On the Friday before Labor Day early in the morning we left our campsite at Odell Lake to drive down to Crater Lake to drive the Crater Lake Rim drive and take some pictures. The rim drive is a little over 30 miles long with a lot of pullouts and picture opportunities.
When driving around the rim every view looks spectacular, especially if there is blue sky and sunshine or some dramatic clouds. This doesn’t translate into good photographs and I found myself looking for something interesting to put in the foreground to make the photos more interesting.
Placing a tree with some interesting bright green moss with the lake in the background also allowed me to frame the moon in upper left of the image.
Stumps and trees can help the frame the lake and add interest to photos as well.
My favorite foreground subjects were my wife and son who joined me on the drive.
We finished up back at Odell Lake where Jacob enjoyed fishing from the dock.
Chris Bagger 