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Stormy sunset #2
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Stormy sunset #2

by Paolo De Faveri

Category: Earth, Sea & SkyAdded February 4, 20093,687 views

Mountains, Clouds, Sunrise/Sunset, Patterns

Keywords: mountain, rocks, stones, valley, piedmont, italy, europe, alps, long exposure, mist, pink, green, red, yellow, varaita, cloud, storm, sunrise, sunset

Taken 1 hour before sunset from the Col dell'Agnello, a pass at more than 2700 m (9000 ft) in the Western Alps, linking Italy to France.
I was lucky enough to capture one of those amazing, great moments I always look for when hiking in the Alps: a sudden break in the sky at sunset, with fast traveling clouds above and the mist forced to rotate and swirl by strong winds down in the valley. This is a four minutes exposure achieved by a strong neutral density filtration.
Image Format: Digital Capture - Greater than 9MPImage Crop: Full FrameDigital Enhancement: Digital Retouch