# Breakout Light on Valdez Narrows

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/breakout-light-on-valdez-narrows/12854>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** weekly-challenge\
**Created:** [April 12, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/breakout-light-on-valdez-narrows/12854 "2020-04-12T22:47:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Gary\_Minish](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/gary_minish/32/525_2.png) [@Gary\_Minish](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Gary_Minish)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/breakout-light-on-valdez-narrows/12854/1 "2020-04-12T22:47:09Z")

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Where the Valdez Bay meets the mountains. It was a cold winter day as the sun began to break through the heavy clouds of a snow storm. If you follow the heavily treed hills on the left as they taper to a point you will be at the outlet of Bay that is labeled the “Valdez Narrows”.

 ![Breakout Light on Valdez Narrows](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/b/2/b2a678fe37ee6ba492c52d0f34e7468743e7e608.jpeg)  
Sony a6300, FE70200GM @ 103 mm, ISO-100, f/5.6, 1/250, hand held.

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**Author:** ![Harley\_Goldman](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/harley_goldman/32/213_2.png) [@Harley\_Goldman](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Harley_Goldman)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/breakout-light-on-valdez-narrows/12854/2 "2020-04-13T01:01:24Z")

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Beautiful spike of lit clouds in the otherwise nicely understated scene. Works well.

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**Author:** ![Bill\_Fach](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/bill_fach/32/78290_2.png) [@Bill\_Fach](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Bill_Fach)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 4:00am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/breakout-light-on-valdez-narrows/12854/3 "2020-04-13T04:00:34Z")

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Gary: Simply wonderful light and conditions superbly composed and captured. I especially like the soft color palette and the atmospherics. Top notch. \>=))\>

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**Author:** ![GennyK](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/d2c977/32.png) [@GennyK](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/GennyK)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 4:12am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/breakout-light-on-valdez-narrows/12854/4 "2020-04-13T04:12:32Z")

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Valdez pretty much defines " land meeting the sea"! Nice image, but geez, it looks cold. 😀

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**Author:** ![Mark\_Seaver](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/mark_seaver/32/231_2.png) [@Mark\_Seaver](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Mark_Seaver)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/breakout-light-on-valdez-narrows/12854/5 "2020-04-13T12:53:05Z")

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Gary, the spike of warm light sets this chilly (and quite monochromatic, otherwise) scene off beautifully.