
Friday, 5th February 2010
Sunrise From Snake River
by Kevin McNeal
This is one of those frustrating images you gotta have if you go there even though everyone has it. I tried every morning to get some alpenglow on the peaks and for what ever reason something went wrong so I was glad on the last day to get some kind of color. I used a Mor-Slo 5 Stop ND filter to get a longer exposure and thus more color.
Kevin McNeal
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Sunrise From Snake River by Kevin McNeal was photo of the day on Friday, 5th February 2010. It is tagged Mountains, River, Sunrise. You can leave a comment below.

26 Comments
MATE
beautiful, the color transition is amazing and really beautiful hues of pink and blue great job
Jeff Swanson
It might be a shot that everyone has to get, but I’ve never seen it quite like this! Incredible color and detail. I’ll never get tired of seeing wonderful images of the Tetons.
Thanks for sharing!
Tad Bowman
Icons are icons for good reason. I don’t think there’s any shame in shooting them. I think you’ve done an outstanding job with this image. The color along with the snow is wonderful. Congratulations on your POTD.
JimAtkin
Kevin. Great shot as usual. How did you take the shot on Friday 5 February 2010 when I am looking at it on 4 February. Typo?
JimAtkin
Oops my mistake that was Earth Shots entry not yours. Duh.
K Cannon
Great photo love the colors does not look real. Good eye! Thanks for sharing with all!
Wanda Krack
Your patience and use of a filter has worked wonders. One beautiful shot!
Pauline Jones
Beautiful; well worth the wait.
Rajib Singha
Wonderful light!
Grete
Superb shot, this light gives a special touch to photography. Congratulations for your patience, the result was incredible! Greetings
planet lover
Spectacular! I love the range of blues and reds on the mountains and valley.
Marie Dunphy Harding
You Did capture ‘some kind of color’. Great work.
Renee
Well what a beautiful shot it looks so amazing the colors are simply lovely. Congrats!
Malta Photography
Nice colors. amazing view.
I really like the sharpness and the splendor of colors in these images.
Dennis
It was worth the wait. Now you have one too.
Kevin McNeal
Thank you everyone for the comments and appreciate the time to write some feedback.
mike
I like the sky colors.
Ariel
Dude… YES!!!
Quick question Kevin… why does exposing longer give you more color?
Katherine Lee Strassburg
Lovely shot of our magnificent wilderness!
paul whitton
wow frozen land warm colors nice contrast of events!
karen KNOUS
IT LOOKS LIKE A POSTCARD, BEAUTIFUL
Anurag
Great shot Kevin.
But, please explain how does slower shutter translate into greater color???
Kevin McNeal
Anurag -
Sorry to be late to answering the question but with the Mor-Slo it has a magenta cast and the longer the shutter the more vibrancy. That has been my experience but according to reason there can be no reason for this and I must be wrong. I plan on doing a blog test on whether this is true or not.
Anurag
Kevin -
I honour your experience and do not question the results you get. One plausible explanation may be that with ever longer shutter speeds some amount reciprocity failure creeps in just as with films. This leads to slight under exposure, which would then result in more saturated colors.
chantal
Wow!!! such an amazing picture
su
It may have been done before but this one is special. congrats