Panorama of the Bagley lakes in the Mount-Baker Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington State, USA.
You can see this view of Bagley Lakes from the Fire and Ice Trail in the Heather Meadows area of the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. This lake lies between Table Mountain (left) and Mount Herman – the Chain Lakes Trail runs right past it on the way up to Herman Saddle. I still have a lot more in this area to explore with my camera, but I was quite happy to find the lake with these sorts of colours and water levels. On the right you can see where the Chain Lakes Trail goes over a rocky slope that extends right down to the water. Now that my new computer doesn’t choke on larger resolution files, I was able to make this image with two rows of vertical images (35 of them) for the extra resolution which is how I try to shoot all my panoramas now. This worked very well, and I hope to see this one printed in the future.
The talus slope in the middle of the frame is where I photographed an American Pika a few years back. I could hear a few cheeping their warning calls while I was shooting this panorama but I wasn’t able to spot any of them.
You can view more of my photography from Heather Meadows in my Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest Gallery.
What a beautiful place! Seeing this photo really makes me want to visit the Pacific Northwest in the autumn with all the delicate fall colors.
Thanks Sarah! Certainly are a lot of great locations in the PNW for photography in the fall.