Beautiful Sunrise on Big Chief : Photos, Diagrams & Topos : SummitPost

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Tomek Lodowy - Nov 30, 2011 5:32 am - Voted 10/10

superb scenery

love the winter landscape and that mist floating above forests, great.

Tomek Lodowy

Josh Lewis - Nov 30, 2011 4:43 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: superb scenery

Thanks Tomek. It was a beautiful day to be out in the mountains, it has been rainy here in Washington for too long! But every now and then during the winter season you see some really incredible things in the Cascades.

RayMondo - Dec 5, 2011 6:07 pm - Voted 10/10

Re: superb scenery

You've a talent coming along Josh. Keep it up and you could aim for a photographic career.

Keep your eyes open for the unusual shots, perpectives and lighting. People shots need to be good, close-up, with sharp facials. Preferably without posing - catch them in the "moment".

Get yourself into good positions for taking the shots. E.g. camera low to ground, camera close to the wall - gives foreground and thus depth. The foreground trees in this shot really enhance the framing.

You've some great shots recently.

Josh Lewis - Dec 21, 2011 4:19 am - Hasn't voted

Re: superb scenery

Thanks Ray, some day I would love to have some sort of career in landscape photography.

BigRob - Dec 1, 2011 11:22 am - Voted 10/10

Killer

Awesome shot

Josh Lewis - Dec 21, 2011 4:19 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Killer

Thanks Rob, always a lovely sight.

mountainsandsound - Dec 1, 2011 4:46 pm - Hasn't voted

good stuff

Funny how the landscape has turned many a mountaineer into amateur or even professional photographers. Awesome shot! Hooray for winter high pressure systems in the Cascades.

Josh Lewis - Dec 21, 2011 4:22 am - Hasn't voted

Re: good stuff

Part of being a photographer is being at the right place at the right time. But that's not necessarily luck, especially when its planned out and hard work is put into climbing to the places that some of us go to. Good moments like these are inevitable when traveling through the Cascades for as long as I have.

RayMondo - Dec 25, 2011 5:18 pm - Voted 10/10

Re: good stuff

Talking about being in the right place at the right time. Been watching the BBC Frozen Planet series.

Those guys spent a month on the Antarctic Ice, filming penguins. But, eventually the prize filming emerged - penguins, full on frontal, gliding out of the water, airborne and belly-flopping onto the ice, right in front of the lens, and then in high res slow motion. Just incredible.

Yes, special shots can just appear, so keep that lens ready. And then, other times you just have to wait.