Thomas Lakes and Mount Sopris, 2019

Blue hour bulb/ND panorama of snow fields, cirque, and summit of Mt Sopris from Upper Thomas Lake at Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness, White River National Forest. It was hard to get the exposure right as the light was fading- you can probably tell that the panorama gets darker from left to right as I left the exposure times the same for each of the frames in the shot. The second panorama is from the following morning- I used a B&W conversion to try to emphasize the texture of the rocks and clouds.

Upper Thomas Lake and Mt Sopris at Blue Hour (2019),
Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness, Colorado (16″x35″)

Upper Thomas Lake, Mt Sopris, and Morning Clouds (B&W),
Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness, Colorado (16″x40″)

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Trail to Mount Sopris, 2019

Earlier this summer, I backpacked up to Thomas Lakes in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness of Colorado and took a few photographs along the way. I’ve always loved this stretch of hike- the trail switchbacks through an open field, then crosses the top of a hill and enters a grove of aspen as it ascends to Thomas Lakes.

Trail through Field to Mt Sopris and Sopris (2019),
Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness, Colorado (16″x46″)

Hanging Lake, Summer 2019

Last summer was quite dry and hot on the Western Slope of the Rockies in Colorado- smoky air from forest fires and streams and waterfalls that trickled instead of gushed. This summer, I took my annual walk up to Hanging Lake in Glenwood Canyon and photographed the falls- there was much more water, with falls spouting out of the cliffs in multiple places. Here is a 30-second exposure of the falls at Hanging Lake.

Hanging Lake and Falls (Bulb Exposure, 2019),
Glenwood Canyon, White River National Forest, Colorado (11″x18″)

Lake Washington Bulb Exposures, Part 6

We had a relatively rare mid-summer rain pass through this weekend, so I took advantage of the darker skies and headed out to Madison Park to take a few bulb exposures of the passing clouds over Lake Washington. Unfortunately, as I set up to shoot, the sun started poking through the clouds, so even stacking a 10-stop ND filter on a polarizing filter only allowed for ~60-75 second exposures. I’ve found that I need a good two to five minutes to really get the water to flatten out in these photographs.

Madison Park Pier and Summer Rain Clouds (#5, B&W), Seattle, WA (12″x18″)

 

 

 

 

Late Spring Snow in Rainier National Park, Part 2

Clouds over late spring snow on Mt Rainier between Panorama Point and Paradise.

Rainier, Snow, Trees, and Clouds, Mt Rainier National Park, WA (12″x18″)

Rainier, Snow, Rock, and Clouds, Mt Rainier National Park, WA (12″x18″)

Late Spring Snow in Rainier National Park

Clouds over late spring snow on Mt Rainier between Panorama Point and Paradise.

Rainier, Spring Snow, and Clouds (Pano #4, Color), Mt Rainier NP, WA (16″x36″)

Rainier, Spring Snow, and Clouds (Pano #10, BW), Mt Rainier NP, WA (16″x49″)

Bulb Exposures of Seattle Skyline at Sunset

Back in late April, I drove over to West Seattle to shoot a few long-exposure photographs of the Seattle skyline at sunset.

 

Alki Beach Pylons and Pink Skies at Sunset, West Seattle, WA (12″x18″)

 

Pylons and Seattle Skyline at Blue Hour, West Seattle, WA (16″x41″)

Rialto Beach Bulb Exposures, Part 5

Long-exposure photographs from the cloudy morning hike back to the car at Rialto Beach in Olympic National Park, WA.

Waves Washing around Rock, Olympic National Park, WA (12″x18″)

 

Waves, Rocks, and Black Sand, Olympic National Park, WA (12″x18″)

Rialto Beach Bulb Exposures, Part 4

Sunset near Hole-In-The-Wall in Olympic National Park, WA.

Sunset, Rock, Pool, Olympic National Park, WA (12″x18″)

 

Rialto Beach Bulb Exposures, Part 3

Single-frame long exposure photograph of sea stacks and Hole-In-The-Wall at sunset along Rialto Beach in Olympic National Park, WA.

Light Rays over Sea Stacks, Olympic National Park, WA (12″x18″)

 

Tide around Rocks at Sunset, Olympic National Park, WA (12″x18″)