Lone Pine Peak-Two Days Later

What a difference two days can make! It is sometimes said, "If you don't like Sierra weather; wait a minute and it will change." This was certainly the case, here.

This was made during a breezy sunrise on 10/17 using my digital P&S. I did shoot this sunrise with 4x5 and am really looking forward to seeing the transparencies!

Your thoughts and comments are always appreciated.

-PB

Great subject, the lighting is a little too harsh for me though, but it does pay to hang around for a while and see what happens.

Simply one of the most photogenic mountains in the sierra range. What a dramatic contrast in the two images you have posted here Preston. You did not state Velvia or Astia on this one, although I know the last shot was digital. This site looks real close to the campground there, which has one exciting view to say the least. Nice shot, thanks for posting it!

Its amazing how you dont get a sense of the shear szie of these mountains in photos for some reason.

Very keen observation Youssef. The lenses sure trick our brains around a lot with a variety of perspectives, vantage points, and angle of views. I have one shot of this site with a 50mm wide angle lens on my RB67 and Lone Pine Peak looks tiny in the background from this same general area here.

That is an impressive sight most viewers from the valley are more impressed by than nearby Whitney as one can view the whole peak top to bottom. Towards mid summer with the sun further north of east early morning, there are less shadows from this perspective. I tend to prefer that whole zone in early June when green vegetation and wildflowers in the sagebrush elevations have had some time to offer potential color and pleasant greenery to one's foregrounds and when one might still see a late dusting of snow from the last of spring storms. However the fall does have yellow hued rabbitbush and some other small vegetation that does take on color so if one can find such, that can create a fine image. ...David