A Photographers Paradise!
Moraine Lake. This spot typifies mountain landscape photography like few other places on Earth. I’ve seen countless images of this beautiful, otherworldly place. You can’t help marvel at its splendor. I wanted to capture this area on film like no one else had done before. I was on a mission... To stay as long as needed (within the realms of sanity) on the rock pile each morning until I was satisfied. Well, on day five of my ten day adventure, I was lucky enough to see one heck of a show.
This image has not been enhanced or “photoshopped” in any way. None of my images are! The clouds did look like they were on fire. The glacially fed lake colors look unnatural to those in the lower 48, but they're accurate. The only “help” I received was from my .9 (three stop) split neutral density filter. This filter keeps the intense morning light in check -vs- the dark, unlit landscape below. I was lucky I know, how many days does an event like this happen? One, two a year? What’ll really blow your mind is that just 15 minutes prior to this image the sky was perfectly clear. That’s right, clear. In both this image and LCTCR-13 I was greeted to clear skies while setting up my equipment in the pre-dawn hours.
Of course what you don’t see are the days spent when no clouds appeared or when too many clouds availed themselves. I was lucky indeed... But then again I “made” my luck by foregoing other photographic opportunities and resisting the urge to photo something new. Image title... "Morning's Magic".
To see what this area looks like after "the show" visit the YouTube section of the website.
To read more about this and other prints check out The Written wOrd located in the About eXacteXposure.com section.
Photo ID#:
LCTCR-11
This image has not been enhanced or “photoshopped” in any way. None of my images are! The clouds did look like they were on fire. The glacially fed lake colors look unnatural to those in the lower 48, but they're accurate. The only “help” I received was from my .9 (three stop) split neutral density filter. This filter keeps the intense morning light in check -vs- the dark, unlit landscape below. I was lucky I know, how many days does an event like this happen? One, two a year? What’ll really blow your mind is that just 15 minutes prior to this image the sky was perfectly clear. That’s right, clear. In both this image and LCTCR-13 I was greeted to clear skies while setting up my equipment in the pre-dawn hours.
Of course what you don’t see are the days spent when no clouds appeared or when too many clouds availed themselves. I was lucky indeed... But then again I “made” my luck by foregoing other photographic opportunities and resisting the urge to photo something new. Image title... "Morning's Magic".
To see what this area looks like after "the show" visit the YouTube section of the website.
To read more about this and other prints check out The Written wOrd located in the About eXacteXposure.com section.
Photo ID#:
LCTCR-11
Moraine Lake. This spot typifies mountain landscape photography like few other places on Earth. I’ve seen countless images of this beautiful, otherworldly place. You can’t help marvel at its splendor. I wanted to capture this area on film like no one else had done before. I was on a mission... To stay as long as needed (within the realms of sanity) on the rock pile each morning until I was satisfied. Well, on day five of my ten day adventure, I was lucky enough to see one heck of a show.
This image has not been enhanced or “photoshopped” in any way. None of my images are! The clouds did look like they were on fire. The glacially fed lake colors look unnatural to those in the lower 48, but they're accurate. The only “help” I received was from my .9 (three stop) split neutral density filter. This filter keeps the intense morning light in check -vs- the dark, unlit landscape below. I was lucky I know, how many days does an event like this happen? One, two a year? What’ll really blow your mind is that just 15 minutes prior to this image the sky was perfectly clear. That’s right, clear. In both this image and LCTCR-13 I was greeted to clear skies while setting up my equipment in the pre-dawn hours.
Of course what you don’t see are the days spent when no clouds appeared or when too many clouds availed themselves. I was lucky indeed... But then again I “made” my luck by foregoing other photographic opportunities and resisting the urge to photo something new. Image title... "Morning's Magic".
To see what this area looks like after "the show" visit the YouTube section of the website.
To read more about this and other prints check out The Written wOrd located in the About eXacteXposure.com section.
Photo ID#:
LCTCR-11
This image has not been enhanced or “photoshopped” in any way. None of my images are! The clouds did look like they were on fire. The glacially fed lake colors look unnatural to those in the lower 48, but they're accurate. The only “help” I received was from my .9 (three stop) split neutral density filter. This filter keeps the intense morning light in check -vs- the dark, unlit landscape below. I was lucky I know, how many days does an event like this happen? One, two a year? What’ll really blow your mind is that just 15 minutes prior to this image the sky was perfectly clear. That’s right, clear. In both this image and LCTCR-13 I was greeted to clear skies while setting up my equipment in the pre-dawn hours.
Of course what you don’t see are the days spent when no clouds appeared or when too many clouds availed themselves. I was lucky indeed... But then again I “made” my luck by foregoing other photographic opportunities and resisting the urge to photo something new. Image title... "Morning's Magic".
To see what this area looks like after "the show" visit the YouTube section of the website.
To read more about this and other prints check out The Written wOrd located in the About eXacteXposure.com section.
Photo ID#:
LCTCR-11
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