Spray Park Mt Rainier

Gallery: LandscapePosted August 13, 2010374 views12 comments

Spray Park - a fair year for wildflowers. Time is short, esp w/warming trend. Tarns and snow fields are drying quickly. Shot this last night, credit for the composition goes to hiking buddy and photographer Steve Lepenske...he is a long-time outdoor/wildlife photographer...lurking here often...Steve's version w/full-frame 5D11 looked super...one day he will join NPN. Sky was a bit boring...but nice foreground flowers. A real show to the west as fog rolled in amidst setting sun.

Nikon 17-35mm, Nikon D300, Photomerge of 2 verticals in CS3

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on August 13, 2010 at 6:37 PM

Ken,

This is a beautiful and tranquil image. Of course the reflection is wonderful and it looks like it's that reflection that really dictated your foreground. In other words, To include more of either the purple or yellow would require moving left or right, thus changing the reflection. But actually, this works quite well with the little gap in the flowers allowing the eye to move in to the scene.

Beautiful warm light on the mountain. I'd say job well done.

Lon

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Comment posted by Bruce King on August 13, 2010 at 7:49 PM

Nice shot Ken. The fg flowers and reflection are excellent. I'm going to try to get up there next weekend. I hope things are still looking good.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on August 13, 2010 at 7:56 PM

That is one sweet shot! Nice comp, color and the light is terrific.

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Comment posted by Muhammad Zaid Wani on August 13, 2010 at 8:17 PM

Beautiful shot!

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Comment posted by Dan Baumbach on August 13, 2010 at 8:34 PM

Beautiful combination with the light on the mountain, the reflection and the foreground flowers.

- Dan.

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Comment posted by Bill Maile on August 13, 2010 at 9:09 PM

You already pointed out the sky, my only nit, but I'd rather see it as it was then pumped up Ken. Beautiful image, congrats!!

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Comment posted by John Williams on August 13, 2010 at 10:44 PM

Lovely Ken! The light on the mountain is great. I'd prefer to see the shooting stars not cut off, but it's a minor nit and I realize it may not have been an option.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on August 14, 2010 at 11:52 AM

Classic beauty. Nicely managed light too as the foreground, mountain, and sky all have great exposure.

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Comment posted by dean hebert on August 14, 2010 at 2:46 PM

Great shot, minor thought, I'm not sure if I like the little flowers touching the reflection. Looks like an awesome location.

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Comment posted by Eric Good on August 14, 2010 at 5:19 PM

What a beautiful mountain setting! I'd love to be camped somewhere in that basin about right now. No nits here... nice work!

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Comment posted by scott lanz on August 14, 2010 at 9:26 PM

Beautiful. I also like this cropped just above the reflection. The flowers and reflection are what this image is all about, IMO.

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Comment posted by Mark Shephard on August 15, 2010 at 4:53 PM

What a beautiful shot that is Ken. The comp, colours and reflection are bang on! As far as the sky goes...it is what it is. Sometimes there just isn't anything going on but the image was still well worth the time to set up and take. Thanks for posting this one.

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