Magic Morning, Owls Head

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted October 25, 20161,951 views10 comments

Owls Head is a small mountain in the Adirondacks that offers amazing views after a climb of only about 0.6 miles. A couple of weeks ago, two of my grandchildren (pictured here) had a day off of school, so we headed up the mountain at sunrise to witness this scene. The fall leaves this year were surprisingly vivid despite a dry summer. (No need to boost saturation at all.)

Canon 5D3; 24-105mm @ 35 mm.; circ. pol.
1/13 sec. @ f/16; ISO 160
6 vertical images stitched in PSCC

P.S. I posted another shot from this location in the Weekly Challenge Gallery: Sunrise in Oz.

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Jim Gavin on October 26, 2016 at 2:37 PM

I thought your earlier post was as good as it gets, but along came this image. Absolutely beautiful. What a privilege to be able to observe such a sight.

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Comment posted by John Neukirch on October 26, 2016 at 3:53 PM

Simply stunning Wayne. The large version is awesome.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on October 26, 2016 at 5:50 PM

Wow, beautiful range of colors and lines and well composed. A unique portrait of the grandkids! sad

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on October 27, 2016 at 8:24 AM

Wow! Of the three images posted this is, by far, my favorite composition, and it must look amazing at full size!

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on October 28, 2016 at 7:41 PM

I really like the myriad Autumn colors here, Wayne. The composition is nicely balanced, and the light is well handled.
--P

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on October 30, 2016 at 11:56 AM

Amazing view and wonderful color Wayne. Your grandchildren add a nice sense of scale.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on October 30, 2016 at 5:42 PM

What a beautiful fall scene. Love this wide open view and including your grandchildren makes it special. Nice work Wayne!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.

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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on November 5, 2016 at 12:34 PM

Congrats on the WP. Nice colorful sweeping vista.

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Comment posted by Julia Flanagan on November 7, 2016 at 1:36 PM

Beautiful scene beautifully captured. Congrats Wayne. You may want to look at the stitching in the upper center/ upper right area. You have what looks like cloning duplication in the clouds. Might be a stitching problem though. But where the clouds have a striped look there is definitely some duplication of patterns.

Julie

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Comment posted by Gary Minish on November 17, 2016 at 2:30 AM

What a difference the large version makes! Much more presence and far more spectacular! A beautiful scene with killer colors and a couple people to add to the sense of presence. A great panorama, Wayne! The only nit I have is the blown sky in the UL corner. The rest of the scene is so striking that it doesn't matter much though.

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