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Mt. Prevost Selfie Panorama | January 2018
This particular morning I was out earlier than normal, thank goodness, and feeling ready to capture the sunrise; however, I blew a water line in my truck on the way up the mountain and found myself stranded. Should I stay an repair the coolant hose or should I start the trek for the peak and risk being far too late for sunrise and missing the shot. It was an easy choice.
Once I looked up and saw blue hour fading and sunrise approaching that was the catalyst for my motivation. It was now or never if I had a chance to capture the sunrise.
I grabbed my gear and made my way through the snow covered forest floor, up the steepest parts of the mountain. It was a tough slog and I was completely out of breath when I reached the summit but all the while the colors in the sky were beckoning me to hurry now. Faster now! No time to hesitate now. I was compelled and propelled by the anticipation of capturing the shot.
In my head there were only two considerations, first was to hustle and get up there with time to set up and capture the sunrise and the second was a dizzying mix of technical data that I would need to pull off the shot: ISO, aperture, cable release... Bracketing! Can't forget that... 5 or 7? And so on.
With no time to spare and colors bursting in all directions I was exhausted yet ecstatic to have made it to the top! Hope you enjoy the view!
A 4 image panorama, stitched together in Lightroom, of a sunrise selfie taken from Mt. Prevost overlooking the Cowichan Valley and coastal islands.
Ps. I managed to repair the waterline, which had simply popped off on one end, by lashing some Para-chord around it and synching it as tight as possible (after wrestling with the clamp for 40 minutes). With some water from a nearby stream I was topped up and ready to make my descent. Win win!
Mt. Prevost Selfie Panorama | January 2018
This particular morning I was out earlier than normal, thank goodness, and feeling ready to capture the sunrise; however, I blew a water line in my truck on the way up the mountain and found myself stranded. Should I stay an repair the coolant hose or should I start the trek for the peak and risk being far too late for sunrise and missing the shot. It was an easy choice.
Once I looked up and saw blue hour fading and sunrise approaching that was the catalyst for my motivation. It was now or never if I had a chance to capture the sunrise.
I grabbed my gear and made my way through the snow covered forest floor, up the steepest parts of the mountain. It was a tough slog and I was completely out of breath when I reached the summit but all the while the colors in the sky were beckoning me to hurry now. Faster now! No time to hesitate now. I was compelled and propelled by the anticipation of capturing the shot.
In my head there were only two considerations, first was to hustle and get up there with time to set up and capture the sunrise and the second was a dizzying mix of technical data that I would need to pull off the shot: ISO, aperture, cable release... Bracketing! Can't forget that... 5 or 7? And so on.
With no time to spare and colors bursting in all directions I was exhausted yet ecstatic to have made it to the top! Hope you enjoy the view!
A 4 image panorama, stitched together in Lightroom, of a sunrise selfie taken from Mt. Prevost overlooking the Cowichan Valley and coastal islands.
Ps. I managed to repair the waterline, which had simply popped off on one end, by lashing some Para-chord around it and synching it as tight as possible (after wrestling with the clamp for 40 minutes). With some water from a nearby stream I was topped up and ready to make my descent. Win win!