Life Like Summer Flowers

Gallery: LandscapePosted August 20, 2011590 views28 comments

I took this picture a few years ago in Mt. Rainier NP. The back-lit fog at this particular location lasted for only a few minutes. The light was difficult, since the top part of the picture was much brighter than the flowers in the foreground, even a 3-stop GND did not work. I ended up using both the GND and taking multiple exposures, then manually blended several exposures together in post.

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28 comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on August 20, 2011 at 6:15 PM

Yiming,

This beautiful! The fog and beams of light really add a unique element to this wildflower scene; one that really makes this one stand out from so many mountain wildflower images. I love this - and no nitpicks or suggestions. Thanks for posting this!

Lon

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Comment posted by Matt Anderson on August 20, 2011 at 6:52 PM

Spectacular!
Stunning!

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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on August 20, 2011 at 7:15 PM

Wow...that light is incredible. Great job w/ the blend! Compositionally I'm seeing the camera turned a bit to the left as right now it feels very left heavy with the main flowers and light over on that side. Really strong work here :)

aF

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on August 20, 2011 at 7:17 PM

Awesome! Love this one Yiming. You made these beautiful conditions all come together for a fantastic image.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on August 20, 2011 at 7:49 PM

This is absolutely beautiful Yiming! My kind of shot! Love those backlit anemones especially!

What area in the park was this?

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Comment posted by Ken Smith on August 20, 2011 at 7:56 PM

Fabulous! Ethereal fog and silhouetted trees with bright sun drenched flowers are terrific contrast. Well done!

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on August 20, 2011 at 8:36 PM

WOW! This is excellent. The light is so special and the textures in the flower patch go perfectly with it. You really have wonderful control of the light in the images on your website.

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Comment posted by Yiming Hu on August 20, 2011 at 10:08 PM

Thanks everyone for the comments.

Joe: this was taken in the Tipsoo Lake area.

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Comment posted by Dean Sauskojus on August 20, 2011 at 11:32 PM

The light streaks in the ULC really make this shot and bring it to life. Great find with great processing. Very original. Nice work!

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on August 21, 2011 at 1:40 AM

What a great scene, different from the typical wildflower shot, in a good way. Wish there was a little more going on in the LRHC but that's being picky. Nicely done Yiming

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Comment posted by Kent Mearig on August 21, 2011 at 2:06 AM

This field of flowers is gorgeous! And the blend, at least as far as can be seen on the web, looks really nice. If it were me, I think I would go a little bit brighter on the background for a more realistic feel, though I don't think there's anything wrong with keeping the image as it is.

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Comment posted by David Edwards on August 21, 2011 at 3:58 AM

A beautiful image, Yiming. The brightness and vividness of the fg flowers is a nice contrast to the muted, foggy bg. The light beams coming in through the fog are very special. I love those flowers with the big heads on them scattered throughout the image.

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Comment posted by Art Escobado on August 21, 2011 at 10:01 AM

This is a great shot!

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on August 21, 2011 at 10:23 AM

Absolutely beautiful! That amazing field of wildflowers is set off so nicely by the backlit fog and the tree silhouettes. I could look at this for hours.

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Comment posted by Marsel van Oosten on August 21, 2011 at 11:26 AM

Excellent shot. I'm used to seeing big mountains in the background with foregrounds like this, but I might like this even better. Love the atmosphere in that background.

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Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on August 21, 2011 at 12:32 PM

I thought this was Tipsoo Lakes Yiming. Was there a week and a half ago, and the meadows were still covered with snow!

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Comment posted by Robert Dayton on August 21, 2011 at 2:38 PM

I've photographed wildflowers in Mt. Rainier NP, but never had a glorious experience
like this. This has a spiritual mood to it. Lovely, Yiming; I'm looking forward to
viewing more of your postings.

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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on August 21, 2011 at 3:04 PM

Fantastic shot, Yiming. I like the contrast between the moody background with the fog and the veiled details and the warm crisp foreground flowers. This is a beautiful composition and well captured.

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Comment posted by Bruce King on August 21, 2011 at 5:14 PM

Awesome.....beautifully executed shot.

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Comment posted by Yiming Hu on August 21, 2011 at 8:55 PM

Thanks again everyone. I spent about 4 days there that time. Raining/foggy all the time. The fog did add lots of mood to many of my pictures taken there. On the other hand, I did not see the peak of Mr. Rainier, not even once, during my entire stay there. So I guess you cannot win both way.

Joe: yeah I heard that this year the flower show was disappointing.

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Comment posted by dean hebert on August 21, 2011 at 9:03 PM

Nice light! I like how you've arranged the flowers .

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Comment posted by Alex Mody on August 22, 2011 at 6:49 AM

Beautiful light and mood, Yiming.

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Comment posted by Jared Ropelato on August 22, 2011 at 8:34 PM

Beautiful with all that atmosphere.

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on August 22, 2011 at 9:36 PM

Absolutely stunning work.

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Comment posted by Floris van Breugel on August 23, 2011 at 12:06 AM

The misty atmosphere is just spectacular! And the fuzz balls, I love the fuzz balls. Absolutely fantastic work!

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Comment posted by Dorin Bofan on August 23, 2011 at 2:56 AM

Seems like a hard exposure to pull off, but you did a great job here, Yiming! There is this lovely contrast between the warm light on the flowers and the dense fog in the background that creates a mood that I haven't seen in too many shots. Superb!

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on August 23, 2011 at 8:28 AM

I think the foggy background offers up a different look from the typical wildflower landscape. Nice job.

Max

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Comment posted by Jay Levin on August 31, 2011 at 6:14 PM

I cannot imagine any way to improve this stunning image, Yiming. The wildflowers on Rainier are fabulous, but combined with the dramatic background I never saw a scene there resembling this.

Congratulations on finding this scene and the great processing.

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