Watercolors

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted January 20, 2015362 views19 comments

A few days before christmas I made a trip to Lake Thun in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland. I always wanted to photograph the lake with the majestic alps. Here you can see the famous Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau in the Swiss Alps.

Nikon D810, 24-70/f2.8 @45mm, iso31, f13, 5 seconds, ND Grad hard 0.6

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19 comments

Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on January 20, 2015 at 4:43 PM

Amazing color in the sky and reflection on the water, as well as the mountain backdrop. I also like the foreground stones which gives dimension to the image.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on January 20, 2015 at 9:38 PM

Roland, you caught a lovely sunset (sunrise) in a great setting. The foreground rocks add a lot of interest and create a fine sense of being there.

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on January 20, 2015 at 10:18 PM

Beautiful sunset colors. I love the foreground rocks. Very nicely done!

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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on January 20, 2015 at 11:30 PM

I like the colors in the sky and reflection on the lake. The foreground rocks add a lot and help lead the eye towards the mountains.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on January 21, 2015 at 9:31 AM

A great looking scene with beautiful light, color and reflections. I too really like what the foreground rocks add to this scene. Nice work Bill.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Jeff Martyka on January 21, 2015 at 1:47 PM

Beautiful image. Glad I can sit here and experience it.

I just got some ND grad filters this week, so I'm curious where you lined it up for this as I can't tell. I was under the impression this jagged skyline would be more suited to a soft grad. Something I clearly need to experiment with for myself, but was curious here.

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on January 21, 2015 at 3:39 PM

Jeff, I placed the Filter on the horizon of the lake. A soft grad would have worked as well here.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on January 21, 2015 at 5:42 PM

Great light and colors!! Real nice, Bill.

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Comment posted by Basil Greber on January 21, 2015 at 6:20 PM

Saw this on facebook before - great job. The colors work very well for me. Composition is great too.

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on January 23, 2015 at 5:52 PM

Lovely light and color. The Eiger North Face looks as forbidding as ever. I like the stones and the soft reflection.

--P

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on January 26, 2015 at 7:00 AM

Intense colors, what a majestic view, Amazed that the darker landforms did not turn out too dark with the grad. Processing looks perfect. SOmetimes it can be difficult to control such intense colors, great job here.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on January 26, 2015 at 12:37 PM

Beautiful colors and a super comp. It must have been something special to be there. This is stunning

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on January 27, 2015 at 9:02 AM

That's some SOLID light

Well processed too.

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Comment posted by Prashant Khapane on January 28, 2015 at 3:49 PM

nice. really nice image.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on January 31, 2015 at 1:37 PM

Bill: Marvelous color palette and a beautiful serene scene. Congrats on the WP. >=))>

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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on February 5, 2015 at 1:31 AM

One hell of a sunset. Great shot.

aF

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on February 9, 2015 at 10:56 AM

Thanks a lot to all of you for your feedbacks. I really do appreciate it.

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on February 24, 2015 at 11:47 AM

Amazing sunset. The saturation does look a bit overdone to me. However, it may have actually looked this way. Either way, impressive image.

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on February 28, 2015 at 11:33 PM

Fantastic colors in the water and sky. Wonderful pinks on the snow covered mountains, and great detail and texture in the rocks. Composition is very pleasing. Thank you for posting. Good use of the Graduated filter.

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