Color on the Landscape

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  • Dusk falls blue over a secret arch near Mt Whitney

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    Scene notes:

    A hidden arch at dusk during blue hour with no clouds, only the shifting blue dusk gradient. Motion-controlled physically on a rail.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    12 seconds.

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  • 1 of 3 | Glowing sunrise on a valley from Whitney Portal

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    Scene notes:

    At dawn, looking out from a portal road to Mt Whitney, the desert and Alabama Hills are in view far below and away. Brilliant lights prelude the sun rising. For a time over the valley, some clouds reach a Salmon-Pink color with highlights that are Lighting Yellow and Bright Gold, and the open sky is a Jordy Blue color.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    14seconds and 2 frames.

  • Alto, cirrocumulus above while panning on the wild…

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    Scene notes:

    Castellanus clouds (castle top clouds) are named for their towering appearance; these mid-level clouds have the most intricate and brilliant lighting while shapeshifting above the wild forest hills at sunset, oranges, golds, pinks, purples, and pale blues.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    7 seconds and 21 frames.

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  • Aerial city view, the skyline of Sacramento, river…

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    Scene notes:

    …flowing below at sunset with traffic. Mid-level stratus clouds are present while facing east. The continuation of another clip.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    12 seconds.

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  • 2 of 2 | V slow light shaft moving toward POV on top Bryce Canyon

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    Scene notes:

    Capturing a moment of time at dawn in the winter among the positively red hoodoos of sandstone and dolomite, which owes their odd shapes to the erosive patterns from these rocks. Snow blankets this unusual and wild landscape, as it stretches and flattens out into the distance where a ridge separates land and sky. The sun, out of frame, rises, and with it the snow brightens, and shadows recede.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    8 seconds and 17 frames.

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