Incoming Storm, Mt. Timpanogos, Utah Photo

Photographer’s Note

I had an hour for a drive, so I thought I would see how the autumn trees were progressing near where I live. This image is made from the Cascade Ridge area, near Provo Peak looking towards Mt. Timpanogos in the near center (11,750 ft.), and the mountains west of Salt Lake City in the background.

The view is at least 45 miles deep. This is a very beautiful area, and at this time of year full bow hunters looking to get their deer. If you visit the Wasatch Front in Utah, take the time to travel some of the roads a little less traveled, they can be rewarding.

I chose a wide lens, at 10mm to bring in the drama of the sky. No cropping, with only slight color correction for post processing.

ahmetgedikli, gracious, silvia_zenova, euryan has marked this note useful

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ahmetgedikli (21799) 2007-09-15 0:17

Hi Dana,
An excellent landscape... Great colors, lighting and good POV. Nice work.
Have a nice weekend.
Ahmet

gracious (20017) 2007-09-15 1:00

Hello dana,
great pov with sense of depth!
well composed with sharpness, vivid colour and details
awesome sky indeed
well done and well seen
cheers
Tony

aadilj (17950) 2007-09-15 1:05

thats a lovely vview with such a dramatic perspective and composition, the colours and patterns are lovely and the landscape has a good wide perspective and view

silvia_zenova (1318) 2007-09-15 5:52

Hello Dana,
the sky here is overexposed, but the landscape and the whole picture are realy beautiful! I like very much the colours, especially the autumn colours of the bush!
Greetengs!
Silvia

fallan (1840) 2007-09-15 7:09

I like the muted colors of the trees. Are the spruce on the left really growing at that angle or is that from the lens distortion? Very nice.

euryan (8345) 2007-09-15 17:48

Gorgeous view. I love the extreme wide angle here with Timpanogos right in the middle. I debated about going up there yesterday, but I chose to visit the Great Salt Lake instead. It's interesting to see what I missed.
Regards,
Ryan

cdmonson (2751) 2007-09-17 13:50

Hi Dana:

I was planning on going up to Cascade Meadows sometime this week. Good to see that the colors are well in bloom, so to speak. I like this one, but it's too bad you couldn't get some light on the mountains and trees. Otherwise it's quite excellent.

Clark

Photo Information

Copyright: Dana Rees (danarees) (2493)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-09-14
Categories: Nature
Camera: Nikon D200, Sigma 10-20mm f4-5.6 EX DC HSM, Digital ISO 100, Canon L-39 Sharp Cut
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/60 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-09-15 0:15