Mount Rainier National Park
Mount Rainier National Park is a stunning natural wonder located in the state of Washington. The park is home to the iconic Mount Rainier, which stands at an impressive 14,411 feet tall. The park is a popular destination for nature lovers and outdoor enthusiasts, offering a range of activities such as hiking, camping, and wildlife watching. For photographers, Mount Rainier National Park is a dream location, with endless opportunities to capture breathtaking landscapes, wildlife, and natural beauty. Some of the most popular photography locations in the park include Reflection Lakes, Paradise Meadows, and Sunrise Point, each offering unique perspectives and stunning views of the mountain and surrounding wilderness.
Mount Rainier National Park
Mount Rainier National Park, USA (_9010553) OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
- Charles Kettering.
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Todays shot is from Mt Rainier National Park. I took this shot after photographing the beautiful Narada falls. Pretty much the whole time we were there, we had an overcast sky with cloud cover completely blocking out the mountains. As we were coming back from the viewpoint for Narada falls I noticed these cascades just above the falls. There is a bridge that crosses the stream, so it was easy enough to frame and the low even light helped immensely with the exposure the image. The only problem was the lack of punch in the color of the foliage due to the dim diffused light.
I was in two minds about posting this image as it looked a bit blah but decided to post it anyway to share a thought about pursuing photography as a passion. I have heard from a lot of people who follow me on Flickr about how they never get to visit any stunning locations nearby and how they are not lucky enough to live in a place where weather pattern is pretty bland. This shot was made in arguably one of the most beautiful spots in the world yet while we were there, we didn’t see the sun for three days. I only saw Mt Rainier for exactly 20 minutes on our last day at the park. But as you persist with your passion you will learn that there are things you can do even on bland uninspiring moody days. So hang in there and just persist, eventually, the sun will come out and give you something stunning.
Seen from Tolmie Peak in Mount Rainier National Park. It is 6 miles 1010 feet round trip hike.
- E. E. Cummings.
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A wonderful ravine we came across while exploring the beautiful silver falls and surrounding falls. This shot was taken from a bridge across the stream combining the focus shift mechanism of the Nikon D850. This is a stacked image made from about 8 images that are combined to retain the full depth of field. On the other side is the beautiful silver falls but, on this side, the water was wonderfully shallow showing the pebbles in the creek and the rapids creating some nice motion to add to the scene.
Fall colors were beautiful at Paradise in Mt. Rainier NP
- Paul Cezanne
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Finally, let get to a shot of the mighty Mt Rainier from our recent trip to Washington. We were at Mt Rainier National Park for three days and couldn’t even determine where the actual mountain was due to the extensive cloud cover. Plus, most of our hiking trails that we marked were still under thick layers of snow and ice. We saw this view for about 30 minutes just before we were schedule to leave for Trout Lake. It felt like Mt Rainier relenting to our pleas and prayers and finally revealing the peak of one of the most stunning Mountain Peaks in all of the North Americas.
We cant wait to get back here again.
- Thomas Merton.
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Mt Rainier decided to hide under epic storm clouds during our last visit to the park during early June. Not only we couldn't see the peak of this mighty mountain but most of the hikes that we planned were under thick snowpack and all we could do was to drive around the narrow park roads photographing waterfalls and hope for a glimpse of the mountain when the winds whip up the clouds.
Thankfully there was no shortage of waterfalls all along the park. Thanks to the snowmelt almost all the waterfalls were in full flow. This waterfall is basically a roadside waterfall that didn’t even have a proper turnout. Thankfully not many cars came while I took this shot. Hope you all like it.
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Sunrise at Reflection Lakes, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington.
As always, your thoughts on this one appreciated.
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Staying the night in the Paradise Inn lodge and from there it's a 10 min drive to Reflection Lakes. Stood here first around 5:15am but soon other...
Morning light at Mount Rainier, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington.
I particularly liked the early morning sunlight on the flowers. The "hat"...
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Picturesque Falls with Rainier backdrop.
- Norman MacCaig.
