Mount Walker Sunrise

Drove up to the top of Mt Walker for a sunrise shoot. I was hoping I'd be able to see Mt. Rainier and I wasn't disappointed.

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My First Night Cityscape

Booked a visit to the Seattle Sky Observatory on the 73rd floor of the Columbia Tower. They don't allow tripods, but I brought my Fat Gecko suction cup thingy and a lens shade which allowed me to affix the camera to the window and shield it from reflection.

I used my Skekonic meter to measure the sunset sky and water to avoid blowing out highlights. I shot HDR brackets to capture city details. I like how this turned out. The image was featured on the Sky Observatory's Instagram feed.

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Silver Lake Sunset

I hiked up the Mt. Townsend trail and cut over past Windy Camp to get to Silver Lake. I camped beside the lake i the trees. There was one other person (and their dog).

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Silver Lake Sunrise

Getting an unusual number of sunrises on this trip.

I woke up early while the moon was still up and tried to get some astro shots but didn't really have much luck. Shot the milky way for the first time!

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