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Red Clouds over Mount Hood

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Posted by Darren White on July 6, 2008 at 8:41 PM
Red Clouds over Mount Hood
Larry and I were shooting the Sunset up at Trillium lake as you see here.

The sun had set below the horizon and Larry mentioned that he was done and was gonna move on to the next spot.....I just kind of hung out for a little bit and then Larry said, "well I see some red coming on, I think I will stay for a little longer."

The sunset was over the sky went dull and then as fast as it went dull these clouds moved in and picked up the light again.....

slightly underexposed to help bring out the colors in the clouds!



Camera: Nikon D300
Exposure: 8 sec (8)
Aperture: f/9
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Posted by Eric Hahl on July 6, 2008 at 9:31 PM
Beautious Dude! I really like the smooth water
Posted by Chris Hodney on July 6, 2008 at 10:36 PM
Really beautiful scene and exposure. I like the dark contrast here too. I think I'd prefer it cropped from the bottom to just show the FG rocks, and the mountain reflection. I see what you're doing with the cloud, but the comp looks a little unbalanced maybe.
Posted by Craig Strand on July 7, 2008 at 12:52 AM
Beautiful shot Darren, love the colors and water!
Posted by Gale Rainwater on July 7, 2008 at 10:40 AM
beautiful shot Darren love the colors and reflection.
Posted by Cliff Dodge on July 7, 2008 at 12:58 PM
Beautiful reflection.
Posted by Douglas Dietiker on July 7, 2008 at 1:05 PM
I like that you included more water to capture the sky reflection. I also like that fact the shadows are almost black, It helps focus attention on the mountain, reflection and the colorful sky.
Posted by John Lehmkuhl on July 7, 2008 at 3:27 PM
Awesome shot Darren. One of the better sunset shots from Trillium I've seen..... Wish shadows were opened up a tad more but this is lovely.
Posted by Erik Lundh on July 7, 2008 at 4:47 PM
Beautiful color in that sky. I agree with Chris about the cropping off some of the bottom. I think this is such a hard scene to get a good composition. The sky saved you.
Posted by Roman Johnston on July 8, 2008 at 11:54 AM
Awesome shot!!!!! Nice to also know that Trillium is open....gotta let the wife know. She has been itching to break in the new tent.

Roman
Posted by Marc Dilley on July 9, 2008 at 5:55 PM
Lovely image, Darren.
Posted by Rick Lamb on July 10, 2008 at 1:05 AM
Wow what a killer sky/reflection! This is a perfect example of where violating the horizon in the middle can work. I wouldn't drop nuttin off!!

My only nit would be to brighten it up just a bit. I think there is more dynamic range that could be had here.
Posted by Grant Collier on July 10, 2008 at 5:41 PM
Very impressive shot! Very nice light and composition. It looks a little oversaturated to me, but that sort of comes down to personal preference.