Ascendance
I had given up on photographing this day, the clouds thick & heavy.Heading back to camp to spend time post processing instead, the clouds began to lift & I and ...
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I had given up on photographing this day, the clouds thick & heavy.Heading back to camp to spend time post processing instead, the clouds began to lift & I and my camera were treated to this ascendance...
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texaaronpueschel
April 28, 2014
Stunning shot. Voted. I know that feeling feeling it is time to quit. Then, a bird of prey presents itself to me.
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Location
Teton National ParkTime
3:44 pmLighting
It had been raining on a cold fall day, with low slung clouds completely obscuring the magnificent mountains I knew were there, but couldn't see. Gray & dreary, I had decided to give up on photographing and was heading back to camp when the clouds suddenly began to ascend (hence the name of the photo: Ascendance) and I was treated to an amazing play of light in the clouds that were all tangled up in the peaks. When I was a little girl, my imagination was fueled by my mother calling them lost clouds.Equipment
I used a Canon 5D Mark III with a 24-105 mm lens on a tripodalInspiration
The vision of these lost clouds was truly breathtaking. It wasn't hard to be inspired!Editing
I processed to B&W with Silver Efex Pro, lifted the shadows in the trees to recover the detail & reduced the highlights to the same affect. Beyond that, not much.In my camera bag
My Canon, the 24-105, a 16-35mm & my 70-200mm lenses. I include the 100mm macro if I think I might be so inspired. I always have extra batteries, memory cards, pen & paper for note taking and a headlamp for those low light settings so I can see what's in my bag!Feedback
Go for the crummy weather days and hope for the best. If you're aced out of photographic conditions, you can always spend the time processing older shots or cleaning up the Library! When taking photos in the mountains it can often be useful to bring the view out enough to give the scene context, i.e.: what's in the foreground? Water? Trees? Flowers? Animals? Mountains are often great candidates for B&W to showcase their textures and contrasty features. Before you start shooting, take several deep slow breaths to take in the scene before you. When you feel a part of it, THEN start shooting.
