What a Sunrise

Yesterday morning I noticed that it was foggy out, so I thought I would go up to Duncan early to take a few photos before I picked up my kids. As I drove up the Malahat pass, I came above the fog, and it looked amazing. I stopped at a viewpoint and captured the image below.




There were many other people taking shots as well, but a stranger came up to me and handed me his business card. He said his camera batteries died, and he figured I would get some good shots.
I looked at his card, and he is owner of a large graphic and web design company.

I guess my point is that it is worth "stopping to smell the roses". Not only did I get a very nice shot, I also got a bit of a business lead.

New snow photos

I have preliminary views of a couple of photos taken in the recent snowfall.


Of course comments are welcome:




I like the various lines, and the dark red contrasting with the blue white.

I did some basic levels, curves, and saturation work in Photoshop.

I also tried to do the same photo in the Gimp, but maybe I don't know the Gimp as well (very true), or Photoshop handles S2 Raw files better, but I couldn't get the photo quite the way I wanted it...

It is very red and very pasty.

Either I have to learn the Gimp, or I am stuck with Windows...

and here is another photo from the same shoot...

I like the stark contrast and almost monotone view.

again, any comments are welcome...

Alan