When you are at high altitudes, the sky becomes more blue. This is simply because there is less atmosphere (and therefore less partials) in the way. This shot was taken at Vikings home at Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe. No not a shot of the island which everyone gets, but a shot of the rock formation just at the top of the road. By pointing your camera up, you are shooting into space. Ok, well not that dramatic. But you can get those dark blue skies without a polarized filter.
I took this shot in the second week of 2009 and usually this section of Lake Tahoe is not accessible because of snow. Since there has not been much snow (the jet stream is still high over the pacific north west), we were able to drive there. But just a few weeks later, it has snowed in again. What luck.
