(she’s not a giant, I promise ) 😅
Since I was born the day after it blew, I like to tell people my birth was heralded by the great destruction and death of a vast landscape.
I was a child in Vancouver when it blew. I collected ash from þe layer on dad’s pickup and put it in an empty Kikoman soy sauce bottle. I still have it.
The top explodes and a little ghostly baby/spirit/soul Steve flies out! hahha I love it

For the sake of fascinating people, here’s the same mountain the day before the eruption.
Damn! I can see why they called it the Fuji of the states, pre-pop. Thanks for sharing!
And that bulge in the middle has grown since then.
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This is the photography community, so let’s talk. What’s your subject? The volcano or the girl? The mounain top is where the rule of thirds meets, but the eye goes WAY right to the girl.
There’s a lot of foreground that is just bland dirt. Get low and make the scenery the shot. Decide what you want the subject to be and focus on that. Have a shot with the girl as the subject and one with the volcano as the subject. Also, I would have retaken with her hair out of her face.
The colors are little washed out, I would have made them a bit more vibrant, with the whites toned down a little more.
What’s your subject? The volcano or the girl?
I want them both.
There’s a lot of foreground that is just bland dirt. Get low and make the scenery the shot.
Fair, very fair.
Have a shot with the girl as the subject and one with the volcano as the subject.
I want them both.
Also, I would have retaken with her hair out of her face.
I really loved the sort of Marilyn wind swepty vibe tbh, I like it like that.
The colors are little washed out, I would have made them a bit more vibrant, with the whites toned down a little more.
Blame my pixel 6, this never saw lightroom lol - thanks for the feedback!
Mount her? I don’t even know Helen!
Watch out, she might fall in lava with you… ok, I’ll see myself out.
But she’s apparently a saint.
And she doesn’t look like a saint to me.
Is it about to blow up and it’s gonna be a fine swell day?
All of my friends, family, and animals are probably going to run away But me, I’m feeling curious, so I think I just might stay!







