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A recent visit to Jasper yielded plenty of opportunities to capture images of dense smoke. Fires in British Columbia were the source. The smoke gave everything an overall, slightly orange-pink cast. Visibility was limited, with mountains a kilometer or two away being almost invisible.

Suggestions and comments welcome.

Ken

Sep 13, 2018 at 08:01 AM

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Beautiful image Ken, perfect shutter speed. The haze provides nice depth in this.

Sep 13, 2018 at 08:51 PM

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This one is very nice. Love the angle.

Sep 13, 2018 at 09:01 PM

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I love the perspective and the water, especially that one rock with the mini waterfalls, impressive detail

Sep 14, 2018 at 11:22 AM

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Very nice movement in the river and the rock in the center with the water flowing adds to the image. Also like the wet rocks which does a lot for the color. It does feel a bit to me like there should be more on the top of the image. If you have more on top you could try a taller crop. Or could be something you are purposely cropping out.

Sep 14, 2018 at 02:27 PM

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I think if OP had included more at the top of the image, the haze from the smoke would have detracted from the overall look and feel. In general, I've been avoiding the sky during the fire season. Washington summers for the last couple years have been extremely hazy from smoke. B.C, Alberta, and all the western states have the same problem, and I suspect it's just going to get worse each year. Western landscape photographers are going to have to re-think summertime big vista type shots unless someone comes up with a smoke cutting filter. Youtube has several videos where landscape photographers are forced to come back in a different season because the smoke obliterates the view beyond a few hundred yards (Adam Gibbs is a perfect example).
-Chris

Sep 14, 2018 at 03:16 PM

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DaleBerlin wrote:
Beautiful image Ken, perfect shutter speed. The haze provides nice depth in this.

Thanks kindly Dale! I agree, of course, with the shutter speed comment. The water needs depth and texture in this situation.
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JimKied wrote:
This one is very nice. Love the angle.

Many thanks Jim. Appreciated.
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RandyR wrote:
I love the perspective and the water, especially that one rock with the mini waterfalls, impressive detail

Good of you to take the time to view and comment Randy. Thank you.
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G-Four wrote:
Very nice movement in the river and the rock in the center with the water flowing adds to the image. Also like the wet rocks which does a lot for the color. It does feel a bit to me like there should be more on the top of the image. If you have more on top you could try a taller crop. Or could be something you are purposely cropping out.

I do have other versions with different framing, but I'm not keen on the bleh grey sky. This one, I felt, was the best of the lot.
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cseelye wrote:
I think if OP had included more at the top of the image, the haze from the smoke would have detracted from the overall look and feel. In general, I've been avoiding the sky during the fire season. Washington summers for the last couple years have been extremely hazy from smoke. B.C, Alberta, and all the western states have the same problem, and I suspect it's just going to get worse each year. Western landscape photographers are going to have to re-think summertime big vista type shots unless someone comes up with a smoke cutting filter. Youtube has several videos...Show more →

You are correct Chis. A bit higher, and the image starts to include swaths of even tone zone 8 and 9 grey. Horrible stuff. Yes, we may need to adjust a lot. Sunrise through sunset, and I've heard night time too, was obliterated by smoke for large portions of the summer here in Alberta.

Thanks a bunch for commenting and viewing.

Sep 16, 2018 at 11:20 AM


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