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A Stop in Washington State

We took a quick day trip to revisit Mount Rainier and Mount Saint Helens.

Helens had a cloud cover so the sleeping volcano was not fully visible. It was a nice day with lots of sun, some clouds lingered in areas, adding drama to the sky. We climbed the staircase to view Spirit Lake and the surrounding mountain ranges.

At Mount Rainier, it was crowded as usual. And of course the Instagram culture made the visitors hold up lines to some viewing spots. This was not the only place we have seen smartphone users hold up locations. It’s a shame that some people feel like they need to dress up and make others wait to take in the scenic view whilst they take many pictures of themselves to post on social media for likes. This behavior should be done when one is alone, and then you should have the courtesy of moving out of the way when others arrive to the viewpoint, if you are not yet done.

Do leave the “glam portraits” in a studio setting. Do candid memory pictures on trails. There is no need to take more than 3 selfies at the viewpoint. Maybe buy Kodak disposable cameras for your next outing and put your phone away so there is only 24 usages, instead of endless ones. And be surprised when viewing the prints as you are reliving the memories of the trip later. Like we did before smartphones. Your trips and pictures should be about happy memories and not for social media likes.

Before leaving for our road trip, I learned about a Lensbaby photo contest and took one of these lenses with me. Since we lived near Mount Rainier National Park for a few years and visited the park several times, I decided to use the artistic lens here. The lens adds a soft focus and blur to the image. Depending on the settings the blur and light effect can be extreme or minimal. I prefer a minimal amount of the blur so that there is still structure to the image.

Here are a few pictures that I took with the Lensbaby Velvet at Christine Falls, Narada Falls and at the Myrtle Falls bridge.

Thanks for stopping by and looking at my pictures. I hope that you have enjoyed them. I know that I love creating them.

Kimberly J Tilley

West, Mount Rainier National Park


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West, Mount Rainier National Park


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A roadside waterfall on the way up to Sunrise at Mount Rainier, back in 2018. Old D3400, kit lens stopped all the way down to f/36 to force a slow enough shutter to smooth the water. Handheld, so the rocks and plants caught some of that blur too.

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Longmire, Mount Rainier National Park


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Mountain, Mount Rainier National Park


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Tatoosh, Mount Rainier National Park


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Tatoosh, Mount Rainier National Park


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Visitor Center, Mount Rainier National Park


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Mountain, Mount Rainier National Park


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East, Mount Rainier National Park


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Sunrise Lodge, Mount Rainier National Park (from the archives). Learn more at https://www.nps.gov/mora/index.htm and https://www.nps.gov/mora/learn/historyculture/historic-sunrise-area.htm and https://catalog.archives.gov/medialz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_WA/91000175.pdf and #mountrainier #interpretation #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #photography #landscapephotography #washington Image credit National Park Service / Mount Rainier National Park Archives #wawx #trees #mountain #clouds #people #history #sunrise #building #archive #nrhp #automobile #trail #fire #wildfire

Two views from Mount Rainier National Park (View from Sunrise on July 15 and this morning). Learn more at https://www.nps.gov/mora/index.htm and https://www.nps.gov/mora/learn/news/fire.htm and https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/wamrp-grand-park-2-fire and #mountrainier #interpretation #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #photography #landscapephotography #summer #washington Image credit National Park Service #wawx #trees #mountain #clouds #smoke #weather #wildfire #fire #history #sunrise

Sunrise Mountain, Mount Rainier National Park


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Sunrise East, Mount Rainier National Park


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Visitor Center, Mount Rainier National Park


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East, Mount Rainier National Park


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Air Quality, Mount Rainier National Park


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Sunrise Mountain, Mount Rainier National Park


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Visitor Center, Mount Rainier National Park


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Sunrise East, Mount Rainier National Park


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Longmire, Mount Rainier National Park


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Longmire, Mount Rainier National Park


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Air Quality, Mount Rainier National Park


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