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# ORCAC
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It was the end
of a ten day trip around eastern Oregon. We had driven all day from the
Steens Mountains, where plagues of flies had really bothered my
daughter, to get to Scott Lake. This was a logical camping spot before
driving home and offers nice evening and morning compositions with the
Three Sisters reflecting in the lake. The flies were not bad here but
the mosquitoes were absolutely terrible. That evening, I was constantly
waving the dark cloth at the bugs to keep them away from the front of my
lens. I also had to be really careful to keep mosquitoes out of the view
camera - this has happened before and results in the silhouette of a bug
on the film. I made several exposures during the last ten minutes of the
day with the sun set adding nice color to the mountains. I liked these
shot, but the absence of a any clouds limited their drama. That night,
we camped on a side road 1/2 mile from the lake where the mosquito
density was much less. It was quite cold that night for early summer -
perfect for making morning fog near lakes. As the sun rose the next
morning the fog formed and swirled around the lake for about 45 minutes.
Sometimes the mountains were visible and other times they were
completely obscured. The best shot is above with a moderate amount of
fog. After the sun heated the morning air enough to burn off the
remaining fog, back came the skeeters and It was time for a quick exit.
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