Lake Isabelle Sunset

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 20, 20064,773 views39 comments

F-100
17-35mm
Warm Polarizer
2 stop split nuetral density
fuji velvia

My wife and I spent a Sunday afternoon last August exploring the area above Lake Isabelle in the Indian Peaks Wilderness. It rained for the majority of the day and the prospect of recording any sweet light seemed unlikely at best. We decided to stay anyway and were rewarded with a clearing storm and still conditions just as the storm began to break at sunset.

Comments

39 comments

Comment posted by Steve Jones on March 20, 2006 at 7:44 PM

WOW...........Perfect in every way

Registered on April 16, 2005, 85 Posts, 142 Comments

Comment posted by Scott Hoerner on March 20, 2006 at 7:50 PM

Absolutely one of the more striking landscape shots I have seen. Would love to see this in a large version. Well done!

Registered on November 17, 2003, 65 Posts, 103 Comments

Comment posted by Zack Schnepf on March 20, 2006 at 7:59 PM

Gorgeous! You guys got quite the show, beautiful capture.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 403 Posts, 2528 Comments

Comment posted by Scott Evers on March 20, 2006 at 8:35 PM

Beautiful image. Great colors and depth to this.
Scott

Registered on March 11, 2006, 12 Posts, 243 Comments

Comment posted by Marc Brousseau on March 20, 2006 at 9:20 PM

Wow what a great photo, perfect timing and light. I notice that you used both the polorizer and a split nuetral density filter, what was the exposure time ???

Cheers,

Registered on August 12, 2005, 36 Posts, 100 Comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on March 20, 2006 at 9:46 PM

Just plain beautiful. I like everything about it.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 364 Posts, 22328 Comments

Comment posted by Martin Di Grandi on March 20, 2006 at 9:48 PM

Joseph,

This is amazing - talk about the decisive moment! The colors are spectacular, the composition is perfect and the reflection is awesome. The snag in the water in the FG is a perfect anchor - my eyes just keep moving around the frame, finding yet another pleasing aspect of this picture.

A simply wonferful capture!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 8 Posts, 63 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Dawson on March 20, 2006 at 9:54 PM

Wow is right, what a show Nature put on and you composed it wonderfully. Spectacular

Registered on February 4, 2006, 364 Posts, 8872 Comments

Comment posted by Nye Simmons on March 20, 2006 at 10:08 PM

sweeet image - excellent rendition of a fabulous moment

Registered on December 12, 2004, 112 Posts, 1111 Comments

Comment posted by Tom Wilson on March 20, 2006 at 10:08 PM

Stunning!!!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 573 Posts, 2211 Comments

Comment posted by Jonathan Walker on March 20, 2006 at 10:53 PM

Wow, I saw Lake Isabelle, and I thought it said Lake Isabella which near where I live. Looked closer and realized no way...not my lake. Fantastic image! Love the wood, the reflection, and incredible sky. Exposure looks right on. As was said above, "stunning"!

Registered on November 10, 2003, 21 Posts, 132 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Goldstein on March 20, 2006 at 11:15 PM

Less than ideal weather always has a way of surprising you. This is an amazing scene. Your patience was well rewarded.

Regards,
Jim

Registered on March 18, 2006, 119 Posts, 878 Comments

Comment posted by Ryan DesJardins on March 20, 2006 at 11:34 PM

Absolutely incredible.

Registered on September 11, 2005, 170 Posts, 276 Comments

Comment posted by Prashant Khapane on March 21, 2006 at 3:26 AM

beauty!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 492 Posts, 4580 Comments

Comment posted by Marsel van Oosten on March 21, 2006 at 7:41 AM

Beautiful!

Registered on March 9, 2004, 285 Posts, 2277 Comments

Comment posted by Leann Greene on March 21, 2006 at 7:45 AM

Stunning display captured beautifully.Love the greens and gold.

Registered on January 25, 2006, 223 Posts, 3566 Comments

Comment posted by Malcolm MacGregor on March 21, 2006 at 9:06 AM

Amazing depth and clarity.Fantastic colours.Thanks for brightening up my day.
Mac

Registered on March 20, 2006, 15 Posts, 140 Comments

Comment posted by Guy Tal on March 21, 2006 at 9:41 AM

This is just stunning, Joesph. It also prompted me to visit your web site last night, and I have to say you have some beautiful work there. I'm looking forward to seeing more.

