Light Eruption

Gallery: LandscapePosted September 27, 2013321 views12 comments

The end of summer in the British Columbia Coastal Mountains. I was camping near the Ogre Lake after a long off trail hike. My friend was fishing and I was watching the cloudless sunset. When I turned around to get my camera from the tent, I noticed cloud formation developing and moving quickly on the opposite side of horizon. Just when I got ready to shoot light erupted from the mountain.

D800 14-24mm@14mm
One shot for landscape and reflection + one for sky+ one for DOF
Comments and critiques appreciated

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12 comments

Comment posted by Dan Kearl on September 27, 2013 at 12:52 AM

Beautiful scene, excellent IQ and colors are very nice.
I will probably be in the minority, but I would eliminate the star or planet (Venus?), as I think it draws my eye and distracts from the image.

Registered on September 2, 2013, 209 Posts, 1514 Comments

Comment posted by Daniel Finchum on September 27, 2013 at 1:28 AM

Crazy beautiful but have to agree with Dan on the planet... is that a planet? However, I would love to have captured this myself. Defnitely a wall hanger.

Registered on September 8, 2013, 43 Posts, 222 Comments

Comment posted by Artur Stanisz on September 27, 2013 at 1:37 AM

Thanks for comments and suggestions. The bright spot in the sky is actually the Moon. 14mm lens makes it appear very small. I will try to remove or make it larger. Thanks.

Registered on July 18, 2013, 16 Posts, 21 Comments

Comment posted by Navin Sarma on September 27, 2013 at 8:55 AM

Beautiful light and processing. I don't mind the moon, and like how its reflected in the water. I might have tried a few different things with that comp though, perhapsa higher angle from the left to separate the rock from the reflection of the ridgeline, and maybe an attempt to show the entirety of the trees to the left

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Comment posted by Russell Colletta on September 27, 2013 at 9:55 AM

Beautiful image Artur. I would also remove the moon, not enough size or detail to add interest in my opinion. Also, my pet peeve is having almost the exact same tone level in the sky as the foreground, it's just not possible in the real world. But that may be my personal, old fashioned notion (or personality disorder).

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Comment posted by Russell Colletta on September 27, 2013 at 10:13 AM

When I viewed this on my iPad the tones looked perfect, disregard the previous nit Artur. I guess that goes to show how critical a monitor can be.

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Comment posted by Daniel Rappaport on September 27, 2013 at 12:55 PM

Cool image. Especially like the balance between the reflected and underwater transmitted light.

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Comment posted by Jared Warren on September 27, 2013 at 4:22 PM

Superb image! Great colors and reflection. I don't mind the moon there - either way this is a winner.

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Comment posted by Nathan Apodaca on September 27, 2013 at 5:40 PM

Whoa!

Nice capture...

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Comment posted by Bill Reid on September 27, 2013 at 5:50 PM

Beautiful image Artur. Great sky and reflection and the view into the water is just great. A winner.

Registered on January 27, 2013, 65 Posts, 2460 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Metternich on September 27, 2013 at 7:31 PM

W O W. If it was not for that amazing light and moon, I don't see this scene working nearly as good. Awesome!

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Comment posted by Bob Miller on September 29, 2013 at 9:31 PM

The warm clouds pull the eye through the scene. The clear water is great.

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