How I discovered and the process I took to make this image captured in the High Sierra range in 1999
In 1999, I went on a backpack trip into Sequoia – Kings Canyon National Park, where we started at Cedar Grove and had a relentless ascent of 4,513′ over 11 miles up a canyon to Bubb’s Creek Wall. While my boyfriend at the time was there to put up a new climbing route with a buddy, I wandered on (after a nights rest) on an overnight photo excursion by myself to East Lake . On my way across the High Sierras at Junction Meadow I headed onto a trail heading south along East Creek and came to East Lake where I was mesmerized by the mirror calm water, granite and soft light. This is the beauty of the High Sierra and I had plenty of incredible images to capture!
I camped near the lake edge and was able to literally put my tripod in the water and take this photograph on my Nikon film camera with a wide angle lens (about 20mm). Using a glass graduated Neutral Density filter I was able to balance the exposure between the detail in the crystal clear lake and the brighter sunset colors gracing the distant mountains. The heavy tripod which I had carried more than 15 miles was imperative for the long exposure in this low light. In those days I used Fujichrome Velvia film which captured the true colors of these high vistas, and then this slide was drum scanned for a hi-rez image file that was printed.
If you want to see this image in person, it is on display, and for sale at Art Obsessions Gallery in Reno, NV.
I plan to be at the gallery for “Meet the Artist” receptions the next two Saturdays – 12/10/2022 and 12/17/2022 from 3-7 PM
The gallery is located in the Village at Rancharrah and has lots of other festivities planned these days as well.
If you’re interested in more details about this photo, or my process or about this very special place, don’t hesitate to contact me.
Niobe Burden Fine Art Photography 
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