Orange Melt

[Canyon Hiker]

I shot these last week on the way home from S&R training high in the Sierras. These were shot at about 4k feet at the snow line. I am just getting around to processing them. The only thing I did with these was a slight contrast increase, and I de-saturated 5%. The colors up here can be unbelievable before and after a storm.
The shot with my dog I worked heavily with burning and layers to try and save it, It was heavily over exposed..(shooting directly at the sun) I tried to block the sun with a tree to try and capture what me...and from the looks of it, my dog saw. The sun rays were some of the best I had seen in a long time.
The B&W was unintentional. I started to take the shot with a 2 second timer. I had a call on the radio and set my camera down on the hood of my jeep, and that's what it shot. I thought the reflection off the hood was..different.











Darin