This weekend was a ton of fun! I went on a 12 mile backpacking trip with a couple of friends. The hike was about 6 miles each way, there was a bit of a research fail as we thought it was 3 miles each way, lol. No problem though, we got to our destination with no problems. However, we had planned on camping at Rock Lake but those plans had to change as the best camping spot was being used by a group already. So we hiked 1/4 mile more to Lower Rock Lake and lucky us, we had the whole lake to ourselves!
After an evening of sipping off a flask of nice tequila, I woke up early on Sunday to capture this beautiful scene.
Lower Rock Lake, California
Shot with a Canon 5DS R and a 24-105mm lens, set at 24mm. ISO 50, with an aperture of f13, the exposure was 2 seconds long. A graduated neutral density filter was used on the front of the lens in order to darken the sky a bit and balance the foreground exposure with the sky exposure.
Lower Rock Lake, California
Just in case you're curious... Here's a map From Strava that tracked our hike on the way out. The green dot is Lower Rock Lake, where we camped Saturday night.
Our campsite was incredible. We had a nice grassy area for the tents, crawling distance to the lake. Unfortunately, it's a bad time of year to have a fire as everything is dry out there and there was a lot of wind, which can carry sparks. There was a metal fire ring but it wouldn't have been wise to use...
My tent.
Cheers!
I hope you all had a great weekend too!
Scott Thompson
Scott Shots Photography
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