Mt. Hood Oregon

Hey all, we got to Portland OR in fine shape. Those people over at Southwest Airlines are something. Service was great, and people were friendly. Management must be doing something right at that airline. Here are some pix from our afternoon up on Mt Hood.

The above image was from a walking path that is probably a couple of hundred feet above the lodge. I am Mr. Sea Level and it was not long before the huffing and puffing started. Short steps gets you a long way wt these elevations.

We had to make it to the snow pack only to be mildly disappointed. The workers move snow down to lower elevations so it will melt. It must have something to do with preventing avalanches in the during the next snow season. At any rate, we had to ravel up a wash in order to get to this point. we are now well out of view by anyone at the lodge.

Looking up from the wash we were walking in were these trees. Some living, some dead, or so it would seam. It looked like a striking image with the brilliant blue sky background. I had a circular polarizer screwed on and it really helped with the sky. There was a good bit of haze in the air as there was a fire going on to the northeast of Mt Hood.

Finally driving down the mountain I had to stop and take a number of shots of the haze and the lower mountains. It was a long day with airline travel and all but we had a lot of fun just shooting. All the images I took today were with a EF 24-105 f4.0 L IS USM lens on a EOS 40D. We are up at the crack of dawn tomorrow for some morning shots off a lake south of Mt Hood.

Take care and enjoy... Doug