In July 2024, my friends and fellow photographers invited me to discover the Eco Laurentides Park located in Mont Blanc, an hour and a half north of Montreal.
For such happening, I carried two camera bodies ready to shoot, one with a 16 to 36 mm lens and the other with a 24 to 200 mm lens (35 mm eq.). The lightweight and small size of my Micro 4/3 gear is ideal.
After a few minutes on a hiking trail, I arrived at the beginning of a very long aquatic walkway. I was amazed by its length and perspective. This walkway leads to a distant mountain, all covered by gorgeous clouds! I was curious to scout the area.
This scene clearly invited me to go ahead, but I had to stop and seize this lovely moment.
Handheld, I took my camera with the wide-angle lens. I composed the image using a 16 mm focal length and a F16 aperture. To achieve ETTR, I overexposed the scene by 1 stop.
Later, in post-production in Lightroom, I created a sky mask and performed a dehaze set at +20. I inverted this mask and set the shadows to +100. Then, I pressed the AUTO button in LR to let the software perform all the other adjustments automatically!
Looking at the final image, it was a magic moment to capture. That day, I captured many beautiful images. I will certainly go back!
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