Comments on: Alpenglow http://www.my-photo-blog.com/alpenglow Photo blog featuring outdoor, travel and nature photos. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:46:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ron http://www.my-photo-blog.com/alpenglow/comment-page-1#comment-179311 Ron Thu, 10 Mar 2011 03:35:14 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/?p=3884#comment-179311 Thanks Chris! Thanks Chris!

]]> By: Chris Kayler http://www.my-photo-blog.com/alpenglow/comment-page-1#comment-179249 Chris Kayler Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:17:16 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/?p=3884#comment-179249 Woah!!!! Woah!!!!

]]> By: Ron http://www.my-photo-blog.com/alpenglow/comment-page-1#comment-144117 Ron Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:33:26 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/?p=3884#comment-144117 Hi Joni, Yeah, it is light reflecting off of clouds or the atmosphere. I was telling a friend the same thing - the term has been misused for so long, that it may become legitmate. Switchback is a great example, I hadn't thought about it. Velvia is slide film made by Fuji that was very popular with nature photographers, including myself, because it captured extra rich colors. This was before the days of digital. Thanks, Ron Hi Joni,

Yeah, it is light reflecting off of clouds or the atmosphere. I was telling a friend the same thing – the term has been misused for so long, that it may become legitmate. Switchback is a great example, I hadn’t thought about it.

Velvia is slide film made by Fuji that was very popular with nature photographers, including myself, because it captured extra rich colors. This was before the days of digital.

Thanks,

Ron

]]> By: Joni http://www.my-photo-blog.com/alpenglow/comment-page-1#comment-144102 Joni Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:45:57 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/?p=3884#comment-144102 Yes, I guess that is right. My brother-in-law tried to tell me the same thing, saying that it is reflected light, but I guess I don't understand reflected from where, the clouds? Guess I'd better research it further since the definition in my Websters is not clear. I know what we see in Estes Park is referred to as alpenglow, but it is the light cast from the sun on the mountains as it is rising, rather than before sunrise or sunset. Guess the term has grown to become something else -- in the US anyway. It's like the term "switchback" which I believe technically means a curve that is too tight to go around so a train must go past the curve on an extension of the track and then continue up the next leg backwards. My uncle always refused to use the term when talking about "hairpin" turns, but that copy of Websters that I've been referring to refers to winding or zigzag roads, so it must be legit. Maybe "alpenglow" will one day be a legitimate description of the warm glow we see on the mountains at sunrise from our homes -- if it isn't already, at least colloquially. Now what is velvia? My copy of Websters doesn't say. Yes, I guess that is right. My brother-in-law tried to tell me the same thing, saying that it is reflected light, but I guess I don’t understand reflected from where, the clouds? Guess I’d better research it further since the definition in my Websters is not clear. I know what we see in Estes Park is referred to as alpenglow, but it is the light cast from the sun on the mountains as it is rising, rather than before sunrise or sunset. Guess the term has grown to become something else — in the US anyway. It’s like the term “switchback” which I believe technically means a curve that is too tight to go around so a train must go past the curve on an extension of the track and then continue up the next leg backwards. My uncle always refused to use the term when talking about “hairpin” turns, but that copy of Websters that I’ve been referring to refers to winding or zigzag roads, so it must be legit. Maybe “alpenglow” will one day be a legitimate description of the warm glow we see on the mountains at sunrise from our homes — if it isn’t already, at least colloquially.

Now what is velvia? My copy of Websters doesn’t say.

]]> By: Ron http://www.my-photo-blog.com/alpenglow/comment-page-1#comment-144101 Ron Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:43:03 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/?p=3884#comment-144101 Thanks a lot! Awesomeglow - I like it! Thanks a lot! Awesomeglow – I like it!

]]> By: "anonymous" http://www.my-photo-blog.com/alpenglow/comment-page-1#comment-144072 "anonymous" Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:01:43 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/?p=3884#comment-144072 sweet "de-light" sweet “de-light”

]]> By: Dennis Barton http://www.my-photo-blog.com/alpenglow/comment-page-1#comment-144068 Dennis Barton Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:22:07 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/?p=3884#comment-144068 That is a beautiful capture Ron That is a beautiful capture Ron

]]> By: Richard Wong http://www.my-photo-blog.com/alpenglow/comment-page-1#comment-144047 Richard Wong Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:02:12 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/?p=3884#comment-144047 Yes, that is pretty sweet Ron! The light is so vivid and yet soft, which is different from most alpenglow light I have seen. Yes, that is pretty sweet Ron! The light is so vivid and yet soft, which is different from most alpenglow light I have seen.

