Sprague Lake

Gallery: LandscapePosted May 27, 2014279 views7 comments

We spent Memorial Day Weekend in Rocky Mountain National Park. It rained a fair amount, but that did not dampen our weekend (pun intended). We hiked several trails and took a few images. The only morning that was reasonably nice for sunrise was Monday morning. No nice fluffy clouds and the eastern sky had high thin clouds to defuse the light instead of give the nice warm glow. It was very calm so there was a nice reflection. Great weekend though. Thanks for your comments and critiques.

Canon 7d
Sigma 10-20
Manual
Shutter 1/60
Aperture f5.6
ISO 100
10mm
Tripod, remote release, mirror lock up
Slight processing in lightroom 4

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Michael Cothran on May 27, 2014 at 10:30 PM

Nicely processed, and a very attractive image. I'm not crazy about the bottom foreground rock, but that's just personal. I would zapp out that white spot in the rock, though.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on May 27, 2014 at 11:11 PM

This image just screams 'spring time in the Rockies'. Very nice mood. I do rather wish the fg rock was not cut off. I really like the clouds streaking through the water. Nice work

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Comment posted by Bill Reid on May 28, 2014 at 8:34 AM

Beautiful sky and reflection Richard and the large version shows better shadow detail. I agree about the fore ground rock especially the white mark. Very nice job on this though.

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Comment posted by gary phillips on May 28, 2014 at 10:19 AM

The clouds steaming thru the image really make this work well, Richard. Very nice reflection scene.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on May 28, 2014 at 11:00 AM

Richard, I love what the clouds and reflections did for this scene. Such a calming image! I like the smaller rock very much in the comp but might prefer it without the larger foreground one, but the image does work fine as is too.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Jared Warren on May 28, 2014 at 3:31 PM

Great reflection - I also really like the long lines from the high clouds. As others have noted, I'd prefer a comp without the larger foreground rock, but that might not have been possible.

Registered on May 11, 2012, 84 Posts, 931 Comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on May 29, 2014 at 10:36 AM

Beautiful scene Richard. We nearly went to the park over the weekend but changed our plans at the last minute.

I guess I'd also vote to remove the front rock but like the rest of the image very much.

pat

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