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Photo posted by Nick Bristol in the Landscape gallery on 05/21/17 at 1:17 pm EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Post last edited by Nick Bristol on 05/21/17 at 2:32 pm EST
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Comment posted by Prashant Khapane on 05/21/17 at 1:30 pm EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 492 Posts, 4580 Comments
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nice, the light is superb. I can imagine the thrill of being there. Love the blueish tone in the river and the flow. My only nit is the tree on the LHS. it somehow blocks the flow of the image abruptly.
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Dr.-Ing. Prashant Khapane
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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on 05/21/17 at 2:24 pm EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Nick,
Awesome, fantastic, striking! For me, the swirling mist right of center catching the early light is what makes this image special. And there is more to enjoy as well including the patterns in the lake and the wonderful color contrast between the blues and the yellow/orange. that patch of blue in the triangle of the ridge makes for a nice anchor to explore from.
One of those moments in time you won't soon forget experiencing.
Lon
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To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on 05/21/17 at 2:36 pm EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Thanks Prashant and Lon! I really appreciate getting your thoughts and glad you liked it. Yes, it was one special morning that I will remember for a long while. Watching the conditions and light change was just amazing to me.
Lon, You gave me a better title name so I changed it.Thanks! Nick
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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on 05/21/17 at 3:53 pm EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
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Beautiful, Nick. Great colors and dramatic scene. It must have been a glorious morning.
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"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."
- John Mason
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Comment posted by Ian Cameron on 05/21/17 at 4:36 pm EST
Registered on 08/06/04, 1125 Posts, 3318 Comments
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That's a stunning bit of light you have over yonder lake there Nick. On my screen the cyan triangle of sky underneath the cloud is a wee bit too electric but everything else looks bang on.
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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on 05/21/17 at 5:29 pm EST
Registered on 11/22/14, 189 Posts, 2733 Comments
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I agree with Lon that the sunlit mist on the right side makes this image to a large extent. The overall vagueness of the landscape in contrast to the sharply defined tree ridge. The small light streaks in the dark woods at the end of the lake is something you could remove if you wanted.
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"If you want to make more interesting pictures, become a more interesting person" - Jay Maisel. |
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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on 05/21/17 at 10:01 pm EST
Registered on 02/07/04, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments
Beautiful atmospherics for sure, Nick. The drama in the sky is quite striking and I love that sunlit cloud on the right side of the frame. My only suggestion; and this is just a personal preference; would be to clone out those two light areas along the shoreline at the end of the lake. It had to be great to witness this first hand as it started tto unfold.
Ed
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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on 05/22/17 at 7:09 pm EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
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Thanks guys for your comments on this. It certainly was a wonderful morning to be at Lake of the Clouds. The highlights at the back of the lake are off of the river that flows into the lake. I really had not considered removing them because I know what it is, but now I can see that could be an option with this image. Thanks so much for your thoughts! Nick
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Comment posted by Mattia Oliviero on 05/23/17 at 05:08 am EST
Registered on 08/24/16, 43 Posts, 254 Comments
Great moment of light, Nick. My only suggestion would be to enlighten a little bit the lake in order to slightly balance the exposure with the dark mountains. Just a technical question: why did you use ISO 640 if you had to use the tripod anyway? Is it because you did not want a very long exposure? Thank you.
Mattia
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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on 05/23/17 at 08:39 am EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
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Thanks Mattia, I really wanted to try and keep the exposure less than 1/2 sec and at f/16 that took an ISO of 640. I didn't want the texture in the water to smooth out to much and hopefully keep the trees from moving to much as well because there was some wind. I did do several other exposures that were shorter and longer but this one seemed to work best for me. I appreciate getting your thoughts and thanks! Nick
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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on 05/23/17 at 7:07 pm EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 364 Posts, 22328 Comments
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It's nice when these things happen and when you're ready to take advantage of it. You've really brought through some beautiful light and color.
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Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on 05/23/17 at 9:10 pm EST
Registered on 04/01/10, 196 Posts, 1592 Comments
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The windswept water contrasts with the calm feel that the sunset sky gives me. I saw a sky like this just last weekend and it was pretty cool to see. I wonder about a little added vignette in the upper right to balance the left corner partially.
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Comment posted by gary phillips on 05/24/17 at 9:18 pm EST
Registered on 10/24/13, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments
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Wonderful Nick. I love the intensity of the conditions here, and you did an amazing job capturing the moment. Love it.
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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on 05/29/17 at 7:11 pm EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
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Tony, Doug and Gary, Thanks guys! It was one wonderful morning after several windy and rainy days.
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