Saturday, July 23, 2011

Summit Sunrise


Day 283: I had chased over to the pasture hurriedly, hoping to catch one dawn-lit cloud hanging off the shoulder of Mt. Rainier before it dissipated with the rising of the sun. I'd popped off a few shots with a bit of tree on the right side of the frame, and then stepped out into the pasture proper to check sky conditions to the west. As I turned around from that view with the camera still raised, I caught a glint in the viewfinder, a sun flare positioned in the "dip" between Liberty Cap and Columbia Crest. In the next ten seconds, I shot three images, but the sun was hastening into the sky, and the flare was overblown in the later two. Right place, right time. Sometimes photography is all about luck.

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