Photo of the Week #5

Today was such a gorgeous day in Portland - yet I found myself without a camera - as I wandered around downtown, and was able to spy a gleaming, snowcapped Mt. Hood thru the tall buildings. It inspired me to post my photo of the week from one of the better weather hiking trips from last year, to the Santiam Lakes in Oregon's Mt. Jefferson Wilderness. I especially like the way the reflections of the sky and trees give the water of Duffy Lake a marblesqe appearance, all the while backed by the jagged, volcanic peak of Three-Fingered Jack. This photo has been slightly HDR-ized using onOne's PhotoTools kit. I tend not to care for many overly HDR-ized photos, as they tend to appear too processed, and lose their sense of reality; so I try to keep any effects I use to enhance my images very spare, to maintain their natural appearance. See more photos of the Santiam Lakes and Three-Fingered Jack on my website.