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*** The Awakening ***

Location:
Skofja Loka, Slovenia

Story:
You snooze, You lose. That's the true story for every landscape photographer!

Likewise, I too pushed myself out of the cozy hotel bed at 5am to get ready to tackle an uphill ride to soak in the beauty of Saint Thomas Church.

It was a really cold morning with below freezing temperature. So I had to drive very carefully maneuvering through the icy hair pin bends to reach the hill top.

I had done extensive research before my trip to Slovenia. Let me tell you that, its one of the safest countries in Europe with lowest crime rates.

In spite of all that I must admit, it was not a pleasant experience to drive middle of nowhere in a foreign country to reach the location before sunrise. Luckily my wife was my partner in crime and decided to sacrifice her sleep without knowing, what's coming her way. :)

As the sun came out, we witnessed nature use its pallet of a million colors to paint the scene. It was arguably one of the best sunrises I have ever experienced in my life.

Lesson Learnt:
Pain is temporary, the photo and the experience stays for a lifetime.

Regrets:

Some days the valley gets filled up with fog. I was not lucky enough to experience that.

I wish I had a dedicated telephoto lens.

The longest lens I had was a dedicated Canon Macro lens (100mm F 2.8). I have tried to make the best use of the available resource. Hope you guys enjoy it.

Canon 60D
100mm · f/11.0 · 1/8s · ISO 100
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83 Comments

Beautiful......wonderful work, thank you for your effort, it definitely paid off

Thank You Daniel! I am happy with how it came up :)

What an amazing photo. Is it a composite shot? You should be very proud its a stunning image.

Thanks Mark! Its not a composite, A Pano rather.

Stitched 3 images together in Lightroom with less than 10 minute of edit.

WOW!!

Stunning work! Now I know I need to go to Slovenia, who knew!? Those clouds above the mountains are quite the tease; I wish there was more of them included in the shot.

Thanks Mikey!

The scene was quite bit to fit in single frame.
I literally spend 10 minutes to post process this one.

However I have taken more raw files to capture the scene with more clouds. That would easily be a 12-15 pic Panorama stitching.

Watch the space. That pic is on cards, its just a matter of getting some free time.

Just as beautiful as I can imagine. Great shot, a must visit..

Thanks Harvey!

Stellar shot.

Thanks Adriano!

Wow !! incredible .. hats off ..

Thanks Yogesh for your Appreciation!

You had the right lens. Love your story and the panoramic view is wonderful.

Thanks!

Patience paid off. Hats off for such an incredibly crafted image. The light is outstanding.

Thank you very much!

stunning

Thanks Lee for your appreciation!

Amazingly beautiful!

Thank you Michelle!

(scratch this question) (You answered this already)How many frames did you stitch together for the final composite?

Wow... does this place really exist? Looks so magical.

The place does exist. Its all play of light :)

Thank you!

I love Slovenia :)

Me Too :)

The natural Mountie so much like this .

Owsom

Thanks!

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