Misty Mountain Hop

[RbnDave]

Hello All,

I just got back from another trip. Took this one Tuesday morning while flying from Knoxville to Charlotte.

http://www.pbase.com/rbndave/image/41515796.jpg


Hope you like it.

Dave

[Mills]

Surreal.

[Michaelmjc]

thats a great shot, very monochramatic.

[stoneylonesome]

WOW! Can't tell the mountains form the clouds or vice versa. :lol:

[ajbalazic]

So I've decided what I'm gonna do now.
So I'm packing my bags for the Misty Mountains
Where the spirits go now,
Over the hills where the spirits fly, ooh.
I really don't know...



Nice photo Dave. I like.

[Skip Souza]

Eerie! Nice work.

[sparker1]

Monster photo, Dave. You do get a perspective the rest of us can't, and you take advantage of it. Great work.

[ssim]

Excellent shot Dave.

[RbnDave]

Thanks for the comments. i fly over the smoky mountains about four times a week and rarely does a photo op present itself. The mountains are usually clouded over or blanketed in haze. This shot worked because it was taken shortly after sunrise. The clouds didn't have a chance to form yet.

I'm hoping to get up to the Smoky's by car sometime in the next week or two to catch the dogwoods blossoming.

[THE BEAST]

I often look at peoples work but rarely comment but with this image i feel i must, It is excellent i cannot think of a single way it could be improved. Well done, Is there somewhere i can download a full sized image if its ok with you i would like this pic on my desktop.

[snakeman55]

Another awesome pic, thanks

[RbnDave]

Thanks again. I almost didn't post this one. Glad you liked it. I shot this with my 100-400 L through multilayered curved glass and into the sun. My 100-400 isn't very good through the airplane window. If I zoom any further than about 250mm it is unable to focus. I think this shot was taken around 150mm so the lens worked OK. In the origianl I wasn't very satisfied with the contrast. I boosted up a lot of things in photoshop to make this image more closely represent the actual scene. I was hoping to capture a bit more detail of the highest mountain peaks. They were frosty and looked a lot nicer than this photo portrays. I guess I couldn't stop and set up my tripod.

Beast,

I'm happy I drew you out of lurking. Here's a link to the largest version i have on the web.
http://www.pbase.com/rbndave/image/41515796/original That should work for you. It isn't exactly full size, but it should be more than enough. You can find more photos like this in my airline gallery. here's a link. http://www.pbase.com/rbndave/pictures_from_my_job Hope you enjoy.

[Paul_O]

Excellent shot, that belongs hanging on a wall in a large size.

well done

Paul