Islands in the Mist

[Mickeymoo]

Gday all went for a walk the other day to camp on top of a mtn to photograph the sunset and sunrise, the sunset was mist! but it cleared at around 11:30pm and we got some magic views of the cloud filled vallies, but the mist returned several times, needless to say I was quite excited and spent most of the night peering out of the tent to watch the mist swirling below us. The sunrise in the morning was one of the most beautiful I have seen up in the mountains to date.
More photos can be seen at http://s173.photobucket.com/albums/w76/mcikeymoo21/?start=0

Michael.

[frank_in_oz]

Magic stuff. I bow in admiration. Thanks

[Son of a Beach]

wonderful shots! which mountains are they?

[Mickeymoo]

Thanks Frank and Nik, the photos are taken from the top of the needles.

[corvus]

Mickymoo ,fantastic shots I am envious of your youth and expertise I will be taking my 2.7 mp mobile phone/camera on our walk tomorrow and dont expect that I will be posting any picks here
corvus

[Mickeymoo]

Thanks Corvus, its amazing how good a shot a mobile phone camera can take these days though

[woka]

Great photos Michael, thanks for sharing.

[Roy Rage]

Michael your photos are absolutely amazing!! it must take an even more amazing man to take those photos!! damn does that orange tent look good!!

[Roy Rage]

ps. you got way to excited and kept me up all night!!

[johnw]

These shots are inspirational, thanks for sharing them . Apart from the technical aspects of which gear you use etc, how long do you spend planning, preparing and setting up for each shot? I'm aware that well-known wilderness photographers often spend many hours waiting for the light to be correct etc. These look as though a lot of thought and work went into them, so I assume you use a similar approach (as opposed to my "take three quick snaps and run" ).

[Mickeymoo]

Thanks very much John.
I suppose you could say that a bit of planning goes into it but as far as sitting round for hours waiting for the light to be right that doesnt happen much unfortunatly (always seem to be too pressed for time) but a fair bit of planning goes into it I suppose such as identifying places of interest from maps, other photos etc, I love pouring over maps and looking for features/places that could be good at sunrise/set, also knowing the area you are going to, where the sun rises/set etc really helps, normally I will be looking all the time for possible spots I can go back to at sunset/rise etc.

[Chris]

Superb images Michael. Great to see your work again now you no longer appear on Red Bubble.

[Mickeymoo]

Thanks Chris, but I haven't ever had any images on redbubble, must be someone else

[johnw]

(always seem to be too pressed for time)

I can relate to that . One of these days I'm going to go on a bushwalk where time is not an issue, and it doesn't matter if I spend 3 hours taking a photo.

identifying places of interest from maps, other photos etc, I love pouring over maps and looking for features/places that could be good at sunrise/set, also knowing the area you are going to, where the sun rises/set etc really helps, normally I will be looking all the time for possible spots I can go back to at sunset/rise etc.

Great hints Mickeymoo, thanks! I often do a lot of research in terms of planning, but it's usually from a navigation/walk design perspective. Will have to start thinking more about the photo opportunties as well.

[Chris]

Thanks Chris, but I haven't ever had any images on redbubble, must be someone else

Strangely, your name is shared by an excellent photographer who used to belong. Thought there couldn't be more than one Mickeymoo!

[MJD]

Great shots. Most are looking West or Northwest across the Florentine Valley towards The Thumbs (see the third picture). Certainly the best pictures I've seen of this peak and I've tried a few times to get some. Well done.