Posts Tagged ‘artist point’
The Border Peaks
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This is a photo I made back in 2010 of Canadian Border Peak and American Border Peak (with Yellow Aster Butte in the foreground) from Kulshan Ridge in the Mount Baker Wilderness. On Sunday I was going through some of my older photo files and decided this composition deserved some reprocessing so I could post it on for “Mountain Monday”.
Google+ launched back in June 2011 (in September to the general public) and has been a big success. The photography community has been especially taken with it – and it is now my main social network for photography related pursuits. I am still active on Twitter and my Facebook Page but Google+ is where most of the action takes place. Every Monday I curate a theme called “Mountain Monday” where many photographers post their mountain photos and “tag” their post with a #mountainmonday tag. At the end of the day I post a selection of these images. Every week there is a substantial amount of fantastic photography.
If you have mountain photos you would like to share – Mondays on G+ are a great time and place to do so. If you are not yet on Google+ you can read my earlier blog post about Google+ and photography back in September 2010.
Tags: american border peak, artist point, canadian border peak, google+, mount baker wilderness, mount baker-snoqualmie national forest, social media, washington state, yellow aster butte
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A few “leftovers” from my trip to Mt. Baker back in October. I like these shots but never found the will to make dedicated posts about them. So here they are.
First I have always liked the angle of the Hwy 20 near Artist Point from this vantage point. The short hike to Huntoon Point from Artist Point has a few small tarns but I think this was a bit late in the year to have them full and capable of reflecting more of Mount Shuksan.
Canadian Border Peak, American Border Peak, and Mt. Larrabee from Artist Point (above).
Finally, Mount Shuksan reflected in Picture Lake.
Tags: alpenglow, american border peak, artist point, canadian border peak, huntoon point, kulshan ridge, mt. larrabee, mt. shuksan, picture lake, reflections, shuksan arm, SR 542, tarn
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4 exposures stitched, Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM @ 50mm
Panorama of Mt. Baker with Ptarmigan Ridge in the foreground – from Artist Point.
Tags: artist point, Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM, kulshan ridge, mount baker, mt. baker, mt. baker-snoqualmie national forest, panorama, ptarmigan ridge, stitched, sunset
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10 exposures stitched, Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM @ 35mm
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For the past few years I find myself wishing that I’d spent more time in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest photographing the peaks in the Cascade Range. The classic/cliche Picture Lake is awesome and can yield interesting photographic moments almost every time but the wide range of possibilities from up at Artist Point make it more appealing to me. The trouble is the road remains snow covered until sometime in July (this year it opened on the 30th of July – a bit late). As the road closes with the first major snowfall, this year in late October – this isn’t a lot of time to enjoy it. I live only an hour away just north of the border in Canada but always seem to get caught doing other things. At this time of year I know I will be waiting at least 7 months until I can get back to Artist Point. Editing images like this always give me ideas as to what I want to do next time I am there… but so long to wait!
This panorama is from Artist Point looking north into the Cascade Range peaks north west of Mt. Shuksan. The peaks are (from left to right): Mt. Herman (foreground), Tomyhoi Peak, Canadian Border Peak, American Border Peak, Mt. Larrabee, Winchester Mountain, Goat Mountain, Goat Mountain East Peak, and Mt. Sefrit.
If only the last light of the day lasted longer!
Tags: alpenglow, american border peak, artist point, canadian border peak, Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM, goat mountain, goat mountain east, kulshan ridge, mt. baker-snoqualmie national forest, mt. herman, mt. larabee, mt. sefrit, tomyhoi peak, winchester mountain
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Another shot while walking from Artist Point towards Huntoon Point back in October. Considering how windy it was that evening I am pleased the Arctic Lupines (Lupinus arcticus) are relatively still for this shot. Mt. Shuksan and Shuksan Arm in the background.
Tags: arctic lupine, artist point, cascades, kulshan ridge, lupinus arcticus, mt. shuksan, shuksan arm
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Mt. Shuksan in late evening light from Artist Point.
This place is likely one of the most scenic areas close to my home. I am fortunate to live within an hour (with an easy border crossing experience) of Artist Point. This image was taken a few weeks ago on the same day as my earlier Picture Lake post.
Tags: alpenglow, artist point, kulshan ridge, mount shuksan, mt. baker-snoqualmie national forest, mt. shuksan
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Made the trip up to Artist Point last night – just caught the last bit of nice light. A portion of my shots were unusable as a lot of mosquitoes decided that it would be a good idea to take up residence in my lens hood and I was in too much of a hurry to notice. Note to self: I will get there earlier next weekend and I will bring bug spray.
The decent sunset is courtesy smoke from forest fires in Washington State and BC.
Tags: artist point, Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM, golden hour, mt. baker, mt. baker-snoqualmie national forest, smoke
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EDIT: I have since cropped and reprocessed this panorama to include just the portion with Mount Baker:
(click on the thumbnail for the larger version)
1. 31 exposures stitched, Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 USM @ 20mm
Major mountains I can ID in this photo: American Border Peak, Mt. Larrabee, Winchester Mountain, Goat Mountain, Mt. Sefrit, Mt. Shuksan, Shuksan Arm, Mt. Baker, Tabletop Mountain
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2. Another version of the same panorama. This one is cropped to 1) include less of the “superfluous” scenery and 2) to preserve the potential idea that I hiked my ass off to get up there by cropping out the parking lot!
Tags: american border peak, artist point, Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM, goat mountain, huntoon point, kulshan ridge, mount baker, mount shuksan, mt. baker, mt. baker wilderness, mt. larrabee, mt. sefrit, mt. shuksan, panorama, shuksan arm, stitched, table mountain, tabletop mountain, winchester mountain
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