Posted by Guy Schmickle on October 15, 2008 at 1:13 PM
One of my favorite shots this fall, this was by far the best sunrise/set that I saw during my travels. I hate embedding panos in posts due to size requirements so you can click to it below. This was just a simple 2 image stitch in PS.
Not as many fall pics being posted as I thought there would be. People must be saving them for the contest!
Posted by Todd Caudle on October 15, 2008 at 1:25 PM
I was farther east, near Silverjack, when this was going on. I was really torn as to where to be, and it looks like you made a great choice. This is astounding!
Posted by Laurie Wendt on October 15, 2008 at 1:28 PM
What an Awesome shot Guy! I love everything about this!
Posted by Darren Huski on October 15, 2008 at 1:40 PM
Great color and light. You made a smart choice going with the pano, it is perfect here and I think you did right using pbase to have a larger image to look at.
Posted by Bill Pelzmann on October 15, 2008 at 3:06 PM
SWEET! Thanks for posting the larger image. The forum limit just doens't do it justice.
I really enjoyed the rest of your fall gallery - a very impressive collection.
Posted by Jesse Speer on October 15, 2008 at 4:23 PM
Amazing shot Guy. In fact, your entire 2008 fall gallery is top notch.
(If you haven't heard, NPN is updating the dimensional limit to 1200 pixels soon.)
In baseball terms - this is filthy! I thought it was great, then looked at the jumbo size. Whoa!
Posted by Don Grall on October 15, 2008 at 5:35 PM
Great shot, Guy. I got the same sunrise from the official overlook pullout which appears to be west of where you were, but I had a road in the foreground. However I was concentrating on the Chimney formation with aspen foreground which I will post once I get to processing them.
Posted by John Mumaw on October 15, 2008 at 5:48 PM
Excellent!
Your entire '08 gallery is superb, too. You really chewed up some miles during that time period, and took great advantage of the time.
Posted by Stan Rose on October 15, 2008 at 5:50 PM
Awesome!
Posted by Erik Aagaard on October 15, 2008 at 6:03 PM
Absolutely stunning! Great light, great location = dramatic image. Thanks for choosing to keep it large. Speaking of large, I'd love to see a really BIG print of this!
Erik
Posted by Bryan Pezman on October 15, 2008 at 6:07 PM
Guy, I was soooooooo torn that night about where to shoot. It was either stay at Owl Creek/Chimney Peak where I was sure I'd get a great shot, or run down the rest of the trail to Silverjack and scramble to get a good composition in less than 15 minutes of avaliable light.
I'm glad I stuck to the top of the pass yet I cant help but feel a bit of envy over that great vista you got as well. Thanks for sharing
Guy, did we run past each other that day? I was in driving a green mercury sable with california plates, big dude with a goatee. It looks like we shot in very similar places all that glorious day!
Posted by Guy Schmickle on October 15, 2008 at 6:58 PM
Yeah, I remember seeing a lot of people on the move on that road throughout the day. It was definitely the place to be that day. I do think I remember you, Bryan. I was the short guy with the dog driving a black Ford F150. Monte and Luke were with me as well in Monte's green jeep.
It was interesting shooting that night as their were about 8 other people around me (plus Monte and Luke who were further down the ridge), but everyone was there to shoot the Chimney Rock formation. While that scene was no slouch (you can see it HERE), I felt the skies were much more dramatic in the direction of the posted shot. Despite my comments to the fact, I don't believe anyone turned their camera to take a shot!
Posted by Bryan Pezman on October 15, 2008 at 7:22 PM
I did pass by you at the end of the evening Guy, asking if everything was ok (thought you had a broken down jeep IIRC) and mentioned to you about the spectacular sunset. Now I'm kinda bummed I didnt actually get a chance to say hello. One of these days, we'll all figure out to put down a NPN sticker on our rides so we know who's who heh.
Love that shot of the Ridge. I knew it would be a money shot, but I had to commit myself to that John Wayne shootout spot since I knew there would be nobody there and I could kook it up and wander the meadows reframing without getting in someone's way hehe.
I think I remember seeing you guys that morning at Dallas Divide as well. Ah well, next time we meet up, beers on me over at the True Grit Cafe
Posted by John Klotz on October 15, 2008 at 8:59 PM
WOW! Excellent Guy, beautimous even!
