Early morning before the storm

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Early storm at dawn.jpg
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Critique Style Requested: Standard

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Description

It was a frigid morning, and the first major winter storm was approaching Yellowstone National Park. Although unprepared, I didn’t take too long to get the shot, as I saw a few other photographers dressed correctly. It was surreal for me as the sun was rising, but the storm clouds were fighting it, creating this early morning clash.

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Let me know what I could’ve done better or what other considerations I should’ve taken.

Technical Details

Shot with my OM-1 MK II using the 12-100m F/4 lens in aperture priority at f/7.1 with an exposure time of 1/25 Sec and 14mm focal length.

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Robert: Marvelous atmospherics and a very inviting scene. Going to Yellowstone in winter is on my bucket list and this helped to push it a touch higher. Did you stich images together or simply crop? If it’s a crop I might like to see just a tiny bit more FG and perhaps bring up the brightness there a little more. Still pretty darn good as presented. >=))>

Robert
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Hi Bill,

Yes, I cropped it and I agree I need to add a bit more foreground. Great suggestion on brightening up the FG. As luck would have it,
I’m heading out Tuesday to West Yellowstone and I’ll be doing a snow tour on Wednesday. Hopefully I’ll get some good shots. Thanks for the input.

Bob