The Rapture ~ HDR

Over Exposed · Jun 3, 2011

Snagged this one from my sunrise hike this a.m. The first hour of the sunrise was squelched by intense dark clouds as my dog and I hiked along the ridgeline in the Craggy Mountains. Finally a break came in the clouds and I scrambled to set up and capture this image.

nos33 · Jun 3, 2011

that is a bad ass picture.

Bynx · Jun 3, 2011

Thats about as good as it gets. What perfect timing.

The Future · Jun 3, 2011

Killer one of my favorites.

D-B-J · Jun 3, 2011

Beautiful!

PhotoTish · Jun 3, 2011

I can never make up my mind about HDR. Very often it is overdone but, sometimes I see an HDR photo which changes my mind, this is one of those photos. I think it is wonderful :thumbup:

willis_927 · Jun 3, 2011

stunning

2WheelPhoto · Jun 3, 2011

joealcantar · Jun 3, 2011

Times like this is when I say "Mother nature smiled at me" . Very nicely done.
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Shoot well, Joe

lyonsroar · Jun 4, 2011

Hot damn.

mindfloodz · Jun 4, 2011

that is awesome. The title is perfect for that!!!

nos33 · Jun 4, 2011

can i have a high res for my desktop wallpaper?

Over Exposed · Jun 7, 2011

Wow, thanks so much for the kind words everyone. It's incredibly encouraging to receive such nice compliments from my peers, and I'm very grateful. I spend a lot of days getting out of bed at 4 a.m. to head out for sunrise hikes with my dog in the mountains. Many mornings the weather does not seem to want to cooperate. One thing I can say, which this is an example of, is that the best moments always seem to come out of nowhere and sometimes right when you are about to call it quits for the day.

nos33, this image is in my flickr stream and available there in a higher resolution for your wallpaper. Click on my flickr URL in my signature below and it will be one of the first images in the stream.