Dawn of the Apocalypse

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 4, 2013706 views35 comments

here's my first upload of 2013 (btw, happy new year to all of you fellow NPNers!). the reason i'm posting this image is that i've been thinking about my upcoming travels a lot during the past days. patagonia and the area shown in the image in particular are high in the ranking of possible destinations. we'll see what 2013 will bring..

there's not much to be said about the image itself. lenticular clouds lit from below in the background. rust, washed out of a steep slope in the foreground. 210 seconds of exposure at f/8 (no NDs, but way before sunrise).

you can read more about the image on my blog. this time i've also included a few snapshots of the area, to give you an idea what it's like.

make sure to check out the larger version!

Canon 5DMKII, EF 17-40 @ 19mm, GND
ISO 100, f/8, 210 seconds
single exposure processed in LR4.

best,
joerg

Comments

35 comments

Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on January 4, 2013 at 7:02 AM

Fantastic. I love everything in this image. Great sky with this lines in the sky. also the colors are very appealing. This is well processed. Great job here.

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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on January 4, 2013 at 8:03 AM

WOW, what an image. Fantastic composition. The sky looks wild too.

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Comment posted by Paul Wolf on January 4, 2013 at 8:40 AM

Just wow! I am in awe of this photo. The composition is just perfect for me. I love the little lake peeking out from over that ridge. Of course, the sky is so surreal yet works extremely well in picking up the reddish color LLC and moving my eye across the image. Just beautiful.

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on January 4, 2013 at 8:53 AM

Wonderful cloud formations. Their smooth formations make a nice contrast to the rocky FG. For such a barren place, lots of colorful rock. Maybe I'll run into you in Pataonia this year.

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on January 4, 2013 at 10:20 AM

HOLLY WOW ! ! !

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on January 4, 2013 at 10:23 AM

Sweet capture. Great imagination in this beauty

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on January 4, 2013 at 10:27 AM

I love the juxtaposition of the washes of color and the speck of blue lake. There's such a swirling starkness. I do feel like the foreground wash of orange is too bright, but that's a minor nit on an amazing image.

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Comment posted by Kurt Budliger on January 4, 2013 at 11:30 AM

Wow, that's some crazy sky!

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on January 4, 2013 at 11:33 AM

Joerg, This is wonderful! Amazing view with fantastic light and color. The larger version is really something to see!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on January 4, 2013 at 11:41 AM

Wow, those clouds are amazing.... Great picture!!

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Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on January 4, 2013 at 12:00 PM

Epic is all I can say Joerg! The dynamic comp, killer light, and especially the color in that "sierra wave" type cloud is just excellent. Congrats!

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Comment posted by Todd Liotine on January 4, 2013 at 12:25 PM

killer shot, i like everything about it.

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Comment posted by Andreas Resch on January 4, 2013 at 12:29 PM

Everything works great here, Jörg. It's always exciting to see what comes out of these ultra-long exposures.

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Comment posted by Robert Dayton on January 4, 2013 at 12:33 PM

Light, tones, texture, formations--this has it all, Joerg! Of course, the large version is stunning.
I'm sure that you'll make a print out of this.

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Comment posted by Chris Moore on January 4, 2013 at 1:30 PM

WOW! One of the best posts here in awhile. Great job.

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on January 4, 2013 at 2:39 PM

An interesting and disorienting photo. It appears as though light is hitting the FG but its not and the sun is illuminating the clouds but from a different direction. Interesting.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on January 4, 2013 at 3:24 PM

Very nice capture Joerg. That's one crazy sky and you captures it so well. I also like the rust coloration in the FG. I realize it's before sunrise but I might be tempted to boost contrast just a bit.

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Comment posted by Paul Gasior on January 4, 2013 at 5:03 PM

Wow! Beautiful image . The sky looks phenomenal

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on January 4, 2013 at 7:33 PM

Joerg,

OH MY Goodness! this is killer! I think you did a wonderful job incorporating ALL the elements here in to a cohesive composition. I wasn't there so it's hard to speak to the saturation level of the rusted rock, but man, the colors represented throughout are sure vibrant.

Having said that, I just have to ask if you captured any images with more sky? Those lenticulars are spectacular and to me, could have been an image just of themselves. The sky is so killer I just naturally want to know why it's not more prominent. I guess the colorful geology is a good reason... still, just curious. Regardless though, awesome image.

Lon

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Comment posted by Marylynne Diggs on January 4, 2013 at 7:36 PM

Spectactular. The drama you captured in the fg and in the sky really make this one magical, fantastical!

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Comment posted by David Chauvin on January 4, 2013 at 7:53 PM

High drama!

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Comment posted by Nick Palmieri on January 4, 2013 at 8:28 PM

All I can say is WOW. great job!!

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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on January 4, 2013 at 8:36 PM

holy freakin wtf. that sky is nuts. crazy image.

aF

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Comment posted by Nathan Apodaca on January 5, 2013 at 12:21 AM

Whoa... Amazing capture---really... Don't know what else to say...

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Comment posted by Joana Roncero on January 5, 2013 at 4:41 AM

What a incredible image!!! Congratulations
Joana

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Comment posted by Larry Fischer on January 5, 2013 at 12:51 PM

I like everything except the clouds. If this is a composite, or a time photo I can understand but they look over-processed.
Just my 2-cents.
the fisch

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Comment posted by Ian Plant on January 5, 2013 at 2:29 PM

This is really sweet.

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Comment posted by Kris Johnson on January 5, 2013 at 5:50 PM

Love it. That orange in the foreground sends my eye straight to the pink in the upper right corner. This makes for a very nice composition.

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Comment posted by Dennis Harding on January 5, 2013 at 6:17 PM

What a place and what a stunning photographs this is. I love everything...it's great.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on January 5, 2013 at 9:05 PM

Wonderful use of lines!

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on January 5, 2013 at 11:40 PM

Spectacular. My first impression was of an ancient time when volcanoes and ice ruled the earth, as the rusty 'flow' gives the sense of lava. Awesome.

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Comment posted by Ben Horne on January 6, 2013 at 5:50 PM

This is an absolutely stunning shot. You've handled the range of tones here wonderfully, and I love how the foreground rust mimics the clouds. This has a very Lord of the Rings feel to it.

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Comment posted by Jimmy Gekas on January 6, 2013 at 9:09 PM

WOW! Wild is an understatement. This is amazing.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on January 6, 2013 at 10:31 PM

Just an amazing image. Those may be the best clouds ever in a landscape photograph.

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Comment posted by Chet Dowell on January 8, 2013 at 10:40 AM

This image is just super. Everywhere you look more amazing stuff. Fantastic!!!! Chet

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