Posted by Jack Brauer on September 27, 2009 at 5:07 PM
I took advantage of the blue skies yesterday and hiked up Sneffels to watch the sunset from the top. Here's my favorite shot.
Oly E-620 @ 7mm, three exposure manual blend.
Thanks for any comments/critiques!
Posted by Jack Brauer on September 27, 2009 at 5:09 PM
Here's another one while I'm at it...
Posted by Morris McClung on September 27, 2009 at 5:24 PM
Great job on the blend and I love the way the snow is glowing in that first shot. Excellent as usual. There is a touch of flare on the the middle layer of peaks on the right side it looks like. The shadow of the summit in the second shot is just killer.
Posted by Todd Caudle on September 27, 2009 at 5:31 PM
I love the summit shadow in #2, but I like #1 even more! I was under the misguided impression that while I was gone last week, all the snow happened along the Front Range and back towards the NW from there. Glad to see some in the mighty San Juans.
Posted by Craig Schultz on September 27, 2009 at 5:37 PM
Jack, great light and blending. I love the shadow in the second; so unusual.
BTW, how are the aspen looking down there? The San Juans are about the only thing left to salvage this fall season.
Posted by John Mumaw on September 27, 2009 at 5:37 PM
That summit shadow does it for me, especially the way it mirrors the sunlit peak to its right.
What a view!!
Posted by Koveh Tavakkol on September 27, 2009 at 5:45 PM
The summit shadow is really nice, but the colors and foreground element in #1 are really nice! Well done!
Posted by bill meikle on September 27, 2009 at 6:45 PM
Em, great photos Jack, how did you get down?
Posted by Brian Jackson on September 27, 2009 at 6:49 PM
#1 is amazing!
Posted by Stan Rose on September 27, 2009 at 7:04 PM
Sweet! Make sure you get up there again at the end of the week, when theres a little more snow to march up in
Posted by Kalin Wilson on September 27, 2009 at 7:37 PM
Very Cool, Jack. I was shooting you from CR5 (but didn't know I was shooting you )
The bands of color to the west as we were packing up were wild. Too bad there were no clouds to bring some of that over the range.
Posted by Chuck Peacock on September 27, 2009 at 7:42 PM
Outstanding shots Jack,
Hiking up and down ice covered cliffs in the dark...better you than me!
But then I don't have any images remotely like these either.
(Still not gonna do it.)
Posted by Art Escobado on September 27, 2009 at 8:03 PM
Sweet Shots!
Posted by Jack Brauer on September 27, 2009 at 8:33 PM
Thanks for the comments!
Morris - Yes I troubles with flare in this shot, even though the sun had already set. The sky was bright enough I guess to flare in the big bulbous 7-14mm lens. I tried shading the lens with my hands as best I could but it didn't help. So I did try to tone down the flare spots in PS, but it's so hard to perfectly eliminate them.
Craig - I had a good view of the CR5 aspen fields; they looked like about 20% turned. As far as I could tell the colors looked healthy enough, but I was very far away so it's hard to say.
Bill/Chuck - I hiked down the standard route via headlamp (I have a nice bright headlamp). I've done that route 3 times before, including once before in the dark, so I wasn't too worried about it. It's pretty easy in fact, except for one little scrambly section. Oh, and there was very little snow on anything but the directly north aspects.
Posted by Jeremy Kessler on September 27, 2009 at 9:34 PM
fantastic Images, you have a fantastic ability to take beautiful sunset/sunrise photos without the need for clouds. something I really need to work on.
Posted by Guy Schmickle on September 27, 2009 at 9:50 PM
They're both great in their own way. The snow is a nice bonus!
I love how you spontaneously decide to climb a 14er to shoot a sunset. I need at least a week of motivational pep talk to even consider that Apparently efforts like that pay off really well judging by these images!
Posted by Paul Wegemann on September 28, 2009 at 3:08 PM
These are wonderful, Jack. I like them both, but that first one knocks my socks off. Really well done!
Posted by Rajeev Thomas on September 28, 2009 at 3:12 PM
Jack.... when you say you are a 'mountain photographer' , I think you are one of the best among them. Amazing first shot... amazing light... I think it is some difficult light to capture as well as you did...
Posted by Darren Huski on September 28, 2009 at 6:45 PM
The fiirst one is a fantastic image! The second one is nice but that first one is just really really really nice!
Way to go Jack!
Posted by Art Escobado on September 28, 2009 at 7:13 PM
Discussion
22 repliesOly E-620 @ 7mm, three exposure manual blend.
Thanks for any comments/critiques!
BTW, how are the aspen looking down there? The San Juans are about the only thing left to salvage this fall season.
What a view!!
These are stunning. That first one is terrific!
The bands of color to the west as we were packing up were wild. Too bad there were no clouds to bring some of that over the range.
Hiking up and down ice covered cliffs in the dark...better you than me!
But then I don't have any images remotely like these either.
(Still not gonna do it.)
Morris - Yes I troubles with flare in this shot, even though the sun had already set. The sky was bright enough I guess to flare in the big bulbous 7-14mm lens. I tried shading the lens with my hands as best I could but it didn't help. So I did try to tone down the flare spots in PS, but it's so hard to perfectly eliminate them.
Craig - I had a good view of the CR5 aspen fields; they looked like about 20% turned. As far as I could tell the colors looked healthy enough, but I was very far away so it's hard to say.
Bill/Chuck - I hiked down the standard route via headlamp (I have a nice bright headlamp). I've done that route 3 times before, including once before in the dark, so I wasn't too worried about it. It's pretty easy in fact, except for one little scrambly section. Oh, and there was very little snow on anything but the directly north aspects.
Way to go Jack!