Charlie's solar-powered JMT b/w & magic hr photo shoot, 2015

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Charlie's solar-powered JMT b/w & magic hr photo shoot, 2015

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Finally some photos from my hike! I'll be processing these for a couple months. Happy to post more here if there is interest. Or you can follow along as the set fills in at http://www.charliewhitfield.photography/John-Muir-Trail or my new facebook page http://www.facebook.com/CharlieWhitfieldPhotography. (Facebook is working hard to make me feel like a total loser because I have only 3 "likes". Appreciate any help I can get there.) You can also find me by name at 500px and 1x.

Here are some of my favorites so far...

Day 1, on the way up to Cloud's Rest. I really wanted an escalator here:
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Everyone goes wide here (for good reason) but here's a portrait:
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Not magic hour. Blue hour! 8 sec exposure about half-hour before sunrise:
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You know it's going to be hail when it looks like this. Was that .7 oz/sqyd cuben fiber tarp a mistake?
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Banner with moon, morning after the storm:
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Gladys Lake at magic hour:
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And Gladys Lake again 39 minutes later:
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Beautiful Marie Lake. The sun is barely up and the lake is still in blue shadow:
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Two backpackers walking by Lake Marjorie:
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And two not yet on my website...

I may have carried a 24oz. f/1.4 lens the whole 220 miles for this one shot. Was it worth it?
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Bighorn Plateau was just astounding! Not nearly done with this area:
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Please let me know if you want to see more here.

Gear
Sony a7r
Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm f/2.8 ZA
Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 (arrived 2 days before my start; thanks lensrentals.com!)
Rokinon 24mm f/1.4
Sirui T-025X CFTripod (w/out center pole)
Suntactics sCharger-5
2 spare batteries
2 USB cables (I had a cable failure in pre-JMT gear testing)
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Lovely shots, CharlieW. :thumbsup:

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Very nice shots Charlie! I look forward to seeing more. As a photographer I can appreciate the amount of time that goes into not only capturing images, but in the digital age the time spent after the fact in post processing. I really like the Virginia in Pink shot on your site, talk about being in the right place at the right time..

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Thanks!

Well, here's Virginia in Pink for Jake. I'm still futzing around with it. I like strong color but this one is pretty garish. I was just recalling how white the granite was from Virginia Lake to Silver Pass. Nowhere better to catch the light from a pink sunset.

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Edit: jeez! After posting this I decided I didn't like it. Too violet and garish. Went back to photo and pulled saturation way, way down. Now I think I see the soft pink that I remember.
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Blue Hour. Very nice. Never heard on that one before. Yes, i want to see more. thanks
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very nice set of images. Great variety in colors and moods. Late season is a great time to be out there.
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Thanks all! Here's a few more I've been working on...

Ritter Range Panorama (this is composed of 5 vertical shots; absurdly big photo!)
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Lake Marjorie Abstract
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The Hermit, at the eastern end of Evolution Canyon
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The Painted Lady, across one of the Rae Lakes
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Wow, just wow. These are incredible shots. The Milky Way shot is fantastic, is that Fin Dome as the backdrop?
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Yeah, that's Fin Dome from Dollar Lake. I did a lot of pre-trip planning with topo maps and astronomy sites, and browsing others' photos on Google images. That shot was pretty much planned right down to the foreground rock and grass.
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So to answer your question, especially from one that didn't have to lug the 24 oz. Yes, yes it definitely was worth it! It is a wonderful capture.
"The mountains are calling, but can't find my phone"

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