John
Posted by Amy Lindsey on October 15, 2008 at 10:34 PM
well if that one is going in to the contest the rest of us might as well give up! BEAUTIFUL!
Posted by Paul Wegemann on October 15, 2008 at 11:05 PM
Wow, this is some great stuff!
Posted by Jamie Botdorf on October 16, 2008 at 12:46 AM
Awesome! What a beautiful shot!
Posted by Kalin Wilson on October 16, 2008 at 1:29 AM
Looks like I missed an epic fall in the San Juans. Both of those shots are keepers, Guy. Good job!
Posted by Don George on October 16, 2008 at 10:35 PM
Fantastic!!
Posted by jeff miller on October 18, 2008 at 9:36 AM
stunning pano...can you give me a quick summary of your camera settings and process. Do you lock exposure? etc. Thanks Jeff
Posted by Guy Schmickle on October 18, 2008 at 12:31 PM
First off, let me say that I'm not a hardcore pano shooter. I don't use a nice pano rail or any of the other recommended equipment for these types of shots. I simply level the tripod best I can (using the bubble level on my tripod) and then level the camera atop my ballhead using a bubble level fitted into the flash shoe. Because of my simple setup, I don't address nodal point issues so I tend to shoot simple grand landscapes without nearby foreground objects in my compositions. This eliminates any parallax issues that might otherwise occur.
Normally I would lock down the exposure when shooting, but in this case I did not. The light was fleeting and I was shooting another scene when I noticed what was developing over the ridge. I had to reposition my tripod to get a clear shot at it so the leveling process was already time-consuming enough. I was in AV mode at the time so I just stayed there once I was ready to shoot. To me, locking down the exposure isn't all that big a deal anyway. Shooting raw, it's simple to correct any minor exposure or wb differences between images in a raw processor before merging. With this in mind, these were my camera settings...
- AV priority
- auto wb
- f/11
- 1/2s
- 70-300mm lens @ 75mm
- iso 100
Posted by Erik Stensland on October 18, 2008 at 12:38 PM
I think everyone else has already said it, but I'll say it again. "This is really stunning!!!
Discussion
23 repliesCimarron Sunset Pano
Not as many fall pics being posted as I thought there would be. People must be saving them for the contest!
I really enjoyed the rest of your fall gallery - a very impressive collection.
(If you haven't heard, NPN is updating the dimensional limit to 1200 pixels soon.)
Your entire '08 gallery is superb, too. You really chewed up some miles during that time period, and took great advantage of the time.
Erik
I'm glad I stuck to the top of the pass yet I cant help but feel a bit of envy over that great vista you got as well. Thanks for sharing
Guy, did we run past each other that day? I was in driving a green mercury sable with california plates, big dude with a goatee. It looks like we shot in very similar places all that glorious day!
It was interesting shooting that night as their were about 8 other people around me (plus Monte and Luke who were further down the ridge), but everyone was there to shoot the Chimney Rock formation. While that scene was no slouch (you can see it HERE), I felt the skies were much more dramatic in the direction of the posted shot. Despite my comments to the fact, I don't believe anyone turned their camera to take a shot!
Love that shot of the Ridge. I knew it would be a money shot, but I had to commit myself to that John Wayne shootout spot since I knew there would be nobody there and I could kook it up and wander the meadows reframing without getting in someone's way hehe.
I think I remember seeing you guys that morning at Dallas Divide as well. Ah well, next time we meet up, beers on me over at the True Grit Cafe
John
Normally I would lock down the exposure when shooting, but in this case I did not. The light was fleeting and I was shooting another scene when I noticed what was developing over the ridge. I had to reposition my tripod to get a clear shot at it so the leveling process was already time-consuming enough. I was in AV mode at the time so I just stayed there once I was ready to shoot. To me, locking down the exposure isn't all that big a deal anyway. Shooting raw, it's simple to correct any minor exposure or wb differences between images in a raw processor before merging. With this in mind, these were my camera settings...
- AV priority
- auto wb
- f/11
- 1/2s
- 70-300mm lens @ 75mm
- iso 100