On the Way to Comet Falls

thapamd

I went to Rainier today. The weather was very gloomy with lots of fog. I couldn't even see the mountain. So, I decided to hike the Comet Fall trail, and I think I came out ok with these photographs. I hope you enjoy 'em.

Olympus E-620 & 12-60mm (24-120mm equivalent) f/2.8-4.0 lens

ridgemac

Lines on rocks?
A really great series. I particularly like the "eerie" look of the woods in the fog.
The next to last photo - what caused the white lines on the rocks?

Awais Yaqub

Man you have lots of stuff around you. Great images

schmoo

Love the low-contrast effect of fog in the woods. Gorgeous! It also makes the close-up shot of the water drops so incredibly shocking. Love it

coscorrosa

If there's a hike to do in the park on an overcast day, that's definitely the one! Beautiful! Love the droplet close up, Bloucher Falls, and the first one of Comet Falls. And the one of the trees. They're all great actually.

But I'm going to deduct points for only bringing a single lens when I was there last week and brought my 30 lbs. of crap (about 28 lbs. more than I needed)

Photozz

Very nice shots, I like them all.

eMOJO

A great series of shots, very moody... well done

W.W. Webster

thapamd wrote:

I think I came out ok with these photographs.

ront

Very nice series Mahesh!! Beautiful area!!

Ron

thapamd

ridgemac wrote:

A really great series. I particularly like the "eerie" look of the woods in the fog.
The next to last photo - what caused the white lines on the rocks?

Thanks, Larry! I suspect the lines on the rocks are just different type of rocks "layered" into the bigger boulders. That's what it looks like at 100% anyway.

thapamd

Awais Yaqub wrote:

Man you have lots of stuff around you. Great images

Thanks, Awais! Seattle is the best city I've ever lived in. The photographic opportunities in and around this area are nothing short of mind-boggling!

thapamd

schmoo wrote:

Love the low-contrast effect of fog in the woods. Gorgeous! It also makes the close-up shot of the water drops so incredibly shocking. Love it

Thanks, Schmoo! I was first a little disappointed as the fog started to roll in, but then I quickly realized the potential! Glad you enjoyed the images. Yes, that water-droplet shot mixed in with the foggy scenes gives it some extra "pop," doesn't it?

Eia

Very beautiful. The closeups; these sort of shots make up the vistas that we see...or can't see in your case. They are all lovely but the raindrop/leaf catches my eye!

thapamd

coscorrosa wrote:

If there's a hike to do in the park on an overcast day, that's definitely the one! Beautiful! Love the droplet close up, Bloucher Falls, and the first one of Comet Falls. And the one of the trees. They're all great actually.

But I'm going to deduct points for only bringing a single lens when I was there last week and brought my 30 lbs. of crap (about 28 lbs. more than I needed)

Thanks, Ron! Tsk, tsk! Just because I only used one lens doesn't mean that that was the only lens I took with me. Actually I had everything covered from 18mm to 600mm...just didn't feel the need to change lenses. Plus, I just got the 12-60mm and wanted to run it through the courses, so to speak...it's a champ!

thapamd

Photozz wrote:

Very nice shots, I like them all.

Thanks, Photozz! Glad you enjoyed 'em.

thapamd

eMOJO wrote:

A great series of shots, very moody... well done

Thanks, eMOJO! sometimes moody works!

thapamd

W.W. Webster wrote:

thapamd

ront wrote:

Very nice series Mahesh!! Beautiful area!!

Ron

Thanks, Ron! You have to come out one day and do some photography with us!

thapamd

Eia wrote:

Very beautiful. The closeups; these sort of shots make up the vistas that we see...or can't see in your case. They are all lovely but the raindrop/leaf catches my eye!

Thanks, Eia! I was so happy when I saw all those beautiful leaves with just the perfect droplets...I'm glad the lens has a macro function.

Reverb

These photos more and do a rainy day justice. You've captured a softness of light that reminds me that you do not always have to put the camera away when the moisture comes.

kdog

Terrific series, Mahesh. thumb

Cheers,
-joel

astockwell

Great set, but 3 and 4 stand out here. The waterfall and stream lead your eye right through the shot, and the detail of 4 is great.

-Andy

thapamd

Reverb wrote:

These photos more and do a rainy day justice. You've captured a softness of light that reminds me that you do not always have to put the camera away when the moisture comes.

Thanks, Reverb! You are so very correct about rainy days...I remember not wanting to do any photography on gloomy days...boy was I stupid back then (still a little but not as much)

thapamd

kdog wrote:

Terrific series, Mahesh. thumb

Cheers,
-joel

Thank you, Joel! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

thapamd

astockwell wrote:

Great set, but 3 and 4 stand out here. The waterfall and stream lead your eye right through the shot, and the detail of 4 is great.

-Andy

Thank,s Andy! A rainy, misty day makes for great water flow shots. I'm glad I went to Rainier this particular day.