DirtyGlassEye
Luminous leak
What you're seeing right now might be one of my all-time favorite compositions I've ever been able to shoot or witness. I spent a lot of time getting these materials in different places. The amazing hillside lights, the ferris wheel blurred by the clouds, and that amazing ski lift that looks like a prism effect, Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd comes to mind, it looks as if it's just spilling down the terrain.
This mountaintop theme park and it's Christmas event (if you can really call it that, it goes until May or June) are simply incredible. While the rain was a problem the entire day (and worse since I was in the clouds now), the low 40s temperature did not sway me at all nor my ambition. Would you believe me if I told you that glow around the lights was entirely organic and not added in editing? The illumination across the mountaintop was very powerful, and I had no intention of minimizing that. The way these bright colors spill across the mountainside and the dark sky.
Now what I did do in editing was a bunch of clarity fixes. The ski lift in particular was a bit too bright, so I let the lights show their true shape, did the same to the hillside lights on the left, lowered the clarity around the ferris wheel cause the sky wasn't blending in there as well as I wanted. The patch of lights at the bottom was initially a lime green, but I turned it yellow to help it contrast with the other colorful pieces in the image better.
I was a little on the edge about posting a shot with a rainbow in it (cause politics), but a wise woman told me before departing here that that element doesn't belong to that group and is still a symbol of happiness. She was right. And ultimately, this is Sagamiko's centerpiece, at the end of the day I couldn't NOT shoot it. I absolutely love it. I recommend Sagamiko to all, extreme weather, minimal attractions, but expert showmanship all around.
I guarantee you will see more shots of this in the future, I'm far from finished here. (Why does the mobile version of this post look awful)
Luminous leak
What you're seeing right now might be one of my all-time favorite compositions I've ever been able to shoot or witness. I spent a lot of time getting these materials in different places. The amazing hillside lights, the ferris wheel blurred by the clouds, and that amazing ski lift that looks like a prism effect, Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd comes to mind, it looks as if it's just spilling down the terrain.
This mountaintop theme park and it's Christmas event (if you can really call it that, it goes until May or June) are simply incredible. While the rain was a problem the entire day (and worse since I was in the clouds now), the low 40s temperature did not sway me at all nor my ambition. Would you believe me if I told you that glow around the lights was entirely organic and not added in editing? The illumination across the mountaintop was very powerful, and I had no intention of minimizing that. The way these bright colors spill across the mountainside and the dark sky.
Now what I did do in editing was a bunch of clarity fixes. The ski lift in particular was a bit too bright, so I let the lights show their true shape, did the same to the hillside lights on the left, lowered the clarity around the ferris wheel cause the sky wasn't blending in there as well as I wanted. The patch of lights at the bottom was initially a lime green, but I turned it yellow to help it contrast with the other colorful pieces in the image better.
I was a little on the edge about posting a shot with a rainbow in it (cause politics), but a wise woman told me before departing here that that element doesn't belong to that group and is still a symbol of happiness. She was right. And ultimately, this is Sagamiko's centerpiece, at the end of the day I couldn't NOT shoot it. I absolutely love it. I recommend Sagamiko to all, extreme weather, minimal attractions, but expert showmanship all around.
I guarantee you will see more shots of this in the future, I'm far from finished here. (Why does the mobile version of this post look awful)