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Jim Dockery Member
Joined: 12 Sep 2007 Posts: 3092 | TRs | Pics Location: Lake Stevens |
After reading all the TRs with great pictues on Park Butte I finally got up there last weekend. I ski the west side of Baker at least once a year, so it was nice to see the view looking back over at the crevases we blithly slide over.
Park Butte Lookout BIG stitch of Mt. Baker's west face made from 23 telephoto shots
An old timer I met on the trail, who seemed to know what he was talking about, told me the berries were past their prime due to frost, but they tasted mighty fine to me.
Blue berry fields forever
When I checked the National Weather Service Saturday morning it said a low of 40 so I packed my light summer bag and bivy sack. A cool breeze forced me into all my clothes near sunset, but I was fine when I went to bed by a tarn and fell asleep easily. (edit - it has been brought to my attention that there is no camping near the tarns, I didn't see any signs about that, but it makes sense, so please don't follow my poor example. Camp at the pass, or the lookout and hike to the tarns for the views.)
Mt. Baker Sunset 3 Trees, no tarn
I woke up around midnight shivering and put on the parka I'd been using as a pillow. It was too late though, I'd already gotten chilled and never really warmed up all night. There was frost on my bivy sack and the tarn was iced over when I got up. Teaches me to listen to the weather report, but I guess it was a good test of the limits of a Marmot Atom! Man that hot coffee tasted good!
3 Tree Tarn Dawn Icy Tarn Baker & Berries Glacier Pk. & medows
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iron Member
Joined: 10 Aug 2008 Posts: 6392 | TRs | Pics Location: southeast kootenays |
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Tue Sep 29, 2009 12:34 pm
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wow, stellar pics jim!
23 shots for the big stictch of baker? how'd you get it to come out so clean in your merging process?
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mgd Member
Joined: 27 May 2003 Posts: 3143 | TRs | Pics Location: Full Moon Saloon |
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Tue Sep 29, 2009 12:43 pm
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Jim Dockery Member
Joined: 12 Sep 2007 Posts: 3092 | TRs | Pics Location: Lake Stevens |
Iron, I normally try Photoshop first, but on my computer it doesn't handle tricky or huge pans very well. A year ago I got Autopanopro, a top notch stitching program that I highly recomend if panoramas are your thing.
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aywolfpac Member
Joined: 27 Jan 2008 Posts: 1286 | TRs | Pics Location: Burlington, WA |
Awesome pictures Jim. I'm still hoping to spend the night in the lookout sometime this fall but I better get to it fairly soon here or it may be too late for the year. I love "3 Tree Tarn Dawn".
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Elvis Shuffl'n
Joined: 09 Jun 2004 Posts: 1804 | TRs | Pics Location: del Boca Vista |
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Thu Oct 01, 2009 10:44 am
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Well photographed J.D.!
A fine display of why this is one of my all time favorite trails (plus it's the closest N. Cascade trail to my house).
Thanks for sharing.
"Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas." ~John Dryden
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Dayhike Mike Bad MFKer
Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Posts: 10958 | TRs | Pics Location: Going to Tukwila |
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke
"Ignorance is natural. Stupidity takes commitment." -Solomon Short
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silence Member
Joined: 25 Apr 2005 Posts: 4420 | TRs | Pics
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Thu Oct 01, 2009 3:31 pm
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PHOTOS
FILMS
Keep a good head and always carry a light bulb. – Bob Dylan
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David¹ Token Canadian
Joined: 25 Jul 2002 Posts: 3040 | TRs | Pics Location: The Great White North |
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Thu Oct 01, 2009 3:46 pm
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Pantastic!
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Shred Member
Joined: 05 May 2009 Posts: 255 | TRs | Pics Location: Slowhomish |
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Thu Oct 01, 2009 5:32 pm
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Wow, Jim! Nice shots! Love the "3 Trees, no tarn", thinking it would look mighty nice next to my stone fireplace... How much for a print? And how did you get such a steady shot, with all the shivering and such?
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furthur Berry Bagger
Joined: 21 Sep 2006 Posts: 341 | TRs | Pics Location: onward and upward |
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Thu Oct 01, 2009 7:50 pm
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Gorgeous! A little frost on the nose and toes was worth it, don'tcha think?
I saw a number of enviable campsites along the RR Grade, but your perspective from the Butte makes me think twice about my future accommodations.
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Layback Cascades Expatriate
Joined: 16 Mar 2007 Posts: 5712 | TRs | Pics Location: Back East |
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Thu Oct 01, 2009 7:53 pm
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Wow Jim. You're photos are amazing. I need to visit Park Butte.
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bertman Member
Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 362 | TRs | Pics
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Fri Oct 02, 2009 4:50 pm
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Jeff Rich wrote: | Wow, Jim! Nice shots! Love the "3 Trees, no tarn", thinking it would look mighty nice next to my stone fireplace... How much for a print? And how did you get such a steady shot, with all the shivering and such? |
VR lenses?
Seriously, very nice photography.
Bertman
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EJ Member
Joined: 02 Oct 2009 Posts: 248 | TRs | Pics
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Fri Oct 02, 2009 4:58 pm
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I think I saw you. I was with a group camping across the tarn. We didn't realize it wasn't allowed either. Oops. Next time, I'll camp on Railroad Grade - pretty nice views there.
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Trevor Member
Joined: 31 Jan 2004 Posts: 1562 | TRs | Pics Location: Edmonds, WA |
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Sat Oct 03, 2009 12:07 pm
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Nicely done, Jim! I appreciate the effort for the panos and wouldn't mind purchasing one one of these days.
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