Olympic National Park

greenpea

To get some practice for next weeks Glacier National Park trip I went to Deer Park in Olympic National Park. Deer park sits at the North East corner of the ONP and allows you to camp at 5400+ ft and make a short easily hike to the 6005 ft peak of Blue Mountain. At an elevation of 6005ft, your usually well above the clouds, and this made for a great opportunity to do sunrise photos. C&C welcome.

schmoo

GREAT shots, Andrew! I was going to post a thread today because I, too, went for a hike over the weekend to "practice" for Glacier. But I don't think I'm gonna, now.



You had some perfect light and wonderful fog. Woo-ee, these are beautiful!

zweiblumen

Breathtaking views. The first one is fantastic. Great shots!

greenpea

schmooo wrote:

GREAT shots, Andrew! I was going to post a thread today because I, too, went for a hike over the weekend to "practice" for Glacier. But I don't think I'm gonna, now.



You had some perfect light and wonderful fog. Woo-ee, these are beautiful!

Thanks schmooo!

I did get lucky with the conditions on this trip. Its funny too, because at the last minute the decision was made to go to Olympic National Park instead of Mount Rainier National Park, and the weather really worked out.

zweiblumen wrote:

Breathtaking views. The first one is fantastic. Great shots!

Thanks Travis!

I was sitting on top of the mountain freezing as I was taking pictures, then all of a sudden that buck popped up on the ridge. I'm not sure who was more startled, me or the buck finding people on top of the mountain at 6AM. Luckily the buck stuck around for me to frame him in that shot.

Miguel Delinquento

Very nice shots, I like the first one best.
Ahh, I used to live not too far from Deer Park, south of Pt. Angeles in the foothills. A great place, but it sure gets cold the minute the sun goes down. I always tell folks to blow off Hurricane Ridge and hit Deer Park instead.

greenpea

Miguel Delinquento wrote:

Very nice shots, I like the first one best.
Ahh, I used to live not too far from Deer Park, south of Pt. Angeles in the foothills. A great place, but it sure gets cold the minute the sun goes down. I always tell folks to blow off Hurricane Ridge and hit Deer Park instead.

Thanks Miguel!

I've lived my entire life in the Pacific Northwest, I've hiked and camped all over the Olympics, but sadly this was my first time to Deer Park. But I will definately be going back!

Ned F

This is a nice series.. the third one is just fantastic!

JGD

Wow!

greenpea

Ned F wrote:

This is a nice series.. the third one is just fantastic!

Thanks Ned!

JGD wrote:

Wow!

Thanks Jim!

Albert Dickson

Realy cool stuff. I gotta go for #3.

DJ-S1

Fantastic work! I really enjoyed these - my only comment (other than that) is about the first one. Something kept nagging at me, I think I finally figured it out: the mountains in the background are beyond the DOF and I think that ideally they should be sharp in a landscape like this.

I'm a rank amateur so I wonder what Mark or Andy would say about that.

If these shots are any indication, you are going to come away with some amazing images at the shootout. I'm looking forward to seeing them.

greenpea

Albert Dickson wrote:

Realy cool stuff. I gotta go for #3.

Thanks Albert, I think #3 is my favorite too.

DJ-S1 wrote:

Fantastic work! I really enjoyed these - my only comment (other than that) is about the first one. Something kept nagging at me, I think I finally figured it out: the mountains in the background are beyond the DOF and I think that ideally they should be sharp in a landscape like this.

I'm a rank amateur so I wonder what Mark or Andy would say about that.

If these shots are any indication, you are going to come away with some amazing images at the shootout. I'm looking forward to seeing them.

Thanks! And I agree with you, every time I look at #1 the OOF mountians bugs me too. The goal with that picture was to get the deer with some kind of background (I never have a situation where I can get wildlife AND landscape in the same shot), it was pretty dark and I had been previously been shooting at infinity so my apature was wide open (the lens wasn't a fast one) ...I guess I just wasn't quick enough on my feet to frame the shot, push up the iso, and close down the apature. But then its trips like the Glacier one where I hope to get more paractice at that sort of scenario.:D

Kory Lidstrom

All very nice shots. I'd like to see a bit more detail in the shadows in #2 though.