Clifftop sunset!

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 31, 20053,627 views26 comments

This is another one of the images that I was lucky enough too witness as well as capture while on a backcountry (lodge) trip last September in the Smokies. It's hard to explain but there was only one shot! As the sun dropped low enough for color the clouds just started pouring in over the ridgeline, this happened and then the cloud engulfed the sun and me! It was fun tripping over everything getting back to the lodge in peasoup thick fog!

Ebony RW45
Rodenstock APO Sironar-S 180mm lens
Singh-Ray 2 stop - soft step ND Grad (pulled to the bottom)
Fujichrome Velvia 100F QL
Manfrotto CarbonOne 441 w/ FLM 38 ball head
A LOT OF LUCK LUCK LUCK & LUCK!

Comments

26 comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on January 31, 2005 at 11:18 AM

Looks like somewhere in Lord of the Rings. Fascinating light.

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Comment posted by Bret Edge on January 31, 2005 at 11:33 AM

I hadn't thought of it until I read Tony's post but he's right, this does look like it's straight out of "Lord of the Rings". It has a very primeval feel to it. Really a beautiful and dramatic photo, Jerry. Think you could send a little bit of that luck my way?

Registered on November 1, 2003, 711 Posts, 6363 Comments

Comment posted by Robert Helms on January 31, 2005 at 11:36 AM

Ah and there it is.This is got to be my favorite image of your's.This one is just so other worldly and different from the norm type of landscapes. I just love this one to no end.

Thanks for sharing

Registered on November 28, 2003, 37 Posts, 1005 Comments

Comment posted by Christopher Jordan on January 31, 2005 at 12:10 PM

Jerry, I've seen this on your website and I think it's absolutely fabulous. It's one of my favorite landscape images anywhere....

CJ

Registered on November 1, 2003, 62 Posts, 475 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Windom on January 31, 2005 at 1:23 PM

Where's the Hobbitts?

The light, colors, mood are all terrific.

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Comment posted by Juza on January 31, 2005 at 1:41 PM

One of your best Jerry!
Very moody and inspiring.

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Comment posted by Adam Gibbs on January 31, 2005 at 1:45 PM

Very cool Jerry. The kind of light we all live for.

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Comment posted by Richard Bernabe on January 31, 2005 at 1:46 PM

Wicked light! Are those the Chimney Tops in the backgroud I see?

Excellent capture

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Comment posted by Dane Glueck on January 31, 2005 at 2:49 PM

Just phenomenal light - unreal image.

Registered on November 10, 2003, 193 Posts, 1748 Comments

Comment posted by Ed Lowe on January 31, 2005 at 4:31 PM

Wonderful image, Jerry. Superb lighting and mood in the scene.

Ed

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Comment posted by Steve Zimic on January 31, 2005 at 4:32 PM

Wow and double wow. I agree, this is one of the most fantastic landscape shots I've ever seen, and to get it on 4x5 - unbelievable. Good use of the ND - having the foreground rocks lit up like that really makes it.

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Comment posted by Keith Tate on January 31, 2005 at 6:01 PM

May I add my WOW!! Just Outstanding Jerry!!!

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Comment posted by Todd Caudle on January 31, 2005 at 7:56 PM

Hey Jerrymander, remember when I BEGGED you to post this shot, and suggested you request one-word responses? My two favorites were "apocalyptic" and "Tolkienesque." Hmm, Tolkienesque. I wonder what that word is derived from. Could it be? Is it? No, can't be! YES! It's the author of "Lord of the Rings"! Looks like great minds think alike.

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Comment posted by Rand Herman on January 31, 2005 at 8:51 PM

Well, as Todd put it, "Tolkienesque". Great lighting, great image.

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Comment posted by Keith Anderson on January 31, 2005 at 10:26 PM

That's a stunning photo and something every landscaper seeks, just fantastic light and mood all created by mother nature. I would have this hanging on my wall in a instant...

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Comment posted by Todd Caudle on February 1, 2005 at 12:32 AM

Hate to tell you I told you so, but... Oh wait, I kinda like to tell you that!

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Comment posted by Nye Simmons on February 1, 2005 at 1:46 AM

f22 and be there - yo homie - truly sublime

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Comment posted by Prashant Khapane on February 1, 2005 at 2:24 AM

Sublime.......

and Tolkienesque

Registered on November 1, 2003, 492 Posts, 4580 Comments

Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on February 1, 2005 at 3:03 AM

Jerry,

Luck you say huh? Good Lord you must really have done something right to deserve all this luck.

Great image man, just great.

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Comment posted by Robert Ludwick on February 1, 2005 at 11:49 AM

Jerry,

This is just awesome. Inspiring.

Bob Ludwick

Registered on November 8, 2003, 51 Posts, 407 Comments

Comment posted by Lori Kincaid on February 7, 2005 at 9:29 AM

Dang, I missed this in the ESS forum! Incredible image with incredible light. I don't like to use that photog's catchword--stunning--very often, but man, this truly is STUNNING!

Lori

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Comment posted by Kenneth Kijewski on February 7, 2005 at 9:54 AM

All I can say is

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on February 7, 2005 at 10:31 PM

Whoa!!! Killer Beautiful!

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Mike Stacey on February 12, 2007 at 1:21 AM

Very dramatic capture Jerry. These dynamic type images don't come round too often for LF photographers. A large print would be quite a spectacle.

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Comment posted by Steve France on December 17, 2007 at 11:00 AM

wow..what a view, photo, light, ambience, mood... this would indeed look fantastic large

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Comment posted by Steve France on December 17, 2007 at 11:15 AM

wow..what a view, photo, light, ambience, mood... this would indeed look fantastic large

Registered on September 26, 2007, 89 Posts, 1477 Comments