]]> By: Mark http://www.my-photo-blog.com/alpenglow/comment-page-1#comment-144043 Mark Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:01:04 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/?p=3884#comment-144043 Whatever glow it is - I'd call it awesomeglow. :-) Whatever glow it is – I’d call it awesomeglow. :-)

]]> By: Mike http://www.my-photo-blog.com/alpenglow/comment-page-1#comment-144038 Mike Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:37:34 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/?p=3884#comment-144038 Absolutely amazing!! Nothing else I can think to say about it. Just leaves me speechless. Absolutely amazing!! Nothing else I can think to say about it. Just leaves me speechless.

]]> By: Ron http://www.my-photo-blog.com/alpenglow/comment-page-1#comment-144035 Ron Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:44:59 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/?p=3884#comment-144035 Thanks a lot everyone! It does look like Velvia. It was sure an amazing sight to see in person! Ron Thanks a lot everyone! It does look like Velvia. It was sure an amazing sight to see in person!

Ron

]]> By: Drew Fulton http://www.my-photo-blog.com/alpenglow/comment-page-1#comment-144034 Drew Fulton Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:45:24 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/?p=3884#comment-144034 Wow... simply wow... Wow… simply wow…

]]> By: Michael E. Gordon http://www.my-photo-blog.com/alpenglow/comment-page-1#comment-144028 Michael E. Gordon Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:42:35 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/?p=3884#comment-144028 That's righteous, Ron! You sure that ain't Velvia? :) That’s righteous, Ron! You sure that ain’t Velvia? :)

]]> By: Carl D http://www.my-photo-blog.com/alpenglow/comment-page-1#comment-144009 Carl D Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:36:42 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/?p=3884#comment-144009 Hey Ron, I call it 'big light'. It's sweet. Cheers Carl Hey Ron,

I call it ‘big light’.

It’s sweet.

Cheers

Carl

]]> By: April Bunn http://www.my-photo-blog.com/alpenglow/comment-page-1#comment-144008 April Bunn Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:02:32 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/?p=3884#comment-144008 Awsome shot!! Awsome shot!!

]]> By: Jim Goldstein http://www.my-photo-blog.com/alpenglow/comment-page-1#comment-144007 Jim Goldstein Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:32:20 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/?p=3884#comment-144007 Technically I think its "Sweet sweet mountain light", but some might inject an explicative or two when in the field "Sweet @#$%! sweet $#@$%& mountain light!!!". Interesting about what "alpenglow" really is, but what is more interesting to me is this great photo. Amazing color!!! This must have been a jaw dropping moment to witness in person. Technically I think its “Sweet sweet mountain light”, but some might inject an explicative or two when in the field “Sweet @#$%! sweet $#@$%& mountain light!!!”. Interesting about what “alpenglow” really is, but what is more interesting to me is this great photo. Amazing color!!! This must have been a jaw dropping moment to witness in person.

]]> By: DARYL BUTCHER http://www.my-photo-blog.com/alpenglow/comment-page-1#comment-144006 DARYL BUTCHER Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:29:27 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/?p=3884#comment-144006 The strawberry ice-cream effect was something we enjoyed behind Anchorage with the view from Fire Island in the early '60s. Even better from up close at Ft. Richardson. The late sunrise/sunset didn't even spoil our sleep for the view. Lasts a VERY long time because of the shallow sun angle around the horizon. (The S-48 folks don't know about a sun trajectory of 20 degrees or lower around the horizon.) The strawberry ice-cream effect was something we enjoyed behind Anchorage with the view from Fire Island in the early ’60s. Even better from up close at Ft. Richardson. The late sunrise/sunset didn’t even spoil our sleep for the view. Lasts a VERY long time because of the shallow sun angle around the horizon. (The S-48 folks don’t know about a sun trajectory of 20 degrees or lower around the horizon.)

]]> By: Sherri Meyer http://www.my-photo-blog.com/alpenglow/comment-page-1#comment-144005 Sherri Meyer Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:23:57 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/?p=3884#comment-144005 This is beautiful Ron! I misunderstood the definition of Alpenglow too, until recently when I was about to misuse the word. I thought it meant the same thing you did. This is beautiful Ron! I misunderstood the definition of Alpenglow too, until recently when I was about to misuse the word. I thought it meant the same thing you did.

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