2016 Image of the Week #40

[Jonathan Huyer]

Wow thanks so much! I thought this contest was over when I saw Brant's "Power Lines" shot... I really like that one.
My shot did take a bit of planning, and a lot of stubbornness. I had made several trips there, and I wasn't going to give up on the spot until I got what I wanted. That particular morning it was actually raining just 5 minutes earlier, and I was fully ready to pack it in. But then a small patch of red appeared, and a few seconds later the sky completely took off. The next minute was completely frantic. I had just enough time to do two sets of panoramas, before the colour vanished. Landscape photography is supposed to be calm and contemplative, but this was as wild as photographing a polar bear right in front of me. I know the saturation in the picture looks a bit jacked up, but trust me it's not! It was a crazy morning, well worth setting the alarm clock for.
Thanks again everyone!

[Kayaker72]

Wow thanks so much! I thought this contest was over when I saw Brant's "Power Lines" shot... I really like that one.

Thanks Jonathan. Glad you liked the shot. And, it definitely sounds like you earned it. Just to contrast, mine was the last night of a visit back to family in Idaho. My mom and I had talked about photographing that nights sunset. We were at my sisters house, just finishing up dinner, and I realized that I was about to miss it. So, we hoped into my rental, zipped off and I was able to get the reflection off the clouds in two stops (power lines was the second) and then late blue hour in downtown Moscow.

So, planning does pay off.