Majestic Mount Rundle

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 1, 2012580 views22 comments

Happy New Year everyone.

Here's another from my recent Canada trip. Yes, I know -- this is a bit of an "icon", but this was the only morning where we were actually camped in Banff, and when we woke up, the light looked very promising, so we went for it. I'm glad we did, it was a beautiful sunrise.

5DM2, f/16, .6 seconds, 35mm, ISO 50 One RAW processed several times for color and dynamic range.

Comments

22 comments

Comment posted by Marc Adamus on January 1, 2012 at 8:43 PM

Works very well for me. Simple, but the direction of the clouds add the balance that really makes it work.

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Comment posted by Paul Duval on January 1, 2012 at 10:31 PM

Icon or not I'm not terribly familiar with it, my Uncle may have been he worked for the CPR in the thirties driving tourists around, during the summer. The buses were specially built Cadillac's,open touring cars that that had four rows of seats. I';m glad you did too Kory, this is a very well done sunrise shot, processed understatedly.

Paul

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Comment posted by Mark Pelton on January 1, 2012 at 10:51 PM

Very nice composition and processing.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on January 1, 2012 at 11:06 PM

Beautiful colors and terrific reflections. I also like how the main cloud and it's reflection points to the bright gap between the mountains, makes a really nice triangular comp.

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on January 1, 2012 at 11:54 PM

I love the way the clouds open up opposite the mountain which gives the image a nice balance. Very nice.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on January 2, 2012 at 12:16 AM

Excellent Kory. Simple and elegant. I think this would sell well. How you framed the clouds makes the image obviously...

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Comment posted by David Edwards on January 2, 2012 at 1:04 AM

A beautiful shot, Kory. The line of cloud makes a very nice mirror reflection and the color is superb. Would make a glorious print I think.
HNY!

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Comment posted by Basil Greber on January 2, 2012 at 4:35 AM

Some great light there, and great colors in the sky. I like the composition with the water and ice in the foreground.

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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on January 2, 2012 at 9:14 AM

Beautifully done, Kory. The light and reflection are superb and the contrasting warm and cool tones work perfectly together.

Ed

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Comment posted by Andreas Resch on January 2, 2012 at 9:21 AM

Wonderful shot, Kory. The colors are amazing.

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Comment posted by Sandipan Dutta on January 2, 2012 at 10:03 AM

This is brilliant.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on January 2, 2012 at 10:18 AM

Gorgeous color and light Kory. I particularly like the glow from behind the mountain.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on January 2, 2012 at 10:56 AM

Beautiful! A wonderful comp and I love the colors. Those clouds are so nice, and I really like the glow behind the mountains. Nice work Kory!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Paul Gasior on January 2, 2012 at 11:41 AM

Beautiful light and colors .Canadian Rockies amazing pieces of Earth

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Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on January 2, 2012 at 12:07 PM

just wonderful

i love it

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Comment posted by Jim Hansen on January 2, 2012 at 3:30 PM

Beautiful light, color, and composition. Another example where the rule of thirds can be tossed out the window.

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Comment posted by James Fougère on January 2, 2012 at 7:02 PM

I agree here, a straight forward shot with nice light and reflection.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on January 2, 2012 at 8:13 PM

Excellent light. Why does this mountain always create great pictures

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on January 3, 2012 at 11:55 AM

Beautiful shot Kory, the colours are gorgeous.

Gary.

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Comment posted by Kory Lidstrom on January 3, 2012 at 2:34 PM

Thanks, everyone.

It seems like the majority really like the colors in the image. That's music to my ears, because the color is really what I was after when processing the image. I've recently learned some new processing insights and this was the first image that I used them on. I wasn't quite sure if it looked natural enough but, since I haven't heard anyone say anything to that effect, it appears that I was successful. Sometimes "non-feedback" is the best feedback of all. So, thanks again.

To Tony Kuyper: I was wondering the same thing when I was shooting this. In fact, that very morning I asked Marc why the light always seems to be so sweet for Mount Rundle. His response was basically: "It just is."

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on January 4, 2012 at 1:03 AM

Kory,

Beautiful. Just love the symmetry of how the clouds are echoed in the reflection; great lines, color and light throughout.

Lon

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Comment posted by Dorin Bofan on January 4, 2012 at 10:17 AM

Icon or not, it's awesome! That cloud makes it.

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