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Beautiful Lake Neptune glinting in the early morning sun as the clouds above produce ethereal rays lighting the crags and hillsides all around. Taken from atop the Western Arthurs in Tasmania, Australia.
Beautiful Lake Neptune glinting in the early morning sun as the clouds above produce ethereal rays lighting the crags and hillsides all around. Taken from atop the Western Arthurs in Tasmania, Australia.
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Beautiful Lake Neptune glinting in the early morning sun as the clouds above produce ethereal rays lighting the crags and hillsides all around. Taken from atop the Western Arthurs in Tasmania, Australia

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How this shot came about.

It was very exciting to be climbing up from Lake Cygnus to embark on a full day of photography. I had repacked my rucksack to a bare minimum for photography, food and safety. 40kg (90lb) had become 15kg (34lb) and I was hardly noticing the weight.

I had not set any expectations as to what I might find as I scaled the steep path up from the lake but knew that when the weather is as beautiful as it was there should be ample opportunities for amazing imagery - and I wasn't disappointed.

It was gusting to 100kph (62mph) from the North. It was cold, but I was rugged up and wasn't complaining as the wind was creating and ever-changing texture in the sky. I followed the path under the cliffs at the top of the corrie wall (see The Path Less Trodden for a view of my route) and made my way to from where that shot was taken.

Lake Neptune, the Junction Creek valley and the mountain ranges beyond were lit with a fabulous silvery illumination piercing through the scudding clouds and casting light and shadow across the scene before me. For quite a while thoughts of photography were subsumed by more philosophical ones as I just sat and drank it all in - so peaceful.

I took several versions of this shot but this one captures the lighting on the crags in just the way I remember it. I love the shadows on the valley floor, the beams thrusting down from the clouds, the crags highlighted on the left and the glinting wind ripples on the surface of the lake far below.

Shot Location

This Shot

Planning in The Western Arthurs is much more about understanding the likely cloud and rain that sweeps regularly over the mountains. In a wilderness circumstance such as this, where no internet services are available, my primary source of information becomes the satellite weather I can receive on my Garmin Montana 700i GPS.

This shot was one of several I took on this day once I realized I would have a 6-8 hour window of high cloud and little rain.

Planning here also involved cutting back my rucksack to the bare essentials for safety as well as photography in order to minimize its weight. It made for a very pleasant “carry”.


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Gear

Camera: Canon EOS R5

Lens: Canon RF 70-200mm f2.8 L IS USM

Storage: ProGrade Cobalt CF Express B 325Gb

Ballhead: Really Right Stuff BH-40

Tripod: Really Right Stuff TFC-34L Mk2

Cable Release: Canon BR-E1 Bluetooth Remote

ND Filter: None

Exposures

Count: 84

HDR Count: 7 exposures per shot

Aperture: f11

ISO: 100

Focal Length: 70 mm

EV values: -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3

Shutter: 1/4000, 1/2000, 1/1000, 1/500, 1/250, 1/125, 1/60

Filters

ND Filter: Not used

Gradient Filter: false

Polarizer: false

Image

Rows: 3

Shots: 0

HDR Shots: 12

Aspect: Landscape

Arrangement: 3x4

Post Production

Basic Workflow

  • I used Lightroom to stitch the 84 HDR exposures together into a 12 image mosaic
  • I passed the image through Topaz DeNoiseAI removing CCD noise from the sky and clouds and the valley below

Image Adjustment

  • There was a contrast and clarity adjustment to the hillsides in the foreground
  • There was a light pass across the image with Topaz SharpenAI
  • The contrast of the clouds was adjusted to bring out some more details
  • I used a luminosity mask to accentuate the sunbeams
  • I used a mask on the three sisters to brighten the edge highlights on the rocks to match those on the rocks in the foreground 
  • The image was cropped in to tighten the composition

A graphic of the shot's layout structure

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