Mount Hood Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

This is Mount Hood in Oregon. At 11,245 feet high it is the highest point in Oregon and is the fourth highest peak in the Cascades. It dominates the Portland skyline. This is an active volcano which last erupted in the 1790's a few years before the Lewis and Clark expedition that did pass it on their voyage through the Louisiana Purchase. Mount Hood was named after a British admiral, Lord Samuel Hood, by Captain George Vancouver.

This was by far the clearest weather I had on the entire trip. This was the only day where I had so few clouds. Taken around 1pm.

weswang, lucbus, PJE, papagolf21, PixelTerror, jjbach, ChrisJ, AmiBe, nwoehnl, Tue, jpages, supereira, jhm, Galmeida, maphoto, Emile, quantabeh, capthaddock, katya11 has marked this note useful

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PJE (19575) 2005-10-06 22:32

Gorgous daytime photo here Stephen. I see lots of grass but the Mt Hood is the crowning glory to this photo. Personally I would have used a zoom lens for this photo. I think your next purchase is a Nikon 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED VR AF Zoom-Nikkor. You can find it at this site . Check it out man. Hmm there are alot more Canon lens there than Nikkor lens. It might be a sign. But honestly I would trade in my Rebel for a Nikon D2X any day of the week! 12 million pixels wold really rock!!

Cormac (26461) 2005-10-06 23:49

What a magnificent mountain, and the immense size is even more apparent because there are no other mountains around it. One thing I like about this shot is that you have a few trees visible on either side of the mountain, which frame it well. Good work!

alainh (35391) 2005-10-07 1:39

hello Stephen
Not a cloud in this splendid sky.
beautiful mountain this Mount Hood.
you can also make a panoramic format of this nice shot.
regards of France
alain

papagolf21 (57003) 2005-10-07 4:27

Bonjour Stephen,
Neiges éternelles sur le pic de cette montagne. L'avant-plan nous donne l'échelle des grands espaces américains. Les hautes herbes donnent une impression de relief.
J'aime beaucoup.
Amitiés.
Philippe

PixelTerror (87159) 2005-10-07 4:52

Hi Steve,
Pleasant summer colors and good framing of the snowy peak between the trees, one could argue there's too much foreground but on the other hand adding so much flat land enhances the rising character of the peak, quite strange to see it rise so high and alone. The pola helped save the colors given the shooting time, I have the impression it tilts to the right, given by the background trees line.
Have a nice week end,
Jean-Yves

jjbach (9111) 2005-10-07 5:02

Hi Steve,
Wonderful colours and fine lighting for this composition. The low angle gives splendid perspective and drives the eye direct to the mountain. Very wll done!

Regrads John

ChrisJ (70485) 2005-10-07 5:23

Hi Stephen

Maybe I'd crop some of the foreground grass away, & go for a more panoramic format for this image? Excellent color & sharpness. Good work!

sergecross (3438) 2005-10-07 7:08

Hi Stephen, colorful and sharply taken, i like the the pov and the grass texture. I think that this picture needs to rotate a few angles to the left side, but it looks very niec.
Thanks
sergio

cessy (13647) 2005-10-07 9:21

very nice classic landscape, Steve
beautiful blue sky, can feel the sunny day atmosphere. bring me memory of mountain in Indonesia with plantation infront (though mostly the ones in Indonesia do not have snow on top :))
the horizon slightly tilted, is it intentional ?

AmiBe (6042) 2005-10-07 10:32

Hi Stephen,
good landscape again, with a very good low POV !
I like the trees framing the mountain !
Beautiful colors as well.
Well done

weswang (18223) 2005-10-07 10:48

Hi Mr. Steve, A friend of mine told me that recently there is a show in travel channel to show 10 must go list in west coast of America. Mountain Hood is one of them. I have never been there before. It is high on my to-go list. Thanks for posting this photo for the heads up of the place.
This is beautiful scenery and an excellent shot in a perfect weather. There is no cloud at all. You may see hundreds of mile on the top of the mountain. A well composed picture with beautiful foreground golden and green to contrast with the blue background in this picture.

