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So it's been 20 years since I have been to spray park, and boy did I pick a grand day to come. Yesterday I was looking at weather data across the pacific northwest, and at last minute I chose to come here. I arrived later than I hoped to (and I was hustling and out of breath), so I had not much scouting time. Yes the wild flowers are nice up there, they are just at their peak, perhaps a little past their prime, and the lupines did not grow as tall this season.
And let me tell you, the mosquitoes are terrible right now! Anyways, I did see an elusive Pine Martin, he walked right in front of me. I had never seen one in the wild before. I also noticed a big fat Hoary Marmot sitting on a rock close to me. I didn't take photos because I had my super wide on.
Now for the nitty gritty. The sky was awesome, and to boot, the moon was there to add another dimension. So I climbed a little higher than the main part of spray park and found an alpine "lake."
I tried several comps and this one is my fave. This was very difficult. I was literally being swarmed by mosquitoes. They were on my lens, biting my eyebrows, ears, knuckles, everywhere! They were biting through my jacket, and when I was holding my neutral grad in front of my lens they just attacked my hand and had a feast. I couldn't move, and blowing on them did not work. I had to stay cool. I had my mirror locked up and I wasn't going to risk touching the camera and ruin the several second exposure. Just had to tough it out; no pain, no gain I guess.
This was one of the best light shows I have ever seen. So blessed to have been there!
So I had to hike out in the dark (4 miles to trail head) and l am no stranger of doing this (this is how great photos are made), but in them woods are some spooky sounds. I just kept whistling and making noise, always looking behind me with my headlamp to make sure I was not being tailed by a cougar. Pretty soon I was in the darkest and quietest part of the woods and I heard a loud snap behind me and some fast foot work. I froze and just about browned my shorts! I'm thinking, what, a cougar, bear, a yeti? LOL! I picked up my pace and I couldn't been happier to get back to my car, which I "slept" in for a few hours and then drove home. This image was totally worth the effort (8 miles round trip - highest point I was at 6450 feet)!
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Autumn mossy boulder and Lower Lewis Falls.
Is it still waterfall Wednesday? ;)
I know this is a popular waterfall to photograph, but today I felt, what the hell, might as well join the club. This falls would be even more popular if it weren't pourly marked roads, being out in the boonies between Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Adams, and you didn't have to drive down a pothole filled gravel road, repel down a slippery rock face with only a flimsy rope, and the fact you are going to fall in the drink while wading out in the icy cold river to get a view similar than this :D
It was all worth getting wet and bruised in the end, for I also came home with 2.6 pounds of Chanterelle mushrooms! That's going to make a great dinner tomorrow night! :)
I got a bunch more comps in the area, but chose my first image to post. I wanted the boulder to stand out here and cut into the falls. I also purposely kept the sky out of the comp so not to distract from the fall color. Oh ya, the colors around the area were just a touch past their prime. I feel lucky to get out there before the new rains that are coming.
Cheers!
~dr
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Vine maple illuminate the forest, view large!
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Ferns in the Gifford Pinchot National forest, Washington, wave goodbye to their vine mapel friends for the winter.
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Autumn at the Wenatchee river near Leavenworth Washington. The sky is a bit blown out at the top left in this panorama; that's what I got for being to lazy to use an nd grad, such as life...
I promise I will post some Ecuador photos soon. I have been so busy, I got to find time to finish processing. A bunch of other stuff going on in my life such as adjusting to some changes and writing a book...
~dr
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