My World: Mountain Top Camp

[Jim Dockery]

I spent the night on top of a beautiful little mountain in the Cascade range near my house last weekend. The weather cooperated with a beautiful sunset and I got in some good skiing to boot!

Ski tracks on Vesper Pk.





Sunset Snow




Rock Slab & Melting Snow




Sunset from summit of Vesper Pk.





Dawn on Glacier Pk.

Sunrise on Vega Tower​

 

[Bill McCarthy]

I spent the night on top of a beautiful little mountain in the Cascade range near my house last weekend. The weather cooperated with a beautiful sunset and I got in some good skiing to .




Really like your composition and the strength of color. Great place and near to where you live. Wow!

Bill

 

[Maggie Terlecki]

I spent the night on top of a beautiful little mountain in the Cascade range near my house last weekend. The weather cooperated with a beautiful sunset and I got in some good skiing to boot!

Ski tracks on Vesper Pk.





Sunset Snow




Rock Slab & Melting Snow




Sunset from summit of Vesper Pk.





Dawn on Glacier Pk.

Sunrise on Vega Tower​

Jim,
These are beautiful examples of your photography. I really like them a lot. Love them all, especially the second that is quite abstract but has beautiful shapes and composition. That blue with the slight tinge of pink in the snow is wonderful.
Perhaps not crazy about the font for watermark, but don't worry, probably doesn't bother anyone else but me.

Keep posting. I'd love to see more of your work!
Maggie

 

[Asher Kelman]

I spent the night on top of a beautiful little mountain in the Cascade range near my house last weekend. The weather cooperated with a beautiful sunset and I got in some good skiing to boot!

Sunrise on Vega Tower​

Jim,

This is a wonderful sight to reinvigorate one's spirit, (............ and respect for our small role here, but great responsibility for such unfathomable gifts)!

I wonder if one could take such picture without the skiing down, LOL! (My back is killing me already from all the stretching, twisting, crouching reaching and that's just photographing my current muses and one very vigorous conductor of Symphonie Fantastique by Berlioz).

Asher

 

[Andrew Stannard]

These are stunning Jim. Thanks for posting.

What sort of focal length were you using for the longer shots? Great examples of why a telephoto still makes a great landscape lens.

Regards
Andrew

 

[Jim Dockery]

Thanks for all the comments everyone.

Maggie, does the font bother you because it is hard to read? I choose it because it's actually very close to the way I sign my name, so legibility seems perfect to me!

Asher, many people climb up this peak without skis, but at this time of year the skis make it so much more fun.

Andrew, I had my Sony NEX-7 with Tamron 18-200mm lens. I'm quite happy with the quality of my first super zoom and have become addicted to the reach.

 

[Asher Kelman]

Asher, many people climb up this peak without skis, but at this time of year the skis make it so much more fun.

and can one drive up, too, LOL?

 

[Andrew Stannard]

and can one drive up, too, LOL?

Asher - you need to come and visit Snowdon in the UK (Wales highest mountain). There is a railway all the way to the top, and also a cafe!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1192538/The-UKs-highest-cafe-opens-summit-Mount-Snowdon.html


Andrew.

 

[Maggie Terlecki]

Thanks for all the comments everyone.

Maggie, does the font bother you because it is hard to read? I choose it because it's actually very close to the way I sign my name, so legibility seems perfect to me!

Jim. Of course, it's my personal opinion. It is not a difficult font to read. I know this font quite well. It's called Brush Script and was created in the 1940s. It was used profusely by the American government for about 30 years for signage to create posters that were more friendly looking. To me, it is mostly that it looks very dated and most designers would agree that this typeface, although attempting to look like real writing, doesn't in the least because of the extreme regularity of the writing - it screams the opposite. Don't worry too much about it, though, as I'm pretty sure you don't print your images with this font printed on the image, and again, as I said - it's my opinion only and I still think your images are great!

 

[Doug Kerr]

Hi, Maggie, Jim,

Jim. Of course, it's my personal opinion. It is not a difficult font to read. I know this font quite well. It's called Brush Script and was created in the 1940s. It was used profusely by the American government for about 30 years for signage to create posters that were more friendly looking. To me, it is mostly that it looks very dated and most designers would agree that this typeface, although attempting to look like real writing, doesn't in the least because of the extreme regularity of the writing - it screams the opposite.

My very thoughts.

But in all fairness, we should note that, based on information from Wikpedia, this face was used in the original logo for The Jerry Springer Show from 1991–2000.

From that same article:

• Brush Script was named #3 in "Least Favorite" nomination in 2007 designers' survey, conducted by Anthony Cahalan. "Least Favorite" is defined as "misused or overused", "ugly", "boring, dated, impractical or clichéd", "dislike or blind hatred".

• Brush Script was rated #5 in "The 8 Worst Fonts In The World" list in Simon Garfield's 2010 book.[2]

Also: "The typeface has regained considerable popularity for its nostalgic association with the post WW2 era."

Ah, yes, how I loved my father's 1946 Pontiac. And my Astatic JT-30 crystal microphone.

Best regards,

Doug

 

[Maggie Terlecki]

Hi, Maggie, Jim,





Also: "The typeface has regained considerable popularity for its nostalgic association with the post WW2 era."


Doug

Yes, I think if you are looking to make something that looks retro then it can work, otherwise, to me, feels old and was and definitely over-used. Saying the government used it for about 3 decades does not mean it hasn't been used since; actually so much so, that it is probably the reason that it is so easy to identify. Seeing that it was used for the Jerry Springer probably show makes it even less appealing. :-D

Thanks for the extra info about how it ranked but I must say, not really surprised.