Grove of the Sun

Gallery: LandscapePosted September 29, 20058,824 views21 comments

Sunlight streaming into an Aspen Grove, Boulder Mountain Wilderness, Utah. I had visulized this shot the night before while camping in the valleys of the Escalante below. If the weather was good I was going to get up early and make an attempt at it. After a long snowshoe hike in the frigid pre-dawn hours I arrived at this beautiful grove of Aspens at around ten thousand feet overlooking the Eastern horizon. As the sun appeared brilliantly on the horizon I shot several images using the light directly to create long shadows on the glistening powder.

Comments

21 comments

Comment posted by Greg Walker on September 29, 2005 at 6:05 PM

oh YEAH! Beautiful and dynamic. I love the slopes of the hills. Not much else to say, but TREMENDOUS!

Registered on November 19, 2003, 63 Posts, 782 Comments

Comment posted by Janet Bowden on September 29, 2005 at 6:25 PM

Beautiful. Makes me anxious for winter, but since it lasts so long, I guess I can wait! Great exposure to get the snow just right!

Janet

Registered on August 31, 2005, 62 Posts, 439 Comments

Comment posted by Brian Rasmussen on September 29, 2005 at 6:43 PM

Excellent vision Mark and technicals are perfect! Your sunstars are just right every time... I'd sure like to learn how to do that!

Brian

Registered on July 26, 2005, 121 Posts, 1884 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Bernabe on September 29, 2005 at 7:03 PM

Mamma mia! Thats a spicy one! Love it, dude!

Registered on November 24, 2004, 180 Posts, 1545 Comments

Comment posted by Ian Cameron on September 29, 2005 at 8:19 PM

Delighted to see the delcious colours of this glorious image once again Marc.

Registered on August 6, 2004, 1125 Posts, 3318 Comments

Comment posted by Tom Wilson on September 29, 2005 at 9:45 PM

This is "World Class" in my book.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 573 Posts, 2211 Comments

Comment posted by Duane Rosenkranz on September 29, 2005 at 10:23 PM

Beautiful. I love it.

Duane Rosenkranz

Registered on October 13, 2004, 280 Posts, 2661 Comments

Comment posted by Erik Stensland on September 29, 2005 at 10:47 PM

Beautiful light, well captured!! Well worth the long snowshoe hike to get there.

Registered on September 27, 2004, 121 Posts, 718 Comments

Comment posted by Robert Ludwick on September 29, 2005 at 10:55 PM

Marc,

This has everything going for it. The branch in the forground gives interest. It may have been cold, but, it has a warm feeling. Excellent.

Bob

Registered on November 8, 2003, 51 Posts, 407 Comments

Comment posted by Marko Trebušak on September 30, 2005 at 2:44 AM

Hi Marc!

Warm glow of snow and cristal clear sky is what makes this photo IMO. Aspens are nice to add interest as is sun star.

Good light
Marko

Registered on November 1, 2003, 98 Posts, 1260 Comments

Comment posted by Juza on September 30, 2005 at 4:26 AM

Marvelous....I can almost feel the warmth of that light!

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

Comment posted by Prashant Khapane on September 30, 2005 at 5:05 AM

beautiful!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 492 Posts, 4580 Comments

Comment posted by Jos De Braekeleer on September 30, 2005 at 5:26 AM

Love everything about this ... beautiful !

Registered on November 1, 2003, 455 Posts, 1648 Comments

Comment posted by Tom Nevesely on September 30, 2005 at 3:14 PM

I love the light and the rich colours. Well worth the showshoe hike!

Registered on June 14, 2005, 147 Posts, 1550 Comments

Comment posted by Laurent Baig on September 30, 2005 at 5:27 PM

Wow, simply brilliant.

Registered on January 12, 2005, 206 Posts, 6784 Comments

Comment posted by Jody Grigg on October 2, 2005 at 8:07 PM

Marc you da man!

Registered on February 7, 2004, 165 Posts, 1227 Comments

Comment posted by Phillip Noll on October 3, 2005 at 9:52 PM

Wow! Absolutely stunning! I just looked at your website, Marc and you truly have a gift! Excellent work!

Registered on November 17, 2003, 207 Posts, 1083 Comments

Comment posted by Brian VanDenzen on July 10, 2006 at 9:42 AM

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Comment posted by Larry Finn on July 10, 2006 at 2:18 PM

Cool shot, love the twinkle of the snow in the foreground great color.

Registered on July 6, 2006, 51 Posts, 121 Comments

Comment posted by David Weber on July 19, 2006 at 12:17 AM

Excellent lighting and colors, Marc; serene and grand

. I love the slopes of the hills and the perspective of your shot enhances their beauty.

Registered on February 7, 2005, 296 Posts, 2737 Comments

Comment posted by Vincent FAVRE on September 4, 2007 at 7:29 AM

Very nice colors !!
A beautiful ambiance but I have a problem with the LRC branches wich are going out to the photo.

The exposure is really well done

Registered on September 2, 2007, 37 Posts, 213 Comments