Posted by Marc Adamus on April 28, 2007 at 12:12 PM
I wanted to reprocess this one for a client last week. A very difficult exposure, this was the finest display of light at sunrise I've ever seen. Captured over Mount Rundle, in Banff, Alberta. You're probably familiar with other images I took that morning, though I don't believe I've posted a landscape version here.
Seen it before, love it with out question, but seeing it again made me realize how far south the sun actually rises in the Rockies. I had to actually pull my maps out to double check to see how the sun could rise over Rundle when you're looking so far south.
Dammit, now I'm jonesin for some Rockies.
Posted by Marc Adamus on April 28, 2007 at 1:56 PM
Yeah, and I was actually down to only 8 hours of daylight by mid-November. The nice thing though, was that the magic hour would seem to last forever.
Posted by Mark Windom on April 28, 2007 at 3:24 PM
I try to find something in your images to nitpick about but no can do in this one. The rays of light over Rundle, fantastic color in the sky and its reflection on the ice, the S-shaped curve of water in the FG....nice stuff. Is this a single exposure?
Posted by Marc Adamus on April 28, 2007 at 3:44 PM
Yes, Mark. It is a single exposure. I did have to bring out the mountain a little more in post processing, but it's otherwise very accurate to the original RAW.
Posted by Zack Schnepf on April 28, 2007 at 4:20 PM
Truly epic Marc, that is a one in a million light show, and you have an incredible scene to put it over. It doesn't get any better than this, except your vertical versions of this scene
Posted by Jack Graham on April 28, 2007 at 10:22 PM
Marc,
When I get moved..... this as another shot i want on my wall.... I'v been in this location many times... always in June... that's why this is so special.... this is as good an image as I've seen from you... and that's saying something!
JG
I meant how many mornings did you stake out at Vermillion Lake for this shot specifically? If you say this was a first attempt, I'm gonna cry.
Posted by Marc Adamus on April 29, 2007 at 9:35 PM
Uh, this was my first attempt. Sorry to break it to you. But prior to this, I had endured a massive storm cycle (you'll recall the early November floods) with 15 consecutive days with snow or rain, and very little good light elsewhere in the rockies.
Discussion
15 replies5D, 2-stop GND, 1 second at ISO 50, F16.
Dammit, now I'm jonesin for some Rockies.
When I get moved..... this as another shot i want on my wall.... I'v been in this location many times... always in June... that's why this is so special.... this is as good an image as I've seen from you... and that's saying something!
JG