DirtyGlassEye
Morning preperations
That right there is some of the best skies I've ever shot, those bright colors streaking across the sky, something only a sunrise could give (a sundown gives more pink and red).
For those who do not remember my story from the other Iverson post, allow me to reiterate. Earlier in my photo career, before DirtyGlassEye, I was given a task to get 5 separate photos, all at a different time of day, and in a different location. I tried hard not to rely on Hood as my subject cause 1. It wasn't out a whole lot this season, 2. Everyone else does that here.
I arrived at the tulip fields when it was still dark and set up shop at the edge of the blooming fields (they change the pad locations every year to keep the soil pure, or at least that's what I've heard). It was around 40-50 degrees, a little chilly, but just the way I like it. If you're in the Pacific Northwest and don't like the cold then what ya doin here at all?
Anyways, I combed the rows for a bit before I found this pink John Deer which would be a great subject. So I setup and waited. Now that I think about it, I should've brought a foldable chair, fortunately the ground was dry and not muddy, it's been a little while since it last rained.
After about an hour the sky started to light up, with the sun still out of the frame and clouds reaching across my backdrop I stood there and shot. It could not have been more perfect. Because the light on the flowers wasn't that great I just made it lighter in editing, but that sky is still in it's original state. For how much I chastised the sky in my other shots, calling it the most uncooperative element of all my photos (and I stand by that), for this particular shot, it could not have been better.
Morning preperations
That right there is some of the best skies I've ever shot, those bright colors streaking across the sky, something only a sunrise could give (a sundown gives more pink and red).
For those who do not remember my story from the other Iverson post, allow me to reiterate. Earlier in my photo career, before DirtyGlassEye, I was given a task to get 5 separate photos, all at a different time of day, and in a different location. I tried hard not to rely on Hood as my subject cause 1. It wasn't out a whole lot this season, 2. Everyone else does that here.
I arrived at the tulip fields when it was still dark and set up shop at the edge of the blooming fields (they change the pad locations every year to keep the soil pure, or at least that's what I've heard). It was around 40-50 degrees, a little chilly, but just the way I like it. If you're in the Pacific Northwest and don't like the cold then what ya doin here at all?
Anyways, I combed the rows for a bit before I found this pink John Deer which would be a great subject. So I setup and waited. Now that I think about it, I should've brought a foldable chair, fortunately the ground was dry and not muddy, it's been a little while since it last rained.
After about an hour the sky started to light up, with the sun still out of the frame and clouds reaching across my backdrop I stood there and shot. It could not have been more perfect. Because the light on the flowers wasn't that great I just made it lighter in editing, but that sky is still in it's original state. For how much I chastised the sky in my other shots, calling it the most uncooperative element of all my photos (and I stand by that), for this particular shot, it could not have been better.