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    Most of Rattlesnake Lake is covered with ice this cold morning. The first rays of sunlight are bathing the flanks of Rattlesnake Mountain below me. Purchased prints will not show a watermark --- You can purchase my prints at bxfoto.com | 500px | Artist Web Sites --- Follow and friend me at bxfoto.com | twitter | Facebook | Flickr | 500px | Artist Web Sites
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    Most of Rattlesnake Lake is covered with ice this cold morning. The first rays of sunlight are bathing the flanks of Rattlesnake Mountain below me. Purchased prints will not show a watermark --- You can purchase my prints at bxfoto.com | 500px | Artist Web Sites --- Follow and friend me at bxfoto.com | twitter | Facebook | Flickr | 500px | Artist Web Sites

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    • Most of Rattlesnake Lake is covered with ice this cold morning. The first rays of sunlight are bathing the flanks of Rattlesnake Mountain below me. Purchased prints will not show a watermark --- You can purchase my prints at bxfoto.com | 500px | Artist Web Sites --- Follow and friend me at bxfoto.com | twitter | Facebook | Flickr | 500px | Artist Web Sites
    • Red Spiky Leaves
    • Someone once said, "Speak softly and carry a big stick." Perhaps he meant carry a soft stick. Well, here is one. This moss covered tree branch was catching the light just right and it spoke softly to me to take its picture. I listened. Purchased prints will not show a watermark --- You can purchase my prints at bxfoto.com | 500px | Artist Web Sites --- Follow and friend me at bxfoto.com | twitter | Facebook | Flickr | 500px | Artist Web Sites
    • Early morning sunlight catches the yellow, sharp edges of the holly tree leaves and makes them glow. The thich green leaves also let some of that warm light through. When I saw this little holly tree on the edge of the pathway I had to stop and catch the scene. Purchased prints will not show a watermark --- You can purchase my prints at bxfoto.com | 500px | Artist Web Sites --- Follow and friend me at bxfoto.com | twitter | Facebook | Flickr | 500px | Artist Web Sites
    • The sun has been up for almost 15 minutes and the warming light is coloring the cedar forests below Rattlesnake Ledge and lighting the peaks of the Cascade mountains before me. Purchased prints will NOT show a watermark.You can purchase my prints at bxfoto.com | 500px | Artist Web SitesFollow and friend me at bxfoto.com | twitter | Facebook | Flickr | 500px | Artist Web Sites
    • Most of Rattlesnake Lake is covered with ice this cold morning. The first rays of sunlight are bathing the flanks of Rattlesnake Mountain below me. Purchased prints will not show a watermark --- You can purchase my prints at bxfoto.com | 500px | Artist Web Sites --- Follow and friend me at bxfoto.com | twitter | Facebook | Flickr | 500px | Artist Web Sites
    • Purchased prints will NOT show a watermark. --- You can purchase my prints at bxfoto.com | 500px | Artist Web Sites --- Follow and friend me at bxfoto.com | twitter | Facebook | Flickr | 500px | Artist Web Sites
    • A river of fog appears to surround Mt. Si as the warm light of the sunrise bathes its flanks. Purchased prints will NOT show a watermark.You can purchase my prints at bxfoto.com | 500px | Artist Web SitesFollow and friend me at bxfoto.com | twitter | Facebook | Flickr | 500px | Artist Web Sites
    • As I peer over the ledge I see the sunlight is creeping down across the cedar forest toward the lake as the sun climbs higher in the sky. Purchased prints will NOT show a watermark.You can purchase my prints at bxfoto.com | 500px | Artist Web SitesFollow and friend me at bxfoto.com | twitter | Facebook | Flickr | 500px | Artist Web Sites
    • As I peer over the ledge I see the sunlight is creeping down across the cedar forest toward the lake as the sun climbs higher in the sky. Purchased prints will NOT show a watermark. -- You can purchase my prints at bxfoto.com | 500px | Artist Web Sites -- Follow and friend me at bxfoto.com | twitter | Facebook | Flickr | 500px | Artist Web Sites
