Exalted

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 10, 2012491 views30 comments

This image is a little different than my normal work, I haven't really photographed silhouettes much, but I couldn't resist! This is one back from August, it was the last morning of my trip near Grand Marais, MN. A buddy and I reached this lake a little before sunrise, while he set-up I decided to head back to the car to take a little nap... about 15 minutes later I hiked back to the lake and saw the sun rising and glowing through the fog. I quickly ran back to the car, grabbed my equipment and ran back down to the lake and fired off a few images. I almost missed this one... and I was very happy that morning that I decided to go back down to the lake! Since then, for the most part, I've thought twice about being lazy in the morning...

Please view large, comments and critiques are appreciated.

Thanks,

Ben

5D Mark II - 70-200mm @ 115mm
ISO 100 - f/11 - 1/1250th of a second

Comments

30 comments

Comment posted by Eva McDermott on March 10, 2012 at 9:23 PM

Very ethereal Ben. The light, the dark, and rich color are beautiful!

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Comment posted by Hillary Younger on March 10, 2012 at 9:29 PM

The golden glow of diffuse light, the silhouettes and reflections are well composed and balanced, and the tones are beautiful.

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Comment posted by Daniel Rappaport on March 10, 2012 at 10:32 PM

Amazing sun/fog light. Really well composed too.

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Comment posted by Richard Olsen on March 10, 2012 at 11:48 PM

Beautiful image!
Well placed sun amidst the trees.
Love that warm morning glow!

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Comment posted by Danny Laureys on March 11, 2012 at 3:03 AM

The color is beautiful, Excellent.

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on March 11, 2012 at 5:32 AM

The mood is awesome and I like the intense colors. This works well.

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Comment posted by Andreas Resch on March 11, 2012 at 7:52 AM

Lovely mood and colors, Ben.

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Comment posted by Tony Prower on March 11, 2012 at 12:12 PM

wonderful image with great atmosphere. Very composed and exposed. Grad filter perhaps?

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Comment posted by INGOMA on March 11, 2012 at 12:22 PM

Congratulations on a spectacularly intense and graphic image, Benjamin. The composition is spot on. My only idea for improvement would be that the sun was higher, but that probably was not possible if you wanted to keep everything else the same. In view of that I might suggest cropping a little off the top of the sky. But this is spectacular either way!

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Comment posted by Art Escobado on March 11, 2012 at 12:52 PM

nice sunset!

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Comment posted by Yiming Hu on March 11, 2012 at 1:00 PM

Beautiful colors and wonderful mood.

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Comment posted by Jeremy Cram on March 11, 2012 at 1:14 PM

Love it! Every aspect of this is just awesome.

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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on March 11, 2012 at 1:43 PM

This looks fantastic Benjamin. The colors and the "energy" that radiates here do the job for me.

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Comment posted by Adam Gibbs on March 11, 2012 at 1:51 PM

Beautiful, Ben! Scenes like this make getting up early in the morning all worth it

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Comment posted by Benjamin Olson on March 11, 2012 at 1:53 PM

I appreciate all the feedback! Thanks!

Tony,

No grad was used.

Christoph,

I wanted the sun higher too, but as it rose, it moved to the right and went behind the taller trees.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on March 11, 2012 at 2:39 PM

Gorgeous Ben! Of course I may have enjoyed a more dramatic story instead of nap fail....

Seriously though this is a wonderful moment and I'm sure you're quite happy having caught this. Congrats.

Lon

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Comment posted by Benjamin Olson on March 11, 2012 at 3:22 PM

Lon,

I wish I had a more dramatic story of how I captured the image, but I dont!

But watching the sunrise unfold that morning was a wonderful experience, and worth it, even if I tell my unflattering story of trying to take a nap 0.25 miles away from the scene. I am appreciative of experience, and feel very lucky that I was able to capture the scene in-spite of my laziness that morning!

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Comment posted by Tonia Graves on March 11, 2012 at 4:07 PM

This is really sweet with the colors, silhouettes, and reflections. Nice job w/ the comp!

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on March 11, 2012 at 6:38 PM

"Since then, for the most part, I've thought twice about being lazy in the morning" Yeah, based on the results above, I think that's a good idea for you!!!!!!!!!!!

Chris

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on March 11, 2012 at 7:27 PM

This is beautiful, Ben. Hard to capture a better mood than this! Nice work!!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on March 11, 2012 at 10:02 PM

Very strong work. Love the tree reflection glowing.

aF

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on March 12, 2012 at 12:46 AM

Just perfect.

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on March 12, 2012 at 4:02 PM

Beautifully atmospheric shot Ben, love this.

Gary.

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Comment posted by Rebecka on March 12, 2012 at 10:10 PM

Beautiful atmosphere. Love how calm and smooth the water is. If you hadn't told us, I would have thought it was a sunset shot, but it doesn't matter whether the sun is rising or falling here, the image is just gorgeous!

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Comment posted by Stuart Williams on March 13, 2012 at 1:30 AM

the morning is not made for laziness! very pretty image!

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Comment posted by Kory Lidstrom on March 13, 2012 at 3:17 PM

Lots of mood in this one -- very nice.

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on March 13, 2012 at 5:53 PM

Wonderful photo Benjamin and a funny story to go with it. No one mentioned it yet, and I find it fascinating that the sun is not reflecting in the water. You found a great perspective to keep it out. Its perfect as it is.

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Comment posted by Benjamin Olson on March 13, 2012 at 8:42 PM

Thanks for all the feedback and comments!

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Comment posted by Jon Daining on March 14, 2012 at 5:10 PM

Wonderful capture of unique lighting and mood.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on March 14, 2012 at 9:39 PM

This is the type of image that sells very well. Beautiful!

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