First plane with diagonal © JRP

Sylvan Lake at Sunrise
J. Ramon Palacios
 Camera  Nikon D2X on Gitzo G1227 with Markins M10 ballhead, TB-20 base plate
 Lens

12-24mm f/4G ED IF AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor @ 12mm

 Filter Singh-Ray Daryl Benson's Reverse Neutral Density Graduated 3-stops filter
 Aperture f/18
 Shutter speed  1/2 second
 Film / ISO 100
 Date October, 2005
 Location Sylvan Lake, Custer State Park, South Dakota, USA
 Comments A beautiful man-made lake. Very hard to photograph rocks againts the bright sky of a sunrise glow. The pictures shot with a 3-stops ND grad filter helped the rocks to be seen, keeping the water under good exposure, but the sky behind was colorless. The Singh-Ray Reverse Neutral Density grad 3-stops proved itself the right one for this scene. We were so happy we began to throw pebbles into the water.