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Trout Lake Sunrise

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Posted by Darren White on January 23, 2008 at 10:55 PM
Trout Lake Sunrise
Sunday Morning I took a drive up to Trout lake....Tons of snow and I was greeted as I pulled into town with this great sunrise.....


Thanks for looking


Camera: Nikon D300
Exposure: 0.04 sec (1/25)
Aperture: f/9
Focal Length: 14 mm
Posted by Rick Lundh on January 23, 2008 at 11:22 PM
WHOA! What an awesome sky! :toast: The fenceline completes the bottom of the frame and provides balance.
Posted by Mark Hudon on January 23, 2008 at 11:28 PM
This is real nice, Darren. I wish for a tad more foreground but the dirty snow tells me you're at the edge of the road already.
Posted by Marc Dilley on January 24, 2008 at 10:35 AM
Awesome sky giving a feeling of "something about to happen". Interesting with the large expanse of intense blue mixed with clouds above. In the extreme lower R corner, the snow appears more underexposed than dirty to me - might need a bit of dodging. Is it vignetting?
Posted by Darren White on January 24, 2008 at 12:32 PM
Marc, It could be vignetting, at the same time it could just be dark more dirty snow....

Thanks for the comments
Posted by Erik Lundh on January 24, 2008 at 6:40 PM
I'll have to say that is a cool sky even though the left side is dark. Overall it seems a little over processed but not to the extent of ruining it.
Posted by John Williams on January 25, 2008 at 8:58 AM
Amen on the sky Darren, great catch. In addition to the color, the outward sweeping effect of the clouds is nice. On my monitor it looks like there is a slight lightening effect where the mountains meet the sky (especially in the center and to the right) and along the left and right borders of the photo. I usually get this when I use Local Contrast Enhancement (high radius, low amount sharpening). If true in this case, you might use just a bit less, or paint on a mask in those regions to minimize the effect.