Chris W
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Chris W
@mountainshots.bsky.social
Daily landscape and
nature photography. Never AI.
Currently in Arizona with a Sony a7cr.
My other car is a locomotive.
Pinned
The Four Seasons- A year at my favorite Alaskan alpine lake.

(Ok, it took more like 2.5 years, but don't tell anyone 😅)
Evening shadows in pine country

A first for me on this hike- using my headlamp high beam to scare off elk in the early morning dark 😅

#arizona #sunset #photography
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Another 3 days of backpacking in the pines of Northern Arizona on the AZT

Somewhere around 545 miles completed 🦿

#backpacking #sunrise #hiking #arizona
November 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Night reflections in the McDowell crosscut pedestrian underpass

Back in the neighborhood :)
#streetphotography in Scottsdale #arizona
#urbangaze
November 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Pink waves in the sky and Mount Shasta at sunrise

Still looking through photos from that 4am hike up Mt Eddy :)

(no edits 😤)

#mountainmonday #sunrise #landscapephotography #fujifilm
November 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
In the land of the Sonoran Desert sunsets

At this time of night, I always think of McDowell Rd as "McDowell River"... with the headlights and tail lights continuously streaming past.

#sunset #stunday #arizona #urbanlandscape
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Early morning light in pine country, on the Arizona National Scenic Trail

I guess it (sometimes!) pays to be in the habit of getting up at 5am :)

#sunrise #photography #hiking #arizona
November 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Embrace the flare

On Mount San Antonio, at about 8000', after starting another climb by headlamp before 4am :)
(Zero edits 😤)

#sunrise #mountains #california #landscapephotography
October 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The first rays of sun on Shasta and Mount Eddy

A morning sun star, peeking over the horizon past one of California's iconic ultra prominent summits, to get your #mountainmonday started right.

#sunrise #hiking #landscapephotography
October 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
A #stunday alpine sunrise over Mount Shasta

A beautiful reward for a night hike up by headlamp :)

#sunrise #mountains #landscapephotography #hiking
October 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Lake Shastina, and the NE edge of the Trinities, at sunrise.

Fuji medium format, from the peak of Mount Eddy (highest peak in the Trinity Alps)

#sunrise #hiking #mountains #photography #blueskyartshow
October 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Autumn at Mount Shasta...
the southernmost of the Cascade Range's gigantic stratovolcanos.

#fujifilm GFX50Sii w/ gf100-200
#autumn #mountains #fallcolors #scape
October 24, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Trail photos from a nice climb through the rainforest near Bellingham

#photography #fujifilm GFX50Sii
#hiking #rainforest
October 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Urban tree magic in NW Washington State

A good reminder that I need to bring my camera with me more often, because nature is all around if your eyes are open :)

#photography #treemagic #fallcolors #autumn
October 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Picketpost Mountain at sunset.

The trail is in the West side of the mountain, and you almost always get treated to warm evening light on the cliffs and rock faces :)

#mountainmonday #arizona #photography #sunset
October 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Deep blue hour at Mount Shasta

#bluehour #fujifilm #landscapephotography #mountains
October 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Fjord Friday, that's a thing, right?

Hiking season is rapidly coming to close; snowshoe and ski season is just around the corner.

Travel day 🚀

#alaska #mountains #hiking #landscapephotography #autumn
October 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Traveling on my mind

Snow scenes from an Alaska Seaplanes flight down the Coast Mountains to Juneau 🏔️

#alaska #photography #mountains #travel
October 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Battleship Mountain in the Superstition Wilderness

The view south down the fin of Battleship towards Weavers Needle

#mountainmonday #landscapephotography #arizona #hiking
October 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A sunny autumn day in the North

Lake Bennett, stretching from NW British Columbia into the southern Yukon on a beautiful autumn day.

#yukon #beautifulbc #photography #autumn
October 12, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The wide shot ❄️🌄

This might have been more balanced if I had really centered the setting sun, but I HAD to include the fine detail in the foreground ice :)

#sunset #alaska #mountains #photography
October 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Whiskers of ice, and a mid-afternoon sunset.

A photo from an October 2023 cold snap that came on so fast it had the surface of Upper Dewey Lake looking like I'd never seen before :)

#alaska #landscapephotography #sunset #mountains
October 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Autumn vibes at Lower Dewey Lake.
Skagway #alaska

The snow hasn't yet made its big move down, but it has definitely been cool and wet :)

#autumn #rainforest #photography
October 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Along the ridgeline trail from Upper Dewey Lake to Devil's Punchbowl

In another day or two (or maybe this morning!), this entire section will be covered in snow :)

#alaska #landscapephotography #hiking #fallcolors #autumn
October 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Stunning autumn conditions for #stunday

Fresh snow on Mount Carmack, framed by fog and clouds.

#alaska #landscapephotography #mountains
October 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Clouds on AB Mountain

Fujifilm Acros, crop from a shot with the gf100-200 zoom. The light where I was hiking was blah, but the clouds on the other side of the valley were excellent :)

#monochrome #photography #bnwphotography #clouds
October 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM