God Rays

Sunday Sunset

I spent Friday and Saturday night’s out with my girlfriend chasing sunset in the Cascades. In both cases, the sunset’s came up short and meekly went away. It should come as NO surprise that Sunday evening, while sitting at the computer working on something, my girlfriend came up to me and asked, “Steve, do you have your camera? Come quick!..”

Sure enough, I get to the back porch to see an enormous radii of god rays and layers upon layers of puffy clouds. Ah yes- the sunset I wanted came a day late. Monroe gets some fantastic sunset light but (honestly) doesn’t have much going for it for foreground compositions. The best thing I could do was walk over to the ball fields behind Frank Wagner Elementary and maximize the sky in my photos. Enjoy!..

Sunset over Monroe, Washington, 7/8/2012
Sunset over Monroe, Washington, 7/8/2012
Sunset over Monroe, Washington, 7/8/2012
Sunset over Monroe, Washington, 7/8/2012
Sunset over Monroe, Washington, 7/8/2012
Sunset over Monroe, Washington, 7/8/2012
Sunset over Monroe, Washington, 7/8/2012

Back from Banff

Castle Mountain in clouds - Bow Valley Parkway in Banff National Park
Just got home from my first trip to the Canadian Rockies and the lovely town of Banff. The Banff Mountain Festival is a great event and I’d highly recommend attending a future festival. Conditions were challenging due to active weather but I still managed to take over 400 photos during my brief 2 day stay in Banff. Needless to say, it will take some time to process and post the results!

I was barely able to scratch the surface of this amazing area so I know I will be back!

God Rays south of the town of Banff

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