Mount St. Helens Photo

[T4R]

If anyone's interested I took this (485 KBytes) when over in the Pacific Northwest a couple of months ago. I'm no great photographer but I was quite pleased with the result. I was trying to convey the sense of awesome power unleashed by the explosion..

I took this (745 KBytes) from about 35 miles away down towards the bottom of the valley.

What do you think of the photos ? Any good ?

(I've also just installed Apache webserver on a machine at home this afternoon and I'm just fartin' around.)

Edited because as has quite correctly and kindly been pointed out, they're not small images and will take some time for dial-up users.

>>> Edited by T4R on Tuesday 23 December 18:20

[T4R]

Simpo, thanks for pointing out the size of the images. I've edited my original post accordingly.

I'd just bought a Minolta Dimage 7i and I'm still getting used to it. I'm generally quite pleased with it. I love the convenience of digital, and I get really miffed with shoddy film processing, although I do prefer the feel of my Nikon F80.

I've just been looking at some of the lunar shots in another thread. They're absolutely superb.

[T4R]

It was taken in late October, and the forecast was indicating a front coming in from the north-west later in the day. Wind speed on the ridge was 50mph plus hence all the dust from the mountain. The flare was deliberate. (honest)

It's an amazing place to visit. If you're ever in the southern Washington/north Oregon area and the weather is reasonable you should make the effort.