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Here's a favorite of mine. This image features some of Glacier National Park's most famous and dramatic peaks from the shore of St. Mary Lake. St. Mary is one of the windiest places you'll ever experience this side of Patagonia, especially in late October when I captured this one. I had my camera on a heavily weighted tripod and was attempting to control the exposure and capture some wave action (much like working with an ocean) while shooting into the teeth of 40mph winds. Suddenly, about an hour before the sun disappeared, a beam broke through otherwise dramatic clouds and illuminated the lake surface. I simply waited for another wave to crash on the outer rocks and fired the shutter, capturing this image. I used a polarizing filter and ND-grad filter to bring out the contrasts and control the exposure.
Comments [ Post a Comment ]| bigwilly | what a beauty! | | 
Voted 10/10 | deserves much more than ten votes. | | Posted Aug 27, 2007 9:09 pm |
| RomaK | Nature's Drama | | 
Voted 10/10 | Incredible shot! | | Posted Aug 27, 2007 9:32 pm |
| Jack B | So cool. | | 
Voted 10/10 | This is my absolute favorite of your shots, Marc. Well done. | | Posted Aug 28, 2007 6:52 pm |
| copeg | So beautiful. | | 
Hasn't voted | Another Adamus Gem. | | Posted Aug 30, 2007 7:30 pm |
| Tomas Kristofory | The power of mountains | | 
Voted 10/10 | Hi,
I feel the power of mountains from your wonderful photo! Cheers Tomas ;) | | Posted Sep 5, 2007 2:13 pm |
| Sharon | Knock-out! | | 
Voted 10/10 | Amazing, wonderful pic. LOVE it! | | Posted Sep 25, 2007 11:15 pm |
| Mark Straub | Amazing! | | 
Voted 10/10 | This is one of the best photos I have ever seen. Your pictures are amazing!
-Mark | | Posted Oct 19, 2007 11:03 pm |
| RyanHalsey1 | Good Pic | | 
Hasn't voted | Beautiful pic. | | Posted Jan 2, 2008 7:35 pm |
| marshalltenbears | real or fake | | 
Voted 10/10 | is this a real photo? | | Posted Jan 21, 2008 6:05 pm |
| bnegrin | bnegrin | | 
Voted 10/10 | This has to be one of the most interesting images of upper St. Mary's Lake. When and how was it taken??? | | Posted Jan 3, 2009 4:52 pm |
| jpmossy | amazing photo | | 
Voted 10/10 | great work, sticking it through those winds really paid off. you get a true sense of the wild and epic conditions you must have experienced that day. immerses the viewer. good job man | | Posted May 30, 2009 5:06 am |
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