
Hat Creek Paradise - Serene Forest Stream in Lassen Volcanic National Park

by Mike Lee
Title
Hat Creek Paradise - Serene Forest Stream in Lassen Volcanic National Park
Artist
Mike Lee
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
I captured this image in the early morning hours on Hat Creek, just downstream of the aptly named Paradise Meadow in Lassen Volcanic National Park in Northern California. In the early morning hour, I had the whole trail to myself, never seeing another soul, with my only real obstacle being the green fir cones that the large population of pine squirrels was trying to drop on my head in the denser wooded areas as they squeaked their displeasure at my presence. It was a wonderful hike that, as a longtime annual pass holder for the park, I’d yet to do.
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘩𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘣𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮, 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤, 𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦-𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘥é𝘤𝘰𝘳. 𝘈 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸.
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September 16th, 2022
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RF Clark Photography - Rob Clark
Beautiful capture Mike! I love you use of leading lines to push the viewer back to the brightly lit background and the lone fir tree. Great work! - Fav

Gary F Richards
Outstanding Hat Creek Paradise composition, lighting, shading, color and artwork! Congratulations on your beautiful moving Feature! F/L

Larry Kniskern
Congratulations, Mike – your natural object or scene has been featured by the Go Take a Hike Photography Group! Feel free to add it to the 2024 Featured Images thread in the group discussion board for archive.

Bernadette Krupa
Congratulations, Mike, the Artist of the Week 128 Jan 14 - 20, 2024 in the 1,000 Views on 1 Image Group! F/L/F

Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 Views on One Image Group's Special Features Nominations For Promotion #27 . Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views on One Image Group....L/F/Tw

Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Feel free to place your featured image in the Features Archive and any Genre specific Archive l/f/p

Vladimir Frolov
Wonderful! Fabulous! Such a wonderful view! Perfect painting for home, office or cafe! L.F.

Sabina Pamfili
it is what I love: simple life. Just to look at the fallen tree across the small river! it's lovely, Mike. Of course, also the sun helps too.