Another 16 hours on Mt. Rainier

coscorrosa · August 18, 2009

After doing Paradise on Saturday morning/afternoon, Danny and I headed back to the mountain for sunrise through sunset on Sunday. Again we were really lucky with the light and conditions.

Here are some of my favorite shots from the trip.

#1:

#2:

#3:

#4:

#5:

#6:

And what trip to Rainier would be complete without some flower shots?

#7:

#8:

#9:

rwells · August 18, 2009

Awesome Ron ~ all of them

jpc · August 18, 2009

3 & 4.. wow.

aj986s · August 18, 2009

Beautiful pics. #'s 1, 4 and 6 are my favs. They belong on the wall!

Cuong · August 18, 2009

You guys are fantastic landscape fanatics and we just couldn't get enough of your magnificent catches.

Cuong

jeffmeyers · August 18, 2009

Very cool. I think my favorite is #3!

dlplumer · August 18, 2009

Cuong wrote:

You guys are fantastic landscape fanatics and we just couldn't get enough of your magnificent catches.

Cuong

+1

tisun · August 18, 2009

Beautiful captures.

Jonnyyaya · August 18, 2009

Great work looks like a fun trip I need to make it up there soon I am missing out.
Thanks for sharing

ront · August 18, 2009

Excellent series Ron!!!! I would be very hard pressed to pick a favorite out of these as they are all great!! If I had to pick on, it would be #2. Great composition, colors. detail and that reflection is incredible!

Ron

thapamd · August 18, 2009

Beautiful shots, Ron! You are one talented photographer...it's scary how good you are. Keep up the great work, and show our state in the beautiful light she deserves to be seen in.

rainbow · August 18, 2009

Awesome set of shots.

I love #4. It reminds me of my "darkroom in the garage" days with B & W film and experimenting with yellow and red filters to bring out the sky/cloud contrast. #3 is an equally dramatic capture.

Thanks for sharing.

Darren Troy C · August 18, 2009

Really like #2 & 4.

coscorrosa · August 18, 2009

Cuong wrote:

You guys are fantastic landscape fanatics and we just couldn't get enough of your magnificent catches.

Cuong

Thanks Cuong - Mt. Rainier isn't very accessible for 9 months of the year so we need to take advantage in the limited time we have. Even though I've been there a lot there's still a ton of places I have yet to visit, but I'm working on it!

coscorrosa · August 18, 2009

ront wrote:

Excellent series Ron!!!! I would be very hard pressed to pick a favorite out of these as they are all great!! If I had to pick on, it would be #2. Great composition, colors. detail and that reflection is incredible!

Ron

Thanks Ron - that's Naches Peak, and it was taken a whole 15 ft. from where the first photo was taken. I feel kind of guilty

dseidman · August 18, 2009

These are all very good, as usual. I'm kind of surprised by how the second one turned out. It's one of my favorites of this series.
I also really like the macros you got. I can't wait to return.

coscorrosa · August 18, 2009

thapamd wrote:

Beautiful shots, Ron! You are one talented photographer...it's scary how good you are. Keep up the great work, and show our state in the beautiful light she deserves to be seen in.

Thanks Mahesh - that means a lot. As much as I shoot I still feel like there's so much more out there, if only I had more time. This state is just a treasure for landscapes. I still feel that I often fail to capture the feeling of the place I'm shooting, but I'm getting closer, and I'll just have to keep shooting more and more to get where I want to be, and that's fine, there's few things I'd rather be doing then watching the glow on Rainier at sunrise.

coscorrosa · August 18, 2009

dseidman wrote:

These are all very good, as usual. I'm kind of surprised by how the second one turned out. It's one of my favorites of this series.
I also really like the macros you got. I can't wait to return.

Same here! It was either shoot macros or watch you throw rocks at trees (and miss - even though I hit it on the first try behind my back...)

I didn't have high expectations for the second shot either, it looked really awesome in person but that doesn't always translate. I'm glad I took a bracketed exposure (3 stops) and was able to blend the two together though as you know there's still some haloing artifacts I need to work on there. I'll get it someday...

coscorrosa · August 18, 2009

Again thanks to everyone who provided feedback and comments

I plan on hitting Rainier (and Mt. Baker) a bunch more this year, in addition to a trip to the Southwest and Yellowstone/Grand Teton in the fall. After that I'll probably hibernate for awhile.

Another 16 hours on Mt. Rainier

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