Large Format Landscapes

Morskie Oko mountain lake from Czarny Staw waterfall, Tatry, Poland, last weekend.

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A wind-torn mountain landscape – Olympic National Forest, Washington.

In the distance (on right) is Mount Olympus – the tallest mountain in the Olympic range. It’s just shy of 8,000 feet. The Olympics aren’t as high as the nearby Cascades, but they get more snow. And more rain. Down in those valleys are temperate rain forests, whose roaring rivers gush into the nearby Pacific. This photo is from a squally spot where I like to pitch my tent for the wide-open views, including sunrises and sunsets. It looks like I’m higher than Mount Olympus, but I’m only at 3,800 feet. On the nearby mountains, you can see the remote FS roads to get up here. It’s a hell of an ascent, but worth it when the weather’s calm. And terrifying when it’s not.

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Heroique,
There's a real feeling of a pre-historic landscape here. I don't remember seeing anything that has given me that feeling in quite a while... since being in Denali National Park where I first experienced it. Don't know why, but it does. I really like this one.

Thanks, Jim. I share that “pre-history” feeling when I’m up here. Not sure why, but these are also the most melancholy mountains I know. Sometimes, I think it’s just me, but I know better than that.

;)

yes...there's a pose in there or two...so, maybe not a true landscape...but the landscape dominates, so I'll press my luck and post...
canham dlc45 (now doing great work in another LFFers hands), nikkor 90mm sw f8 (very tall mountains; this was with a 90, not 150), disneychrome 50...


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I think the "pose" is fine, adds some scale. Nice shot.

Thank you. Forgot to add that this is in Alaska, in Wrangell St. Elias national park.

Personally the 180/185 has gotten my attention.

bob

Yeah...agree; stripped down to the wires and wings, Mr. Claus' plane (and his flying, of course) was pretty amazing. I think we played around in the town of your namesake, too.

I had an Atlee Dodge equipped Supercub in my former life. But living in the lower 48 .....

Not me but close....

bob