Wednesday, June 8, 2011

A Storm Broods on Mount Hood

Mount Hood in Summer, Oregon  © Doug Hickok


Mount Hood is a remarkable landmark. It is Oregon's tallest mountain (11,239 ft), visible up to one hundred miles away. It is covered by 12 glaciers or permanent snow fields and is the only mountain in North America with year round snow. The ancient cone-shaped volcano is estimated to be the one most likely to erupt in Oregon.

When we visited Mount Hood a few years ago, I made this image using a 300 mm lens mounted on a Nikon F3HP camera, with Velvia RVP 100 slide film, pushed one stop.
We also searched high and low for a view of Bigfoot (aka Sasquatch), but found only foot prints. We weren't 100% sure of who or what left them. For all we knew, they could have been my foot prints, since I normally wear big, ape-sized hiking boots with hairy toes. I know it sounds far fetched, but it's true.

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20 comments:

  1. saverio otrantoJune 8, 2011 at 1:37 AM

    bello scatto, sembra un disegno. ottima gestione

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  2. AnonymousJune 8, 2011 at 2:32 AM

    Huge mount, it is very interesting for me who live on a plain region. Nice shot, I almost see Bigfoot :)

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  3. AnonymousJune 8, 2011 at 2:44 AM

    Wonderful Doug!

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  4. GinnieJune 8, 2011 at 4:46 AM

    This looks like a watercolor painting, Doug...one of my favorite art forms!

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  5. Marie LCJune 8, 2011 at 5:50 AM

    A photo which almost reminds me in a painting watercolor or gouache.

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  6. lasiateJune 8, 2011 at 6:43 AM

    j'aime beaucoup ces coulées à l'encre de chine !

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  7. Cezar and LéiaJune 8, 2011 at 7:17 AM

    Bonjour Doug,
    It's a brilliant capture, looks like a painting.The mountain is magnificent!
    Léia

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  8. brattcatJune 8, 2011 at 7:31 AM

    if you've got harry's toes, what's poor harry doing? Or perhaps it's your boots that have harry's toes...either way, harry's in a pickle.

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  9. RobJune 8, 2011 at 10:52 AM

    Awesome, I sort of miss those days of film. A simpler time.

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  10. OlegJune 8, 2011 at 11:32 AM

    Stunning majestic landscape! I think this is film camera?

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  11. VPJune 8, 2011 at 1:18 PM

    A great portrait of an impressive mountain!
    I am not an expert, anything a couple of hundred meters above sea level is a mountain to me, but this one looks really huge!

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  12. Scott LawJune 8, 2011 at 1:38 PM

    It is hard to get a shot like this that translates well through the camera. Nice job.

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  13. john4jackJune 8, 2011 at 2:19 PM

    marvelous shot of my mountain

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  14. UnknownJune 8, 2011 at 4:37 PM

    HUGES, that's a mountain, I'm impressed but it is normal for their height that looks from afar
    MOUNTAIN, AND SEA.
    Thank you for your nice photos.

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  15. OKJune 8, 2011 at 7:06 PM

    beautiful! nice composition.

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  16. London CallerJune 8, 2011 at 7:38 PM

    It really looks like a water colour painting!
    Especially the middle ground bits.

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  17. ChristopherJune 8, 2011 at 10:09 PM

    I love the gorgeous undulating lines of the glacier fields--beautiful and dramatic shot Doug.

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  18. OlivierJune 9, 2011 at 9:03 AM

    you touch the summit..and great shot.

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  19. harryJune 9, 2011 at 9:44 AM

    I like your composition and treatment of this mountain scene.

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  20. franzJune 9, 2011 at 1:19 PM

    mt. hood in summer looks like some of our skiing mountains did in recent winters! when there was not enough snow, they blew artificial snow on the slopes, and this looked exactly like in your image - bands of white coming down brown slopes!

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