Washington – Day 8 – Mt. Rainier

[singlepic id=1806] Day 7 was partially taken up with our descent from Lake of the Angels, partially taken up with our loitering at the trail head pondering what to do next and partially taken up driving toward Mt. Rainier.  We stopped off at a hotel along the way as it… Continue reading

Washington – Day 6 & 7 – Olympic National Park

[singlepic id=1764 w=480 float=right template=caption] [singlepic id=1725 w=480 float=right template=caption] [singlepic id=1732 w=480 float=right template=caption] We actually got up early and left Aberdeen right around 7AM headed for the Mt. Ellinor trail head which we reached around 9:00.  I think there were two trail heads for Mt. Elinore and we… Continue reading

Washington – Day 5 – Olympic National Forest

[singlepic id=1683 w=480 float=right] Because we stopped short of Olympic National Forest, we had to finish the drive up to Quinault first thing in the morning.  The first stop was a the USFS / NPS Recreation Information building where we got a map of the immediate area (not so much… Continue reading

Rainier Wildflowers

[singlepic id=1775 h=480 float=left] I had a concept in mind for this picture, but I think I didn’t execute it quite right.  I probably should have poked around a bit more to find a better flower patch without the little tree to the right.  Also, the shot ended up busier… Continue reading

Waterfall

[singlepic id=1774 h=480 float=left] This was an unmarked side-waterfall along the White River Trail up toward Mt. Rainier.  I like the end product better than I thought I would – should have taken the time to pull out the tripod, because the 0.8 second shutter speed is pretty obvious. Picture… Continue reading

Lake of the Angels

I looked at yesterday’s picture a second time after it was posted and was rather disappointed.  I think the posted version looks muddy to me – which makes some sense because a RAW file has no added sharpening, contrast or saturation adjustments.  Here’s a comparison of what was posted vs…. Continue reading