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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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Well it wasn't rain - but it was so much pink and purple in the sky that it was unreal while it was in real 😄
Sunset light bathes Chaos Crag (the peak on the left) and Mt. Lassen (on the right), both of which are reflected in the clear, glassy surface of Manzanita Lake in Lassen Volcanic National Park, California.
Somewhere near Colfax
Washington
As breakfast unfolded on the 3rd consecutive week of clear skies, Marianne and I thought it was a safe bet that there would be no clouds in the sky. While having breakfast, she gasped and pointed out the window. As we finished up , I bolted out and drove to the nearest farmland around Colfax and tried to capture some light with anything of foreground interest. Unfortunately, I wonder what this would have looked like from better vantage point lol!
I left this one a bit larger, so that you can zoom in and check out the bee, who photobombed this Hasselblad image. Well done, bee. And Hasselblad.
The stars were fading, the light to the left from some town was beginning to also fade into the ensuing daylight. Sunrise was still a little bit away, but the lake water was smooth and still so I kept happily snapping away.
Reflection Lakes in Mount Rainier National Park is a wonderful venue for sunrise, and mornings are generally when the water is really still. Evening has the same effect, I think, although sunset in this particular direction has never been quite as dramatic (for me, anyway) as the sunrise tends to be. Anyway, there are usually not too many people parked there during the crack of dawn - it's only around the actual sunrise that you see small parties of photo groups clumped in spots along the sidewalk and shoreline.
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Autumn Reflections in Alaska - the trees, Chugach Mountains, and dramatic clouds were mirrored on Reflection Lake outside of Palmer, Alaska.
This was taken a few hours before my last sunrise on Rainier for last year. I think it was around 3:30am. After here Reed and I headed over to the Skyline Trail to see if we could snap a few sunrise pics. I think about a week after this shot it started to snow.
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Our first foray into Oregon was during a road trip to northern California. I had just moved to the west coast and we planned a week long road trip to visit the famous redwoods of northern California. This trip was the first time we visited the less populous eastern side of California as well. We drove up highway 395 all the way north to Lassen and then crossed over to I-5 exploring the beautiful countryside of Mt Shasta. From there we were to take some local roads to the coast and drive the rest of the way north on Highway 101. Well at least that was the plan when we started from Los Angeles. Near Mt Shasta we learned about how close we are to Crater Lake National Park and decided that such a stunning spot warrants a visit. So, we kept on driving north instead of crossing over to the coast and visited the stunning National Park that’s home to one of the most enigmatic lakes on the continent. At the Park visitor center, we learned more about the Cascade mountain range and about Mt Hood.
Oregon’s sheer natural beauty won us over and the very next year we planned a road trip that covered most of the top locations in the state. And two years later we were back, this time we planned to hit some of the tougher locations like this one, on top of Tom, Dick and Harry Mountain that’s afforded us a stunning sunset view of the majestic Mt Hood and reflection lake. We did the trip in summer and the hike up here was brutal, not due to the trail being particularly difficult, but because of the mosquitoes. We were pretty covered up, but they were relentless up to a certain altitude, thankfully close to the top as we kind of reached above the tree line they magically disappeared. We had the entire spot to ourselves as the sun started to set and light up the mountain in warm golden light. The mosquitoes were tough, but it was worth it for this view. I hope to one day come back here on a beautiful winter morning.
We took a snow-shoeing trip up to Reflection Lakes a couple of weeks ago but the mountain was in the shade all day. As we were driving home that night the sun peeked through the clouds as it set and cast a few rays.
This autumn day in October found Dawn Roll Bailey and I at one of the most beautiful places on the planet - Paradise National Park in Washington State. We are blessed to have yet another national park on the east side of Mt. Rainier, Sunrise National Park also. This is the Reflection Lakes area where there would be lots of snow at other times of the year. It is difficult sometimes to find no wind and a nice reflection. Here the low water level did not help too much with a reflection but the rhythm in the grasses is nice. Is it an HDR image?
