Winter at Crater Lake Canvas Print

Winter in Oregon's only national park: Crater Lake National Park.

This photo was taken on a cold February morning. It was a rare sunny day; often, visitors to the park seldom get a glimpse of the lake as it's shrouded in clouds, but we got lucky this morning. We slept in our car the night before and it was one of the coldest nights I've spent outside. I remember that the entrance to the nearby restroom had a heated hallway that was kept warm all day and night long.

It's hard to tell in this photo where the lake ends and where the sky begins. Crater lake is the deepest lake in the country and one of the most clearest. It is a magical experience to be there in the winter, when things are slower and quieter.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoy what you find. I live in the beautiful Pacific Northwest region of the USA and am grateful for all this place offers, photographically and otherwise. My award-winning photographs have been featured as one of 25 finalists in Outdoor Photographer's American Landscape 2013 landscape contest and have been printed in publications like The Sun Magazine, Southwest Airlines' inflight magazine and the Portland Japanese Garden's 2015 calendar. Photography for me is a way to connect closely with what's around me. Whether that's observing the subtle shifts in light on a mossy log over the course of a minute or observing how the sun lights up different parts of a tree over the course of a year, I...