...I was pleased to have a rare calm, cloudy day at the summit with the world's most chaotic weather.
I must had hiked the presidential chain a good 30 times in my life, camping at the summit almost every times. I have seen pretty bad weather there but I remember one end-of-July day being caught mid-way from the summit from the lake of the cloud in 125 mph + gushing winds, ascending (because of the wind) heavy near freezing rain. In a few occasion I had hard time stopping running uphill, pushed by the wind. I had to climb for the most part backward, feet first, head facing the ascending win and holding to the ground as I would have done if instead it was a steep downhill. On a few occasions, I ended up floating in the wind like a flag only holding by one hand. The rain hitting the raincoat was so violent and the noise it was making was so intense that resisting to panic during the hours backward ascent was the hardest thing I ever did. The win even at flipped over a heavy car going down on the road into a ravine. I have seen big man, military trainees rescued by the lake of the cloud team after being lost on a ninthly thunder storm, crying like babies. This mountain can be very serious business indeed.
This is a shot you can only get during a certain time of the year. Every fall for a couple of weeks these geese take off late in the day and move from one end of the bay to the other. Most likely they're anticipating a change in the wind overnight. D800 | 300mm | f/3.5 | 1/3200s | ISO 640 | - 1/3 EV
This is one of the motels on Route 66 in Carthage, Missouri. As the neon signs were not working and the lime green neon around the building and the pink office sign had not been erected in the restoration, I made an attempt to add these in LR 4.4. This image was shot about 8 AM in the morning and adjusted so as to appear as a night shot. Very steep learning curve for me....LOL
@Pierre: Terrifying story! I have been caught out in the Appalachians in a big wind which I found truly awesome but it was a literal breeze in comparison to yours.
Not much of a view this way, but I was pleased to get a photo of my friend on the summit of Mt. Washington without any tourists or structures in the background. Hiker is Chickadee, a March 2nd start like me.
D800 - AF 50mm f/1.8D - f/8 - 1/400sec - ISO 100
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my share for the day. the pic was taken at a park in coconut grove on labor's day weekend.
I have seen big man, military trainees rescued by the lake of the cloud team after being lost on a ninthly thunder storm, crying like babies.
This mountain can be very serious business indeed.
Another Austrian scenery.
D800 • 70-200mm f4 @ f4 • 1/200 • ISO 100
D3 • D750 • 14-24mm f2.8 • 35mm f1.4A • PC-E 45mm f2.8 • 50mm f1.8G • AF-D 85mm f1.4 • ZF.2 100mm f2 • 200mm f2 VR2
Pardon the colorized butterfly cliche, but I thought this tattered fellow deserved some extra attention.
@ SquamishPhoto,I'm seeing that colored face makeup in a lot of fashion photos lately. Pretty cool effect.
D800 | 300mm | f/3.5 | 1/3200s | ISO 640 | - 1/3 EV
hmmm . . . fidgeting over the composition a bit . . .
@jimo: Fantastic!
@Pierre: Terrifying story! I have been caught out in the Appalachians in a big wind which I found truly awesome but it was a literal breeze in comparison to yours.
@Msmoto: You have such patience - in LR4?
D800 - AF 50mm f/1.8D - f/8 - 1/400sec - ISO 100
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Hi all,
As always, very nice work.
Lavender from Sequim, Washington, 16-85mm Nikon lens, D7100, 10th second shutter, f22.
My best,
Mike
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Nikon D800 + AF-S 16-35mm F4 VR, zoomed during the 30 second exposure from 16-35mm.
Nikon D800 + 24-70 2.8G
D4 14-24 2.8 ISO 100 @ f/13 10 shot HDR +/1 1.5 EV using Promote Control System