Clear Lake Morning

Gallery: LandscapePosted July 30, 2012387 views18 comments

This was taken about 20 minutes after the sun peaked over the ridge at Clear Lake in the San Juan Mtns of Colorado. The clouds were not our friend this morning as the sun peaked in and out for just a little while at sunrise, so we didn't get the peaks on fire like we had hoped.

We made lemonade from the circumstances.

5DIII, 24mm T/SE - three shot pano shooting vertical & shifting lens. ISO-100, f18, 4/10 second.

Please view large for much more detail. The original ended up 7500 x 5300 pixels - love the detail with this type of pano.

Comments

18 comments

Comment posted by Rick Turner on July 30, 2012 at 9:44 AM

Wick,

Very pleasing to my eye. Good dynamic energy

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on July 30, 2012 at 11:00 AM

The shaft of light makes this work really well. Excellent comp, reflection, clarity, and beautiful color. Wonderful image!

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Comment posted by Bret Edge on July 30, 2012 at 12:17 PM

I've been to Clear Lake and as beautiful as it is, it's not all that easy to photograph. This is one of the nicest images I've seen from here. I actually prefer the strip of storm light you've got over the rosy peaks, which is much more common. Perfect processing, too.

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Comment posted by Navin Sarma on July 30, 2012 at 12:33 PM

Wick, I like this very much. I think maybe you could sharpen it just slightly for the web, and it might make for a better presentation.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on July 30, 2012 at 12:36 PM

Wick, This is really nice! Some wonderful light and the colors are beautiful. That light just above the shadow looks great and then showing again in the wonderful reflection. I like your comp very much as well. The large version looks fantastic. Nice work, Wick!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Kent Mearig on July 30, 2012 at 2:07 PM

This is more interesting in a lot of ways than another photograph of glowing summits. I like it a lot, but it looks like the sky could use some work. There are some funny looking colors, but I don't know whether details can be rescued at this point.

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Comment posted by Peter Richter on July 30, 2012 at 4:08 PM

Wick, your image conveys the serenity of this majestic scene wonderfully to me. The foreground elements add a lot for me, leading into the composition in an appealing way. I admire the amazing dynamics within the otherwise static scene. Great work to my eye.

Peter

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on July 30, 2012 at 4:52 PM

Wonderful scene with the glass like reflection and ray of light along the mountain side, the larger image detail looks very good, way to go.

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on July 30, 2012 at 6:46 PM

Gorgeous Wick. Especially in the larger version. Great color and balance.

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Comment posted by Nicolaus Wegner on July 30, 2012 at 7:10 PM

Beautiful photo of a unique area Wick. Digging the light on those peaks.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 30, 2012 at 7:35 PM

Very nice image Wick, really like what I'm seeing!

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on July 30, 2012 at 8:34 PM

Wow, this looks inviting! Great looking stitch and exposure. I might actually consider a crop off the right 4 x 5 ish to keep more of the eye to the left lighting. Very nice work.

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Comment posted by Jeremy Calow on July 30, 2012 at 8:52 PM

Great light on the face and a great reflection!

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on July 30, 2012 at 10:16 PM

Love the non-sky portion of this. The colors and elements, and their placement really sing. Sky seems . . . a bit off.

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Comment posted by Russ Shugart on July 30, 2012 at 11:05 PM

Wick, this is a gorgeous shot! Great composition saturation and post processing! Very nice.

Russ
www.AlpineGalleria.com

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Comment posted by Jon LaBass on August 1, 2012 at 2:46 PM

That's very pretty, Wick. Nice composition and light. You got some clouds even if they didn't light up for you - the strip of light makes up for that.

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on August 2, 2012 at 2:11 AM

That some nice light on those mountains..I could see toning down the sky a bit, but that's being picky.. nice shot.

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Comment posted by Daniel Rappaport on August 2, 2012 at 11:16 AM

Well composed, lots of energy but not cluttered feeling.

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