Waking Up at Convict Lake
This was taken moments before the sun cast its first warm rays against the mountains. Watching a sunrise in the Sierra Nevada mountains is hard to beat. It isn’t called the Range of Light for nothing. The quiet peacefulness before dawn slowly escalates as it gets lighter and the animals come alive.
This is an HDR created using Photomatix Pro.
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photomatte
I love this place! I thought maybe you’d used an ND filter (like in the old days, before Photoshop:) but then I saw the corners of the sky and could tell it was a pieced-together image (along with the slight halo over the mountains). Do you have the original two (or three) exposures we could see?
Justin Mair replied
i do indeed. I would have used an ND filter if I had one handy at the time. I decided to do the HDR since this was taken before dawn and I couldn’t get the correct exposure with just one shot…even 2 shots didn’t capture it all.
photomatte
I love the rocks in the foreground; they’re perfect little gems of stone. Isn’t it nice to wake up to that kind of light?
Julie Thomas
wonderful work.. the HDR works so well here! The detail and colours in the mountains is fantastic and the water seems to sparkle… just beautiful!
Les Wazny
Waking up is easier when you get to see something as beautiful as this!! Wonderful shot, amazing light!
Tracy Faught
I agree with all that Les said! :]
This is gorgeous and the light is amazing!