Sunrise Tom McCall Preserve

This gorgeous sunrise was taken a short way up the trail to Tom McCall Point at the Tom McCall Preserve just west of the small town of Rowena Oregon. I arrived about one hour before sunrise to scout out a location for the image I knew I wanted to create. As I am still in a recovery mode from many, many months of Chemo I was not able to go very far up the almost two mile trail to the top but was very fortunate to find this large meadow of flowers. The Columbia Gorge Broad-leaf Lupines and the Northwestern Balsamroot flowers were out in peak bloom. The challenge was to find a suitable location amongst the mass of blooms. I choose this spot but probably would have found many other pleasing compositions throughout the meadow. I do know I will be back next year to discover other interesting viewpoints. It would also be nice to hike to Tom McCall Point for sunrise or sunset.

Blend of two exposures. f/11 @ 1/15 and f/11 @ 1/200