Change Your Perspective -- Photos Just for the Fun of It
Can you capture the giddy, silly feeling of hiking in a photograph? From catching a waterfall in the palm of your hand to flying over the Cascades, these photographers put the fun in our photo contest.
When it comes down to it, hiking is fun. Sometimes we're lucky enough to see the results of that giddiness in the fun, carefree photos submitted to our photo contest. We love this category of photos for their creativity and joy. (We're also deeply impressed when folks manage to achieve these photographic feats while also abiding by Leave No Trace principles!)
You can share photos like these in your trip reports, or in our Northwest Exposure Photo Contest for 2021, which opens in August — you've got plenty of time to prepare.
Cropped for effect
Photo by Lillian Wu.
Flying towards Mount Baker from Mount Dickerman!
Near, far
Photo by Chris Bohner.
High five!
Photos by Eli Dawson and Janine Griggs
It's important to lift up your friends, on and off trail.
Horizon shift
Photo by Rosalie Beer
Sometimes you don't need to make the forced perspective happen in real life, you can get it just by turning your camera.
Feats of strength
Photos by Ralph Radford and Nolan Cho
Here we have two demonstration of the classic holding-the-tree up gag. That tree on the right is a popular one for this photo.
Photo by John Tomlin
An oldie but a goodie. That's one way to save the Enchanted Valley Chalet.
An ethical way to connect with wildlife
Photos by (clockwise) David Baxter, Joshua Dalrymple, Myk O'Leary, and Cole Morgan.
And of course the "holding or squishing someone/thing-in-your-hand" gag. We love these because you get a fun photo with wildlife (or your fellow hikers) without disturbing them!
magic & movement
Photos by Kyle Stevens and Aaron Tiger
Kids also enjoy a little on-trail magic (or just sleight of hand).
Macro landscapes
Photo by Lori McCormick
And lastly — if you can't travel to a beach getaway, you can make one on trail with the right materials.
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