Runkurakay Pass

Posted on 13 July, 2018 by Eric

So the high point (physically) of day 3 on the Inca Trail is Runkurakay Pass — with views just as good as Dead Woman Pass had, but not nearly as painful to get to. Just before the pass, the trail winds between two small hanging lakes (I haven’t been able to find any reliable names for them). First, we’re looking uphill / west across the lower / larger of the two (you can see some of my hiking buddies on the trail above it to the right).

In this next shot, we’re at the pass and looking to the east. Continue reading →

A day 2 respite

Posted on 6 July, 2018 by Eric

Day 2 on the Inca Trail was (as you’ve likely gathered) quite a workout. Folks on this trek got a longer-than-usual break at the end of day 2, so we can take a break here as well — don’t you think? Continue reading →

The sleeping giant

Posted on 28 July, 2012 by Eric

A view of Mt. Rainier from the east, along the White River:

I brought this image together using HDR Efex Pro 2 from four raw photographs. It was a bit of a salvage effort, since the sky was particularly hazy the day we visited. I was impressed at the software’s ability to pull detail out of the sky, avoiding a flat white backdrop for the snow-shrouded peaks.

Moraine Lake sunset

Posted on 4 February, 2011 by Eric

Another shot from last summer’s road trip to the Canadian Rockies:

This is a shot across Moraine Lake, just at sundown. We scrambled to get there while the light was still up — we were too late to do any hiking around the lake, but at least I was able to get this shot. Or to be precise, three shots combined as an HDR image.

A matter of scale

Posted on 3 February, 2011 by Eric

Taken from a bend in the highway on our Canadian rockies road trip last summer:

Living near the Rockies in Colorado, I never ceased to be amazed how much bigger they look in Canada — thanks to the glaciers, the valleys just got ground down that much deeper. For a true sense of scale, look for the cars and trucks on the highway here…