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“Wizard’s Light (2)”
Description:
Crater Lake National Park, established on May 22, 1902, is Oregon’s only national park. Crater Lake formed after the eruption of Mount Mazama roughly 7,700 years ago, an event 40 to 50 times larger than the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption. At nearly 1,950 feet deep, Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States and eleventh deepest globally.
Story:
Photographed during the early morning near Rim Village on the Discovery Point Trail, Wizard Island sits in a pocket of calm as twilight settles over Crater Lake National Park.
Sometimes the best views really are the most accessible. That was the case here. Unprepared to snowshoe and camp along the 36 miles that circumnavigate the crater rim, I focused on this one composition near Rim Village and returned throughout my visit to observe and photograph the changing light.
Clear days are perfect for that kind of observation. Watching sunlight move across the landscape feels like standing inside a sundial: shadows stretching and collapsing, pointing one way in the morning and mirroring themselves in the afternoon. And when the sun is still below the horizon, like it was this morning, time stops feeling measurable at all—you’re suspended in the quiet, fleeting blue of twilight.
My favorite way to photograph landscapes is with a tripod because it forces me to stay still and watch. I enjoy observing nature, and the camera gives me a reason to slow down. Traveling alone meant I couldn’t remain in one spot all day, but the snow made it easy to find where my tripod had been and return to the exact same vantage again and again.
-BAP
Location:
Discovery Point Trail
Crater Lake National Park
Oregon
42° 54' 43.5'' N, 122° 8' 50.6'' W
Google Map Link
Time: 06:47 PST (sunrise 07:00)
Date: February 19th, 2020
Camera & Settings:
Single shot
Nikon D800E, NIKKOR 24-70 mm f/2.8G, CPL filter, Tripod
ISO 100, 24 mm, f/13, 10 sec
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“Wizard’s Light (2)”
Description:
Crater Lake National Park, established on May 22, 1902, is Oregon’s only national park. Crater Lake formed after the eruption of Mount Mazama roughly 7,700 years ago, an event 40 to 50 times larger than the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption. At nearly 1,950 feet deep, Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States and eleventh deepest globally.
Story:
Photographed during the early morning near Rim Village on the Discovery Point Trail, Wizard Island sits in a pocket of calm as twilight settles over Crater Lake National Park.
Sometimes the best views really are the most accessible. That was the case here. Unprepared to snowshoe and camp along the 36 miles that circumnavigate the crater rim, I focused on this one composition near Rim Village and returned throughout my visit to observe and photograph the changing light.
Clear days are perfect for that kind of observation. Watching sunlight move across the landscape feels like standing inside a sundial: shadows stretching and collapsing, pointing one way in the morning and mirroring themselves in the afternoon. And when the sun is still below the horizon, like it was this morning, time stops feeling measurable at all—you’re suspended in the quiet, fleeting blue of twilight.
My favorite way to photograph landscapes is with a tripod because it forces me to stay still and watch. I enjoy observing nature, and the camera gives me a reason to slow down. Traveling alone meant I couldn’t remain in one spot all day, but the snow made it easy to find where my tripod had been and return to the exact same vantage again and again.
-BAP
Location:
Discovery Point Trail
Crater Lake National Park
Oregon
42° 54' 43.5'' N, 122° 8' 50.6'' W
Google Map Link
Time: 06:47 PST (sunrise 07:00)
Date: February 19th, 2020
Camera & Settings:
Single shot
Nikon D800E, NIKKOR 24-70 mm f/2.8G, CPL filter, Tripod
ISO 100, 24 mm, f/13, 10 sec