    • It is right before sunrise and there is enough light to see most of Rattlesnake Lake below me from the Ledge. The frosty shores and mostly icy lake is in interesting contrast to the ledge below my feet and the cedar covered hills around it. Purchased prints will NOT show a watermark.You can purchase my prints at bxfoto.com | 500px | Artist Web SitesFollow and friend me at bxfoto.com | twitter | Facebook | Flickr | 500px | Artist Web Sites
    • It's 8:03 and the sun has just popped up over the Cascade mountains. The golden rays of light begin to warm the boulders of Rattlesnake Ledge under my feet. Below, still cold and icy, Rattlesnake Lake must wait another hour or so before the eastern edge begins to feel the warmth from those rays. Follow me on bxfoto.com | twitter | Facebook | Flickr | 500px | Artist Web Sites
    • While I was taking shots of all the surrounding area, the sun decided to play peekaboo and surprise me. I had hoped to get a picture right before it showed its bright eye, but now it was too late. Anyway, it is still beautiful and very welcomed! Perhaps it will begin to warm up the fog and lift it? Follow me on bxfoto.com | twitter | Facebook | Flickr | 500px | Artist Web Sites
    • Zooming all the way in this is a view toward the South West. Not surprisingly all the valleys over there are socked in too. Somewhere to the right of the tree top, my house is under that downy blanket; unfortunately not feeling as cozy as one would expect under a downy blanket. These gorgeous colors are bathing the sky right before the sun arrives to brighten things up. Follow me on bxfoto.com | twitter | Facebook | Flickr | 500px | Artist Web Sites
    • The foggy blanket below reaches from north of North Bend, out of sight to the right, all the way to the Puget Sound far to the left. Every valley in this whole area is covered in this cold fog. Below the fog the ground is frosted and the grass is crunchy with ice. This is a 3-shot bracketed image processed in Photomatix and is showing a bit brighter than the light as seen by the eyes. The sun rise is about 15 minutes away. Follow me on bxfoto.com | twitter | Facebook | Flickr | 500px | Artist Web Sites
    • Zooming in as far as I can toward the North East shows the peaks in more detail and that interesting cloud spread across the sky above them. The I-90 hiway is visible below as it curves across the bottom of the frame. Follow me on bxfoto.com | twitter | Facebook | Flickr | 500px | Artist Web Sites
    • Another view toward the North East from Rattlesnake Ledge. The land is still dark though the sky is begining to brighten. This is an underexposed shot to try to show the amount of light visible to the eye when I reached the Ledge. My camera and lens will show it much brighter if left to its own adjustments. Follow me on bxfoto.com | twitter | Facebook | Flickr | 500px | Artist Web Sites
    • Looking North from Rattlesnake Ledge was especially beautiful. Fog was settled thick in the valley like a bridal train flowing around and behind Mount Si. Mount Baker is a small white dot in the distance. The flank of Rattlesnake Mountain is visible to the left. Follow me on bxfoto.com | twitter | Facebook | Flickr | 500px | Artist Web Sites
    • This is the pre-sunrise view toward the North East from Rattlesnake Ledge. The fog that clothes the valleys is barely reaching up into this area from the left. In this edit I wanted to emphasize the fog's reach into the upper valley. The mountains ahead are part of the Cascade chain of mountains that traverse the entire length of Washington State. Follow me on bxfoto.com | twitter | Facebook | Flickr | 500px | Artist Web Sites
    • This is the pre-sunrise view toward the North East from Rattlesnake Ledge. The fog that clothes the valleys is barely reaching up into this area from the left. The mountains ahead are part of the Cascade chain of mountains that traverse the entire length of Washington State. Follow me on bxfoto.com | twitter | Facebook | Flickr | 500px | Artist Web Sites
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