Rowena Sunset

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted May 21, 2012143 views3 comments

This sunset at Tom McCall Preserve near Rowena, Oregon is probably one of my best, if I can say so! Conditions were just what landscape photographers dream of for images of lots of colorful flowers backlit by the sun. There was next to no wind and the Columbia Gorge Broad-leaf Lupine and the Northwestern Balsamroot were at peak bloom.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on May 21, 2012 at 4:17 PM

I like the flowers very much. I wonder if a slightly higher angle might not have shown the far terrain and sky to better advantage.

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Comment posted by Phil Knouf on May 21, 2012 at 4:25 PM

Phil, Thanks for your comment. The quality of light at this time of the sunset was such that the sky above the sun was quite uninteresting. The real color occurred after the sun had set below the far mountains. I intend to post one of those images soon. The real beauty at the time of this image was with the meadow of flowers.

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on May 22, 2012 at 1:47 PM

I love the meadow of flowers in the foreground. The comp works for me here. Nice image

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