Your image is a great look Steve at this wonderful event as it unfolds.
Yep, they can sure make traffic stop too. Numerous years back now I was treated to many a slide show at the quarterly PSA meetings when that group was very active here in the LA area. One of the presenters that I had a chance to meet at a few meetings over those years was a Forest Ranger stationed in the sierras. He carried his old 35mm camera with him at all times. He had more then just a couple "Sierra Wave" images to share with us in his slide show programs. That was my first look at the “vision” as we all know it. I cannot recall he used the same term we all do, but the impact was still the same to all the viewers who saw his work.
The image I've posted here was captured during an evening in the Alabama Hills a few years ago now.
Posted by Richard Wong on August 29, 2009 at 12:18 AM
My first Sierra Wave, one my first visit to the Owens Valley in summer of 2004. It wasn't just the Sierra Wave that was impressive but several other light shows in various directions that made it the most memorable sunset I have seen to date.
Posted by Mat Malone on August 29, 2009 at 2:24 AM
My first Sierra Wave as well, taken this May in Yosemite.
Here's mine, though I'm not sure it's a Sierra Wave based on wikipedia's definition. This was probably the most intensely colored sunset I've ever witnessed.
Not long after MG made his spectacular image, the sun went below the cloud deck to the west and lit the cloud. It was the most spectacular sunset I have seen!
-P
Posted by Cory Freeman on August 29, 2009 at 12:57 PM
I sure remember that event from MG & PB's images. So far it's the benchmark to compare to.
Posted by Anish Desai on August 29, 2009 at 1:38 PM
Here's one of the best I've seen, taken a few years ago at the Alabama Hills.
Posted by Paul Duval on August 29, 2009 at 3:03 PM
These are awesome pictures, but since were sharing I'm throwing in a shot of my first . Taken at the mouth of Mazourka Canyon in 79 or 80.
Posted by Eric Good on September 1, 2009 at 6:02 PM
Nice collection of Sierra Wave shots. I wish I had something to add, but unfortunately all my experiences with this phenomenon was before I got into photography.
Good stuff everyone!
Posted by Harley Goldman on September 1, 2009 at 7:05 PM
Wow, some impressive images!!!
Preston, any chance your image was made with Velvia 100? The reds have the V100 look.
This was from a 645 tranny, so it was likely either Astia 100F or Velvia 100. I'll have to dig around to find the piece of film in order to know for certain.
-P
Posted by Steve Sieren on September 2, 2009 at 3:42 AM
Paul - Most sinister
Richard - Most mimicking
Mat - Most downward view
Jason - Most grand
Floris - Most intimate view
Michael - Most pastel
Preston - Most dramatic
Anish - Most Panoramic
Paul - Most backlit
Mine - most roady
All very nice imagery!
I don't want the wave to die!! Wait what about UFO type of lenticular clouds... . . . .. .
I don't give up that easily.
OK Steve, here is my lenticular cloud shot from the Alabama Hills looking northward.
Posted by Reno DiTullio on September 8, 2009 at 2:40 AM
WOW, nice group of "wave" shots I have to dig up a couple I have.
Posted by Rudy Ruberti on September 9, 2009 at 6:21 PM
Here's a B&W from the Alabama Hills.
Rudy
Posted by Paul Duval on September 10, 2009 at 8:41 AM
The thread that refused to die, it's great. I'll throw one in from October last year caught on the fly just outside Lone Pine in the last light about 2 minutes after this exposure the color went poof!
Steve,
I agree keep the Wave alive.
How about T-shirts, could even have one of these great photo's on em with the Catchphrase. " The Wave lives!!" it would drive the surfers nuts. Off subject..does anybody remember the catchphrase "Frodo Lives"
Discussion
19 repliesThis is the first time I got to see Sierra Wave. Took this one while coming down into Big Pine from the Whites when it was nasty grey up there.
Yep, they can sure make traffic stop too. Numerous years back now I was treated to many a slide show at the quarterly PSA meetings when that group was very active here in the LA area. One of the presenters that I had a chance to meet at a few meetings over those years was a Forest Ranger stationed in the sierras. He carried his old 35mm camera with him at all times. He had more then just a couple "Sierra Wave" images to share with us in his slide show programs. That was my first look at the “vision” as we all know it. I cannot recall he used the same term we all do, but the impact was still the same to all the viewers who saw his work.
The image I've posted here was captured during an evening in the Alabama Hills a few years ago now.
I love the water action in your shot Mat!
-P
-P
Good stuff everyone!
Preston, any chance your image was made with Velvia 100? The reds have the V100 look.
This was from a 645 tranny, so it was likely either Astia 100F or Velvia 100. I'll have to dig around to find the piece of film in order to know for certain.
-P
Richard - Most mimicking
Mat - Most downward view
Jason - Most grand
Floris - Most intimate view
Michael - Most pastel
Preston - Most dramatic
Anish - Most Panoramic
Paul - Most backlit
Mine - most roady
All very nice imagery!
I don't want the wave to die!! Wait what about UFO type of lenticular clouds... . . . .. .
I don't give up that easily.
Rudy
Steve,
I agree keep the Wave alive.
How about T-shirts, could even have one of these great photo's on em with the Catchphrase. " The Wave lives!!" it would drive the surfers nuts. Off subject..does anybody remember the catchphrase "Frodo Lives"
Paul