Mountain Peaks All Around and a Backdrop for the Lucerne Campground

            This was from the stern of the ferry boat as it headed away from the campground we'd just stopped. So as the view pulled back, I could see more and more of the towering mountains all around. One mountainside after another seemed to come out to add that magnificent backdrop for this part of Lake Chelan and the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. The idea I wanted to capture with this image was to have the campground area towards the bottom of the image with minimal water foreground. The rest of the image was about mountains...big mountains towering above. I wanted anyone seeing this image to appreciate and enjoy that early "summer" day in the Washington Cascades while staying at that campground. I later used some CEP filters (Low Key, Polarization and Graduated Neutral Density) in Capture NX2 which seemed to best bring out look I wanted in a final image, even with the bright sunlight from the early afternoon.
   

Taken in: United States / Washington / Chelan (show map)

Taken on: June 12, 2017

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Camera: Nikon D800E, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec, 120mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D800E
Lens:	24.0-120.0 mm f/4.0
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/2000)
Focal Length:	120mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Scene Capture Type:	Landscape
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Capture NX 2.4.7 M
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