I managed to join the Rainier revelry just before summer left us. Believe it or not, although a native Seattleite, I\'d never been to the Reflection Lakes in Mount Rainier National Park. I\'m guessing I\'m not the only one. I took my family there the next day, a Saturday that was so packed, overflow parking stretched at least a mile down Paradise Valley Road. Yet, we easily found parking at the Reflections, which is on Stevens Canyon Road, a right turn on the way to Paradise.
The place can be magical. I\'d never seen a red fox in the wild until one bounded down the trail at me while I was scouting for a spot from which to shoot. I\'d hoped it was an omen. As usual, it wasn\'t until after all but two of the couple dozen or so photographers left, that the light got a little interesting.
I have two takes on the scene: \"Regular folk\" seem to like the first one, and photographers seem to favor the long exposure.
Nits and picks are appreciated, as always.
Best,
Glenn
P.S.: I added No. 3 with more blue and magenta removed. I\'m not expert enough with colors to know if blue (from the sky) also gets exaggerated during a long exposure, the blue from the filter notwithstanding.
Edit: No. 2 replaced as black-and-white conversion.
I managed to join the Rainier revelry just before summer left us. Believe it or not, although a native Seattleite, I\'d never been to the Reflection Lakes in Mount Rainier National Park. I\'m guessing I\'m not the only one. I took my family there the next day, a Saturday that was so packed, overflow parking stretched at least a mile down Paradise Valley Road. Yet, we easily found parking at the Reflections, which is on Stevens Canyon Road, a right turn on the way to Paradise.
The place can be magical. I\'d never seen a red fox in the wild until one bounded down the trail at me while I was scouting for a spot from which to shoot. I\'d hoped it was an omen. As usual, it wasn\'t until after all but two of the couple dozen or so photographers left, that the light got a little interesting.
I have two takes on the scene: \"Regular folk\" seem to like the first one, and photographers seem to favor the long exposure.
Nits and picks are appreciated, as always.
Best,
Glenn
P.S.: I added No. 3 with more blue and magenta removed. I\'m not expert enough with colors to know if blue (from the sky) also gets exaggerated during a long exposure, the blue from the filter notwithstanding.
I managed to join the Rainier revelry just before summer left us. Believe it or not, although a native Seattleite, I\'d never been to the Reflection Lakes in Mount Rainier National Park. I\'m guessing I\'m not the only one. I took my family there the next day, a Saturday that was so packed, overflow parking stretched at least a mile down Paradise Valley Road. Yet, we easily found parking at the Reflections, which is on Stevens Canyon Road, a right turn on the way to Paradise.
The place can be magical. I\'d never seen a red fox in the wild until one bounded down the trail at me while I was scouting for a spot from which to shoot. I\'d hoped it was an omen. As usual, it wasn\'t until after all but two of the couple dozen or so photographers left, that the light got a little interesting.
I have two takes on the scene: \"Regular folk\" seem to like the first one, and photographers seem to favor the long exposure.
I managed to join the Rainier revelry just before summer left us. Believe it or not, although a native Seattleite, I\'d never been to the Reflection Lakes in Mount Rainier National Park. I\'m guessing I\'m not the only one. I took my family there the next day, a Saturday that was so packed, overflow parking stretched at least a mile down Paradise Valley Road. Yet, we easily found parking at the Reflections, which is on Stevens Canyon Road, a right turn on the way to Paradise.
The place can be magical. I\'d never seen a red fox in the wild until one bounded down the trail at me while I was scouting for a spot from which to shoot. I\'d hoped it was an omen. As usual, it wasn\'t until after all but two of the couple dozen or so photographers left, that the light got a little interesting.
I have two takes on the scene: \"Regular folk\" seem to like the first one, and photographers seem to favor the long exposure.
Nits and picks are appreciated, as always.
Best,
Glenn
Sep 29, 2014 at 02:33 PM
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