The full moon at dawn setting over Waldo Lake in the Oregon Cascades. Lake surface is ~5,200ft. in altitude. Lake surface is seven miles by 1 1/2 with depths to 2,000+ ft. Water so pure / clear you can see the bottom to roughly 110’. Snowed in from late October through early June. Miserable with mosquitoes from June through mid-August. Realistically one can only access for 7-8 weeks each year unless you want to snow mobile or x-country ski seven miles from the nearest highway. I have very sweet memories from annual camping trips as a kid and subsequently with my wife / kids. This photo taken at roughly 5:30am in late spring with a Sony a65 using a 28-75 zoom.
Yes that definitely hits all the right notes. But I couldn't find Waldo.
Jim, It's full name is Waldo Lake and it can be found in the Willamette National Forest in Oregon's Cascade Mountain Range. This image is taken from the Shadow Bay campground / day use area which is located at the southern end of the lake.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Waldo+Lake/@43.7235596,-122.4252189,8.69z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x54c740f1ec4f0dd7:0x89dcd8595fa717e2!8m2!3d43.7269653!4d-122.044474
I thought you'd hidden a tiny Waldo in there somewhere.
Zing! Good comment. Went right over my head as well evidenced by my response. Wonder how many stars that would garner from an Fstoppers YouTube critique.........
He should be w-a-a-y out there in a canoe.
Hint: you CAN delete your own comments, and with that all responses to it, Gary. But I'm glad you had the courage not to! ;-)
Nice image.