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One of the most amazing things about Mt Rainier National Park is the sheer number of stunning waterfalls around it. When we visited we didn’t see the sun for three days and pretty much only saw the mountain for about 20 minutes. But thankfully it was perfect weather for the waterfalls, the cloudy sky provided me with a diffused light for the waterfalls.
This fall is known as Christine Falls and its located to the eastern side of Rainier National Park. Its about 40ft in height and the most interesting fact about it is the nice framing provided by the stone arch bridge that’s just in front of the falls. There is pretty much only one frame to shoot from here but it’s a spectacular scene and I am glad I was there to see it.
- Henry David Thoreau.
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Another shot from the wonderful silver falls, this little waterfall is located at the end of a 0.3-mile long hike and provides some excellent views from a wooden bridge that crosses the creek downstream. Because of the fantastic forest canopy, you can come here pretty much anytime to shoot. We visited during a sunny time when the clouds were playing hide and seek with the sun. Unfortunately, we had to wait quite a bit for the clouds to diffuse the sun so as to not get any hot spots in the frame.
This shot was taken directly from the bridge and I didn’t include the falls as it was under direct sunlight and was messing up my long exposure. Instead, I wanted to emphasize the way the water was getting molded into the chasm that was downstream from the falls. Hope Y'all like it.
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Sunrise, Mount Rainier
The photo was taken from Stevens Canyon Road. (_9010533) OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Sunset, Mount Rainier, Washington.
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Sunset view of Tatoosh Range, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA.
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This image titled "Morning Light Caresses Mt. Rainier" was taken yesterday morning at Tipsoo Lake in Mt. Rainier National Park, USA. I had a long early morning drive to get there for sunrise.
- Theodore Dreiser.
Another image of the beautiful Christine falls from Mt Rainier National Park. In my earlier posts about our visit to the park, I have talked about how our trip to the park coincided with a storm. The storm pretty much covered the entire park in clouds, and the whole time we were there, we couldn’t even seethe main attraction of the park, Mt Rainier itself. We were not discouraged, though and the reason for our bright outlook was the sheer number of beautiful waterfalls around the park.
The stormy overcast conditions were perfect for waterfall photography. Christine Falls, located on the eastern side of the park, and with such a beautiful setting, we could not afford not to visit the waterfall. While the scene at Christine falls is gorgeous, it’s the only composition you can make here as I am not sure getting to the fall's base is even possible. After taking the standard composition, I tried some variations in attempting to frame the waterfall with a tree near the viewing platform. I intended to give a certain depth to the scene. The technical details are pretty straight forward. I used a polarizing filter and a three-stop ND filter to slow the shutter speed and cut down the foliage glare.
- James Russell Lowell.
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Today’s shot is from an amazing place that’s nestled inside the Mt Rainier National Park, the Narada falls. A waterfall that drops 188 ft in two tiers of 168 ft and 20 ft cascades. This photo is of the bigger upper falls where the paradise river falls into a canyon which is at 90 degrees to it. This is one of the most popular spots in the park especially when you have the star attraction of the hidden under cloud cover for three days. We met a group of nuns and some Buddhist monks from Tibet visiting the falls along with scores of other regular visitors. That just shows how popular this waterfall can get.
While scouting out the park for interesting spots, I was quite surprised to see a waterfall that’s named after a sage from Indian mythology. Based on my limited familiarity with the texts, Narada is a sage among gods who claim to be the greatest devotee of Lord Vishnu, one of the Hindu Trinity or Trimurtis. Apparently, his main source of entertainment is creating rifts between the Gods and Demons and enjoying their constant struggle. So, it was interesting to see a waterfall named after him in this corner of the world, even though I have no Idea why his name was chosen.
While we were there on a day which was perfect for waterfall photography, the early summer timing meant that the water flow was quite heavy and it was a challenge to keep my filters and camera dry. In fact, you can see the water drops in the top corner of my frame and I was really thankful that modern camera gear comes with amazing weather sealing.
- Warren Buffett.
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One of the spots I wanted to check out in Rainier National Park was the beautiful silver falls. In pictures I have seen of the falls, the water looked just so blue and I wanted to really see it in person. While we were there we had a lot of trouble finding the trailhead due to the forest growth but finally found miniscule parking area and the trailhead. The trail is about .3 miles long but steep and reached the falls after a short hike.
