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welcome back! glad to write the first comment!
Of course, A true Adamus! good your posting again!
georg

Welcome back indeed, and a great first look into your journey. I love the snaking foreground as much as the sky, simply well done. The mountain shadows in the sky put this over the top.

I look forward to seeing the impressions and images you got on your journey, and am intrigued by the departure from your usual spectacular style!

BTW...I saw your group's calendar in a 'Borders' in Mass. Glad you're getting plenty of exposure with that, it is a sight to behold!

As soon as I saw that sky, I could tell it was an Adamus image. I like how the bend in the river frames the reflections of the light rays.

Great work, I will be glad to see some new shots from you and also some new perspectives of the iconic American landscape that get repeated too much. What a great start, this shouts magazine cover all over it. One hotel in 30 days? You must have been one smelly young man camping for so long!

One hotel in 64 days to be exact. You get used to it - and it's not like I was around others too much

Dude! Glad you had a great trip! BTW, this image is AWESOME!!

Good to see you back and posting amazing stuff. Classic shot and incredibly beautiful light. I can't wait to see more.

Just an awesome shot. Good job.

beautiful, striking and awesome

Welcome back, Marc. And what a triumphant return it is.. wow!

Guy

Stunning image, Marc. Glad to have you back. Looking forward to seeing your trove of fine images from your outing.

Simply "STUNNING" Mark

Absolutely beautiful. I am looking forwards to seeing more from your journeys through the Northern Rockies.

Will
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada

You're a master when you can show your own view of things when compared to the standard fare. There's a reason why many would consider you to be so.

I've seen so many Mount Rundle images, but this one takes the cake for being waaaay different from the norm.

Keep posting images like these so I can learn!

Welcome home Marc! Can't wait to see all your images. Beautiful scene and great tonal range. A true Adamus image.

Welcome back Marc! Mike Dawson and I met for lunch awhile back and shared our collective concerns of knowing you were out there in the elements for quite sometime and wondered how well things were going. Glad to see you're back safe and sound and from the looks at this first image you never lost the magical touch out there either. Great image and look forward to any others you can share from this special trip.

Marc: Let me add to the welcome party. This is drop dead gorgeous. Looking forward to more. >=))>

Awesome image dude!!! I am envious of your ability to travel and explore unencumbered for so long without all of lifes other priorities (desk job, family, etc...) taking over. Wish I could do the same as you. Definitely a dream of mine... I agree with your assesment that to get the best images of a place you really need to spend time in it and know it well. This has proven true many times in my own photography.

This is an absolutely incredible image of a local landmark. One of the best I've seen of Mt. Rundle.

Welcome back Stranger! What great light you came back with, great comp.

Excellent. Distinctively yours.

Stunning image! Glad you are safely back.

Marc, this is in your tradition for sure. Really amazing conditions; beautifully captured!

I've never thought of Mount Rundell as a morning spot - been there lots for sunsets, which is the "typical" time you'll see many photogs out along the Vermillion Lakes road. Your capture is truly outstanding - you've raised the bar.

This is as good of a landscape as I've ever seen. Awesome. Glad that you made it back ok.

Good to see you back Mark, you must have had an excellent time out there. This clearly show how great it is to be outside.. You did an excellent job here again, love the way you captured detail here!

- jacco

Marc, really liked reading about your trip and really look forward to seeing your intimate images. What an amazing light show you captured.

B.

Better than a lot of Galen's from the same area, and trust me, I would know...

Welcome back!

Marc,

Welcome back. Great photo as always and looking forward for more.

Well Marc, first off, glad you made it back safely, and what a return image! The colors are simply stunning, the perspective of this is great, and those rays coming from behind the peak, just perfect!

PS-Congrats on your image in Nov Issue of OP.

mike

welcome back!

fabulous image as usual

Marc - that is the best photo of Mt Rundle I've ever seen, and I've seen plenty (sorry to Darwin and all). Can't wait to see more of your trip.

Glad to have you back, Marc. The action within the image is so dynamic the centered horizon doesn't bother me at all. Fantastic light and a beautiful composition!

And ....he's back! Sweet shot Marc. The light rays are beautiful.

