Tag: shadows

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  • In Strokkur, Iceland, thermal vents with fall trees and hillside in the background under clouds

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    Scene notes:

    Near this grove of autumn trees, a many colored, a rocky and steep foothill looms to the upper-right of the frame, on which shadows of the clouds move slowly over. Nearer in the foreground, hints of steamy geysers pass quickly. The yellow trees seem to vibrate slightly in the wind.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    14 seconds and 6 frames.

  • Rain cloud looms above at sunset as the sky is enveloped in a tinged storm

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    Scene notes:

    Panning downward slowly, a slow moving rain cloud complex over a plan during dusk. Rain can be observed in the distance at the very bottom of the frame, as well as a distant tree line. The clouds range from strongly tinged pink to Halloween orange as the sunset progresses.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    17 seconds and 12 frames.

  • Sunset with shade growing on Half Dome, Yosemite Valley from Glacier Point

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    The sunset on Yosemite Valley. The shadows of the nearby mountains and ridges fall on Half Dome last, with colors shifting redder with time. Facing east towards Cloud’s Rest in the distance.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    11 seconds and 28 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.

  • 2 of 2 | Vivid light rays on fog through a cypress tree on a hill

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    Scene notes:

    A steady amount of fog pours through, while just above. Without a layer of cloud above, the full brightness of the sun is coming through the canopy at top-right, spreading out as sunbeams on the ferns, mossy rocks, and vegetation of the hill, which climbs 45 degrees and fills a third of the frame. A three second interval is used.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    18 seconds and 14 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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    Scene notes:

    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.

  • Shade moves slowly on the forest hillside until sunset

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    On the forest floor of a hillside, the late day shadows shift among the branches, leaves, and ferns.
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