Kootenay Lake - Evening After the Storm

Stefan,

   Wow.....beautiful breathtaking scene with powerful lighting & processing.  This image shows the skills of the photographer.  Thanks for sharing.  Take care, Patsy

great light and play of clouds.

I've also set HDR to my camera, hoping that once I will be able to catch such things.

This not an HDR photo. At the time the photo was taken, I had a Canon G2 and no tripod; in these conditions it was inconceivable to try exposure bracketing (plus that a bit of wind would have moved the trees anyway). As consequence, I exposed for the highlights and hoped for something usable. It worked out reasonably well.

The new digital cameras come with high resolution A/D converters (e.g. 14-bit per channel in place of 8...10-bit for the older cameras) allowing for much larger dynamic ranges if you shot RAW. In this case you can recover more from the shadows and get results almost like bracketing HDR photography.

All in all, it was a lucky shot that required very little post processing.

Thanks for the comments.

Kootenay Lake (British Columbia). I wasn't equipped with everything a

photographer dreams of... However, the result was good enough to

remind me a stormy (but in the end spectacular) day.

As usual, any comments will be very much appreciated.

Thank you.

Glad you were there to capture this moment! Thanks

beautiful composition.. amazing light and exposure.. ( i wonder how it would look in B/W).. just a stunning capture really.. congrats..

tarek

I LOVE the fact that this is not an HDR photo. Seems like every other photo is altered digitally.

This is a beautiful image, I love the way the light is captured on the lake. That tree on the left side is slightly distracting but doesn't steal from the beauty of this image. Well done!

Tarek, I tried the B/W. It's fine but not great either. I'm all for B/W when it works, but here the colors are just enough to suggest the atmosphere without distracting the viewer. I might be wrong. We are all subjective in our choices.

Joseph, there was another tree on my right even closer. I took another shot a bit later but I couldn't avoid it (see the attachment). While the light was even more spectacular, that tree spoiled the photo. I know, some cropping might have saved it in some degree, but the composition wouldn't have been the way I intended. Maybe another form factor (square in place of 4:3)? Decisions, decisions :-)

Thank you everyone for commenting.

HI Stefan,

A very giood use of the Canon PowerShot G2.

Rewarding results.

Best Regards,  Mike

interessante gioco di luci,complimenti !

this is a winner!  Great composition.

Thank you all for stopping by. And for all the nice words. I really appreciate.