Posted by Steve Foss on November 26, 2006 at 9:07 AM
I was out guiding photo excursion clients in the national forest and wilderness outside Ely the other day. Great clients, great day, and we stopped here, at Ed Shave Lake, on the way back to Ely to see what the sunset may deliver.
We set up looking east, because on cold winter days, and some other days, you get sweet rose and magenta and purple along the opposite horizon from the sunset, particularly after the sun is several degrees below the horizon.
Canon 20D, Canon 17-40L at 21mm, iso100, 1/10 at f10, Bogen tripod, remote shutter
I haven't been up to Ely since early summer, but certainly love the area. Nice moment that you caught here, the last breath of the day is always worth experiencing, with or without a camera. Do you guys have snow up there yet? I can't tell from this particular image.
Posted by Jack Graham on November 26, 2006 at 7:03 PM
Nice Job Steve! very nice indeed.
JG
Posted by Chuck Beatty on November 26, 2006 at 8:20 PM
Outstanding colors, Steve. For me, I wish there was more of the lake and less of the upper sky. All the same, it must be nice to know an area so well that you can predict the possibility of such a beautiful event.
Posted by Steve Foss on November 26, 2006 at 9:06 PM
Thanks folks.
Chuck, I composed it this way partly to make sure the deepest of the upper blues were captured and partly because it has more opportunity to sell as an advertising/promotional photo or book cover photo with so much space on top for copy.
Joel, we've had about 12 inches of snow all told since October, but there's only a few crusty smears left in heavily shaded areas now. We're looking for permanent cold and some more snow later next week. There's a very small amount of snow on the ice in this image. The dark portion to the left on the lake's surface is open water, not shadow. But ice forms fast, and there was a guy fishing on that lake this afternoon when I went by coming back from shooting.
Thanks for the update Steve. It looks like things should change pretty dramatically this week. It might make for some good shooting if you're so inclined.
Take care.
Posted by Steve Foss on November 28, 2006 at 12:36 PM
Joel, we've got hard freezing rain right now, with some thunder and lightning expected this afternoon, followed by some snow tonight and temps that will reamin in the single digits at night and high teens during the day for the next week or so. So we'll be making ice rapidly and, if a person can brave the nasty roads, there definitely will be some photo opps out there.
Discussion
6 repliesWe set up looking east, because on cold winter days, and some other days, you get sweet rose and magenta and purple along the opposite horizon from the sunset, particularly after the sun is several degrees below the horizon.
Canon 20D, Canon 17-40L at 21mm, iso100, 1/10 at f10, Bogen tripod, remote shutter
I haven't been up to Ely since early summer, but certainly love the area. Nice moment that you caught here, the last breath of the day is always worth experiencing, with or without a camera. Do you guys have snow up there yet? I can't tell from this particular image.
JG
Chuck, I composed it this way partly to make sure the deepest of the upper blues were captured and partly because it has more opportunity to sell as an advertising/promotional photo or book cover photo with so much space on top for copy.
Joel, we've had about 12 inches of snow all told since October, but there's only a few crusty smears left in heavily shaded areas now. We're looking for permanent cold and some more snow later next week. There's a very small amount of snow on the ice in this image. The dark portion to the left on the lake's surface is open water, not shadow. But ice forms fast, and there was a guy fishing on that lake this afternoon when I went by coming back from shooting.
Take care.