Duality

Gallery: LandscapePosted May 25, 2011169 views11 comments

Clingman's Dome, Great Smoky Mountains NP

It took three tries before I was able to shoot a sunset at Clingman's; the first two times the top of the mountain was engulfed in a cloud with visibility of about 30 feet. On this evening the sidewalk by the parking lot was lined with tripods and most people seemed to be shooting directly into the sun, which wasn't doing it for me. I started playing with compositions off to the side and I really dug the light/darkness theme happening here so I went with it!

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Eva McDermott on May 25, 2011 at 11:01 PM

Fantastic layers Taylor! The silhouetted mountains and color are gorgeous. Good thing you turned the other way.

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Comment posted by Scott Smorra on May 25, 2011 at 11:24 PM

This is very nice Taylor. The colors look great and I like the depth created by the atmospheric haze and backlighting. I also like how there is a diagonal gradient in the image (bright ULC to dark LRC).

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Comment posted by Floris van Breugel on May 26, 2011 at 12:13 AM

Delightful serious of layers, Taylor. Wonderful warm tone too.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on May 26, 2011 at 1:01 AM

Wonderful layers and colours here.
Love it!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on May 26, 2011 at 1:17 AM

Taylor,

Ditto on the layer theme. This is beautifully successful; love the warmth and the glow emanating from the valleys. Excellent.

Lon

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Comment posted by Matt Anderson on May 26, 2011 at 8:45 AM

Taylor I really like this!
Great warm glow. The layered peaks is quite amazing!

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Comment posted by Joseph Balcken on May 26, 2011 at 8:57 AM

I absolutely love it. Great comp and tones. I too have experienced the Clingman's Dome cloud-shroud...way too often.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on May 26, 2011 at 9:10 AM

This is really nice, Taylor. As mentioned the layers are fantastic. Color and tones are beautiful. Very nice work.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on May 26, 2011 at 9:50 AM

Absolutely gorgeous layers and colors, Taylor. A very striking image IMO.

Ed

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Comment posted by Sarah Marino on May 26, 2011 at 8:06 PM

Hi Taylor - the diagonal gradient from light to dark is great! The layers are great and help make this a quite interesting image.

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Comment posted by Mark Pelton on May 27, 2011 at 11:33 PM

Gorgeous. Just the right range from light to dark.

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