Ranier Surprise
Jun 10, 2018 12:35:35 #
loosecanon
Loc: Central Texas
My wife and I were hiking near Mt. Ranier and looking for it through the heavy clouds. No luck, I kept thinking. Then suddenly the clouds parted. It was just an amazing sight at this distance. Had to use a polarizing filter in the bizarre lighting conditions. Originally shot on film and later scanned.
Jun 10, 2018 12:40:09 #
Jun 10, 2018 12:48:45 #
Jun 10, 2018 13:03:37 #
Wow. That's pretty cool. The first time I tried to photograph Mt. Rainier the weather was socked in so I set the camera up on my tripod and waited...And waited. Finally the peak poked it's head up out of the clouds and it was way higher than I had expected. I had to tilt the camera up about 30 more degrees to find the peak in the view finder. It's only around 14 thousand something feet, but right out of the ocean. Much more prominent in the landscape than Colorado's 14ers.
Jun 10, 2018 13:15:05 #
loosecanon wrote:
My wife and I were hiking near Mt. Ranier and looking for it through the heavy clouds. No luck, I kept thinking. Then suddenly the clouds parted. It was just an amazing sight at this distance. Had to use a polarizing filter in the bizarre lighting conditions. Originally shot on film and later scanned.
Wow! How beautiful!
Jun 10, 2018 13:16:23 #
Having grown up close to the mountain and being a frequent visitor to the park I have seen soooo many photos of it that I am not easily impressed any more but yours did the trick! I love it!! Thanks for sharing. Glad you got a peek. So many don't.
Jun 10, 2018 13:38:46 #
loosecanon
Loc: Central Texas
I really appreciate these comments. I have many pictures of this mtn., but this one still grabs me.
Jun 10, 2018 16:56:21 #
Jun 11, 2018 07:47:27 #
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Jun 11, 2018 09:03:21 #
loosecanon wrote:
My wife and I were hiking near Mt. Ranier and looking for it through the heavy clouds. No luck, I kept thinking. Then suddenly the clouds parted. It was just an amazing sight at this distance. Had to use a polarizing filter in the bizarre lighting conditions. Originally shot on film and later scanned.
What a unique shot
Jun 11, 2018 09:16:46 #
Jun 11, 2018 09:57:45 #
gvarner
Loc: Central Oregon Coast
Nice photo. We drove around the mountain loop several years ago. It was so cloudy at every scenic spot that the only photo we got was a big mural of the mountain on the back of an RV in a parking lot. It was pretty.
Jun 11, 2018 10:09:48 #
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