Alpenglow

Gallery: LandscapePosted May 29, 2011385 views26 comments

So this is another shot from that evening at Oberburgfeld, above the little village of Beatneberg in the swiss alps. I was lucky, just before the sun sets the clouds around the famous three mountains, Eiger, Möch and jungfrau cleared and the mountains glowe red. I love the warm/cold contrast in this one. 7 single shots stitched together in photoshop.

Nikon D700, AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm @150mm
1/40 sec, f8, iso 200

Thanks for any comments and thoughts.

Comments

26 comments

Comment posted by Paul Duval on May 29, 2011 at 2:05 PM

Bill,
Really other worldly. The band of mists in the middle almost makes the glow peaks seem separated from the bottom of the image. It's halts your mind for a moment grinding gears trying to make sense of it. It is a striking image.

Paul

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Comment posted by Steve Sieren on May 29, 2011 at 2:06 PM

Wow, you've got some great mountains out there Bill. I see this as wall paper for the house not the monitor.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on May 29, 2011 at 2:17 PM

Beautiful light and scene. Love the contrast between the warm and cool tones. Excellent.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on May 29, 2011 at 3:25 PM

Love the mix of warm and cool light Bill. Excellent work with the stitching as well.

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Comment posted by Bill Maile on May 29, 2011 at 3:32 PM

What Steve said Bill, stretch this baby around the entire house!!

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on May 29, 2011 at 3:46 PM

Just a great pano with the contrasting warm/cold color and the large version has wonderful detail. And yes, go big, or go home. Or, go big in your home.

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Comment posted by Koveh Tavakkol on May 29, 2011 at 3:47 PM

A beautiful pano scene!

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on May 29, 2011 at 5:06 PM

Glorious alpenglow. I like how the fog/cloud separate the glowing peaks from the foreground peaks.

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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on May 29, 2011 at 5:19 PM

Amazing view here, Bill. I like the layers of contrasting cool and warm tones here with the nice clouds resting below the alpenglow peaks. The large version is very nice.

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Comment posted by Anand Narayanan on May 29, 2011 at 5:50 PM

Terrific

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on May 29, 2011 at 6:27 PM

What a pano!I might have lightened the sky a tad and darkened the FG mountains for a little better balance, but a terrific view.

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Comment posted by Michael Anderson on May 29, 2011 at 8:35 PM

Wow, this looks like alpenglow on the Himalaya! What a beautiful place! The color contrast between the pink alpenglow and the cool blues of the lower snowfields is amazing. If you print this as a panorama, you might consider cropping just a small part of the top sky to keep the mountain summits out of the middle of the photo and higher up in the image so they give the impression of being taller. The lower part and the right side of the photo looks like it could use a slight bump in contrast, but otherwise this is excellent. The detail of 7 images stitched together is going to be amazing in print!

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on May 29, 2011 at 8:38 PM

Bill, this is beautiful! I agree with you that the cold / warm contrast works perfect. Fantastic work getting this!!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on May 29, 2011 at 9:13 PM

Fantastic pano! Light and scene to die for. Harry was too gentle though--the top looks darker than the bottom, which shouldnt be the case, i think probably 1/2 stop darker below and 1/2 stop brighter above would do the trick. nice!

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Comment posted by Sarah Marino on May 29, 2011 at 9:59 PM

Wow, that is some beautiful glow! I like the contrasts between the red glow and the cool blue tones. I also like how the blue peaks on each side frame the composition nicely.

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Comment posted by Stuart Williams on May 30, 2011 at 5:57 AM

very good pano and as you say, the warm/cold contrast is wonderful.. i agree about addressing the dark/light here.

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Comment posted by Stefan Gimpl on May 30, 2011 at 7:01 AM

Awesome mountain scape. I really like the red glow above and the blue and white below the fog.

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Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on May 30, 2011 at 8:25 AM

amazing & wonderful indeed

love the comp

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Comment posted by Dan Roberts on May 30, 2011 at 9:17 AM

Alpenglow makes for beautiful images and this one is a good example. The large version is really impressive. Great details and the contrast between warm and cool tones is awesome. I agree with prior comments that the lighting seems a bit off with the foreground appearing brighter than the sunlit sky.

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on May 30, 2011 at 11:41 AM

Thanks a lot for your comments and thoughts. I do appreciate it.

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on May 30, 2011 at 12:27 PM

Holy cow! That's some awesome glow ther. I love the details you captured with the stitch. Print it really big!

Chris

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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on May 30, 2011 at 7:36 PM

Absolutely breathtaking, Bill. The contrasting warm and cool colors along with the light show on the three peaks is stunning.

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Comment posted by Art Escobado on May 30, 2011 at 11:17 PM

Oh Yeah!!

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Comment posted by Peter Richter on May 31, 2011 at 2:11 AM

Bill, the kind of surrealistic touch is very appealing to me! You found a striking composition, that is well balanced to my eye. I think this is not a natural course of action in panorama format, and you managed it amazingly.

Peter

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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on May 31, 2011 at 12:47 PM

Man, I am late to the party - but I just wanted to add that this looks fantastic. In my opinion it is not easy to do good panos, particular of mountain ranges. But this one works great. The layer of fog/clouds helps to give some magic to the scene and it also makes the sunlit peaks appear "floating". Great stuff!

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Comment posted by Jared Atencio on June 1, 2011 at 2:59 AM

Wow, some incredible alpenglow here Bill! I love the play between the colors and layers on this. Very well done.

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