Dawn of a New Day
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Location
This photo was taken at Schwabacher landing in Grand Teton national park just outside of Jackson Hole Wyoming !Time
We were up extremely earlier in the morning to secure a good spot to catch the sunrise on the Tetons. We left our hotel around 5:30 in the morning and arrived at the parking location around 6:15 am. It was just a short walk to the edge of the water where we set up to shoot.Lighting
The lighting changed very quickly. In the higher elevations the wind was blowing very strongly from west to east and the cloud cover above our heads was moving very quickly. The photographic issue with the lighting was trying to get as much detail in the darker regions of th image without over exposing the brightening sky.Equipment
I shot this image with a canon 5d mark 3. I used my 16 to 35 mm lens and the focal point was set at 27 mm. The camera was tripod mounted and the shooting parameters were f/18, shutter speed of 1.6 sec, ISO-100.Inspiration
The Tetons are one of most favorite places in the world. The vertical relief from the valley floor to tops of the peaks is over 6000 feet. The mountain tops are very angular. I was hoping for great lighting and we were lucky the cloud cover began to break apart and open seems for the sunlight to come pouring in hitting the peaks and creating a wonderful breath taking site.Editing
The hardest part of the image is making sure to display properly the large dynamic range of the scene. It is very easy to over expose the sky of lose details. This image was processed in Lightroom and Nik define 2.0 was used to help remove some of the noise.In my camera bag
I carry 3 basic lenses in my bag, my 16 to 35. 24 to 70 and a 70 to 200 mm. Some times when I am out shooting wildlife I carry with me a 150 to 600 zoom lens. I have a set of graduated neutral density filters to help balance out strong dynamic contrast like this scene.Feedback
You need to place yourself in spots that gives you the chance to capture wonderful images, That means getting up early and being in position to capture the light when it happens. Pickling a good spot and taking several test images that bracket the exposure and set you up to be successful because very often the light is only there for a few minutes.
