clouds

I had been waiting for good clouds for what seem to be forever, finally one afternoon they showed up. This is a shot from my local area.

The serendipity finding a nice unexpected sunset with my drone a couple days ago got me psyched to fly more. When a few clouds looked a bit promising I figured I might as well take er up again since I can just take off from my backyard and shoot up for a view. When I first looked out the window...

I'm a great believer in serendipity in my photography. I often set out with a plan or goal, but try to stay open to opportunities and go with the flow, which can mean changing the plan and not meeting the original goal. Yesterday afternoon I walked over to our high school play fields to...

Back in 2013 my wife and I hiked in here to spend a night and shoot the hoodoos know as The Towers of Silence. We were lucky to have the place to ourselves until two other photographers showed up in the late morning for an hour or two. This was my favorite place on our month long UT/AZ tour that...

The clouds came in as I plowed a path in deep snow over to the little tarn above Blue Lake in the North Cascades. The color version wasn't very exciting, but I was happily surprised when I finished the B&W conversion.

One of the most popular hikes off of Hwy. 20 in the North Cascades, esp. in the fall when the larches turn color. An easy 2+ miles and 900 ft. elevation gain. I missed the peak color, but enjoyed the contrast with the snow, which also kept the crowds manageable. I heard that there were cars...

When snow drapes these peaks it feels like I have Patagonia in my backyard! Early Winter Spires on the left, Liberty Bell on the right. Drone vertical pano.

I went over Hwy 20 in northern WA to catch the last of the larch color. I did see some, which I'll post later, but the highlight was catching sunrise with my drone on the Liberty Bell group of peaks at Washington Pass.

This was a frame from a time-lapse sequence I shot with my RX100.

A last glimpse before the peak disappeared into the mist for the rest of the evening.

I was hoping to get more sunset shots of White Chuck mountain from Raven Lake, but rising mist obscured the peak just after I got this one.

Hitting another forum with material from Raven Lake this week.

From Raven Lake. My most productive photo shoot in a while - gotta share the love across all the forums.

Factory Butte, Hanksville, UT 590nm, Sony a6300 Added a little colorization also:

Known for their incredible mountain peaks, besides these the Dolomites offer a vaste range of different, and amazing, photographic opportunities. Here is a misty morning on Lake Dobbiaco, 20 seconds with Hasselblad X1D, Hasselblad XCD 90mm & Formatt-Hitech Firecrest Ultra filters: And here a...

I know some of you don't care for figures in a landscape so here is a pure sunrise over Lake Casidy I shot before my wife and I got on our paddle boards, that's Mt. Pilchuck to the right of the sun hiding in the clouds. Sony RX100 IV, 4 verticals stitched in ACR

My wife and I got up early on my birthday to be on little Lake Casidy at sunrise. I was worried we'd missed the best of it, but It all worked out great. Lots of birds, and even a beaver was spotted. I very carefully brought my little Sony RX 100 IV in the chest pocket of my wind shirt. I thought...

I got this on a solo trip into ski the north side of Mt. Adams a few years ago. I camped here, up at tree line, and got some good shots, but the mosquitoes were terrible and I only had a bivy sack without netting, so suffered through a hot afternoon. I've now learned my lesson and carry a nice...