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Welcome to Lundy Canyon


Welcome to Lundy Canyon
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Copyright: Douglas Arrasin (darrasin) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 832 W: 60 N: 835] (2860)
Genre: Lieux
Média: Couleur
Date de prise de vue: 2007-06-02
Catégories: Nature
Appareil photographique: Canon EOS 400D, Canon EF 70-200 F4 L, Singh-Ray Warming Polarizer
Exposition: f/11, 1/30 secondes
Details: Tripod: Yes
Versions: version originale
Thème(s): 1st California TE Meeting Mono Lake June 2007 [view contributor(s)]
Date de soumission: 2007-06-27 2:21
Vue: 481
Points: 24
[Ligne directrice - Note] Note du photographe
Peter Boehringer made a great recent post capturing the spirit of our recent TE Summit. This is the scenery the photographers were gaping at when he snapped his shot.

Now I know this is not exactly the Canadian Rockies, of which I am supremely jealous of, but at this time of year Lundy Canyon is a beautiful alpine location to wonder around and explore photographically. The winter snows are melting quickly, feeding the mountain streams, and creating numerous waterfalls. The waterfall in the lower frame is obvious but there are also two in more in the distance that are hard to see at this size.

In a normal year there would much more snow on the slopes of those mountains ahead. This winter's snowpack in the Sierra Nevada Mountains was the lowest since 1990 or about 46% of normal.

The hike up the canyon basically heads towards those mountains in the distance. You could actually continue hiking up and over the mountains to the left and eventually reach some beautiful alpine lakes. Unfortunately, with time tight and many other places to shoot during our summit, we could only wonder a mile or two up the canyon.

One last thing to note about Lundy is that the forest you see ahead is mixed pine and aspen. The aspens will turn a bright golden yellow in Autumn making Lundy Canyon a great fall photo locale as well.

Regards,
Doug
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No need to be jealous, what you have in this picture is beautiful. I truly enjoy scenes like this one because they convey a sense of isolation and peace. We climb because we want to enjoy nature from a perspective not everyone can. Here you have a little valley with excellent views captured very well. The colours are very natural and the two waterfalls guide my eyes into the frame easily. I also notice some threadmill(aka nasty scree) on the sides of the mountains. Great job Doug.

Rob

Hi Doug. Wonderful view. The lack of snow seems to be a common comment coming from your half of the world, it is certainly winter here though ;-(. Well composed with good colour. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Paul.

Hello Doug,
Very wonderful perspective and well composed picture, supporting by the very well colours and sharpness. Well framing and usefull note.
tfs


best regards
daniel

Hello Doug -

Well done, I must assume that is the best any of us did given the lighting conditions. Gosh, I praying for a cloud to develop so we could get a decent image. Anyway, the smaller cascades where better images - I never did find a way to get closer to Lundy Falls. Well done!

Thank you for sharing.

John

Yes, Douglas, that was exactly the view that you were working on while I sneaked in to get the action shot. I was planning to post it today in the evenning too. My composition is slightly different and in vertical framing. What I really like to see in your shot are the shadows playing with the landscape.

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  • Cormac Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3270 W: 56 N: 6057] (25400)
  • [2007-06-27 10:26]

Nice view of this spectacular place! The waterfall in the middle has a great setting, with the bowl of the valley rising up to big mountains on all sides. Interesting to hear that the snow pack is so low in the Sierra Nevada, because up in the Cascades and the Coast mountains the snow pack is 50% higher than normal. Thanks for sharing!

Hi Douglas
Beautiful scenery and you were really lucky with the weather for your TE meet. The contrast between the green of the forest and the reddy greys of the mountains combined with the patches of snow is superb. The blue sky sets it off perfectly.
Regards
Nikki

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  • plimrn Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3911 W: 233 N: 5301] (16704)
  • [2007-06-30 12:28]

Hi Doug,
I do like the way you've framed this big bowl in the mountain with the path of the river curving down to the falls. Well done!! Sorry we're such wimpy hikerts :-).
Have a good time in Ireland. HLJ, Pat

Hi Douglas:

It's not the Canadian Rockies, you're right, but this is about as good as we get in the States. Excellent capture of a beautiful place. The mountains around this lovely valley/cirque here have a sweeping and enveloping feeling to them, which makes you feel like you're standing there looking at it. Excellent work.

Clark

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  • gunbud Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 4751 W: 4 N: 4386] (19732)
  • [2007-07-01 18:26]

Hi Doug,
Beautiful prestine valley surrounded by manificent snow capped peaks. Excellent lighting renders clear chrisp colors and stunning details to this excellent image. I love how the shadows help outline the V shape to the mountains.
Regards, Tom

Hi Doug,
Very nice DOF and detail, you can even see the upper falls. Hope you're having a good trip

Hi Douglas
I see a paradoxal juxtaposition of aridity and greenery!
Water from high ices seems to maintain life down in canyon and it provides a much pleasing scenery from that elevated point of view.
Best regards.
Robert

very well taken shot , truly it emits peace and calmness!

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