Mt. Shucksan, North Cascades

chuckh

My wife and I travelled to Skagit Valley in the NorthWest corner of Washington state to attend WFO-4 (Western FJR Owners Rally #4). One of the suggested local rides was to head up the Mt. Baker highway which tops out at aptly named Artist Point. From this vantage point you get awesome views of Mt. Shucksan and Mt. Baker.

I have only a small point and shoot (Canon SD400) with which to take pictures with presently. The following images are not as good as most of the images you-all present here on dgrin, but I'm learning.

This image is a reflection photo of Mt. Shucksan just below Artist Point:

chuckh

Mt. Shucksan, from Artist Point
A little bit higher in elevation then the first image and with another small lake reflection located from Artist Point:

Phil U.

That looks like some really beautiful country.

chuckh wrote:

I have only a small point and shoot (Canon SD400) with which to take pictures with presently. The following images are not as good as most of the images you-all present here on dgrin, but I'm learning.

Eh, don't worry about that. Post away, learn, but most importantly have fun.

S. Reed

The only improvement I could think of on the first photo is to get that white sky toned down. Those of us who know how, do this by cheating. We use gradutaed neutral density filters or we blend two photos in PS. Pretty good work for a point and shoot.

chuckh

S. Reed wrote:

The only improvement I could think of on the first photo is to get that white sky toned down. Those of us who know how, do this by cheating. We use gradutaed neutral density filters or we blend two photos in PS. Pretty good work for a point and shoot.

Thanks S. Reed for the encouragement. Since I've never done a blend of two photos - I'll need to learn.

I've searched on dgrin and see there are a number of threads on this topic. I'll spend some time studying/practicing and see what I can do to the first image. :photo

chuckh

:photo

Until then,

My lovely wife Renee' and I had a very nice time meeting old
acquaintences and meeting new friends.

Picture descriptions:

1. Lake reflection of beautiful Mt. Shuksan
2. Chuckanut Drive just South of Bellingham
3. Mt. Shuksan at Artist Point
4. Moto shot looking NW from near Artist Point
5. Mt. Shuksan reflection from Artist Point
6. WFO-4 FJR rally held at the Skagit Casino
7. My lovely bride and I all lit up and no where to go at the WFO-4 dinner
8. Renee' and I near Rainy Pass
9. Me taking pictures and hoping not to fall over the railing
10. Washington Pass Overlook, if you look to the left edge you can see
HMarc in his Red Stich
11. Renee' and I at the Washingotn Pass Overlook
12. Hand held panorama shot lookat up at Liberty Bell
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I'm away for GPNDG, with the my friends at the Wetleather group at Dworshack damn in N. Idaho for the weekend.

http://www.micapeak.com/~chuck/Images/WFO4_slideshow.pdf

All the best,

Chuck

chuckh

Phil U. wrote:

That looks like some really beautiful country.



Eh, don't worry about that. Post away, learn, but most importantly have fun.

Thanks Phil:

Superb photo: http://philu.smugmug.com/gallery/308648/1/12273024

Francois

chuckh wrote:

My wife and I travelled to Skagit Valley in the NorthWest corner of Washington state to attend WFO-4 (Western FJR Owners Rally #4). One of the suggested local rides was to head up the Mt. Baker highway which tops out at aptly named Artist Point. From this vantage point you get awesome views of Mt. Shucksan and Mt. Baker.

I have only a small point and shoot (Canon SD400) with which to take pictures with presently. The following images are not as good as most of the images you-all present here on dgrin, but I'm learning.

This image is a reflection photo of Mt. Shucksan just below Artist Point:

I wouldn't worry about the quality of my pictures if I could visit such an area !!!! : Just beautiful !!

Yuri Pautov

Wonderful photos, Spasibo!
Yuri

chuckh

Francois wrote:

I wouldn't worry about the quality of my pictures if I could visit such an area !!!! : Just beautiful !!

Thank you so much Francois! Some day, perhaps my wife and I can vistit some small portion of the beautiful scenary and life of France that you know.

chuckh

Yuri Pautov wrote:

Wonderful photos, Spasibo!
Yuri

Thank you so much Yuri.

What does "Spasibo!" translate to in English?
:photo