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Marc Adamus, Glacier NP, Winter

Gallery: NPN PhotographersPosted November 29, 20065,846 views18 comments

Yep. Here I am again. I was actually in a better mood than I look. A huge parka and about 4 other layers on because it was around zero degrees at the time 7000 feet up, in Glacier NP in November. It was fogged over and there wasn't much else to shoot so I set up and snapped a few self-portaits with a tripod mounted camera on 10-second delay. This Sierra Designs solo tent that is my home up to 100 days each year. It's small but comfortable.

Comments

18 comments

Comment posted by Juza on November 29, 2006 at 5:50 PM

Hi Marc,
nice to see you!

I envy your tent ;-)...it is a lot of time that I plan to buy a decent tent but I haven't decided yet wich one to get. How much does it weight your tent? What is its temperature limit?

Thanks in advance for the info

Registered on November 1, 2003, 374 Posts, 10466 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Wong on November 29, 2006 at 6:41 PM

You are one crazy dude. Zero degrees w/o gloves. I need a new tent as well, i ripped mine in the eastern sierra over a year ago and haven't found a suitable replacement.

Registered on February 2, 2006, 79 Posts, 2629 Comments

Comment posted by Marc Adamus on November 29, 2006 at 7:13 PM

I had temporarily taken off the gloves to fiddle with the camera. I usually wear lighter-weight gloves under really heavy ones during such conditions when I'm using the camera a lot. That's my one regret about the photo (that and I'm not exactly smiling). I should have put them back on.
I have three tents and a bivy sack. This one is used most often. It's seen 40-mph winds and holds up decently. It weighs only 2 pounds 12 oz. Juza, there is no temperature rating given to tents, but my sleeping bag inside the tent is a Marmot bag rated to -20F/-28C.

Registered on September 17, 2005, 780 Posts, 8091 Comments

Comment posted by Jude Haase on November 29, 2006 at 9:04 PM

Marc,

Can't help but to admired your will to get out and hike and shot in that kind of weather! Being I'm from the South I don't think I'll be hiking in any of them conditions soon.

Registered on April 3, 2006, 236 Posts, 1657 Comments

Comment posted by Alice Scoggins on November 30, 2006 at 10:47 AM

You're quite the adventurer!! And it pays off with the awesome images you create, I always enjoy seeing them. Have fun out there!

Registered on February 21, 2005, 430 Posts, 5959 Comments

Comment posted by Zack Schnepf on December 1, 2006 at 12:07 AM

Looks like you're becoming one with the wilds around you here

How were you charging batteries out there, were you just charging them when you got back to your car?

Registered on November 1, 2003, 403 Posts, 2528 Comments

Comment posted by Leann Greene on December 1, 2006 at 8:55 PM

And you have mastered the 10 sec. timer as well!

Registered on January 25, 2006, 223 Posts, 3566 Comments

Comment posted by Jack Brauer on December 3, 2006 at 6:10 PM

Ha! I love it. I have the same home... it's nice to take just the fly and floor and leave the tent behind. Here's me in Colorado on a much warmer day.

Registered on September 12, 2005, 40 Posts, 627 Comments

Comment posted by Odell Garrison on December 4, 2006 at 12:54 PM

Nice to meet you Marc!

Registered on May 6, 2006, 109 Posts, 556 Comments

Comment posted by Jeremy Cram on December 4, 2006 at 1:23 PM

You should smile more, look where you're at!

That BG is really sweet.

Registered on June 4, 2006, 204 Posts, 818 Comments

Comment posted by Josh Anderson on December 9, 2006 at 11:12 PM

Hey dude,

Good to 'see' you again. Congrats on all the wonderful images you came back with.

Registered on June 2, 2005, 493 Posts, 2996 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Chambers on December 11, 2006 at 6:30 PM

This reminds me of the conditions here in Florida last weekend! Yeah, right.

Love the photo and conditions in general, but I think I'll just enjoy them from a distance.

Great Member Photo.

Registered on April 10, 2005, 753 Posts, 21216 Comments

Comment posted by Wayne Rhodus on December 28, 2006 at 1:39 PM

Marc, those are some piercing eyes! No wonder you have such great photographic vision! After admiring your work for some time, it's nice to see the extent of the effort required to get the image. Nice to meet you.

Registered on November 16, 2003, 157 Posts, 3326 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Erhardt on February 1, 2007 at 2:16 PM

Talent and dedication - it shows in every photo you post. Thanks for psoting this one too!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 245 Posts, 2421 Comments

Comment posted by Pete D on March 12, 2007 at 10:20 PM

Sierra Designs should give you an endorsement contract. The snow is gray on my monitor. It's supposed to be calibrated (my monitor, not the snow), so little luminosity level adjustment might be in order.

Pete D.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 590 Posts, 1794 Comments

Comment posted by Marc Adamus on June 15, 2007 at 11:47 PM

You know, Pete. It actually was grey. This is a 2-second exposure at twilight, 7am.

Registered on September 17, 2005, 780 Posts, 8091 Comments

Comment posted by Alexandre Deschaum on May 26, 2010 at 3:47 PM

A great atmosphere ;)

Registered on May 10, 2010, 29 Posts, 101 Comments

Comment posted by Sebastian Kraus on May 19, 2011 at 9:12 AM

why you never smiling?

Registered on March 17, 2011, 30 Posts, 132 Comments