Guy

Registered on November 1, 2003, 566 Posts, 15507 Comments

Comment posted by Reno DiTullio on March 21, 2006 at 10:07 AM

Beautiful image Joseph, well done

Registered on November 14, 2003, 130 Posts, 1644 Comments

Comment posted by Jody Grigg on March 21, 2006 at 10:19 AM

The clouds make it really dramatic! Great capture.

Registered on February 7, 2004, 165 Posts, 1227 Comments

Comment posted by Todd Caudle on March 21, 2006 at 10:19 AM

Really excellent, Joseph! One of the best shots of this place that I've ever seen. It sure pays to linger every once in a while, don't you think?

Registered on November 9, 2003, 472 Posts, 3705 Comments

Comment posted by Greg Walker on March 21, 2006 at 10:46 AM

Everything is so sharp, clean and crisp. Wonderful colors and light.

Registered on November 19, 2003, 63 Posts, 782 Comments

Comment posted by Brian Rasmussen on March 21, 2006 at 10:55 AM

This is ridiculous Joseph!!

Brian

Registered on July 26, 2005, 121 Posts, 1884 Comments

Comment posted by Kevin Pieper on March 21, 2006 at 11:06 AM

Beautiful, Joseph! Looks like everything came together all at once for you, and you were well prepared to deal with it!

Registered on February 20, 2006, 47 Posts, 134 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Horn on March 21, 2006 at 11:47 AM

Just a stunning shot, great colors, depth, this is beautiful, and your patience paid off, excellent!

Registered on March 6, 2006, 82 Posts, 918 Comments

Comment posted by Roger Rouch on March 21, 2006 at 1:39 PM

Purely delightful! One of the better lake reflections shots I've seen for a long while.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 159 Posts, 1014 Comments

Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on March 21, 2006 at 2:36 PM

Joseph,

A truly inspiring image. The heavenly quality of the light is very moving. My only nit are the very dark shadows in the mid ground along the edges of the lake, but probably understandable as aby product of Velvia.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 474 Posts, 5555 Comments

Comment posted by John Lehmkuhl on March 21, 2006 at 5:24 PM

Everybody has said everything I would say - it's beyond majestic... well done.

Registered on May 22, 2005, 165 Posts, 2008 Comments

Comment posted by Jack Brauer on March 21, 2006 at 7:52 PM

Wow. I think this is the best shot I've seen from there.

Registered on September 12, 2005, 40 Posts, 627 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Crabbe on March 21, 2006 at 10:39 PM

Certainly deserves to be on a cover, card, or poster. Very PPQ (Pure Portfolio Quality)

Registered on November 1, 2003, 182 Posts, 1840 Comments

Comment posted by Rodney Dugmore on March 22, 2006 at 12:32 AM

Beautiful work Joseph.
All the elements come together in this shot
Perfection

Registered on January 3, 2004, 76 Posts, 1028 Comments

Comment posted by Laurent Baig on March 22, 2006 at 1:42 AM

Masterful, well done. I thought it did nothing BUT rain in Indian Peaks. Nice capture, and lucky you ;-)

Registered on January 12, 2005, 206 Posts, 6784 Comments

Comment posted by Marc Adamus on March 22, 2006 at 1:01 PM

WOW! This does not happen often! Be glad you were there to capture it!!!

Registered on September 17, 2005, 780 Posts, 8091 Comments

Comment posted by Doug Benner on March 28, 2006 at 7:00 AM

wow - very dramatic

Registered on December 8, 2003, 482 Posts, 1868 Comments

Comment posted by Brian VanDenzen on June 23, 2006 at 3:01 PM

Just an awesome moment captured to perfection. Well deserving of your EP!

Registered on April 17, 2005, 60 Posts, 1245 Comments

Comment posted by Ashutosh Rajekar on November 10, 2006 at 12:34 AM

That's a real masterpiece! Wonderful symphony of patterns swirling around in a concentric manner. Beautiful light, and well done capturing the moment!

Registered on June 8, 2006, 51 Posts, 910 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Pelzmann on November 10, 2006 at 1:30 AM

Certainly one of the best shots I've seen of Lake Isabelle.

An amazing combination of calm water and stormy clouds with sunset colors.
Geez... how often do you get that combination !!!!

Registered on January 26, 2005, 27 Posts, 265 Comments

Comment posted by Darwin Wiggett on January 21, 2007 at 12:35 PM

Just came across this - Holy flipping H#LL! Nothing to say but just WOW. Darwin

Registered on November 1, 2003, 100 Posts, 1327 Comments

Comment posted by Seiji Nakahara on January 27, 2008 at 5:53 AM

That's fantastic landscape!!

Registered on January 22, 2008, 5 Posts, 10 Comments