I too a couple days to drive north to see Mt. Baker. I stayed in a condo in the small settlement of Glacier. The condo is located right alongside the North Fork of the Nooksack River.
Taking photos in the forest is always a challenge since the dynamic range required to get both the shadows and the highlights included is very wide. I handle this with HDR. But, of course, it is fun and visually pleasing to have a long exposure to smooth the water a bit. So, to get the best of both worlds, I made a series of images with exposure time ranging from 15 to 60 seconds. This gave more than enough (too much?) smoothing to the water and a wide range of exposures to work with. The result is above.
