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Light Bellow The Clouds

I spent some time running around looking for moody clouds, and light painted mountains. I saw this particular scene but wasn't certain I would be able to capture it. The foreground was being blown around in high winds, the cloud layer kept dropping and obscuring the scene, but I made my best attempt. This was taken off the Blue Ridge Parkway a few miles from Water Rock Knob. These mountains were originally going to be my final composition for the day, and you can get a sense as to why, the layers, textures and streaks of light giving you a lovely contrast of weather right after a storm. I get a few different angles, but this was hte one I finally settled on, I wished I had brought my 100-400 lens for this, or even my teleconverter, but in the end I think this captured well.

 

ISO: 160

Aperture: f11

SS: 1/8th

Focal: 140mm

 

The plummeted as clouds gathered right over head, and I was not prepared. Frozen!

 

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Uploaded on May 31, 2021