Sinopah Sleeps

Gallery: LandscapePosted August 16, 2010456 views28 comments

I finally got a nice evening without any wind; I guess Sinopah went to bed early. Since the intent of the image was to show the clarity of the water and colorful rocks, I used a polarizer to cut the reflection. (For the horizontal shot--which I'll post later--I cut the polarizer, showing the interesting patterns from the cloud reflections.)

Canon 5D2
Canon 17-40 f/4
Blend of 2 exposures for light.

Comments

28 comments

Comment posted by Bill Chambers on August 16, 2010 at 2:48 PM

Very pretty catch Ron. Love the pastels in this.

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Comment posted by Andreas Resch on August 16, 2010 at 2:52 PM

These are some impressive stone colors here. The center composition works well and I like that there are just enough clouds up there to keep the sky interesting.

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Comment posted by dean hebert on August 16, 2010 at 2:59 PM

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Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on August 16, 2010 at 3:01 PM

Beautiful scene here, particularly with the colors throughout the sky and foreground. The foreground does seem a bit bright to me, and perhaps a slight boost in the dark tones would resolve that.

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Comment posted by Balakumar Kaushik on August 16, 2010 at 3:07 PM

Beautiful image. Liked those mix of colours in the small FG rocks.
Nice seeing.

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Comment posted by Taylor Reed on August 16, 2010 at 4:04 PM

Gorgeous, that's a very interesting foreground

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Comment posted by Guy Tal on August 16, 2010 at 5:58 PM

Stunning image, Ron! A worthy addition to your excellent portfolio. I especially like the foreground rocks. These colorful pebbles were some of the first things to draw my eye on my first visit to Glacier years ago. Makes me really want to go back.

Guy

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Comment posted by Mohsen Al-Dajani on August 16, 2010 at 6:32 PM

Nice shot, though i prefer to crop the top 1/4 of the sky this will keep the focus on the rocks plus the mount in distance.

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on August 16, 2010 at 7:27 PM

That's some serious eye candy from top to bottom. A real beauty for sure.

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Comment posted by Ben Horne on August 16, 2010 at 7:44 PM

Beautiful composition. The combination of the rocky foreground and the wonderful sky make for a very dream-like feel.

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Comment posted by Martin Bartsch on August 16, 2010 at 8:09 PM

OMG those colors are just breathtaking. What a capture, absolutely inspiring. Thanks for sharing sir!

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on August 16, 2010 at 9:28 PM

Ron,

This is a beautiful image and an excellent use of the near/far composition. The colorful rocks and the foreground IS the story, buy yet the beautiful mountains and sky just add that extra beauty to the scene to make this complete.

A little magenta saturation in the LH clouds is about all I can nitpick on. Otherwise, this belongs in ones portfolio.

Lon

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on August 16, 2010 at 9:47 PM

Awesome comp and colors! Fantastic light.

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Comment posted by Miles Morgan on August 16, 2010 at 10:21 PM

Wonderful Ron. My night here was a total bust... but I'm not complaining after Hidden Lake. :) Great meeting you up there, and I've really enjoyed going through your incredible gallery! :) Cheers

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Comment posted by Andrew Finlayson on August 16, 2010 at 10:40 PM

Absolutely wonderful, love the color theme continued from front to back.

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Comment posted by Jimmy Gekas on August 17, 2010 at 12:23 AM

Awesome! Those foreground rocks are sweet!

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Comment posted by Stuart Williams on August 17, 2010 at 3:30 AM

i like the palette here with repeating colours. very pretty scene.

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Comment posted by Mathieu Hoareau on August 17, 2010 at 3:48 AM

Hi Ron,

i like this one, the foreground is really sweet with the different pebbles...Cheers!!

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Comment posted by Pramod Viswanath on August 17, 2010 at 4:14 AM

Everything is just perfect in this image. Beautiful!

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Comment posted by Abdullaziz Bin Ali on August 17, 2010 at 8:46 AM

The colorful FG is giving this work a lot of strength
excellent time you've captured

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on August 17, 2010 at 9:56 AM

Beautiful image. Love those under the water rocks. The mountains and sky just finish it off really nice. Nice work, Ron.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on August 17, 2010 at 10:11 AM

Wonderfully composed and the colours really pop.

Gary.

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Comment posted by Tom Nevesely on August 17, 2010 at 10:36 AM

Awesome, awesome foreground! I went to Glacier National Park recently but never got to the Two Medicine area. I'm glad you did though because this photo is worth it.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on August 17, 2010 at 7:56 PM

Great, real radical approach! I love this lake and have spent A LOT of time here!

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on August 18, 2010 at 2:52 AM

Ron,

I like the colorful rocks in the FG and how they lead in and vanish perfectly into the reflection. I also like how the reflection of the mountains keep the eye contained in the middle and leads to the main peak in the BG. Very nice.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on August 18, 2010 at 11:32 AM

Whoa, awesome foreground. A scroll crop of about 1/2 the sky really plays this up nicely.

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Comment posted by John Williams on August 18, 2010 at 7:13 PM

No nits Ron, magnificent.

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on September 20, 2010 at 4:37 PM

Ron - Looks like we may have passed each other in the Prk. I saw that you commented on my Many Glacier image and mentioned the mammatus clouds. This is a gerat shot of Sinopah. I was there around the 15th. Weather didn't really cooperate. I shot from around the corner on the left, but I like your composition much better than mine!

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