Many Moods of Mt. Baker Wilderness

thapamd

I arrived at my campsite late afternoon on Saturday. The thunder was crackling and the lightning was lighting up a very gloomy sky. The rain was heavy and the visibility was poor. I stayed in my tent until the storm let up a little. I then hiked up to a high point and captured some moody shots and a relative nice sunset image of Baker. I then hiked back in the dark with a headlamp. The next morning I took a sunrise image and then headed back down to the parking lot. I didn't get a lot of images, but here are the ones I thought were worth sharing.

All images taken with the Olympus E-620 and Olympus 9-18mm (18-36mm equivalent) or the 70-300mm (140-600mm equivalent) lens.











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ront

Really nice Mahesh!! I love #2, 3, and 4!! You certainly have a great eye!!

Ron

coscorrosa

The light might not have cooperated like you wanted, but it gave you some really nice fog to work with in the first two shots (my two favorites of the series). Great set anyway though. Where were you camped?

thapamd

ront wrote:

Really nice Mahesh!! I love #2, 3, and 4!! You certainly have a great eye!!

Ron

Thanks, Ron! It was a bit scary with all that lightning, but I survived and brought back a handful of decent images. I'm glad you enjoyed 'em.

thapamd

coscorrosa wrote:

The light might not have cooperated like you wanted, but it gave you some really nice fog to work with in the first two shots (my two favorites of the series). Great set anyway though. Where were you camped?

Thanks, Ron! Fog was pretty much all I got that evening. You know what they say about getting lemons and making lemonade.

I camped at the Railroad Grade campsite.

Marcy

Really nice shots - like the BW especially -

cmkultradome

Love the colors in #3!

Stephanie

Eia

The first thing I noticed is that you have a lot of varied photos with color and scene. It goes from dramatic to serene. Depending on how I felt at the time would determine which would be my fave!! They are all beautiful.

jamesl

Excellent job! Given the conditions, I really admire your grit and determination to ride out the storm for the shots. I'd be happy to have any of those in my collection.

James

Cuong

Yet another beautiful series. #2 looks like a volcanic eruption.

Cuong

bryanj87

Wow, EPIC series Mahesh. I really like 3 and 4. If these were on flickr, I'd fave them!

schmoo

with Bryan: "Epic" is the perfect word!

I just adore the b/w shots. I've scarcely seen better mountain/fog abstracts than these.

scole

#2, 4, and 5 are my favorites but #5 is my absolute favorite. Just love the meandering trail throughout the composition.

thapamd

Marcy wrote:

Really nice shots - like the BW especially -

Thanks, Marcy! For some of the scenes up there, I thought b&w would work perfectly.

thapamd

cmkultradome wrote:

Love the colors in #3!

Stephanie

Thanks, Stephanie! It was kind of scary at the fire lookout, seeing all that beautiful scenery before me. Then I saw a little glow in the distance of the sunset, and I felt at peace.

thapamd

Eia wrote:

The first thing I noticed is that you have a lot of varied photos with color and scene. It goes from dramatic to serene. Depending on how I felt at the time would determine which would be my fave!! They are all beautiful.

Thanks, Eia! I didn't expect to get as many "good" photographs as I think I managed from this trip. The weather the first evening was pretty bad, but I'm glad to have had the experience. At least now I know that my backpacking gear is pretty tough.

thapamd

jamesl wrote:

Excellent job! Given the conditions, I really admire your grit and determination to ride out the storm for the shots. I'd be happy to have any of those in my collection.

James

Thanks, James! The storm was a little scary, but also very beautiful at the same time. The fast moving clouds almost looked like angles dancing through the mountains and my campsite.

thapamd

Cuong wrote:

Yet another beautiful series. #2 looks like a volcanic eruption.

Cuong

Thanks, Cuong! Yes! I thought the same thing about #2 when I took it. I'm glad you mentioned it.

thapamd

bryanj87 wrote:

Wow, EPIC series Mahesh. I really like 3 and 4. If these were on flickr, I'd fave them!

Thanks, Bryan! That's quite a complement you gave, and I really appreciate it.

thapamd

schmoo wrote:

with Bryan: "Epic" is the perfect word!

I just adore the b/w shots. I've scarcely seen better mountain/fog abstracts than these.

Thanks, Schmoo! The contrast of the dark mountain shades and the light clouds were perfect for b&w conversion, I thought. I'm glad you agree.

thapamd

scole wrote:

#2, 4, and 5 are my favorites but #5 is my absolute favorite. Just love the meandering trail throughout the composition.

Thanks, Steve! You know, #5 isn't as popular among my friends as the others, perhaps because it doesn't have any grandiose mountains or moody fog in it, but I like it for it's compositional merits. I'm so glad you like it as well.

dlplumer

1, 3, and 4 for me Mahesh, but the whole series is exquisite. I especially love the perspective and the layers. Just great work.

Dan

astockwell

Dude 1 and 3 FTW. I would print 1 really, really big. Awesome shot.

-Andy

thapamd

dlplumer wrote:

1, 3, and 4 for me Mahesh, but the whole series is exquisite. I especially love the perspective and the layers. Just great work.

Dan

Thanks, Dan! The weather was "interesting" to say the least. However, it did allow me to get somewhat unique shots of the region. I'm glad you enjoyed the shots.

thapamd

astockwell wrote:

Dude 1 and 3 FTW. I would print 1 really, really big. Awesome shot.

-Andy

Thanks, Andy! The 1st is my personal favorite as well.

dseidman

You got some interesting clouds but you certainly made the best of it. I love the whole series.

scottV

wow, love the smoothness of the first b&w.

Robbug

....wow.....

between you, danny and ron, you guys are gonna drive me into the ground . If it weren't for the month long event I am assigned to cover, I would be hightailing it all over the PNW to keep up with you guys. Awesome series ... gonna file this away for future reference. Thanks for sharing!

Rob

GORIO

those are nice sunset! i would love to shoot something like that given the chance.

Doug Solis

Wow, really lovely series Mahesh. Hard to pick a fav although I really like the blue "smoky mountain" look image, I love the lines and the haze/fog. Also the reflection in the lake is a beautiful capture. Well done.

Awais Yaqub

Beautiful job !!