Snowy Sunset on Lake Washington

coscorrosa

Because of the continual snow and ice, my photo locations are limited to places within walking distance.

These shots were taken tonight at Meydenbauer Park on Lake Washington, about 1.5 miles away from my apartment. I've shot sunset here before and got booted out by the parks department as the park closes at sunset (don't they know the best light is 20 minutes after sunset!?). The good news is because of the snow, and the fact that you have to descend a pretty steep hill to get to this park, I knew I would be left alone, and that proved true.

The best shot is at the end.

#1, This was a shot I thought I could get before I arrived, the snow, dock, and sunset in the same frame. Unfortunately, the contrast ratio was ridiculous, even when bracketing and a 3-stop GND filter.



#2:



#3, conifers, snow, reflections, and rich people:



#4, more rich people:



#5. This one is my favorite, it's a three shot pano taken 30 minutes after sunset, each exposure was about 30 seconds. If you look closely, you should be able to spot a Great Blue Heron (not many other birds stay still for 30 seconds!). This was facing south, the light was awesome, and got more and more pink/red after sunset.

Abiciriderback

Nice set Ron. Great lighting and colors. It was nice to see a sunset for a change. But boy the side roads are a mess still.

Ray Still

R.Jay

#1 & #5 are going to be hard to beat - love #5 - looks great on the 22" wide computer screen! Fantastic clarity - hope the Heron does not stand there too long - might get frozen in!!

Cheers, Richard.

clemensphoto's

#1 & #5 are AMAZING

dlplumer

These are incredible, and yes, that last shot is not even possible and should be declared illegal I also #3 a lot. Superb work Ron. The pastel colors and reflected light off the waters is stunningly gorgeous. Congratulations.

Dan

shniks

woohoo Ron- 1, 3 & 5 (by a far margin) are incredible.



Cheers,

ront

Absolutely sensational Ron. These photo's are just incredible!! The lighting is tremendous. The first one would be on my wall somewhere.

Ron

scole

#1 by a long shot. Sure it suffers some from looking straight into the sun but the curving line sweeping through the frame & amber reflection off of the snow in the foreground do it for me.

GOLDENORFE

superb shots, agree #1,3 & 5 best by far.

phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

Eia

Geez a Weez...these are incredible!

The last one is something else.

#1 is serene, just beautiful

#4 rich people looks like a Christmas postcard. You should go door to door and offer these for sale!

canon400d

Eia wrote:

Geez a Weez...these are incredible!

The last one is something else.

#1 is serene, just beautiful

#4 rich people looks like a Christmas postcard. You should go door to door and offer these for sale!

What a wonderful series. That first sunset really goes for my eyes and I think you did well to achieve such a fantastic shot. I really love the colours in the rest of the shots exceptionally the lights in the cabins. Very nice indeed and a pleasure to look at.
Regards
Bop

coscorrosa

Thanks!
Thanks for the comments everyone! The endless snow and ice is making my life difficult in every sense except for photography

Awais Yaqub

Wonderful photos ! clap

Cuong

Given all the cold lemons (snow and ice) you surely ended up with some delicious lemonade there. Your work is very inspirational.

Cuong

dogwood

Wow-- these are great!

Dogdots

I agree....wow

Digital Illusions

Great as always Ron.

Looks like you will be seeing that white stuff for a while too...

hawkeye978

Beautiful series, Ron. #1 really catches my eye and the last one is breathtaking.

Tango

Ron, i got a good giggle from you comments....

beautiful photography as usual from you.

tisun

Very nice. I like #1, #3, and #5 quite a bit.

Travis

Great set of images!!!!

leaforte

These are superb. I was a ski bum for a bit at snoqulmie pass, working for the Moffett family, and commuted over to Mercer Island quite often. Doesn't Master Bill Gates have some property and a home right there somewhere. Seems like I remember, years ago, engineers were clearing, like ten acres right near the bridge, for his home. I may be mistaken.

NorthernFocus

Nice set, Ron. You're the sunset master of the PNW You've posted more sunset images in the past few months than we saw in eight years living down there Well, we saw plenty of sunsets, they were just all grey

coscorrosa

AaronNelson wrote:

Ron, i got a good giggle from you comments....

beautiful photography as usual from you.

If engaging in unwarranted and undeserved class warfare via snarky photo comments in a politically neutral forum is wrong, I don't wanna be right

coscorrosa

leaforte wrote:

These are superb. I was a ski bum for a bit at snoqulmie pass, working for the Moffett family, and commuted over to Mercer Island quite often. Doesn't Master Bill Gates have some property and a home right there somewhere. Seems like I remember, years ago, engineers were clearing, like ten acres right near the bridge, for his home. I may be mistaken.

Yeah, his house is a few miles from these photos (in Medina I believe). I'm not exactly sure where it is, he didn't send me a Christmas card this year :cry

coscorrosa

articblooms wrote:

Nice set, Ron. You're the sunset master of the PNW You've posted more sunset images in the past few months than we saw in eight years living down there Well, we saw plenty of sunsets, they were just all grey

Thanks!

Was this before or after you got into photography? I notice a good sunset a lot more often now than I did before I picked up a camera. This specific sunset wasn't spectacular, it was almost completely overcast, but I noticed there was a little clearing and I decided to walk to the lake and hope for the best. And the best light wasn't facing the sunset, but south, about 30 minutes after. Before I took photos, I would have thought it was a mediocre sunset, but now I know better, and usually can tell a few hours before whether the sunset will have potential (strange how much more you notice when you start paying attention! ).

NorthernFocus

coscorrosa wrote:

Was this before or after you got into photography?....

That was post-photography but pre-global warming. That must be the difference. Maybe it has warmed up enough around there to burn off all that fog.

kdog

Sigh.... Another stunning set of images from Ron. :bluduh Please, somebody take his camera away. He's making the rest of us look bad!!!

Like the pano the best.

Guaranteed a LOT of those rich folks with the docks out into the lake are Microsoft employees. Some of them have actually bought several adjacent homes, ripped them all down and built big mansions in their place. I know one dude who built a multimillion dollar mansion along the lake, with a huge dock, big boat, etc. He lived in it for a couple of years, then sold it and built a bigger one.

Cheers,
-joel

Darren Troy C

#5 is fantastic! :ivar

mchapma

Photo Posting
How do you post your pics in this forum? Do you just post the link to your image and end with semi-colon??

Mark Chapman
http://www.markchapmanphotography.com

coscorrosa

mchapma wrote:

How do you post your pics in this forum? Do you just post the link to your image and end with semi-colon??

Mark Chapman
http://www.markchapmanphotography.com

I don't think this was specifically directed to me, but this should answer your question:

http://dgrin.smugmug.com/gallery/1083138