I hiked and snowshoed over 9 miles round trip to get this image. Got up at 12:30AM, then drove to pick up my best friend Brian, then drove more than an hour to Brainard Lake, then departed the car at the parking lot at 3:15AM, got to this location around 6:45AM, spent about an hour shooting and waiting for the light to become right. Got cold, packed up, and hiked back to the car. My original intention was to hike a little further than I did, but I ran out of gas, I mean calories. I hit a wall like never before. I almost turned around before taking any photos at all. I'm glad my buddy Brian talked me through so I could go just a little further to complete my objective.
This is two images blended together. I took a five shot sequence with images 1/2 stop apart. I used the sky from one and the land from another. When I got home and loaded my images, I did not think I had captured anything worth keeping. But after about 3/4 of a day of careful editing and advice from my former Long Shots teammates, I came up with what you see.
Thanks to mitalapo, alexkc, Dr.Confuser, RianBotes, Tommy_Mac, and GG3rd for everything they have helped with and advice they have given. And for all the great camaraderie! Long live the Long Shots!
Another era begins at DPC. Happy New Year and may you all have a happy and healthy 2013!
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Great shot Dennis. Majestic, well processed and the lines work for me furthered by the conversion here. Clouds/hint of it rounds the sky off nicely as just the sky would have been a tad bland. Love the trees breaking the ridge framing the background mountains together with the Triangular shaped "theme" complemented by the trees as seen in the mountains. Strong image compositionally. No bling needed for this to catch the eye
Love the pristine snow and jagged peaks. Well seen and composed. Somehow, the nearly square crops works for this scene. The foreground trees lend a "soaring to the sky" feeling. 10
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