Trillium

• Walt Whitman.

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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.

• Socrates.

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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.

• John Singer Sargent.

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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..

• 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..