New on 500px : Midnight Rider by KristinaWilson by KristinaWilson

I took a quick last minute drive out to St. Helen’s the other night and ended staying up well past my bed time. Started driving home and then turned around and went back to wait around for sunrise. I kept my imagination in check, even though my brother recently called me up from Sweden non stop talking about missing people and how I need to be more careful. This is bigfoot country after all. 😉

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New on 500px : Miss Independent by ramij by ramij

Instead of catching fireworks on the 4th of July, I decided to take the 2 hour drive to shoot wildflowers on Mt. St. Helens. Thought I’d miss fireworks, but my trip on the way back was a “drive-through fireworks” display through the back roads of Washington. It seemed every home had their personal show going off in their backyard. Very cool experience on both fronts.

Technically, this one was an absolute bear to process. Something like 10 focus stacked shots and manually blending that took me longer than I’d like to admit. I wanted to get up close and personal with the wildflowers, which meant focus blending was critical for sharpness front to back. It’s not perfect but I couldn’t look at it any longer. I’ll definitely be back to this location again next year.

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New on 500px : Rebirth by MichaelWhite by MichaelWhite

Wildflowers and Mount St. Helens.

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New on 500px : Mt St Helens Sunrise by kevinmcneal by kevinmcneal

This was taken a few years ago from the Johnson Ridge area on Mt St Helens. At the time there was some surrounding wildfires which really helped with the atmospheric conditions that morning. I am looking forward to getting up there again this year as spring has it very early this year up there.
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New on 500px : Life Among the Ruins by davidleahy by davidleahy

It is so beautiful when the wild flowers are in bloom on Mt. St. Helens. I stayed into the night and got to see the Milky Way over the mountain, as well.

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New on 500px : Luck by DustinGent by DustinGent

On the way back from spending the weekend in the Olympics with my wife, I talked her into letting me try my luck at MSH. NOAA forecasted 22% cloud cover at sunrise – however when Mt. St. Helens was first visible from the road, there were no clouds.

An hour later, there were some clouds. Flowers are still blooming, so if you haven’t visited here yet, fear not as it will be prime within a few weeks.

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New on 500px : Images from around Texas during wildflower spring season by kevinmcneal by kevinmcneal

Field of vibrant wildflowers during Texas wildflower season in last month. Early mornings would always start off with some nice fog and mist that really added some nice atmospheric conditions. It was kind of scary when it came to some of the landowners but I didi survive.
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