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Photographer’s Note

Mount Shuksan in the Cascade Mountain range, at sunset. The location of the photo is the appropriately named Picture Lake, right at the Mount Baker ski area. The lake is perfectly positioned to get a great view of the mountain, and has likely been photographed many times. I would have liked to get closer to the water but it is roped off to prevent people from damaging the fragile ecosystem. This area gets some of the heaviest accumulations of snow anywhere - a few years ago they recorded over 90 feet (about 27 meters) of snow in one winter! Merry Christmas everyone!

jjcordier, mehmetemin, cagla, bibiweb, ChrisJ, pierrefonds, edge, carper, jhm, Photo65Net, Floydian has marked this note useful

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rgarrigus (0) 2008-12-21 12:00

Hi Alvin,

Excellent framing of the reflection in that gap in the foreground grasses. I like that nearly everything here apart from the main subject is in silhouette.

Cheers!

Bob G.

claud26point2 (601) 2008-12-21 12:09 [Comment]

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Fis2 (45687) 2008-12-21 12:28

Witaj Alvin!
Fantastic place!
Excellent shot!
Super light and colors.
Wonderful reflections.
Very well done.
Regards
Krzysztof

mehmetemin (7217) 2008-12-21 12:32

Hi Alvin
Very good shot nice colours and reflections good pov and nice composition
Mehmet Emin

cagla (2148) 2008-12-21 12:45

Hi Alvin,very good composition, I liked the silhoutte of the trees seperating the reflected image and the mountain. Congatulatinos and thanks for sharing. Çağla.

bibiweb (8) 2008-12-21 13:03

Hi Alvin,
I agree with Bob about the excellent framing of the reflection. The light on the mountain is simply stunning!
Cheers.
Bibi

dkeus31 (26154) 2008-12-21 13:17

Hi Alvin
a nice shot, you found the waterpod for a grat reflexion!
good light, seems just you have a little dust particle.
regards
didier

ChrisJ (70125) 2008-12-21 13:22

Hi Alvin & Merry Xmas!

A spectacular alpine scene, with wonderful colour, superb sharpness, & fantastic symmetrical reflections of the snowclad peak. Tfs!

jonathan_hart (22570) 2008-12-21 13:30

it's more contrasted than your usual shots of lakes and mounts
different, not bad, the silhouettes of trees with this harder contrast are good looking,
different and excellent
regards
jc

DokDi (54) 2008-12-21 13:40

VERY very nice.

pierrefonds (26167) 2008-12-21 13:55

Hi Alvin,

The reflections in the water are assets to the comnposition. The trees are framing well the lake. The point of view takes our eyes toward Mount Shuksan. The light of the sunset is enhancing the colors of the scenery. Have a nice day.

Pierre

edge (458) 2008-12-21 15:00

Hello Alvin, Excellent reflective shot. Timing was certainly a factor for you to capture the sunset shot. With your high f stop you were sure to get good depth with the shot. Did you experiment with lightening the foreground a bit? Not sure if that would have a positive effect or not on the darkness there. Anyway, I think it is a great picture. BTW, my son in law, who lives in Portland, OR, rides his dirt bike in that area. Cheers. Roger

gneufeld (15169) 2008-12-21 18:46

Hi alvin,
Strong contrasts and deep rich colors render this an excellent image. Also note the clarity and sharpness. Very well seen and TFS. Gerald

jjcordier (24534) 2008-12-21 22:56

Alvin
L'endroit est superbe, la lumière très belle et tu as trouvé le point d'eau pour obtenir ces beaux reflets qui t'ont permis de réaliser cette magnifique composition.
Joyeux Noël à toi aussi.
JJ

carper (64638) 2008-12-22 3:58

a fantastic photo Alvin,
marvelous sharpness good pov, fine reflection and well taken, I like it, have a nice day and a merry Xmas for you and your family.
regard jaap

Gerrit (35613) 2008-12-22 4:58

Hi Alvin,
great composition with a fine layering of the well lighted part and its reflection and the dark row of trees and the foreground vegetation.
Have a great Christmas,
gerrit

Dyerco (9038) 2008-12-22 21:22

Hi Alvin
By keeping the land dark the mountain really shows up well. It's hard to go wrong at Picture Lake.

jhm (82319) 2008-12-24 4:21

Hello Alvin,

You play excellent with light and shades for this wonderful mountain landscape.
Soft and attractive for look it.
Composition and presentation care for a nice picture.
Very well done, TFS.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year for you and your Family.

Best regards,
John.

Photo65Net (43084) 2008-12-26 20:46

Hello Alvin,
Super reflections, and your compo and exposure, with the shadowed trees, enhances the strength of the mountain.
Have a nice day,
JB.

Nelu_Goia (2724) 2009-01-01 10:20

Hi Alvin,
Maybe this is my first bad deed for 2009 but I have to confess that the contrast is just too big,the shadows are simply black and regarding the exposure, the photo is made up of two different shots: a very dark one and a light one, without any midtones.
I think you are pushing your new camera too far and you are relying too much on it.
On the other hand, the composition is perfect, in my opinion.
Have a great new year!
Thanks,
Nelu

zeca (20026) 2009-01-01 17:34

Hello Alvin!
The landscape is beautiful and you've captured it very well, with nice silhouettes and that beautiful blues.
All the best to you and your family in 2009!
Zeca

John_F_Kennedy (31263) 2009-01-06 2:00

Very nice landscape and beautiful composition. I like the reflection of the mountain in the calm lake. The tress on the left give a good addition. Well done.
Best wishes,
Achim

cdmonson (2751) 2009-01-06 13:34

Hi Alvin:

Nice shot of Shuksan and Picture Lake. The composition is perfectly balanced--you generally do a fabulous job of that. My two issues are first that the foreground and trees are very dark--I'm sure it was a high dynamic range--and second that little bit of pond scum or ice or whatever. If only it were clear still water instead. (Obviously that second issue is very minor). But otherwise, it's another fantastic Alvin contribution, and one to make the rest of us jealous.

Clark

Floydian (30970) 2009-01-09 15:55

Hi Alvin,

For such a blue sky i went to this place, hoping to see something like this. Rain and clouds was all that i got. Seeing this it makes me jealous, maybe only for this i want to go back...one day, to see and shoot this myself.
Although there are some extreme dark portions inside, it's all about the mountain and his reflection and that is just wonderful. I know where you stood, i also stood here ;-)
Wonderful light on Shuksan, really good work...

Have a nice weekend,

Henk

tpstrek (1855) 2009-01-14 17:09

Hello Alvin,
Fantastic composition from a great pov, with excellent lightmanagement, sharpness, depth, colours and reflections. Like the contrast between the shades and the highlighted parts.
Well done,
Henri

LCannon (2776) 2009-02-15 19:17

I was just there about a month before you! I didn't get any shots quite this lovely though. I love the dark sillouettes against those super saturated colors, WOW! Aren't the views from there stunning??