Alpenglow on Snow Covered Peaks

[NorthernFocus]

A few shots taken from our boat Monday morning in Passage Canal on Prince William Sound.

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[Biff]

Beautiful

 

[NorthernFocus]

Beautiful

Thanks.

 

[Marco74]

Very nice place.
The last one is my favourite.

 

[dwillar]

I love the colors! Excellent job!

 

[jeffnles1]

wow, beautiful. Makes me want to go back to Alaska again.

 

[Woody Meristem]

Dandies -- you poor devil, having to spend time in a place like that.

 

[jhallettbc]

Breathtaking. What a beautiful part of the world.

 

[MalcolmP]

Outstanding. In my experience, managing the contrast and preserving the color of early morning light on snow covered peaks is a challenge. You nail it.

 

[NorthernFocus]

Outstanding. In my experience, managing the contrast and preserving the color of early morning light on snow covered peaks is a challenge. You nail it.

Thanks for commenting, Malcolm. It is harder than one would think. I've found that intentionally under exposing such scenes and recovering in PP helps preserve the color.

 

[MalcolmP]

Thanks for commenting, Malcolm. It is harder than one would think. I've found that intentionally under exposing such scenes and recovering in PP helps preserve the color.

Great advice. Really liking the metadata automatically added to the photos. I see your 0.7 underexposure. I’ve tried that in the past with more underexposure and poorer results. Learning less is better.

 

[NorthernFocus]

I shoot a lot in full manual mode(no auto ISO) so not sure the EC info in the EXIF is accurate. In situations like this what I typically do is take a shot and then preview it and check the histogram or "blinkies" to make sure the highlights aren't blown.