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Taken from above my house this morning. Mavic Pro 2, For the first time I used the stack-smart object-median method to combine 5 shot bursts to deal with noise. 9 resulting images stitched in PS. Taken from Lake Stevens, Mt. Baker on left, sun behind Three Fingers, Mt. Pilchuck right of center.

Flying through circular glory rainbows in the Cascades.

Circular rainbows like this are called a glory. I was on the ridge just below to the right where I'd spent the night. Mavic 2P, 3 RAW images stitched in ACR.

M2P, Sony RX100 V

Flew above my house in Lake Stevens, WA to catch the sunrise this morning. Low fog added nice atmosphere.

MP2, 6 RAW images, processed and stitched in ACR

MP2 2 RAW images processed and stitched in ACR

I'd been flying from my house to view the lake from the south, but have made it over to the west side a couple times this week for sunrise. M2P

Didn't look spectacular from my house, but it only takes a couple minutes to deploy the M2P for the wider view from a few hundred feet.

Rare winter snow blankets the region this week with more on the way. M2P, 13 RAW shots processed and stitched in ACR, converted to B&W with Silver FX Pro 2

M2P RAW, processed and stitched in ACR

Shot up for another sunset above my house in Lake Stevens, WA to find this bonus rainbow. Mavic 2 Pro, RAW processed and stitched in ACR

Day before Christmas 2018 from above my house. Mavic 2 Pro, RAW images processed and stitched in ACR

Caught some of the last light, from above my house looking NW to the puget sound. Mavic Pro 2, 3 RAW images stitched in Photoshop

Couldn't see any of this from my driveway, was pretty psyched when I got a couple hundred feet up and rotated east. Mavic Pro II, RAW images stitched in ACR.

Mavic 2 Pro

I've been having a lot of fun flying in the wonderful weather of a Pacific Northwest fall - especially the fog!

Hall Pk., and Perry Creek Valley, Central Cascades, WA. Mavic 2 Pro, Two RAW files stitched in Photoshop, converted to B&W with Silver FX Pro.

Panos shot RAW stitched in Photoshop. Look close at the summit for the lookout where I'm standing. A friendly hiker posed for me on the nearby ridge the next morning.