Mazama from Wolf Creek Photograph by Omaste Witkowski

Mazama from Wolf Creek

by Omaste Witkowski

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Title

Mazama from Wolf Creek

Artist

Omaste Witkowski

Medium

Photograph - Digital Photograph

Description

Mazama from Wolf Creek
Omaste Witkowski owFotoGrafik.com

I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any. ~Lao Tzu

I took this photograph standing near Wolf Creek and looking Northwest towards Mazama. The mountains in the background are part of the Pacific Crest Trail which runs up into Canada.

This photograph was taken in Winthrop Wa (Washington State), in the beautiful Methow Valley. The Methow is a small jewel of an area not too far from Seattle in the Pacific Northwest. Okanogan County is such a great place to live for all of the sunshine and outdoors recreation.
I started with a digital photograph and used a HDR process to tone map the light. Then I applied a finishing oil paint layer to add texture to the overall image. I did some tonal work to even out the colors and make them realistic to what I was seeing in nature but not excessively.
I am interested in photography as an "unusual" or "unique" image making process. In other words I enjoy starting with a photograph of an ordinary scene or subject and then I try to make it my own by adding unusual processing techniques. I hope you enjoy viewing my work as much as i enjoy creating it.
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From Wikipedia
"Mazama (population 200) is a small village located in the Methow Valley of Washington, on the leeward side of North Cascades National Park. It is located along the North Cascades Highway (Highway 20), 14 mi (23 km) northwest of Winthrop and about 28 mi (45 km) south of the Canadian border. Mazama's town center elevation is 2,106 ft (642 m), and it is located 2.7 mi (4.3 km) south of and 4,895 feet (1,492 m) below Goat Peak.[1][2]

Mazama boomed as the departure point for mining towns in the rugged Harts Pass area like Barron, Chancellor, and Robinson. Recently considered little more than a crossroads, Mazama is slowly growing to include three lodging options,[3] a cafe (Jack's Hut), a general store & gas station, and two restaurants. It has been a destination for summer weddings, rock climbing, mountaineering, and winter sports with options for heli-skiing, back-country and cross country skiing. It is home to one of the world's longest cross-country skiing trails, stretching for 120 miles (190 km) and running through the town itself.
Name History

In the 19th century the town was called "Goat Creek". When the former post office was secured in 1899, the settlers chose a name they thought was Greek for "mountain goat". They later discovered that they had looked in the wrong dictionary and, according to Edmond S. Meany, the meaning of "Mazama" was "mountain goat" in Spanish, not Greek.[4] Mazama is a genus of deer (family Cervidae) comprising the Brockets, medium to small deer that are found in the Americas. The genus name Mazama is derived from Nahuatl mazame, the plural of mazatl "deer."
Ecology

Forests of native Douglas fir and Ponderosa pine are widespread in Mazama and the surrounding wilderness. Aspen and Cottonwood become increasingly common along creeks and rivers.
Climate

Climate is arid with warm summers and cold winters and precipitation falling primarily as snow in the months of November through February. Washington's record cold temperatures were measured in Mazama and Winthrop: −48 �F (−44 �C) on December 30, 1968.[5]"