It was early in the morning on 6 July, 2017, as in 5 am kind of early, when I hit the trailhead for the Crater Lake via Moffett Tunnel hike, in hopes of experiencing and capturing some gorgeous mountain scenery, experimenting with both early morning light and landscape composition, and of course both benefitting from and immensely enjoying the requisite arduous workout. The exercise element of the equation was more than satisfactorily realized with the hike covering more than 15 miles round trip and ascending better than 5,000 feet in two separate climbs. This was significantly further than originally intended, but due to an unexpected pre-dawn encounter with two moose and a coyote, I missed the fork in the trail for Crater Lake, and ended up going about 7 miles out of my way. It was only because of this navigational error that I was able to capture some of the most stunning outdoor, landscape, and nature images so far. Unfortunately, due to an inadvertent change in the focal setting of my big lens, I was unable to secure any postable pictures (save a very “photoshopped” moose picture on Instagram) of the incredible creatures. Yea, I know, total bummer. After beating myself up over it for about 10 minutes, I let it go and felt that much more inspired to hopefully find and shoot some pleasing and intriguing documentation of my adventure.
11 hot, sweaty, exhausting, and magical hours later, I think I found some pretty astonishing photographs to share with you all. This, I think, is by far my most accomplished nature and landscapes album yet. As always, the pictures are presented in chronological order in hopes of recreating the hike as best as possible for you the viewer. If any of the shots resonate with you, I’d love to hear about in the comments or guestbook section, and if you enjoyed what you saw here, please follow me on Instagram @ the_mogul_Skier. Thanks for looking and enjoy! |
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