nwoehnl (120) 2005-10-07 12:49

Hi Steve. I was almost anticipating that after Multnomah Falls, Mt Hood might be next (same sequence I took in 2002). The lush colors and the deep DOF make this a pleasant one to look at. Good that you chose a lower shooting angle, otherwise I would probably have said the framing was a bit too plain. Good disposal of the available foreground vegetation in the scene. If you continue to go in the same sequence as I did, the next photo would have to come from Yakima Valley :-P

Tue (25608) 2005-10-07 13:53

Hej Stephen,
Very nice landscape with the high peak in the background. I like you included quite a big part of the field in the foreground. Good colours too, well done.
Hilsner,
Lars

feather (50480) 2005-10-07 15:45

I like the colours, and the composition of 1/3s is spot on. I see My Hood dominates here in the same way Mt Rainier dominates Washington
Kath

jpages (1670) 2005-10-07 17:37

Hi Stephen,
Good open field shot, controlling very well the light, as it seems to be very hard, but the sky is seen very well in blue color. The composition dividing the shot in two parts, with more part of earth giving more information rather than the clean sky, is very well chosen. Nice to see again in the skyline, this high vulcano. Good work.
Best regards
Jaume

supereira (9576) 2005-10-08 5:55

Great view.I like the composition and DOF.I like the detail of the mountain.Good contrast between the sky and the gree.Good colors,light and sharpness.Good job!

dsidwell (9745) 2005-10-08 9:42

The view here is so nice, Stephen! Your point of view posits the green landscape against the distant blue mountain, and the effect is very lovely. Your horizon isn't straight, but it may be that it's a hillside. Either way, it may be interesting to experiment with leveling it out to see how it affects the scene. This is a really beautiful image, sir!

jhm (83742) 2005-10-08 10:59

Hi Stephen,
I like the waving of the mountain as silhouette against the splendid blue sky, the few trees its a good add. Excellent composition.
Have a nice weekend,
John.

Galmeida (12559) 2005-10-08 17:36

Hello Stephen,
Splendid weather and sky with a beautiful mountain and Vulcano at distance. Interesting approach angle and enquadrement. Fine contrast and sharpness. Good DOF, good colors and also a very good composition.

Well done and composed.
Best Regards
Fernando

huynt (5077) 2005-10-08 19:10

Hi Stephen
I like the nice snow mountain. I agree with Chris J I think It will better. Well done. Huy

maphoto (8076) 2005-10-08 22:19

Nice contrast and colors Stephen, pleasant landscape, a strong subject in the foregrouns would have been nice also, anyway, well seen.

CliffW (2310) 2005-10-09 0:01

Nice low perspective. At first I thought you might have some tilt in the frame until I studied the trees. Good that you picked up on not just the obvious mountain shot, but the lead in of the grass textures to give this area some context as well.

jemaflor (39847) 2005-10-09 14:49

Hi Stephen,
very good idea for the framing, excelent colors and perfect sharpness for all your shot.

Emile (20177) 2005-10-09 23:58

Hola Stephen.
Nice view of Mount Hood with a beautiful blue sky, good colors and very well framed. The grass in the foreground looks very sharp. A little bit tilted to the right. This picture have a lot of perspective and depth.
Well done.

quantabeh (5203) 2005-10-12 0:38

nice low point of view and perspective. I like the fact that you are trying to show as much as the grassland as possible, because I am personally a big fan of them. I think the horizon is tilted btw. nice shot cheers. Behrang

mumek (17528) 2005-10-12 19:01

Good evening Stephen!
I saw many pictures of the Mt.Hood. I like this one, because of the low angle , very original and interesting foreground.The composition is super.Thanks for the note.
best regards
ziggy

capthaddock (28640) 2005-10-25 9:55

Hi Stephen - dramatic sharp peak, and a nice and busy foreground, clear days like this are indeed rare there, but when it clear5s up it's gorgeous.

katya11 (334) 2005-10-28 19:53

Stephen,
I really like your stuff. You capture some great shots of mountains and nature. This one is really beautiful. I love the clearness of the sky, the trees you added to the right and left, and the grass in the foreground. Really nice work.
Katie