Showing posts with label clouds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label clouds. Show all posts
Foggy Mountain Landscape
"Great" weather isn't necessarily photogenic weather. Some of my best images are created when the weather is (or was, or is about to be) rather inclement. In between showers this morning, I was able to create this HDR image of McKee Pond near Marble, Colorado.
Mountain Landscape with Pond and Clouds in both color and black & white
I usually turn the polarizing filter to cut through the reflection on the water, but a lack of subsurface interests prompted me to turn it the other way and maximize the reflection, capturing both the mountains and the fantastic cumulus clouds.
This pond is next to the airstrip, a mile or so west of Marble, Colorado.
More morning fog
There were just a few wisps of fog when I got up this morning, but the temperature and dewpoint (38 and 37, respectively) were very similar to those two days earlier, when a dense fog filled the valley.
When I got to the top of McClure Pass, the fog was filling the Crystal River valley nicely, and there were some low clouds clinging to the peaks of the Ragged Mountains.
Landscape with mountain and field of dandelions
Mt. Sopris is south of Carbondale, Colorado, in the Crystal River valley. Spring clouds and fields of dandelions make this majestic mountain especially photogenic in both color and black & white.
Heart of the Sunrise
What do you get when you combine Monday's brilliant skies and Sunday's new-found spot on the river? Why Tuesday's killer photos, of course! I was so charged from yesterday's pics that I got down to the river early this morning and hoped for a repeat. I don't think the clouds were quite as good, but they were certainly good enough, and I was in the right place at the right time.
What a sunrise!
As it was getting light out this morning, I could see a few clouds, and hoped the rising sun would light them up. What ended up happening in the next ten minutes exceeded my expectations by a long shot. Brilliant pink clouds got me outside with my camera. Wouldn't it have been great if I had been by the river to catch both the sky and the reflection?
Clouds refleced in Eagle Lake
I normally turn the polarizing filter to cut through the glare on the water, revealing the rocks and trees beneath the surface. For this shot, I turned it to maximize the reflection of the clouds overhead.
Eagle Lake is in the Holy Cross Wilderness Area of Colorado.
Big sky photography
I'm still enthralled with black and white photography, both because of the muted colors of spring, as well as the great contrast between clouds and sky. I usually compose my landscapes with the horizon about one-third of the way below the top of the frame. That allows the wide angle lens to capture more of the foreground, and pull the viewer into the image. During a break in the stormy weather yesterday, I went out to grab some shots, and couldn't resist showing the fantastic clouds above the mountains. This required moving the horizon to the bottom third of the image, which is so hard for me to do. I'm pleased with the results, however, especially after the conversion to B&W.
One of my favorite vistas
It's also a place from which I like to take many photos. I got a great night shot here when the January full moon was illuminating the landscape. It's also great in the spring and fall, when morning fog fills the lower reaches of the valley.
On this morning, the day after taking some okay shots, I waited until the morning light was just hitting the foreground, and put a polarizing filter on the camera to accentuate the blue sky and make the clouds stand out more. I have to say conditions were near perfect, and I'm very pleased with the result
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