Dappled Sunlight on Mount Tom
Death Valley and its surrounding desert area to the west / north west butts up against the eastern slopes of the Sierra Mountains. One extreme – dry, parched desert – gives way to the other – moist, snow capped mountains with ever changing cloud formations. This is an ecosystem that is hard to explain, and the weather patterns caused by colliding air masses creates a volatile yet beautiful juxtaposition.
This image was taken early morning with howling winds and temperatures near 30F, following an evening’s snow on Mount Tom near Mammoth, CA.
Mount Tom in B&W, Eastern Sierras
5D MkII, 70-200L f/4 at 75mm, 1/250th sec @ f/18, ISO 800
A beauty, Clarke!! Very nice B&W….very fitting for the conditions on that brutally cold and windy morning! (well, “brutal” for this Florida boy!)
Exquisite!! I’ll bet that would leap off the page printed with Silver Effects or whatever. On Metal maybe.