Ash Creek Photo
The Oregon Coast, Cascade Mountains, Columbia Gorge, and Canadian Rockies in Pictures
These are a few of my favorite photos from a brief trip to Mount Rainier National Park in late summer, 2008. Although we traveled to Sunrise as well, these photos were all taken near Paradise Inn and the Nisqually River Canyon. When we first arrived at Paradise, the weather was crystal clear. Within a few hours, smoke from several large forest fires hundreds of mile south in Oregon began to drift in. When Mother Nature serves up lemons, it's time to make lemonade.
This fireweed was photographed in Mount Rainier National Park on the road shoulder at Reflection Lakes. I mention the road shoulder only to make the point that fireweed is common only in disturbed areas, like the site of a recent forest fire, or logging, or roadbuilding. The background of this photo is actually the lake itself. The original blue-gray of the water didn't do much for the photo, so I selected the water with the color tool, and then converted it to a soft mint green with the hue slider.
This fireweed was photographed in Mount Rainier National Park on the road shoulder at Reflection Lakes. I mention the road shoulder only to make the point that fireweed is common only in disturbed areas, like the site of a recent forest fire, or logging, or roadbuilding. The background of this photo is actually the lake itself. The original blue-gray of the water didn't do much for the photo, so I selected the water with the color tool, and then converted it to a soft mint green with the hue slider.
Original size: 2592px x 3888px |
Current: 200px x 300px |