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Each year around this time I go to the Uinta mountains for some camping. I love this place which is 75 miles from home and at over 9,000 feet elevation. A month ago there was still about 2 feet of snow on the ground where I camped. The snow is gone now but I had frost in the morning. The air is very thin and crystal clear and the mountain is very close.
I attempt to capture what it feels like to be there, which seldom produces a show stopper image, but it does help me preserve a memory. For me, the light is always different depending on time of day, and cloud conditions. Here are three shots showing this variance.
The first is around 5:30PM when I arrived and still had great clouds, but with shadows cast on the mountain and way too early for golden hour.
The second is just before sunset which was 9:00 pm, but the clouds had moved from the scene and were blocking some of the golden hour glow as you will see in the next day’s sunset.
The third is the following evening with no clouds, but with full power sunlight just before it went down. Note the vast difference from the night before.
All images simply processed, with some exposure, contrast and gamma applied, but no Kodachrome look added. I will do that for my personal use.
Last is a snapshot of my campsite.
Like to hear comments on cropping ideas, which composition you prefer, or how you would change it and processing suggestions.
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