Well... It was not an easy cross-country ski out to this spot yesterday, above Donner Lake and Truckee, California. The snow was frozen and fairly solid on top, but it was easy to break through that crust and it was soft and powdery underneath. This meant that the skiing was incredibly difficult. I tried taking the skis off and walking but I was sinking in up to my knees, and it was even harder. I almost gave up and went back to the car, but I needed the exercise so I kept on fighting through it. When I got to a favorite overlook spot, I was sweaty and underdressed for the windy conditions. Brrrr.... But it was worth it, the sunset ended up being a beautiful one!
Shot with a Canon 5DS R and a 24-105mm lens. This is a stitched panoramic photo. About 22 vertical photos were stitched together to create one very wide angle image. The ISO for each photo was 200, the lens aperture was f/20, and each exposure was .8 of a second long. A tripod was used, and a graduated neutral density filter was used on the front of the lens.
That's a fake smile above, lol! The color hadn't fired off in the sky yet and I was so COLD! The uphill fight back to my car warmed me back up, and when I eventually saw the photos on the computer monitor, I did end up having a genuine smile :)
Thanks for looking and I hope you are all having a nice and warm day!
Scott Thompson
Scott Shots Photography
www.ScottShotsPhoto.com
Unbelievable, 22 photos are a very beautiful panorama. My record is 81 photos for a panorama)
81?! That's a lot of photos. Very cool.
J'aime bien la vue pannoramique
C'est un endroit idéal pour profiter de la vue ! Content que celui-là te plaise.
Hahaha sorry I didn't realize that I hadn't translated my comment. Thank you for your response in French.
Amazing photos with lovely skies. :D
Glad you like that!
The shot is perfect, with the lake in the foreground and the mountains in the background it was worth it to get through the powdery snow. Do you edit the panorama on the spot? I'm thinking about it in case you have to make adjustments to any of the vertical photos.
Thank you! I stitched the panorama on my computer using Adobe Photoshop's Photomerge feature. I usually use a program called PTGui but for some reason, it struggled creating a well stitched pano, so I tried Photoshop and it did a great job. Usually, Photoshop is not perfect and PTGui does a better job...
My camera does not stitch panos in the field. It was a very high resolution image after merging (21,854 x 7,285 pixels, nearly a gig of info). I have a very nice computer, but even it was struggling to stitch that big of a file and took a very long time.
I do make adjustments to one of the 22 RAW images, then I make those same exact adjustments to all of the other images, prior to stitching them together.
Hope that helps! Please let me know if you have any other questions about my process.
I was curious since I know nothing about taking this kind of pictures so I was imagining how high is he or how wide is that lens 😅 thx for all the details
I can clearly see the fakeness in that smile... your eyes are giving it away 🫠
Laughs I'm joking... the selfie picture is actually pretty dang good, I almost want to say it's better than the one you wrote the post about.
Nice work!
Ha! I wonder if the selfie would sell if I offered it on my website.... Or maybe I should just post it on my OnlyFans page, lol. Glad you like it, thank you!
I suppose OnlyFans would be more profitable 🫠🫣🫣🤫
Every aspect of Donner Lake must be cold now. I could see the snow
The second picture is the best for me
Good job!
That's another vote for the second photo! Hmmm...
lately, it hasn't been as cold as it should be. But yes, still colder than most places.
Wow these are really amazing shots. I strongly believe you took your time to make them more stunning
More time was devoted to this shot than I like to admit... But it turned out to be a decent one that will look much better as a big print than a little image on a computer monitor or phone. Glad you like them, thank you!
Nice shot and colors 👍 sounds like you needed to switch back to your snow shoes 😉
Yup!!! Snow shoes would have been a much better choice... Not quite as fun when the conditions are right, but there would have been a lot less struggles. Glad you like that one!
Looking at these pictures, it seems like we are in paradise, all these mountains, snow and natural scenery are very beautiful.
A cold paradise, but yes, the kind of paradise that I like. Even when I'm shivering from the cold... Glad you liked seeing that!
Thanks alot for sharing.
These are really amazing shots I must confess 😍
Thank you @precab! It's an amazing area.
#hive #posh
The photography is art, it's absolutely fantastic, amazing quality photography.
Just looking at your photos is soothing. 👍👍👍
I'm a fan of sunset and sunrise and your shot back there amazed me to the max plus the lake adding more details to it. Loved the mix of colors.❤️
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