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This image was captured in November of 2015 during a winter snowstorm that was building up throughout the Sierra Nevada and surrounding areas. I photographed for an hour or so within 30 miles of this area in the ancient Lake Lahontan basin, in relatively flat and softly diffused light conditions, no sun whatsoever. Right before sunset, the storm cleared up quite a bit, and a window opened up for about ten minutes, casting the last rays of sun upon the entire span of the partially tufa encrusted Mountains. Shortly after taking this picture, the snow moved in again, I photographed a little while longer, but figured I better get while the getting’s good, it did not take long for the snow to create whiteout conditions with low visibility. It was not so much fun driving back home with headlights creating a “snow warp” effect. I passed several wrecks and overturned cars on I80 heading back to Reno. I made it home safely, with some good memories of this short afternoon venture. This is a single exposure, exposed for the highlights. During post, I created two smart object layers from CRAW, dropping the exposure 1 stop on one of the smart object layers, then exposure blended the two layers, and further processed the image using luminosity masks via the TK Panel, to build up depth and dimension. © MIKE CLASEN PHOTOGRAPHY www.mikeclasenphotography.com
This is a single 30 second exposure captured in high winds during a winter storm at a sub-lake of ancient Lake Lahontan in Nevada. It took quite a few attempts to capture a sharp image, due to wind gusts up to 60 mph. I shielded the camera with my open jacket during the long exposure. Captured February 2014… This image is NOT for sale in ANY medium. © MIKE CLASEN PHOTOGRAPHY http://www.mikeclasenphotography.com
Captured August 2015 for a TMCC photography course project. A toppled broken tufa spheroid reveals the fascinating workings of its inner core, which were created thousands and thousands of years go under the waters of ancient Lake Lahontan. This ancient tufa formation, which resembles a speaker cone or an eyeball, is roughly ten feet in diameter. © MIKE CLASEN PHOTOGRAPHY www.mikeclasenphotography.com
