Sunday, 25th September 2011
Explosive Sunrise
by Brett Nickeson
Photographers live, die, and do some pretty crazy things in between for amazing light. In the end, it's scenes like this that make it all worth it. This image was taken at Reflection Lake in Mount Rainier National Park. Not only does the mountain have a lenticular cloud over it, the wind profile around the mountain created a spectacular cloud structure, similar to updrafts in large thunderstorms found in the Midwest. I will consider myself lucky if I am ever witness to a scene that can top this.
Equipment: Canon 7D, Tokina 11-16mm
Brett Nickeson
I am a nature photographer based out of the Midwest. I enjoy photographing the great American West, it's wildlife, and severe weather. I strive to bring incredible scenes to those that might otherwise miss them.
Website: www.brettnickeson.com
Explosive Sunrise by Brett Nickeson was photo of the day on Sunday, 25th September 2011. It is tagged Mountains. You can leave a comment below.
27 Comments
Bill Bowman
Tremendous job of capturing the multiple elements with the highlight on the layered clouds. Great pic!
Bill Kenny
Beyond breathtaking! As for luck, as the Pennsylvania Dutch purportedly say ‘the harder you work, the luckier you are.’ Your skills and ability delivered the image after serendipity assisted you in the staging.
astho
wow..! good work.. nice shoot
Art x
beautiful image. well done
Pauline Jones
Super fantastic; well done!
Teresa Teixeira
Amazing sunrise! Pure beauty!
Mohammed Ahli
Now this is an amazing picture !!
Ian Pelly
Just breath taking, love the colours, the cloud formations and the reflections.
Kathy
A beautiful shot of heaven.
Helen Hart
Perfect title. I lived across the water from this mountain for years, saw some awesome sights but none to top this one.
Howard
Brett – hoping you have a number of stellar surprises in your exploits!
Deborah
WOW! Absolutely Divine! Excellent photograph!
Congratulations for POTD!
Laura Milholland
Stunning in every aspect! Congratulations.
Mom
And to think I’m blessed enough to have this on my wall!! Absolutely beautiful, son. You will never stop amazing me!
Karen G.
Serendipity is a wonderful thing! And you have the skills to take advantage of it — gorgeous photo!
Mario Gustavo Fiorucci
Amazing sunrise! well done!
Tazmin Shariff
Thank you for ‘Living, dying and doing some pretty crazy things in between for amazing light!’!! I’ll probably never see this scene with my own eyes and you captured the soul of the place in a way few could!
judy
Can’t remember ever seeing a picture of Rainier w/o the mountain dominating the picture….you’ve put the mountain in 2nd place to the sky! Just gorgeous!
Judy, WA state.
terry davis
These are lenticular clouds, which form only over mountains. cf. http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=clouds+that+form+over+mountains&id=673538FF5D7AB8D55BE234CD38D4E37390097FF4&FORM=IGRE3
Andrea
Great sky with beautiful reflection.
Rajib Singha
Breathtaking scenery!
Kimberly Gould
Mount Rainier is just awesome and we’re lucky to live near such a spectaular creation in nature. Thank you for sharing!
Bev
Beautiful! definitely my type of picture..maybe one day I’ll get there to try capture some amazing sunrises, sunsets and clouds
John Summers
Keeping me out of my bed to say Beautifu Beautifull
Just rock, water, air & light . . . but it goes together into such heart- grabbing beauty! Thank you!
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John Summers
Oh I missed the trees.
Morkel Erasmus
Rare moments of light displayed like this make it all worthwhile! Congrats…
Torch
Many will go through their entire life without seeing something as beautiful as this! What a unique opportunity you have afforded yourself. Keep up the good work and follow your dreams.