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It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end…

by Sandeep Thomas
Maroon Bells from distance
10/12/201610/12/2016, 8:10 AM (54 minutes after sunrise)
NIKON D800 + 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
24.0 mmf/6.3 100

  • Leonardo da Vinci.

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I took his shot while we were heading back to town from the spectacular maroon bells view point. I had eyed this small snowmelt puddle for its reflection potential earlier, but due to the darkness couldn’t really figure out the complete view. On our way back I could see the maroon bells reflected on the car’s side view mirror and decided to stop and head to the small pond for a reflection shot since we had almost now wind.

The scene at the pond was one of the most challenging dynamic range shot. I had to use a 3 stop ND grad filter and combine a 5 image hdr to get some detail in the sky and foreground. I would have liked a bit more detail to the left side of the image but this was the best I could do and get a natural balanced look.