye. That's exactly how Willie and I felt as we enjoyed sunrise from Reflection Lake on this particular morning. It was cold but it was amazing: a perfect reflection on the lake, Mt. Rainier standing above us, with beautiful patches of wildflowers in front of us.
We had briefly stopped at this spot the previous morning only to find the entire scene covered in thick fog. We didn't have a clue where Mt. Rainier would even be (we thought it was further to the left). To come the next morning and see something completely different was inspiring, and breathtaking.
By the time we left we were surrounded by tens of photographers. Luckily we arrived first and could scope out the 2 largest patches of flowers along the lake. The flowers were still blooming (or dying), so there wasn't much to choose from. We watched the fog form on the lake, then disappear completely. Hopefully you enjoy the beauty of this scene as much as we did, even without an epic sunrise sky going with it.
Nikon D800 w/Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8:
16mm, f/16, 0.4 sec, ISO 100
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As photographers we go through certain trends within our photography. My current interest area is photographing flowers in the foreground of my scenes. Iâve always wanted to visit Mt. Rainier National Park just because the volcano looks epic, but also because it has beautiful wildflower blooms. Willie and I visited in August of 2016, hoping for carpets of flowers caused by a very wet winter. Unfortunately we only found patches of flowers.
We arrived at Mt. Rainier at night, setup camp, and went to bed. When we woke the entire scene was covered in fog. We drove to Reflection Lake but we were surrounded by so much fog we could barely tell where our feet were, let alone which way Rainier was. We left and hiked up Rainier instead.
The next morning was a different story though and we were glad we were one of the first people to arrive at Reflection Lake. The lack of wildflower blooms meant that there were only a small handful of flowers next to the lake. Willie immediately plopped his camera down next to this patch of Indian Paintbrush and wouldnât budge. Off I had to go, trying to find some other flowers. Eventually we traded spots and I was able to get in and snap this photo. I loved how the red Paintbrush contrasted with the purple flowers next to it, while the sun touched the trees and Rainier in the background.
Nikon D800 w/Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8:
14mm, f/14, 1/6 sec, ISO 200
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