Seasonal Mixup
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Lohrentz
May 30, 2019
Long story short, I camped in October of '84 in Colorado. The day we arrived from the midwest it was snowing. We went camping anyway outside of Cripple Creek. The next day not a cloud in the sky, the aspens were in full Fall colors with about 6 inches of fresh snow. I had an old 35mm Canon and took 6 rolls of film that morning. Haven't seen anything quite like it until I came across your photo. Great Photo :)
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Location
I was leading a photography workshop in the back-country of Colorado in the fall. We got up very early to drive to this remote location. The trail is called the West Elk Loop. It's a designated scenic drive in central Colorado so it took awhile to drive there from Crested Butte to photograph sunrise. When the early morning skies began to lighten before sunrise, we realized it had snowed during the night. What a treat! We picked our spot to shoot and waited for the sunrise and some sweet light to define and enhance the mountainside. What a treat it was to see it all come together. Everyone was so captivated by the scene, I had to remind them to actually take a photograph of it.Time
This time of the day is referred to by photographers as Sweet Light. Just before the sun is about to rise and break the horizon, the light quality is clean and the color is pure and authentic. The colors of the scene are more true than they are in the middle of the day with intense sunlight.Lighting
I find that the early morning and the end of the day light is so much more flattering for landscape photography. Blue Light, roughly an hour before sunrise or after sunset, and Sweet Light, just before the sun breaks the horizon and shortly after it sets, are the most colorful and interesting times of the day to photograph in. Long rays of sun pick up more colors and artifacts in the atmosphere that will enhance your chosen scene. More dramatic skies equal more amazing images. Photographing grand landscapes in the middle of the day can be a challenge because the light direction comes from directly overhead and is very harsh. It is not very flattering to mountains, trees or faces! The shadows are harsh and usually filled with cool and unflattering cyan color light. Not a favorite of many viewers. When the sun is nearer the horizon, the light has further to travel. Light rays then have to travel through more atmosphere and the stuff it contains, i. e. smoke, pollution, etc. Surprisingly, this is a good thing! These late afternoon or early morning conditions can enhance and create interesting lighting patterns and colors which will enhance your landscape image.Equipment
First off all I strongly recommend a tripod for any early morning or end of day landscape photography. So, I used my favorite tripod from Sirui, with a Really Right Stuff ballhead BH-55. I use the Canon 5d MK3 with a f4, 17mm - 40mm. This exposure was f11 at 3 seconds, ISO of 50. I also used the mirror up feature at 2 seconds since I did not have a cable release with me.Inspiration
First off, I really enjoy the green of the Spruce trees against the gold of the Aspen trees. Summer and fall in one scene. Then, adding the dusting of snow introduces a third season, winter. The resulting image creates a sense of confusion in direct contrast to the beauty of three seasons we normally understand separately.Editing
I use Lightroom as my initial software to import my images into for cataloguing and basic processing. Once I have a basic, solid exposure, crop and color balance, I move to Photoshop to further enhance my imagery. I use several techniques to enhance my imagery depending on the subject matter or story I am trying to tell.In my camera bag
I always, always, always have at least TWO camera bodies with me, no exceptions. This is mechanical and computerized gear, you never know when it will decide NOT to work! It will fail! And just when you least expect it too!! Sorry for the rant . . . My gear list: 4 - Canon 5D MK3 bodies 17 - 40mm f4 lens (Canon) 24 - 70mm f2.8 lens (Canon) 15mm f2.8 fisheye lens (Canon) 100mm f2.8 macro lens (Canon) 70 - 200mm f2.8 lens (Canon) 100 - 400mm f4 lens (Canon) 150 - 600mm f5.6/f8 lens (Tamron) Sirui tripod Really Right Stuff ball head BH-55Feedback
Get your butt out of bed! It's so easy to roll over and think that you can get up and get the shot another day. You never know. In order to "get that special shot", you need to be willing to go out and search for it. We all can park the car at a pretty spot and get a pretty shot. A shot that has been taken a thousand times by a thousand other camera toters! But to get "that" special, unique shot, you kinda have to work for it! I make it a practice NOT to stop where others have stopped to shoot. Of course I have many images of famous landmarks but my favorite images, the ones I sell the most, are NOT the famous spots. They are of unique, not famous compositions that so many have captured before me. Gotta work a little bit my friends!
