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16-OCT-2006

The Sierras, from Alabama Hills, California, 2006

This vertical landscape contrasts the shadowy Alabama Hills to the higher, sun struck Sierras above them. The image begins in sage and ends in sky, with deep browns and golden oranges gradually rising through the image. The colors in the deep shadows are, in their own way, as warm as the colors create by the setting sun in the background.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50
1/160s f/4.0 at 18.0mm iso100 hide exif
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Date/Time16-Oct-2006 07:01:13
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ModelDMC-FZ50
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length18 mm
Exposure Time1/160 sec
Aperturef/4
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias-0.33
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Phil Douglis24-Jan-2007 05:46
Once again, we witnessed this scene together, Iris. Thanks for recalling it here. I saw the Alabama Hills in the dark foreground as a strikingly different entity from the Sierras in the sun splashed background, and built those layers of contrast upon those differences. You say, it is the juxtaposition of these differences that makes this image expess the essence of the moment we watched together here.
Iris Maybloom (irislm)24-Jan-2007 01:57
The lighting is extraordinary in this picture....I definitely have to return!! The fact that you got such amazing clarity, texture, and earthiness in the Alabama Hills juxtaposed against the glowing Sierras is a feast for the eyes.
Phil Douglis19-Nov-2006 01:58
A lot of photographers fear darkness, Ai Li -- but I welcome it. The shadows swallow the earth here, and the textures within them appear richer and more fascinating than if we saw them illuminated. I guess I could call this one an abstract landscape.
AL18-Nov-2006 16:23
A beautiful contrast indeed as the sun gradually withdraws its light from the earth surface. Your vertical perspective accentuated the passing of time.
Phil Douglis27-Oct-2006 06:48
That was my point, Christine. Contrast -- the end of the day and the coming of night are both in this image.
Christine P. Newman27-Oct-2006 00:23
Dramatic. You really managed something interesting with the light (and the lack thereof).
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