Golden Glow on Hallet Peak - a photo on Flickriver

            Some friends invited us up last minute to do some camping in Rocky Mountain National Park this weekend. I was itching to get out and photograph something, so the timing was perfect. I debated where to shoot this morning, but figured I'd hike back up to dream lake since the last attempt brought horrible lighting and weather. I've always wanted that amazing golden light on Hallet peak shot but never had the right conditions before today. Sure it's unoriginal, but with scenery like this how can you not shoot it?

Unfortunately, while I timed my hike just perfect for the light conditions, I was beat by two other photographers who were standing at the back of the lake so I couldn't get the view I was hoping for. I had to wade all the way to the left side of the lake and make the best of it in order to stay out of their shots. Ironically, I ran into my buddy Jared who I met last time at Dream Lake when we encountered the completely boring light that we both wanted to avoid. I guess we were both thinking the same thing this morning and couldn't let nature beat us. It was pretty funny that we both just happened to decide to make today our early morning trek back to Dream. 

This was my first attempt at stitching multiple shots together to get more detail similar to a large format camera. I took several shots in a pano like sequence to get the most detail possible. Other than stitching the shots together, and some minor color /contrast correction, this is exactly how the scene looked this morning. I don't do HDR with any of my shots. 

So I finally have the golden sunrise light of Hallet Peak under my belt. Next time maybe I'll be up for the longer hike into the lake of glass or black lake, but waking up in the cold at 3am gets a little rough!

Taken on: August 30, 2009

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