Another Sunset

I have not been taking a lot of photos lately because I have no classes and the Chronicle is slow over summer semester. One night a few weeks ago, I went to have dinner with my friend, Ioana, and some of her friends. After dinner, we were hanging out and were going to go bowling, but we needed to kill some time. First, we decided to shoot the sunset because it was a nice one that night. So we drove up by the Mt. Olympus trail head and parked. I grabbed my camera out of my trunk and got what I felt was a good shot to start then worked the scene till there was not enough light to shoot any more.

When I uploaded the photos and was tagging my favorites, I found I only had one that I really liked. It turned out my very first shot was the best one. Here is the shot.

I have decided that I’m going to hike up Mt. Olympus this summer. Ioana said she would like to go too so we talked about it as I shot the sunset. I hiked Mt. Olympus the summer of 2007, and unlike then, I know exactly what I’m getting into. This time I want to build up to the Mt. Olympus hike with some smaller ones. To begin, the next day we hiked up Ferguson* canyon to do a quick hike and get some pictures of the waterfall.

The waterfall was so nice I could have shot it for hours. The first angle I wanted to shoot was from the middle of the river, so I braved the rippling water and drenched my feet in its icy depths.

This picture was worth going into the freezing water. I moved a ways up the river and snapped some more shots. Since my shoes were already soaked, I decided what the hell and went back in the river for some more, but they did not work out too well. When I was in the river I had an idea to take a picture of my feet, a tribute to Trent Nelson who often takes photos of his own feet. The middle of the river is not the easiest place to keep your balance however, so I moved to the bank. I still had my left foot in the river, looked down and there you have it.

To keep up with the dangerous behavior, I climbed onto a rock and was working on getting this shot.

I took a few photos from here and switched my focus from the plant to the river, but I think the river looked best. After I got my shot and was trying to get off the rock, I slipped and nearly fell off. My clumsiness almost took out Ioana’s feet too. We managed to get down safely even with my camera bag going faster then I was at times as it rolled down the hill. I was scared one time it was rolling down until Ioana managed to stop it. That was the last scary moment I had on this hike, but I have a feeling there may be more on future hikes.

I will post photos from other hikes I climb this summer as I keep my photo skills fresh for the fall semester at the paper.