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Trillium Lake, Oregon.

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After so many desert pictures in the recent days I wanted to post something green and while going through my old shots from 2014 I came across this beauty which was taken at Trillium Lake in Oregon just after sunrise. The view of Mt Hood from this location is spectacular especially in the mornings with misty Lake Trillium in the foreground.

I had noticed these three rocks in the lake while we were scouting the location and wanted to use it so badly in a shot. Took this one pretty late during sunrise and the light was coming in strong over the mountain. Hope you all like it happy Friday..

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One of the few characteristics of mine that surprises my wife is how I transform myself from complete couch potato to hyperactive outdoor person the moment we are on one of our photo trips. In our last trip to Oregon, we averaged about 5 miles of hiking a day with at least 1000ft in elevation gain. One of the pains of hiking after not being active is that you increase your chances of getting hurt, add to that about 6-7 lbs worth of camera gear and you are really pushing it. So during the Oregon trip, my wife made me buy a lightweight hiking bad and I wrapped my trusty old D800 and Nikkor 24-70 f2.8 in a shawl wrap for our hikes. And boy am I hooked, the lightweight bag was a breeze to carry on my back and if you don’t consider the damn mosquitoes trying to lift you away, provided a quite enjoyable hike to the Tom Dick and Harry Mountain.

You can see 5 mountain peaks from the top of Tom Dick and Harry Mountain and these are the main four, the fifth one is more to the south and is diametrically opposite this view.

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• Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

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Mt Hood must be one of the most photogenic mountains peaks around. There are mountains higher and mightier, but Mt Hood had the perfect conical shape with pretty good vertical relief and lots of beautiful alpine lakes around it that provide tons of places to capture the elusive alpenglow.

This shot was taken at the beautiful Trillium lake campground during a summer road trip of the Oregon State. While Planning for the trip, everything I read about this location mentioned it being an excellent spot for sunrise in spring, fall, and winter. Unfortunately, during summer, the sun rises behind the mountain, leaving most of it in the shadows. This was disheartening to learn, but we had limited options. After toying with the idea of abandoning the location for a sunrise shot, we decided to make a morning of it and visit the lake.

That decision to stick with the original plan turned out to be one of the best decisions of the trip. We drove from Portland that morning and reached the lake well before sunrise and found the right amount of fog on top of the lake surface. As expected, the mountain was in the shadows during the first light, but as the sun rose more, the light started to filter over the tree line. The fog began to rise, and we had in front of us a truly stunning sunrise scene of Mt Hood and the Trillium Lake. I exposed the shot for the brightest light in the scene and let the natural beauty of the landscape take over. The results were better than any image I had in my mind while we were planning the trip.

• Henry David Thoreau.

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Another panorama shot from the beautiful Trillium Lake. This one is made stitching together about 16 shots. I love how absolutely still the water for this shot, believe me with amount of ducks in the water that was a rarity. I also glad how the clouds came out in this shot and how they form a nice clam shell with the shoreline.

Thanks for visiting, hope you enjoy this shot..

The Molalla Indians used the trail in the early 1800's. It is now called the Table Rock Historic Trail. During the 1920's this same trail was utilized by Native Americans from the Warm Springs Reservation to reach traditional huckleberry picking areas near the Molalla River and Table Rock. Table Rock Fork of the Molalla River located near Molalla, Oregon. It is a 5 mile whitewater kayaking & canoeing trail. The Table Rock Fork is a great class three run, very continuous and entertaining. It is something of a mystery to me why this run hasn't gained popularity with local paddlers, but I think this will change as more people start venturing up there and word gets around. Let me say that this is all the information I could find on-line about this part of the river. The above are quotes taken from three different online sources.

Mount Hood From Tom Dick Harry Mountain

I took a predawn walk up to the summit of TDH mountain where clear skies greeted me. Unfortunately, Mount...

I am currently in Portland, Oregon and truly enjoying landscape photography! I also met a long time flickr friend, David Gn who took me to several great photo spots including this one.

This was shot with my new camera, the Nikon D810.

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The Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm. Waiting for sunset because I like the color that is cast by the setting sun and I like the shadows. Pretty much had this place to myself, since sunset is around 7:30 p.m. Most normal people have gone home. Well that and, of course, we are suppose to be keeping to ourselves at present. But I was by myself so I think that counts. Obviously all of their red tulips were in full bloom and this is just the beginning of the blooming season at the farm.

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Our first foray into Oregon was during a road trip to northern California. I had just moved to the west coast and we planned a week long road trip to visit the famous redwoods of northern California. This trip was the first time we visited the less populous eastern side of California as well. We drove up highway 395 all the way north to Lassen and then crossed over to I-5 exploring the beautiful countryside of Mt Shasta. From there we were to take some local roads to the coast and drive the rest of the way north on Highway 101. Well at least that was the plan when we started from Los Angeles. Near Mt Shasta we learned about how close we are to Crater Lake National Park and decided that such a stunning spot warrants a visit. So, we kept on driving north instead of crossing over to the coast and visited the stunning National Park that’s home to one of the most enigmatic lakes on the continent. At the Park visitor center, we learned more about the Cascade mountain range and about Mt Hood.

