Category: Sunrise

Foggy Morning

Foggy Morning

I like the muted tones that fog gives you … it softens everything.

I took this near Capitol Lake in Olympia, WA. using a 300mm lens on my Nikon D810. I cropped the bottom off, it seemed to distract from the main photo element.

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Valley Fog and Mt Steel

Hart Lake and Mt Steel 1

One of the most dramatic campsites I have stayed at is in LaCrosse Basin at Hart Lake in Olympic National Park. There’s a nice site that sites on a small peninsula and the view to the south across the Duckabush Valley in stunning. There is a longish hike to get there (think 20 miles), which means it isn’t usually crowded. Well, that was more true in the past … everywhere is getting crowded now.

But on this trip we had great weather and the mosquitos were pretty good and we had the place to ourselves. It was nice watching the fog rise up the valley and burn off.

Hart Lake and Mt Steel 2
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Sunrise at Home Sweet Home

Sunrise at Home Sweet Home

This is one of my favorite backpacking photos. We were camped at Home Sweet Home where the shelter had previously stood … since collapsed due to heavy snow and lack of maintenance (Olympic National Park budget cuts). Home Sweet Home is reached by hiking (13 miles) up the North Fork Skokomish trail and crossing First Divide. Shortly after starting the drop down into the Duckabush valley you find this lovely meadow.

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