This is one of my personal favorite images from a recent trip to Mt. Rainier and the Pacific Northwest. After a summer of extreme drought in the Sierra, it was comforting to know that there was some place in the world that still has snow and flowing rivers. I had to do a good amount of perspective blending to get this angle, but all frames were captured in succession in the same scene. It’s not perfect, and I wish I had a tack sharp exposure for the grass behind the flowers, but I’m still happy with the rest of the image so I thought I’d share. Hope you enjoy it.
– Jeff
Patience is becoming a lost art. We sometimes feel others becoming more impatient with us if we are not quick to answer or respond right away, combining immediacy and impatience to create an even bigger monster. However, most things worth having, take time to obtain – they take patience. Art cannot be rushed and patience cannot be lost if the picture is to be finished.
After a treacherous hike along the Hooker Valley to the base of Mt Cook we had to endure icy pathways, suspension bridges with snow as high as the railing with 100 metre falls to our death, -15 temperatures and snow loaded mountains causing avalanches at every turn. Once arriving at our destination and with conditions so incredible, we knew we had come away with amazing shots. As the sun set and the temperature plummets, that same path awaits in treacherous darkness. The desire to get moving is so overwhelming, a safety-based decision diced with going, or staying longer to wait for the ultimate conditions.
Confident in my abilities in the darkness, I waited just that little bit longer, not through bravery, just a desire to come away with something epic.
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This was kind of like that for me, only the aesthetic version.
I know of people who don’t see the appeal in hiking because of the lack of thrill factor, but I’d be lying if I said my heart wasn’t pounding as I stood gaping in awe of this place. The challenge of getting here (I failed once) made it that much more rewarding.
The whole time, based on the images I had seen prior, I expected the sun to make an appearance from the left side igniting the falls to the right.
Being March, this happened instead.
Sig Nordal 