Tag: landscape

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  • Bakki, Iceland, large hills with bright rain

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    Scene notes:

    …on mountain in the distance beyond clear pastures. Observable on a large hill, low clouds and rain (left) on these Icelandic farm meadows. Shadows and sunlight on the rain shift as the precipitation rapidly moves along the Nimbus-cloaked high hills.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    12 seconds and 24 frames.

  • 2 of 10 | Sierra Nevada Mountain range and midday clouds

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    Towering congestus clouds, benefiting slightly from orographic lift, float from the peaks of the southern Sierra Nevada range. As tall as the mountains they seem to stand on, they transform as they grow and lose energy away from the peaks, evaporating. On these snowy mountains, their shadows travel. Under the blue sky, which is four-fifths of the frame, high Cirrus clouds move the opposing direction.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    12 seconds and 29 frames.

  • 1 of 2 | Lake Tahoe at Emerald Bay with boats circling the island within

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    The camera sits inches above rushing water which will flow into Lake Tahoe moments later. Boats are seen constantly motoring into this unique bay of the lake in the background, their wakes following and spreading out behind them. The middle ground is a landscape of rocks and evergreens. The sky composes the top fifth of the frame, with distant and massive growing rain clouds, and the sloping forest landscape imposing onto it. Shadows from clouds overhead pass through the scene onto the lake and away from the point-of-view. A
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    13 seconds and 20 frames.

  • Vivid colorful light rays on clouds from mountain peak of Mt Whitney

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    Light rays at sunset. Crepuscular rays fall from high humidity on mountaintops. The sun glows on the clouds as it sets behind Mt Whitney and the mountain ridge. The middle and background dims. The sunbeams shift as the clouds move and the sun sets below. The vivid, sharp rays are defined by the staggered peaks.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    12 seconds and 25 frames.

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    Scene notes:

    A fog layer that seems to caress the tree line on a hilly ridge just beyond. The camera moves to the right on a dolly over the foreground ledge. A fog bank is contained by the ridge line half a mile away, which extends across the frame. The stratus layer flows over the ridge line slightly, while the sky-blue ceiling in the top quarter of the frame is unbroken by any clouds.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    11 seconds and 14 frames.

  • Grand Tetons, a steep range from a meadow with light ray shadows moving slowly

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    Scene notes:

    Exemplars of aiguille-shaped peaks that travel over a kilometer down, glaciers included. The clouds create crepuscular (afternoon) rays from humidity and shadows. The light shines on some of the slopes. The mountains comprise nine-tenths of the frame.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    6 seconds and 24 frames.

  • 1 of 2 | Large heavy clouds over vast Crater Lake

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    Scene notes:

    … late afternoon cast shadows on the sparing water beneath. A very strong and stochastic wind moves the surface of the water below on Crater Lake, which covers roughly half the frame. Wizard Hat Island is seen near top-right. Visibility is good if not for heavy lower clouds passing overhead, with the sun peeking through to light up the foreground. .
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    15 seconds and 24 frames.

  • Mountain landscape silhouetted under scattering clouds at dusk

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    In the late afternoon, just before sunset, the sun has moved below the mountains. On the peaks, some clouds are created by the high winds and pour over the top of the frame. The foreground is a unique desert landscape of stone and decomposed granite.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    13 seconds and 11 frames.