Tetons Under The Stars

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 3, 2011186 views8 comments

Please view large for more detail! This was taken two weeks ago 90 minutes before sunrise at the edge of the southern finger of Leigh Lake in the Grand Tetons. This is one image (no HDR). It was a gorgeous night with small puffy clouds moving very quickly. The clouds blowing off the top of Grand Teton peak were really cool. The moon was about 1/2 full and straight up in the sky.

I started shooting from several locations around 4 am & didn't quit until sun up. It was a gorgeous night! I considered cropping out the lake for a bit more drama & a pano, but decided I liked the inclusion of the reflection.

Canon 5DII, 16-35mm @ 16 mm, F4, 30 sec., ISO 1250

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8 comments

Comment posted by Jaymes Dempsey on October 3, 2011 at 12:36 PM

Beautiful image! I love the texture of those clouds, well captured!
Jaymes

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on October 3, 2011 at 12:39 PM

The moving clouds made this image fpr me. Nice atmosphere.

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on October 3, 2011 at 4:15 PM

One definitely needs to view it larger! Thanks for posting that too.
Lovely composition and the cloud movement is sublime!

Registered on March 22, 2011, 385 Posts, 2068 Comments

Comment posted by Raymond Klassen on October 3, 2011 at 6:07 PM

Love that sky! Good choice of keeping the reflection. The large version looks super three-dimensional. You might try cropping a bit off the bottom.

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on October 3, 2011 at 8:41 PM

Greetings Wick - I was thinking about your crop idea. It would be an improvement for me as the interest is really in the top half. Reflection looks a bit muddy. Nice to get it in one shot!

Registered on September 17, 2010, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments

Comment posted by Vlad Sadovsky on October 4, 2011 at 12:21 AM

Definitely like the cloud action and the sky, coupled with the reflection. Dont like the water in darker areas. For me the crop to the square format (remove the right) seems to work.

Registered on November 12, 2010, 48 Posts, 358 Comments

Comment posted by Jeff Bushnell on October 4, 2011 at 12:58 AM

Love the picture. The clouds and reflection are really cool!

Registered on April 3, 2011, 20 Posts, 122 Comments

Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on October 4, 2011 at 2:27 AM

I think this is really well done Wick. The sky looks so pretty I could see cropping out a good bit of the reflection.

Michael

Registered on June 18, 2009, 86 Posts, 2317 Comments