Reflecting Northern Towers by Ramunas K Fishermang

Reflecting Northern Towers by Ramunas K Fishermang

A banshee pierces the sky with a shriek that sounds like something a ghost of a crow would make. Multiplied by a thousand. Exploring these towers should feel safe, they are impassable and seem to give you shelter looming on your side, seemingly above you. Photographing mountain lakes with autumn colors surrounding them is my favorite thing, possibly only challenged by photographing northern lights (image then the thrill of getting both of those in one..). I wandered off downhill to the slope of these mountains to explore and found at the very edge of the lake a coastline with what to me seems like an endless treasure. These mountains are almost inconceivably tall, them looking that big on a wide angle lens already says enough. This spot is on the way to Nusfjord in Lofoten. I tried to capture reflections, which were mirror-like in clarity. I wanted to give the whole scene depth at the same time. The end result turned out to be a photo that shows something at every level, which I am very enthusiastic about. In processing this is a blend of three photos, one for the sky, one for the midground and one for the foreground (but not a panorama, just different exposure settings). I didn’t use physical filters because of the mountains shape as I didn’t want them to get too dark as I already have that issue when processing blends. In addition to usual white balance, color work, contrasts, I strengthened the autumn colors to showcase them more, dodged the reflection some to make it more visible. In the end I am just glad I managed to fit the whole scene into my wide angle lens! Let me know what you think about it. Cheers!

Ramunas K Fishermang: Photos