Here are a few images from our midnight run to Mount Baker last Friday night/Saturday morning.
We left home at 12am, got to the trail head at 2:30am, and made it to the vicinity of our destination around 4:30. As my hiking partner was feeling a bit winded, I left him to rest and headed out to find our target; a small series of tarns located on a plateau. After about a half hour or so, I finally spotted a couple faint reflections about 1/4 mile off the trail. I switched off my headlamp and sat down for a few minutes to let my eyes adjust to the moonless night. A few minutes later, with my night vision kicking in, the reflections started to become more visible and I was reasonable sure that I had located the tarns.
After confirming the location of the tarns I jogged back to my buddy, picked him up, and then we hiked the 3/4 of a mile back to our shooting location. We ended up making it to the tarns about 5:45am which was perfect; just enough time to do a little scouting prior to the sunrise.
Here is what I have processed so far,
enjoy.
Baker Sunrise
Sunrise _Baker
by Doidinho, on FlickrThis is the essentially the image I set out to get (sans clouds)after having done my initial pictorial research on the location.
Split Personality
Split
by Doidinho, on FlickrWhile I think that the majority of people may prefer the prior picture, this picture is bar none my favorite image of the trip. I have been focusing a lot of my learning on composition lately and feel that this image most accurately represents what I was trying to capture and the feeling that I was trying to convey while taking the image. I am particularly interested in hearing peoples thoughts on this image.
Touchdown
Touchdown
by Doidinho, on FlickrThis last one was just a fun image; I liked the little curve in the drainage. I experimented with some orton on this one and am not overly excited about the result, but not feeling motivated enough to reprocess it either.
