STOP. Go inside, view on dark background. Thanks. The primary reason I am sharing this image is to give ya'll a little report on the situation this year in the Northwest. Thousands of photographers come to Rainier and the Oregon Cascades and the surrounding mountains to photograph the blooms every summer and this year it is happening NOW, about 5 weeks early. The flowers should be pretty much gone by the third week of July. Peak bloom at Rainier and the primary treeline locations should be this next week in most areas, and was at peak here near Sparks Lake an entire month ago! Happy shooting! This is a single shot for the sky/mountain and multiple shots taken for DOF/perspective on the foreground immediately after.
