Charlie’s solar-powered JMT b/w & magic light photo shoot, 2015
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OK, here's it is! I got a lot of help here getting my gear in order for the JMT. Since this is BPL, you will of course want to know that my total base weight was 17 lbs: 6 for photography and power; 11 for other. I'm proud of that, whatever you may think. My (theoretically) UL tripod weighed 2.7 times more than my shelter, although I could have multiused it as a tent pole (if both of my hiking poles had given out) or as a bear-bludgeoning device. I'll be filling in the JMT set over time here: http://www.charliewhitfield.photography. And no one likes my new Facebook page if you want to help with that (appreciate it!). Or look for me on 500px or 1x if you do that. I do a bit of processing, but not too much. Mostly I like to find interesting compositions and (sometimes) strong color from the ambient light of magic hour and blue hour (the trade secret here if you didn't know it is to not use auto white balance). I'm still new at this serious photography stuff. I'm trying to learn from other photographers that inspire me rather than what's popular on 500px right now. Here are some of my favorites so far… Day 1, on the way up to Cloud's Rest. How about an escalator right here?
Everyone goes wide-angle here (for good reason) but here's a portrait: Not magic hour. Blue hour! 8 sec exposure about half-hour before sunrise: You know it's going to be hail when it looks like this in the Sierra. Was that ZPacks tarp a mistake? Banner with moon, morning after the storm: Gladys Lake at evening magic hour: And Gladys Lake again 39 minutes later: Beautiful Marie Lake. The sun is barely up and the lake is still in blue shadow: Two backpackers walking by Lake Marjorie: And two not yet on my website… I carried a 22.5 oz. f/1.4 lens with the specific intention to do astrophotography. I may have carried it the whole 220 miles for this one damn shot. Was it worth it? Bighorn Plateau was just astounding! Not nearly done with this area: Please let me know if you want to see more here. I'm probably only half way through the best of the set. Photography and power Sony a7r (16.4 oz.) Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm f/2.8 ZA (4.2 oz.) Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 (from lensrentals.com; 16.8 oz.) Rokinon 24mm f/1.4 (from lensrentals.com; 22.5 oz.) Sirui T-025X CFTripod (w/out center pole; 27.7 oz.) Suntactics sCharger-5 (8.6 oz.) 2 spare batteries (3.2 oz.) 1 USB cable + one backup (1.6 oz.)Too garish? Anyone who's hiked from Lake Virginia to Silver Pass will remember the very, very white granite. That stuff just bounces back light from a pink sunset:
Edit: After posting I'm not quite sure I'm done with this. It's a tough balance between true colors (which often look unreal and even more garish than above) and attempting to recreate perceived colors (tough to do and subjective). This is a case where auto white balance really goes way off and does neither. Edit2: Ah! That's better! Took a whole lot of desaturation to get this soft pink that I remember instead of violet vomit. (Although I suspect violet vomit would get me a higher ranking on 500px. Oh well…)Someone on another thread said 35mm is too narrow for landscape. Well, you can always do this. It's a 180 degree panorama stitched from six portrait-oriented photos.
Everyone goes wide-angle here (for good reason) but here's a portrait: 
Not magic hour. Blue hour! 8 sec exposure about half-hour before sunrise: 
You know it's going to be hail when it looks like this in the Sierra. Was that ZPacks tarp a mistake? 
Banner with moon, morning after the storm: 
Gladys Lake at evening magic hour: 
And Gladys Lake again 39 minutes later: 
Beautiful Marie Lake. The sun is barely up and the lake is still in blue shadow: 
Two backpackers walking by Lake Marjorie: 
And two not yet on my website… I carried a 22.5 oz. f/1.4 lens with the specific intention to do astrophotography. I may have carried it the whole 220 miles for this one damn shot. Was it worth it? 
Bighorn Plateau was just astounding! Not nearly done with this area: 
Please let me know if you want to see more here. I'm probably only half way through the best of the set. Photography and power Sony a7r (16.4 oz.) Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm f/2.8 ZA (4.2 oz.) Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 (from lensrentals.com; 16.8 oz.) Rokinon 24mm f/1.4 (from lensrentals.com; 22.5 oz.) Sirui T-025X CFTripod (w/out center pole; 27.7 oz.) Suntactics sCharger-5 (8.6 oz.) 2 spare batteries (3.2 oz.) 1 USB cable + one backup (1.6 oz.)
Edit: After posting I'm not quite sure I'm done with this. It's a tough balance between true colors (which often look unreal and even more garish than above) and attempting to recreate perceived colors (tough to do and subjective). This is a case where auto white balance really goes way off and does neither. Edit2: Ah! That's better! Took a whole lot of desaturation to get this soft pink that I remember instead of violet vomit. (Although I suspect violet vomit would get me a higher ranking on 500px. Oh well…)
The Hermit, at the eastern end of Evolution Canyon 
The Painted Lady, across one of the Rae Lakes 
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