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Up In The Clouds - WC720

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted January 24, 201640 views4 comments

Hi Everyone! I took this picture while I was photographing the elk rut with my dad in Jasper National Park this fall. Halfway through our trip the weather turned cold and we woke up to snow on all the mountains. While I was photographing a big bull elk I noticed this scene behind me, and turned and took a quick picture.

I kind of forgot to change my settings except for exposure compensation but I wish I had taken this at a smaller aperture.

I don't do a lot of landscape pictures so I hope you like it!

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Nikon D7100
Nikkor AF-S 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR
ISO 200
1/4000sec @ f/3.2
-0.33 stop exposure compensation
Mounted on Gitzo tripod with Acratech GV2 ballhead

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on January 25, 2016 at 9:38 AM

Josiah, I'm very much enjoying the textural contrast between the snow covered trees at the bottom and the frothy clouds at the top. The diagonal lines of the various ridges and how they meet in the lower right looks good also. I do think that cropping 1/3 to 1/2 off the clouds tells the same story but puts more attention on the snowy slopes.

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Comment posted by Sharron Sims on January 28, 2016 at 6:45 PM

Josiah, with this image you've done a great job of capturing the weather change you describe. I agree with Mark that cropping about 1/2 off the clouds would improve the composition which already has a lot going for it with the multiple ridges coming together at the bottom.

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Comment posted by Jim Lockhart on January 29, 2016 at 2:52 PM

This is a nice dramatic shot Josiah, and I don't think your wide-open aperture really hurt anything because there is no foreground. At that shutter speed you would have nailed anything flying through the composition, sad

I like all the tree lines seeming to radiate out from one point, and the whole scene really works well in B&W. Agree with the cropping suggestions, which would also raise that horizontal cloud line up a bit. It's good to turn around once in a while! BTW, enjoying your wonderful wildlife shots in this year's family calendar!

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Comment posted by Angela Classen on January 30, 2016 at 2:12 AM

Nice lines and details, and I like the b/w treatment. I would agree with cropping off some of the top.

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