Every photographer knows that sunrise and sunset are the best time for shooting. I’m ok with sunsets, but sunrises tend to require such early wakeups that I’m having a hard time with it. But all I really need is some company to motivate me to get up and go out, and so it was that we were on the road already at 5:30 and reached Kappruskaftet just in time to witness a beautiful sunrise. I was a bit doubtful if my pictures would turn out anything, it seemed like the contrast was too much so I did some bracketing but was already fretting at the hopeless HDR work I would have to do. But oh the joy when I saw the pictures on the computer and saw that Lightroom can recover the detail from the 6D RAWs without doing any HDR! So happy that I took those pictures, even when I thought that I won’t be able to make them work.
When we got to our intended spot on Kappruet, we saw to our disappointment that there was a lot of haze in the air so the mountains were diffused. So how many times have I been here, trying to take that panorama I know I can get here…. this must be the 4th time, and that’s in this year alone! Better luck next year then.
Sunrise through the trees
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There’s something special about Kappruskaftet, it often gives me a feeling of being on a savanna than in the mountains.
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This is only half of the panorama that I want to do. Blåstöten which is further on the left was too obscure thru the haze and I had to work hard in post processing to bring out the mountains that remain. (Click for larger version)
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While waiting for a miracle to happen towards Blåstöten, I tried shooting a panorama with the nice clouds. (Click for larger version)
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The autumn colours were not at their peak yet, some trees were still green. This one is half there.
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Finished off the trip at my favourite birch, this time in full colour and complete with interesting clouds.
