06/18/18 Featured Photography–Clearing morning fog at Pinnacle Mountain

Sunrise through the fog over Pinnacle Mountain

I have a great fondness for the valley of the Little Mamuelle River and Pinnacle mountain.  On one side you have the river winding down to the Arkansas River and then across the mountain is Lake Mamuelle.  The distinctive shape of Pinnacle makes many feel that Arkansas has a volcano, but no the top is really two separate peaks.  Pinnacle is around 650 feet tall and on most mornings where there is fog, you will see the just the top of the mountain poking out.  This day was unique since there was a large amount of fog over Lake Mamuelle, which was billowing up like a cloud bank.  As the sun rose up, the sky was painted in a wonderful separation of pink to light blue and the sun hitting the face of the mountain just added to the scene.

I used my Phase One IQ3100 for this shot.  I was using a tripod and the Phase One 75-150mm lens.  However I still cropped into the shot at least by one third as I just wanted to have the mountain by itself.  I used Capture One software to work up the raw file and then tweaked the final look and feel in Lightroom and Topaz.

Pinnacle is a great climb for those in good shape, you can climb it from either side from fully maintained trails.

written for www.photosofarkansas.com by Paul Caldwell.  This article is copy write protected, please contact me for permission to reprint.