Sunrise on Big Four's North Face

I didn't get quite an early enough start! I got to the first clearing in the

forest up the Mt. Dickerman trail, on the Mt. Loop Hwy in Washington's

Cascade mountains, just before sunrise. Without time to get my tripod

out of the pack and set up I winged it and hand held my NEX-7 with

Tamron 18-200. Deep snow kept me from the summit after these pics,

then new boots resulted in blisters that will keep me paying the price for

anther week. It was worth it.

That's a fine image Jim!  Thanks for your efforts and for sharing.  No pain, no gain, right?

Spectacular!  And well worth your blisters (at least for us) ;-)... Mike

Jim,  I agree, this is an excellent shot, well worth the effort.  I removed the blue cast, and the image has a totally different look.  I thought I'd put it in just because it is different.  You may not like it at all.  I think it may change the mood you are creating.  i do not think the edited version is better, just different.  Nice work.   Larry

This is a great "portrait" of a mountain; such power in all of that ruggedness.  The light is superb.

Thanks for the comments everyone. I'm going to return the boots to REI this week! I don't see the edited version Larry.

I've climbed this mountain a number of times, twice up the massive 4,000 ft. north face in shadow on the right, so it has special significance to me.