The Snakes

[Bill Crawford]

One of my favorite local subjects is a barren lump of dirt near Benton City, Washington, known as Rattlesnake Mountain. I make the hour plus drive before sunrise every so often. Sometimes it's a total bust, but here are some of the better shots.

This is the most recent shot, taken on a very cold windy morning in late January.

I thought this trip was a bust, the mountain was totally fogged in, when I got there, but patience payed off!

An early spring moonlight shot.

A frosty winter morning.

This is a shot of the crazy mumble jumble on the North end of Rattlesnake. A drone shot of all the little gullies fanning out of that canyon in the center of the photo, would be awesome.

 

[Johnny Chien]

Wow, it's great to see all these different shots of the place throughout the different seasons and days!

 

[AlanLichty]

Nice to see the progression of the seasons here. I like the fog although the range does look quite nice with the fresh mantle of snow in the recent image.

 

[JimFox]

Really cool series Bill. It's no wonder that you go out there regularly.

Each one of these definitely stands on it's own merits. I tried to pick favorites, but it's really hard. I will have to say #4 is my favorite. The others I all like equally as well.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Very nice images. I used to go out to the wildlife refuge during the Crane festival and saw them but did not realize their potential.