Paradise!

Mt Rainier 8/10-8/12/07

Mt Rainier is well known in the northwest as a photographer's dream. Glass-like alpine lakes, cascading mountain streams, flowered filled meadows, dense moss covered trees, adventurers adventuring all with the massiff we call Rainier in the background. So, when the opportunity to take a few fellow photogs on a weekend trip to this image-making mecca came along, I jumped at the chance.

Historically, the wildflowers are at their showy best in the meadows of Paradise during the second week of August. I had been there before when there weren't enough colors in a crayon box to match the spectacle on the slopes. With that image in mind, the flowers this year were a bit disappointing. However, when I expressed my disappointment, my companions said "What? Are you kidding?" and set about framing picture after picture.

We spent the rest of the morning in the meadows playing with angles, colors and light. The rest of the weekend was spent shooting the lakes and waterfalls and a few camp robbers (chipmunks)that happened by and with a liberal amount of laughter and comraderie.