Photo by mark kirms
Clouds Above and Below
On a mountain bike ride up to the top of a local peak (Roxy Anne Peak in Medford, OR) on the morning of April 9, 2026. The fog had settled into the valley below and the sun ignited the clouds above. The sky was truly electrifying! The only camera I had was my iphone SE (3rd generation)…glad I had it with me.
Post processing notes:
Actually, the photo required very little post processing. Cropped the photo to remove the gravel road and simply used "Develop" tweaking the exposure/contrast/highlight and midtones to accentuate the cloud and fog variations. Changing the photo to black and white made everything "snap" more than in the original color photo..though it was also quite a good photo.Exif information:
| Copyright: | mark kirms |
| Camera: | iPhone SE (3rd generation) |
| Aperture: | f/1.8 |
| Focal Length: | 3.9900000095367mm |
| ISO: | 32 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/9804 sec. |
| Created: | April 9, 2026 10:37:10 |