Chasing Perseid | Mt. Shuksan Range
It was Thursday when Ryan and I caught news about the Perseid meteor shower. The peak of the show was Thursday night, but we figured we should be able to catch some on Friday, the 13th of August.
Friday, we set out to hike Lake Ann. The trail head was 3 hours away north of Seattle near the Canadian border. We left work around 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Stuck on northbound I-5 traffic, there was nothing much we could do.
We arrived at the trail head at around 7:15 in the evening. There was plenty of light and we thought we could catch sunset at the summit basin. We immediately unloaded our hiking bags and hiked down/up.
Carrying 40 lb long hiking bags each (camera gear is heavy!), we started running down the trail. It was a good 1 mile before our first stop. We had reached the steep uphill point of trail and could run no more. The hopes of catching sunset at the summit basin was gone. The last 1.8 miles was the most painful where we had to climb most of the 1900 ft of elevation gain. The summit was 4,900 ft above sea level. The trail was rocky and we had to cross multiple huge chunks of glacial ice sheets. Having no hiking poles, I had to improvise -- I had to use my tripod!
We reached camp at around 10 o'clock. Pitched our tent and cooked our much needed meal. After having settled, I didn't waste time and started shooting.
The photo above was probably my 5th frame. Of course, I couldn't shoot plenty of photos having exposures longer than 30 minutes. Composing was the hardest. It wasn't exactly bright out there. I couldn't make out the outline of the rocky granite peaks clearly through the viewfinder.
There's a few more I've yet to post. Will get to them later in the week.
Exposure: 1725.4 seconds
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 24 mm
ISO Speed: 200
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KrissyAldous.com 34 months ago | reply
Amazing and a true winner!
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borealnz 34 months ago | reply
So glad to see this amongst the winners!
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wallatrope 34 months ago | reply
so pretty.
klevo! 34 months ago | reply
brilliant
seng1011 34 months ago | reply
absolutely amazing!
Sadloafer (Hans) 34 months ago | reply
Great shot, I love it, well done.
JPI63 34 months ago | reply
wow this is stunning! haha i'll never have the patience for this but it sure is amazing to look at.
ɐɯɪɹ©amir 33 months ago | reply
wowwwwwwww.....perfect... i saw same photos before and i really like to take same shot.... i hope to take same shot very soon...
郑东爱摄影 33 months ago | reply
我留下的是中文，你们能看懂吗？？真漂亮的照片！！So beautiful!!!
joyful JOY 32 months ago | reply
my gosh, this is brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!
David M Hogan 32 months ago | reply
This is fantastic! Lake Ann is one of my favorite camping spots. I posted my technique for composing shots in the dark here.
Izakigur 30 months ago | reply
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Pan.101 29 months ago | reply
excellent.
David M Hogan 25 months ago | reply
Awesome shot, this is one of my favorite camping spots. Love those huckleberries.
AngelsRUs_ 20 months ago | reply
absolutely gorgeous!
Alon S. Cohen 17 months ago | reply
Cool!
jonnyamerica 13 months ago | reply
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Country Music :) 7 months ago | reply
This is gorgeous!
Ahmed Turki 6 months ago | reply
Amazing!!!