Sunset and dusk in the mountains

annnna8888 · April 13, 2009

OK, I'll stop with the winter photos. Soon. Just these few as a distant memory of the winter and off we go into the spring.

You might remember my photos from this same location. It's a wonderful mountain and I keep going back. Enjoy!

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Comments appreciated!

Ana

Eia · April 13, 2009

#4 is a wow! It looks like something out of a movie. I'll be anxious to see the spring/summer photos!

anonymouscuban · April 13, 2009

I really like the comp on #3. Very peaceful yet foreboding at the same time.

Zev · April 13, 2009

Is that a giant sinkhole in the first picture?

Zev

hawkeye978 · April 13, 2009

Love #4-6. And I wonder who skied down into the 'Black Hole' in #1.

schmoo · April 13, 2009

Beautiful as always!! Amazing skies and your work always has a little bit of the fantastic, a little surrealism, and a dash of the abstract.

That sinkhole looks deadly. How exactly does something like that work? It's not a one-way trip, is it?

squirl033 · April 13, 2009

Zev wrote:

Is that a giant sinkhole in the first picture?

Zev

looks like a gravity well in an Einsteinian space-time continuum model! very cool...

squirl033 · April 13, 2009

hawkeye978 wrote:

Love #4-6. And I wonder who skied down into the 'Black Hole' in #1.

dunno, but i don't see any tracks coming back out!

coscorrosa · April 14, 2009

Wow - my favorites are the first four. Like the narrow DOF in #3, the partially obscured mountain in #2. #1 really has a WTF? going for it - which is very cool, and great colors in #4. I like the rest too. If I had access to a place like this I wouldn't be so worried about Spring (OK, I do have access to places like this, I'm just too lazy to hike up in the mountains in snow). But anyway, keep at it, Spring will reveal itself when it's ready

Doug Solis · April 14, 2009

Great series, thanks for sharing. Number one is a wonderfully mystifying shot. I love it! How does one get out of there BYW??

I also love #4 great colors and great sky.

CWSkopec · April 14, 2009

Very nice series, Anna!!

#4 is simply spectacular!!
And I'm almost entranced by #1, watching the tracks circle then plummet into the vortex!

Great job!!

riddim_maker · April 14, 2009

It's a wonderful mountain and I keep going back

And I can see why, very beautiful indeed. And you did it justice with your capture

#7 is my favorite

Picture North Carolina · April 14, 2009

Ana,

I like #4 a lot! The sky combined with the curving tracks in the show create a sort of "spiral" effect that pulls you right into the picture.

annnna8888 · April 14, 2009

Thanks, everybody!

As to the mystery of #1: yes, it's a sinkhole, and if you ski into it, you end up on the exact opposite side of the earth, in New Zealand.

OK, I'm pulling your collective leg. Actually, if you walk closer and look inside, you see a pile of skiers who've skied in and can't get out. You don't believe me? OK, OK, OK.

:D:D I really should have take a picture of all those poor souls ..... who skied right in and had to herringbone up - and the tracks are not visible in my photo. Mystery solved?

As for my favorites, yes, #4 is nice, but I think I keep coming back to #8 the most. The bluish dusk just seems so peaceful and inviting.

Ana

trhale99 · April 14, 2009

hello all,
I love # 4 and # 5, very moody sky and clouds. The light is great and the composition is very interesting. Love the angles and lines that you have captured, good work!!

What type of camera and lens were you using primarily? Some must have been a wide angle, or were they all?

schmoo · April 14, 2009

annnna8888 wrote:

As to the mystery of #1: yes, it's a sinkhole, and if you ski into it, you end up on the exact opposite side of the earth, in New Zealand.

Thanks for enlightening us! I was a little disappointed to hear this wasn't the case, as I bet it's a much cheaper way to get to NZ than flying.