Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => Landscape Showcase => Topic started by: Colorado_CJ on September 28, 2019, 11:10:36 pm
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I decided to go up to the park today for some hiking and photography. Up at 4 am and on the trail at 5 am.
I hit the clouds while driving to the trailhead. And once on the trail, even with a decent headlamp, I couldn't see much past 5 feet in front of me. The trail starts at roughly 9500 ft. and ascends up to over 10,000 ft.
It was kind of spooky hiking a trail in the dark, in extremely heavy fog (really a cloud) knowing that there are plenty of dropoffs.
I got to Emerald Lake just as it was getting light enough to not need the headlamp, still in heavy fog. So, after having a cup of coffee, I started doing some long exposure photography. Well, what I could in the fog anyway.
(https://www.focalworld.com/index.php?media/emerald-lake-5.3647/full)
My lens kept fogging up and I forgot to bring a microfiber cloth. I hated to do it, but I used my fleece jacket continuously to keep the lens clear.
(https://www.focalworld.com/index.php?media/emerald-lake-4.3650/full)
As I waited for the clouds to clear, I hiked up a boulder field and tried to shoot some old pines, but the fog was just too thick to get anything decent.
After a couple of hours, there was a 5 minute clearing of the clouds, and the spires around Emerald Lake were finally visible, for a short while anyway.
(3 shot vertical pano with a 645D and 35mm lens)
(https://www.focalworld.com/index.php?media/emerald-lake-1.3643/full)
About 30 minutes later, the fog parted again and I got a few more shots.
(3 shot horizontal pano with a 645D and 35mm Lens)
(https://www.focalworld.com/index.php?media/emerald-lake-2.3648/full)
After another cup of coffee, the sun came out one more time.
(https://www.focalworld.com/index.php?media/emerald-lake-6.3646/full)
Then the fog closed back in, so I headed down the mountain. A foggy hike down gave me a few more photography opportunities.
(https://www.focalworld.com/index.php?media/emerald-lake-small.3651/full)
It feels like a different world compared to how it normally is up here. Almost like on a movie set.
(https://www.focalworld.com/index.php?media/emerald-lake-3.3649/full)
(https://www.focalworld.com/index.php?media/emerald-lake-7.3645/full)
Finally, down out of the clouds, the bull elk bugles can be heard echoing through the mountains. I didn't spend any time photographing them since I only had my medium format camera with me, which doesn't have the "reach" my wildlife setup has. I did get one shot of a bull during a bugle though.
(https://www.focalworld.com/index.php?media/emerald-lake-8.3644/full)
It was a special day in the park, one that I will remember for a while. There is usually some weather around when hiking there, but not like it was today. The light worked just right many times and I am happy with what I was able to capture.
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Bravo, especially the 'trees in fog' photo.
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Love it, but you're making me homesick.
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It appears to have been a wonderful, and profitable, day. Some really good images there. Congratulations.
Jeremy
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What a great hike with splendid results!
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Super nice B&W s especially large prints on metallic,
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Superb! My fave is the first in the series. Fantastic subtlety.
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Superb! My fave is the first in the series. Fantastic subtlety.
Indeed!
JR
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What a great hike with splendid results!
+1
Thierry
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Well earned and rewarded. Some of my best moments started out in the dark, in a cloud, walking, seemingly to nowhere. Then opening up for a split second only to close again... with a frustrated Maddog that his camera wasn't at the ready...
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Great series.
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Very enjoyable, especially the first one :)
Dave
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The very first one is a beauty.
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Nice! I was on the same trail less than a month before but I have nothing close to this, just some usual sunset/dusk that are probably too many of.