#mount warren

There’s Mountains Beyond the Lake Waters (Jasper National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the southeast while taking in views as I walked around the Maligne Lake area in Jasper National Park. What I wanted to capture with this image was the setting of the lake with the mountains as a backdrop.

Summer Clouds and Reflections, Mono County, CA by 4 Corners Photo Via Flickr: Clouds form over the Sierra Nevada and are reflected in the calm waters of Mono Lake on a summer afternoon filled with thunderstorms in Mono County, California.

The River Runs By Me, Away from the Mountains (Jasper National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While at bridge crossing around the Maligne Lake and River with a view looking to the southeast. The setting is using the river flowing by as a leading line into the image with the more distant ridges and peaks of the Queen Elizabeth Ranges as a backdrop. I decided to keep a leveled-on view with the more distant shoreline as I felt blue and with clouds complemented the earth-tones present in the lower portion of the image. A balance, if you will. The rest was later making adjustments with control points in DxO PhotoLab 6 to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.

Clouds and Lee Vining Peak, Mono County, CA by 4 Corners Photo Via Flickr: Lee Vining Peak rises above the cloud-filled Mono Basin in Mono County, California. The clouds were trapped in the basin by a winter temperature inversion.