Cascading Snow Flurries - Mono Lake

bristleconebristlecone Registered Users Posts: 451 Major grins
edited July 6, 2013 in Landscapes
Snow flurries cascading down the Sierra. This image was taken from Hwy 395 @ Conway Pass approx 1500' above Mono Lake. This is a late season Pacific storm (5/25/2012). Sonora Pass was already closed and we were trying to get over the Tioga Pass be for it too closed. We made it, but had to stop for an image of this sinking cold air mass. 1/180 f16 iso100 tripod.

SnowFlurriesMonoLakeConwaySummit-X2.jpg
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  • JCJC Registered Users Posts: 768 Major grins
    edited July 3, 2013
    Nice depth ;)

    Awesome timing- definitely worth the delay.
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  • CornflakeCornflake Registered Users Posts: 3,346 Major grins
    edited July 3, 2013
    Wonderful shot! I'd consider cropping it just below the shoreline to get rid of the stuff at the bottom that doesn't really matter, but it's wonderful as is.
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  • SamSam Registered Users Posts: 7,419 Major grins
    edited July 3, 2013
    I know that location! Here is one after the snow.

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  • bristleconebristlecone Registered Users Posts: 451 Major grins
    edited July 4, 2013
    kolibri wrote: »
    Nice depth ;)

    Awesome timing- definitely worth the delay.

    It was quite a sight. At this point we were wondering how the trip the pass was going to go, but all was fine, just flurries. The larger storm came the next day.
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  • bristleconebristlecone Registered Users Posts: 451 Major grins
    edited July 4, 2013
    Cornflake wrote: »
    Wonderful shot! I'd consider cropping it just below the shoreline to get rid of the stuff at the bottom that doesn't really matter, but it's wonderful as is.

    Yeah, I thought of that too, but left it in because I think it adds scale and depth.
    As often happens when traveling, I just didn't have enough time to give this scene. A panorama would have been great as the sun was shinning brilliant further out in the lake.
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  • bristleconebristlecone Registered Users Posts: 451 Major grins
    edited July 4, 2013
    Sam wrote: »
    I know that location! Here is one after the snow.

    That's the place Sam. That image you are showing has a blue cast?
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  • SamSam Registered Users Posts: 7,419 Major grins
    edited July 5, 2013
    bristlecone wrote: »
    Sam wrote: »
    I know that location! Here is one after the snow.

    That's the place Sam. That image you are showing has a blue cast?

    Yes it has a blue cast. I was lazy and did a quick edit. :D

    Sam
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited July 5, 2013
    Terrific weather shot, Leonard. It looks like a giant wave.
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  • bristleconebristlecone Registered Users Posts: 451 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2013
    It does look like a giant wave kdog..... but standing there, watching, it didn't seem to move at all. A time-lapse would have been fun to see.
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