After capturing a smoke sunrise of Mount Rainier at Reflection Lakes, I wandered further away and then along a little path down to a smaller lake to try and capture the ball of sun I could view with my naked eyes. A black tail deer wandered into the composition, totally unfazed by my presence. This is actually one of my favorite shots I captured during my short stay there at that time. It encompasses everything (except Mount Rainier) to show how the landscape looked with the wildfire smoke infiltrating the scene. The deer was sort of the cherry on top.
I'm planning another short trip up there this week, with the weather reports all showing nice, clear skies. Hopefully, I'll get a brighter sunrise than I did on the day I visited when the wildfire smoke from CA and OR rolled in.
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Michael and I just returned from a spontaneous trip to Glacier National Park. I'm excited to see images from the trip, but until then, here are a few from other snowy places.
Image made with my Nikon F100.
It's been such a long time since I've been out to actually make landscape photographs...too long. Another person who takes pictures was visiting from California this weekend so we drove up to Mt. Rainier National Park and got rained on, stalked by park rangers and ate hot pockets. Here's the image that resulted from an afternoon of waiting for the mountain to come out and play.
Not the ideal photographic conditions for the shot, but I was more pleased just to be in good company and out in the wilderness again after a busy past few months. Enjoy!
It's Memorial Day Monday, aka Mountain Monday, and I'm thinking of mountains today - especially Mount Rainier. I'm glad I stayed home, this weekend, however. Not only because there's still many feet of what is probably now dirty snow up at the Paradise area, but also because - based upon the park Facebook posts I read - the crowds were ginormous!
Instead, I chose to just dream about The Mountain as I worked on this image captured several years ago during an early September day.
As you can see, there was a continuous cloud bank curtaining the Paradise area, where I stayed. So, no view of Mount Rainier from up there. I had to drive down elevation to see even a glimpse of the mountain as the wind caused the clouds to play hide-and-seek with the mountain top. This image was captured early in the morning at a place called Reflection Lakes (an area with a series of small lakes that beautifully capture the reflection of the mountain .... on a less windy day).
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“It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. “ - Henry David Thoreau Last light at Vernon lake. Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Love Life, Love Photography .
Reflection Lake, Mt. Rainier National Park.
A bit overcooked I think. The real experience is far better and more dramatic.
The Washington Cascades are near the Paradise Visitor's Center at Mt. Rainier, along the Reflection Lakes Loop.
Here's dreaming of clearer days - not necessarily warmer ones, just clearer ones, with ice-free roadways.
The last time I visited Reflection Lakes up at Mount Rainier National Park was in July, 2017. During that time, snow covered almost all of the trails in the higher elevations, and snow and ice covered a good portion of this lake, here. Mount Rainier was almost perpetually hidden beyind a thick curtain of fog and clouds. Then, when I visited in October, 2018, the lake was ice-free, the sky was blue, and The Mountain was out. The light was still pretty nice, even at 11:00 a.m., which was when this image was captured. The parking lot was filling up rapidly, and by the time I ultimately left the Paradise area and drove back past Reflection Lakes, the parking lot was totally full.
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A great sunset at Reflection Lake near Mt Rainier.
I setup and took this shot just a few feet outside my tent before getting everything buttoned up for the night.
Winter camping around the Paradise area at Mt Rainier is a great experience. Even though the mountain seems far away in this shot, in person you're really right underneath Rainier.
The long exposure and high ISO resulted in a pretty noisy shot with some motion visible in the stars. Even with these drawbacks this scene was very dramatic, lasting only a few minutes.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
EF16-35mm f/4L IS USM @16mm
55sec @f4.0, ISO 1600
approximate location
46.7687389, -121.72917222
Here is a summertime (August) view of the mountain and Reflection Lakes. Steve Egbert from OR and I meet up there every summer. You can almost still see where Ansel Adam's tripod left it marks in the soil if you look closely.