Three Sisters

I’ve been scrabling around this area for many years, and with the exception of sunset silhouettes, I find it a challenging place to photograph, because much of the land falls into shade before showtime begins. (I’ve got lots of boring exposed film to prove it.) Late last fall, however, I was treated to some great bounce light from the sky, enough to fire off two shots. They’re both decent, but this one is a third stop darker, which I prefer. I think the exposure time was around eight seconds. Mr. Adamus will surely recognize this vantage. Thanks for looking. (Pentax 645nii, 45-85 zoom, 3-stop grad, Velvia)

Ian

I like the comp quite a bit, the layering is particularly interesting. If you were shooting digital, you could do some creative mixing of exposures, but I think you did well with this one exposure.

For the lighting conditions you had here it appears as though the foreground is too bright relative to the density of the mtn range.?.? No way around that though as you had to use a grad to hold the sky. Maybe some selective lightening of the mtn.? (I miss my Pentax 645!)

Ian, really nice. I like the foreground color and leading curving line into the shot.

Hi Mark. Yah, that's exactly it. I used the filter to hold back the sky and got dark mountains as a result.

You bet, Ian. This place has practically been my second home at times. I've done probably 50 trips in here over the years. Striking image, and I'm just so glad to see someone else is posting a picture of it. Great sky and great exposure control to accompany an abundance of late-season foliage.