The last light of the day came through a hole in the clouds at the 2300 foot level of Mt. Diablo, 20 miles east of San Francisco. I waited for the light to illuminate the farm house and some of the misty clouds. After I took the shot I uploaded last week, I ran further up the hill looking for a good chunk of lichen covered rock to include. I found it and waited. It almost never happened, but for a minute or so, it was like this. I'll admit that luck played a large part in getting this shot!
Things are drying up now so I may only have 2-3 more weeks of green grass before the dry season takes over. So I hope to get a few more like this.
Also, my company is being reorganized, so I may not be on EPZ as much as I would like for the next couple of months. But I'll check EPZ as much as I can and I'll still try to upload at least one per week.
Now the owner of a Fuji S5 and a couple of lens after my swamping by a large wave.
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That is glorious Patrick.
I've been taking the liberty of showing a friend your pictures, as she might be moving to live in SF in the next year or so - she's a bit worried about the fog!
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I am very lucky to have the Jurassic coast and the New Forest on my door step...I'm not very good at getting up in the mornings so most of my landscapes are sunsets rather than sunrise and thats the way its going to stay.....
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Thanks Adrian. True, I did wait for clouds that possibly might do this, and I did climb over 1,000 feet to get to this spot, and I did compose it. But if it wasn't for this one minute of light, I would have come back home with only the one previously uploaded shot in a few versions!
Angela, why is she afraid? It won't bite! Will she live in the city? Where I live, (20 miles away) I rarely see fog and it gets nice and hot in the summer half of the year.
LOL - Kath!
Yes Cathy, it did look like steam was rising from a volcano or something. I rarely see that here.
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Yes Dave, this is a much more quiet image. Things were moving slowly and the light was soft. I'm trying to mix it up a bit. I have a bunch of action shots in the que, but chose this one just to be different. LOL - I see you have a bunch of new ones, so I'll check them out so I can give them a good thrashing!
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The photo was taken at Lodore Falls near Derwentwater in the Lake District
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Patrick this is lovely. The light on the foreground and the lower slopes of the valley with the mist/clouds rolling over the top of the hill all combine to make a great composition. Well seen.
Ron
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Thanks for looking and commenting Malcolm and Ron!
Jouko, it is perfectly normal to have these feelings. So don't resist them and don't get rid of them. Just let them happen. It is part of a process that needs to run its course. I don't know if I would handle it as well as you!
LOL Dave. Here, let me practise on my shot now. 'This is pure rubbish. I would be embarrased to put this god awful thing up on a public website, but obviously your standards are so low that your belly is dragging in the putrid filthy mud that is the foreground of this shot!'
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Beautiful colour & light Patrick,excellent clarity.
Are you sure you've not been over here in the Dales for a while...could be England with it's greenery!
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Another beauty, it is my goal to try and get a shot just like this, I am heading out to Washington State in two weeks and I hope to have some time to break from business and get some landscapes. You do inspire me to keep trying as your pictures always have such great contrast in the elements and vivid colors. Keep up the excellent work! Spot on! Click!!!
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Hi Patrick,
This is as brilliant as the last one,love that touch of mist,looks like someone letting off steam...........lol.Those clouds are amazingly beautiful and the textures too.Amazing composition.Take care.Ann
Thankyou for your comments,much appreciated.I did use layers,on each flower individually then merged them all together using photomerge and filled in the blank space with the bg colour of the flowers.
3/5/08
Nothing really to update, but still enjoying my photography and trying to improve.
I love the Peak District, and it's right on my doorstep. Will try to diversify to shoot different subjects, when the opportunity arises.
Anyone want to ask any questions,...
I just did 2yrs landscape and got to a point where i wasn't getting any improvements, not to say i had attained perfection, far from it in fact, just reached the peak of my ability in that genre, so now looking to try other stuff, maybe macro and digital manipulation, w...
Looks like you have a smoking hillside there Pat, sure it's not the smokey mountains in tennessee...lol, this is a scene i couldn't do as when i'm at the location i can't 'see' the picture. The clouds gave you interesting light across the hillside though and you have nice textures in the foreground rock.
Nice light and color as always Patrick. This looks like a nice area to shoot. I will have to check it out next time I am up north. It's really interesting how the clouds are making contact with the hills.
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Thanks for your comments. It will take me a while to catch up, but I will!
Janet, that may be true now, but it will look a lot different in a month or two. It wil be bone dry up here, so I'm getting my green grass shots now.
Greg, you should get more clouds in Seattle than down here. So you have a good chance for something like this. Can't give you any hints about where to go though. I've never been there.
Ann, that must have created quite a large file until you flattened it!
Thanks Martin for the nice comments...lol...
Terry, I'll show you how to do it when you move back up here. Though we may not have clouds by the time you arrive.
Dennis, it is a great spot, but it does take a long time to reach this spot. And the grass is turning brown now, so you may want to wait until next winter.
Sorry for late comment patrick, but time seems to slip by.
This appeals to me as I am a fan of moody clouds. Lots of photographers attempt to get the bright fluffy blue clouds, but I like the more stormy/heavy feel which this has. The UK has this type of clouds more than most. Catching the light coming through adds to the whole image.
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I really like the dappled light and colours on the hillside, and the tones in, and radiance of the sky. Hope the changes at work do not cause you too much grief Patrick.
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No problem Dave. I want real opinions. Otherwise I'll get deluded! This is more of a local interest spot for hikers. And it is so rare to have any decent clouds at all that I was glad for that! A nice lake would be good here, but there are no lakes!
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