FIRST LIGHT, MAZAMA RIDGE AND MT. RAINIER #2, CASCADE RANGE, WA (back)

First Light, Mazama Ridge and Mt. Rainier #2, Cascade Range, WA

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12" x 18" (18" x 24" paper)
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(photos are printed with a 3" white border)

This photo was taken on August 23, 2008 at Mt. Rainier National Park in Washington.

This is from Mazama Ridge, just below the Paradise River. Technical Details: Canon 5D, Canon 24mm TSE f/14, 5.2 sec. ISO 100 with a Singh-Ray 3-stop grad ND (hard) to tone down the sky and mountain.

This was a late year for wildflowers in the Cascades, about 3 weeks after the normal bloom, and the bloom has been inconsistent, with the lupine a bit stunted. Several snow fields still crossed the trail, and the climb up to Mazama ridge, which we began around 5:15 AM was still pretty wet.