Mount Rainier Captured Under Brilliant Moonlight with Comet Neowise

A NOTE FROM THE ARTIST

We turn ourselves into solitary objects hurtling through a space widened by the perception of our isolation. All the time thinking ourselves dull and cold and unseen while the universe observes us in awe of the spectacle we continue to be. 

The more intimately I share the traumas and trials of my past the more I discover how common some of the most trying moments and experiences of my life have been. Where I expected to be an outcast I discovered a community of souls drifting past each other like dark stars in the night. A community of people who are so focused on hiding their pains in fear that their light might be too ugly that they hide their brilliance and miss the brightness in others.

ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Mount Rainier and the forests of Rainier National Park glow beneath the light of a rising half-moon. I climbed to a nook on the way to High Rock Lookout in the dead of night to arrange this composition. Once I had my camera focused on Mt Rainier and my settings dialed in, I settled down in the chilly night for a long wait. The photograph of the landscape of Rainier and it’s adjacent mountains was captured with an extremely long exposure when the moon was just right. Several hours later, Neowise rose above a halo of predawn light. That photograph was an easy twenty seconds. I applied the photographs to each other during postproduction to reveal the moment as I experienced it.

Below are detail frames of Wandering Star at 100% zoom. You can click on them to observe the incredible detail achieved in the photograph.

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I truly love photographing in the Pacific Northwest. I’ve lived in Bellevue, just outside of Seattle WA for the past five years and my portfolio has grown to include some really special photographs. If you love Mt Ranier’s Wandering Star, here are some others you might enjoy very much.

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Please feel free to browse my works on www.jasonmatias.com. I’ve strived to create unique imagery of the Pacific Northwest for the past 5 years and here in this website is the best of the best of my work.

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