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The main reason why Bend Oregon, is one of our favorite towns to visit on the west coast is due to the diversity of its landscape. A short drive to the west will get you into alpine lakes, active volcanos, and coniferous forests while a trip to the east will get you to the deserted part of the state. There are amazing formations like gigantic lava bubbles that burst to form rocky fort formations and rolling hills that got covered in multi-colored ashes during the various volcanic eruptions caused by the cascade mountain range.
We found our favorite location near Bend only on our second trip, and it’s the beautiful sparks lake. If you would have asked me to sketch the perfect alpine landscape scene, I am pretty sure that the sketch will match the view from the shores of Sparks Lake. No wonder that it’s the poster child for Bend’s tourism board. This photo is from our first visit to the beautiful lake, we drove here for sunrise, but I had no particular locations in mind for sunrise shots. My wife was not feeling well, so we decided that she would rest in the car, so I was on my own for the day. The nearest spot I found was lovely, but after taking some shots there, I got bored of the location, so I moved on, after a short hike, I found a ledge from which I could see the view of a rock outcropping with a tine tree hanging on for dear life. I decided to make the tiny tree my foreground element that will provide the depth required to anchor the whole scene.