Colorful Snoqualmie Sunset

coscorrosa

Took these on Wednesday as I noticed there were some interesting clouds and a potential for a good sunset (I've been taking my gear into work every day and "excusing myself" for an hour or two if the light has potential). When the sun starts setting later (and rising earlier) in the day I'll be able to expand my turf a bit, but I'm fortunate I can reach places like this within 30 minutes.

#1: Mt. Washington (I think).



#2: These trees were a brilliant gold for about 10 minutes until the sun sunk too low.



#3: Clouds over Mt. Si



#4: This might be my all time favorite Snoqualmie Falls shot. Usually I get there after the sun has set as it's a much easier exposure, this time I got there a little bit earlier, I was able to piece this together with a 3-stop GND and three exposures (taken at 16mm, my new favorite focal length). The middle exposure version is OK, but the merged version has more details in the clouds and trees in the upper right.



#5: Obligatory B&W shot...

justME

These are just stunning. I'm partial to the B&W, Great tones.

scole

Ron, the only one that strikes a chord with me is #2. I like the light in the trees (as well as the light band on the BG mtns) and its reflection duplicated on the water's surface.

ali79

You take some beautiful pictures, Great work as always

Awais Yaqub

Great as usual loved the bw

dlplumer

4 AND 5 are superb. GND + Photomatix

Abiciriderback

Very nice series Ron really like #2 and #4 great lighting and comps.

Ray Still

coscorrosa

dlplumer wrote:

4 AND 5 are superb. GND + Photomatix

Yep! And also some Vivesa for local contrast and brightness adjustments. I have so much photo software now that I think I can sell my camera and not even have to go outside anymore...

coscorrosa

Thanks for the comments and feedback everyone

pillman

NICE JOB ! Have to go with the B&W. Nice

schmoo

Love the magical light that you always get! And the crown of clouds around the mountains. Man, gotta love mountains and their love affairs with the fluffiness.

coscorrosa

schmoo wrote:

Love the magical light that you always get! And the crown of clouds around the mountains. Man, gotta love mountains and their love affairs with the fluffiness.

Love that new avatar

And yes, it is interesting how mountains seem to hug the clouds, even little ones like 4,000 ft. Mt. Si. Rainier (14,000 ft.) is even more clingy (so much so that none of her cloud relationships last more than a few hours before the clouds get tired of it and leave).

bryanj87

#2 is really nice, the warm light is just fantastic. The b/w's, esp the first, are great.

Sorry to have gotten you hooked on Viveza and Silver. I'll give the great outdoors your regards.

kdog

Great shots as usual, Ron.

The B&W falls shot has a lot of punch. But I'm digging the color version better. I'll bet that would look great printed big and hung on the wall.

Regards,
-joel

Rhuarc

Great shots! I was up at the falls the other day, but nothing like that kind of light was available. Makes me want summer to hurry up and come around! LoL

coscorrosa

bryanj87 wrote:

#2 is really nice, the warm light is just fantastic. The b/w's, esp the first, are great.

Sorry to have gotten you hooked on Viveza and Silver. I'll give the great outdoors your regards.

Thanks, now that my wallet is significantly lighter if I do venture outside it won't take quite as much energy

coscorrosa

kdog wrote:

Great shots as usual, Ron.

The B&W falls shot has a lot of punch. But I'm digging the color version better. I'll bet that would look great printed big and hung on the wall.

Regards,
-joel

Thanks Joel, that's my favorite of the series as well. I've never been able to keep the skies under control at sunset at this spot, there was just enough clouds that I was able to get away with it with a GND filter (Viveza also helped as it let me get some more details in the part that would previously had been blown out).

Here's the original "middle" exposure for comparison:

Tee Why

WOW,
That last shot is fantastic.

Roaddog 52

Great images all, but the one of the falls is one of the best I have seen from that vantage point. I really like your choice of lens and the composition.

scottV

#4 is awesome.

euchretobin

#2 and #5 are my favs. #2 for the closeness of contrasting elements, subtle yet rich colors, and lack of distracting elements. I prefer #5 over #4 as the BW looks so clean, and moving the composition to the left removes the little piece of blurred water in the lower right of #4. For some reason that patch of white distracted me. Great shots, thanks for sharing!

-Paul