Crater Lake in Mongolia

A crater mountain and lava streams close to the Tsagaan lake inwestern Mongolia are evidence of quite recent volcanic activities.

I shot this photo from the crater edge with self-timer, while holdingthe camera on the tripod, stretched as much as possible over myhead.

Thanks for freedback and rating. Karl

True, the crate draws attention to itself, but your taking a high perspective draws my eye immediately to the black hole at the bottom. I also like the contrast with the beautiful landscape in the background.

I am familiar with shooting blind using a 5D but I've never done it with a tripod before. How my tries did it take you to get it right?

Thanks Mike for your comment. Yes, the landscape in the background is a world apart which mertis attention.

Shawn, this is one of about 40 shots from different locations around the crater edge.

By the way, I used the same technique for my Euro 08 photo with the orange crowd in front of the Parliament Building in Berne. There I shot over the fence as I was not allowed to enter the Fan-Zone with my camera ;-). Karl

Wow the feeling is in. I dont want to fall .... . Thanks for presenting. BR Joerg

Excellent composition and perspective. Turned out really well.

Interesting technique and image,Karl. Perspective,light & exposure are very good.

Intriguing picture Karl, it doesn't make much sense to me from geological perspective... it doesn't look like a volcanic crater to me... anyway, sure is a nice pic indeed...

it looks more sucking than exploding? Perhaps what we have diffiuculties to see on this photo is that we are on the top of a crater mountain. The greenish bluish plain is more down in the valley, which is covered by a large lava stream. The edge of the crater is just a thin line. The horizon line indicates that we are at the same elevation as the top of the left mountain in front of the lake.

 

A very well captured feeling of depth. Stunning!