cascades

This past Monday I attempted to drive to Artist's Point, a well known scenic area on the slopes leading toward Mount Baker, in the Northern Cascades Range. Didn't quite make it; the road to Artist's Point was closed for the season. (I subsequently learned it opens in July). I got as far as the...

The vanguard of a migrating flock heads south as dawn breaks over the Northern Cascades. Canon 5DSR. Early Risers by brian moore, on Flickr

Mt. Baker stands just under 11,000 feet and is a prominent feature in the skyline where I live. According to Wikipedia, it's "the second-most thermally active crater in the Cascade Range after Mount St. Helens." I was hoping to capture the "alpenglow" off the mountain so most of my images from...

Due to the Sun's orbit around the Earth, much of the year I cannot see the sunrise. Spring and Summer for example, sunrise is obscured to me by the hills to my left (and conversely the setting Sun is obscured by the hills to my right). But come the Autumn the Sun's orbit carries it into view...