Kings Canyon Meadow
When you photograph landscapes you must be there when the light is there. And I am not referring to high noon. That first hour in the morning and the last hour at night is your time to shoot landscapes. I am not saying you can’t get a decent image any other time of day, but I have known nature photographers that would put their equipment away for most of the day rather than waste film.
This golden hour shot has tranquility and stillness. There is something about the cloudless lavender sky that creates a hush over the scene. You feel that the dear are just inside the shelter of the forest about to emerge to graze the meadow.
There is a certain grandeur to this work. The composition brings to mind the landscape paintings of the late nineteenth century. Note how the leading lines of the tree tops guide our eyes up the pasture to the distant mountain.
My only recomendation would be to remove the tree top at the far end of the meadow. Its current placemant makes it quite promenate in the scene.
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March 17th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
This meadow was shot very late in the afternoon just before sunset in Kings Canyon/Sequoia National Park, right next to our campground.
Original shot: Canon Rebel XTi, 20-35mm Lens@20mm. 1/125sec, f/6.7, 100 ISO