I got up to Winding Stair Mountain in southeast Oklahoma for the first time in 4 years this morning to shoot the sunrise with both my Nikon and my drone. The wind made it to where just landing the drone without losing it was a major achievement, so I didn't get anything there.
But the stills were pretty good. While shooting this, I was constantly pestered by a very persistent armadillo, who would not be spooked.
Then, after shooting, an adolescent black bear was running along side the highway in the grass. I stopped to take his picture but he ducked into the brush. Wild morning.
Nikon D800, Nikor 28-300 set at about 200mm, Coken 120, ISO 100, 1/4 sec at f-16.
Comments
5 commentsMichael, you've got some fine colors in the sky and a great series of near silhouettes heading into the distance. To me, this feels dark and ominous and I wonder about some brightening, especially in the sky and clouds, but dark and moody may have been your intent.
I think this is a very good composition and the colors are great. I agree with Mark that it is a bit dark and could use some pop.
I like the different mountain layers. Also you have captured some nice colors in the sky.It's a bit on the dark side and I would brighten it up a bit.
Vibrant skies and the dark hills have just enough detail. A slight crop off the top would give a little more focus to the mnts. for me, and a pano is another obvious choice. At least you have more options rather thatn fewer!
When I first saw this image I thought it seemed like a large format image, but alas no. Really peaceful and meaningful comp. The sky blue could maybe be a bit closer to violet althought it still works great as is. Congrats.