Oregon’s sheer natural beauty won us over and the very next year we planned a road trip that covered most of the top locations in the state. And two years later we were back, this time we planned to hit some of the tougher locations like this one, on top of Tom, Dick and Harry Mountain that’s afforded us a stunning sunset view of the majestic Mt Hood and reflection lake. We did the trip in summer and the hike up here was brutal, not due to the trail being particularly difficult, but because of the mosquitoes. We were pretty covered up, but they were relentless up to a certain altitude, thankfully close to the top as we kind of reached above the tree line they magically disappeared. We had the entire spot to ourselves as the sun started to set and light up the mountain in warm golden light. The mosquitoes were tough, but it was worth it for this view. I hope to one day come back here on a beautiful winter morning.

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The beautiful trillium lake, I believe this was the first shot I took when we reached here. The sun has not yet risen completely and there was fog covering the lake bed and some of the forest trees. They looked so soft and beautiful, it never fails to amaze me how good a place looks with beautiful complimentary light.

I have read at many places that summer is not the most optimal time to visit this location as the sun doesn’t light up the mountain properly. I can’t wait to visit this place again when the lighting gets better.

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One of the most stunning views of the beautiful Mt. Hood is from the top of one of its foothills, the Tom Dick and Harry Mountain. This had to be one of the hardest hikes we have ever done not because of distance or elevation gain but because of the damn mosquitoes. They were everywhere constantly buzzing and hovering over our heads and biting as they please. Plus the added weight of the camera gear didn’t help either. Thankfully my wife convinced me to ditch my full gear and just hike with the bare essentials and a use a lightweight hiking bag, which made it a lot easier. But the constant presence of mosquitoes kind of robbed the fun off the trail a bit.

We forgot all that though once we reached the top and saw the view of the 5 peaks which are visible from this summit, bathed in golden light. The sunset gave us an unbelievably pretty light show before we hurried back off the mountain. One of my favorites from the trip.

This is the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm. For obvious reasons the fields are mostly empty right now. I drove there about an hour before sunset and just waited until we got that nice setting sun sky. That is Mt. Hood in the background still with a full amount of snow. This field was only about 1/4 in bloom at present. I was a little sad that my focus point apparently didn't include that front row of tulips. They are a little "soft" in detail. Maybe I will get another chance, hard to say between weather and self isolating this could have been it, until next year.

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Here is another sunset shot, this time from the beautiful Trillium Lake in Oregon with a great reflection of the mighty Mt Hood. For some reason I forgot to process this earlier, so I wanted to post before it fell off my radar again.

This shot was taken on a July morning so days were hot but there was still some fog up in the mountains before sunrise. There were a bunch of ducks nearby, playing along the shoreline and thus removing any hope of me having any chance of the perfect reflection shot.

It is an awesome experience to spend an early morning here watching the reflection of the sunning mountain the way morning light reflects off snow and granite. Thanks for visiting have a nice weekend..

Trillium Lake is a lake situated 7.5 miles (12.1 km) south-southwest of Mount Hood in Oregon. It is formed by a dam at the headwaters of Mud Creek, tributary to the Salmon River. It was created by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife in 1960.

The area which is now the lake was part of the Barlow Road, a component of the Oregon Trail. A log road across marshes allowed immigrants to pass to Summit Meadow, which was a toll station from 1866—1870. Trillium is a genus of flowers particularly noticeable in the area.

The lake is popular for fishing, camping and photography, often clearly reflecting Mount Hood. The lake is a very popular Nordic skiing destination from a trailhead across U.S. Route 26 from Snow Bunny.

So the story with this image. I had been to Trillium Lake 3 times. First time it was loaded with people on the lake. Second time I got there early hoping for good light, which there was, but it was also windy and the reflection wasn't as good. Third time no people and calm across the lake but the sky was nondescript. So I have combined the second visit sky onto the third visit lake.

Having a great time shooting in the Pacific Northwest!

This was shot with my new camera, the Nikon D810.

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As I stated in an image I posted earlier, the view of Mt Hood from Trillium Lake is one of my favorite landscape compositions. I visited the lake for the first time during a summer sunrise. We were new to the state and left from Portland at 4 am in the morning to get to the lake in time for sunrise. When we got to the lake, I realized that there is pretty much no chance of getting the shot I had in my mind. But The one lesson landscape and travel photography have taught me during the years is that “nature does not cooperate”. So, we walked a bit from the parking lot looking for viewpoints that would get fewer shadows.

As we walked a bit, I came across this cool composition of the Mountain with fog over the lake surface being melted away by the morning sun’s rays. There were remnants of a wooden jetty to the right and warm sunlight filtering in from the east. This was the longest focal length that I used that day and I wish I had the presence of mind for some longer shots as there were some spectacularly vivid boats on the water that day.

This unusual geological formation is known as "The Molalla Eye." It was probably formed by a continuing and periodic flow through a lava tube which then susequently cooled in radial layers after each flow. Normally, when you see basalt columns like this, they may be in layers, but are always parallel and vertical.

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