The lighting was challenging due to the tree cover because the rays coming through the trees were increasing the dynamic range of the scene. I had to wait for the clouds to mask out the sun, so I will get a bit of reprieve but the Nikon D850 is just so outstanding in handling these situations. Hopefully everyone likes this shot.
- Roman Payne.
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One of the reasons I have gotten into landscape photography was to photograph waterfalls. I was lucky enough to be born and raised in a part of the world where it rains for half the year with lush green forests and waterfalls everywhere. As a child I don’t remember a single dat coming home not getting completely drenched or muddy. So much that my mom installed a tap outside to wash me off before entering the house.
Being around so many streams and waterfalls make you addicted to them and I try to visit them every chance I get. Now I live in sunny Southern California and oe thing that we lack is water. So, while on our annual roadtrip this year I made it point to see every waterfall I could. This beautiful waterfall is tucked away near the entrance to Rainier National Park and is called Silver falls. I posted some pics I took here earlier. I couldn’t get the main falls to be devoid of bright sunlight for the long exposure shot even after waiting for about 20 minutes. This was the best I could manage.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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One of the biggest attractions to us during our visit to Mt Rainier National Park was to see the Nisqually Glacier. Its one of the larger glaciers on the southwestern side of Mt Rainier. The glacier has had periods of advance and retreat since 1850 when it was much more extensive. It is currently retreating. Measurements made at 9,200 feet (2,800 m) altitude show that glacier got 56 ft (17 m) thicker between 1994 and 1997, suggesting that it will probably begin advancing in the first decade of the 21st century. Nisqually Glacier is the source of the Nisqually River.
Unfortunately, our visit coincided with a passing storm that covered the peaks of the mountain almost for the entire time we were there. I had scouted this point which is from a bridge over the Nisqually River while scouting the park using google earth. The view didn’t disappoint but we couldn’t see the Glacier at all, instead the storm clouds covered the massive mountain completely and painted a brooding scene.
For this particular shot, I thought a square crop worked really well, dividing the scene between the massive strom clouds and the debris field created by the commanding Nisqually glacier. Hope I succeded in bringing out the enormity of this vista. Settingswise, I basically metered this scene for the highlights in the storm clouds hoping that my D850 will bring in the details in the dark tones. This was my first trip with Nikon’s new flagship and I was a bit on edge after this trip but the camera is just stunning in the amount of dynami range it captures, it impresses me every time I post process an image even after using the D800 for five plus years.
Mount Adams, South View from Glacier Vista Mount Rainier National Park.
- Lao Tzu.
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When we planned our trip to Washington my hope was that being a month early from peak tourist time would allow us to get to all the popular attractions without much crowds around. We planned our trip in late June and got hotel accommodations at a much cheaper rate. When we visited hurricane ridge, we got a feeling that maybe we messed up on our calculations a bit as the meadows didn’t have any wildflowers in them. The grass was visible but that about it, we had the whole place to ourselves though. I hoped that it would get better at Mt Rainier National Park but pretty much every spot we wanted to visit was under feets of ice.
But the surprising element was the number of waterfalls. Everywhere we looked there were cascading waterfall of all heights. I am not sure if this one is even a regular waterfall or just a spring snowmelt phenomenon. It was a very small cascade, but I liked how it fans the water over the flat rock. I used a 3 stop ND filter to get the silky flow on the water and used a polarizing filter to cut some glare.
This is called Reflection Lake... for one of those obscure reasons that is no doubt lost in the mists of time :o)
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Sunrise at Reflection Lake, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington.
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Everyone complained about getting skunked on Rainier this year. Bland, cloudless, mostly colorless sunrises. Well, I took things into my own hands...
A 22 minute exposure on a partially moonlit night overlooking Reflection Lakes, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington.
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Sunrise at Mount Rainier, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington.
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North view of Mt Rainier from "Sunrise" area.
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Sunrise over the Tatoosh Range, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington.
A fabulous morning to be out on the mountain finished off by the lodge's...
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