This is an image I captured recently at sunrise from Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park, Washington. The last two Friday Foto Talk posts focused on using reflection and this picture is a further example. I think it shows that reflection of light and color can really add interest to an image whether you use water or something else. In this case, a low layer of clouds and fog covers the cool waters of Puget Sound and my high viewpoint was the key. The rising sun reflected from the cloud-tops in a very pleasing and somewhat unusual manner. Hurricane Ridge is a great place to wake up. You can see the northern Washington Cascades & Puget Sound (as in this image), the Olympic Mountains, the Pacific Coast, and up over Canada’s Vancouver Island. I hope everyone is enjoying their summer!
Light from the rising sun fills valleys of the North Cascades and reflects off low clouds covering the waters of Puget Sound in Washington.
Beautiful golden image. Love the flow of colors.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
Excellent!
There is something about Sunset and Sunrise – my camera is working hard at that time 😉 I am in awe of your Sun Rising – I feel the peace and here the birds start singing too. Oh yes – Sunrise is something 😀 Thank you for sharing
This is a beautiful picture.
Thanks very much.
Thanks everyone for your nice words, especially since I messed up and initially uploaded a shot with an incorrect crop. I fixed it. Thanks for your patience with my mistakes!
Remarkable colors. You must have been very patient to get this one.
Ron
Thanks Ron. It was more about dragging my butt out of bed before light and hiking up there. I got lucky with the nice light and cloud.
Stunning.
These layers of mountains…. Lylekrahn said it!!!
I have taken some photos at Hurricane Ridge as well, in broad daylight. They didn’t look anything like your photo. This is startlingly beautiful.
Thanks Rosemarie. I had some nice light up there. Such an amazing place.
The layers of mountains folding into the layers of clouds really makes this exceptional.
Thanks Lyle!