Hate to be a repetitive cow among the masses, but here goes.
Welcome back! This capture is such a beauty, your heart must have been beating like crazy while shooting this. You handled this exposure perfectly.

consistent with style and quality - you were fortunate to find as much open water as you had for that image - the S line is a major part of the success story - the killer sky otherwise would not have carried the show by itself - what a wonderful morning - thanks for sharing and welcome back

Marc,

I knew you were back immediately when I saw the thumbnail. Nobody else does mountain skies like you! It's going to be a fun Christmas season watching your parade of images inspire us all over the next few weeks. It's going to be like the 12 days of Christmas opening a new gift every other day on NPN wondering what Santa Adamus is going to show us for the day!

Glad you made it back safe.

Mike Anderson
www.lightscapephoto.com

Welcome back Marc, absolutely stunning image!!

Welcome back, Mark. Beautiful introductory image from this amazing adventure. Can't wait for the rest of the show......

HMMM,
My only nit is that,,, Ok, Just kidding, just kidding Awesome image and glad to see you made it back safely.

WOW!!! Now this is nice!!!

I am glad you had a safe and productive trip. Not much left to add regarding the image. Stunning as usual!

Simply amazing

He's back! All I can say is "wow"! Can't wait to see more

Fantastic Marc. I have seen many picture of Mt. Rundle and this is with out a doubt one of the best. Well done!

Your photos are so unique I can spot them from the thumbnail even before I see your name.
Just an awesome shot.
Can't wait to see more from your journey.

Glad to have you back, Marc and you return in true Adamus fashion. Striking image! The open water really makes this shot for me. Can't wait to see the images you managed to capture. Sure to be quite interesting and pleasurable.

Thanks for sharing

Great to see you back Marc and a wee cracker to open up with just in time for TC's relaunch too.

Marc...

Welcome back. I was wondering where you had been. As others have said already - I knew it was one of your's when I saw the thumbnail. And, as always, I was awed when I opened the image and saw that magical light.

Congrats on what sounds like a fantastic trip and I look forward to seeing the fruits of your labor as you post your favorites...

Bill

Fantastic image, Marc. Welcome back. Looking forward to more.

- Dan.

Mark,
Great to see a image from whats sounds like a an amazing trip. I spent about two weeks exploring and backpacking in Glacier Park and have to say it was one of my most rewarding trips. I can't wait to see some more !

I can think of no finer place in the world to go backpacking than Glacier. It's reputation is indeed well deserved. Thanks all for the comments.

Just awesome. - Sean

Spectacular. Really spectacular! Like many others on this forum, I'm a big admirer of your work, and I'm glad to see you travel somewhere new. I can't wait to see more images from your trip!

Well ... I give up landscape photography after seeing this Not only a great scenery but the photographic and PS technique ... pffff ... amazing as always Marc !

Amazing, what else can be said.

Al

Ugh. I think I'll just crawl back in my amateur's hole now.

Absolutely beautiful shot. Love the sunbeams!

Holy sheet, spectacular image!!!! Can't wait to see more of your work.

Outstanding image Mark! You never disappoint - on the contrary, you get better with time. Can't wait for the rest of what no doubt will be an superb volume of work. Congrats and welcome back!

Jose

Welcome back, Marc. This is a great shot, handled by the expert himself. There goes my chance for an EP

PS Keep 'em coming!

Kevin

I'm speechless!

WOW, words can't describe, absolutely splendid.

Big welcome back

I'm glad you're back from your trip so we can see more of your beautiful imagery. This one is a wonderful image, with the beautiful color, the sun's rays, the light on the ice and water, the contours of the shoreline. Awesome work.

What an adventure!

LORDY! Viewing this makes me want to sing Halleluja's!

CONGRATS to you Marc on the EP choice here. An excellent image as always!

What an amazing picture!! It looks as if it is an oil painting! Good job!

An awesome image - full of mod and a sense of place. It really makes me want to spend some private time there soaking up this moment.

Excellent... amazing scene and great control on the exposure.

Frank

Just to comment, I have shot this spot many, many times, I have seen thousands of photos from here - this one is the BEST image I have ever seen from Vermilion Lakes. this is a contest winner, a show stopper, a mega-buck best seller. You have a career making image in this one. Darwin

One of your best photos for me ^^
No critic, just admiration !

Congrats

Vincent

Wow, I love the colors, the lighting, the composition. Everything is just outstanding.

Thanks for sharing Marc,

Cheers

Wow, rear beatiful.

Jacob-Carl

Marc ... I admire your work. Though I'm not a member of the "back slappin' attaboy club" that lives here. I'm more into useable feedback.

The image strikes me as slighty overdone in the computer... therefore starts to disengage my mind in "believership." The composition is well thought out. The viewer's eye certainly travels well throughout. The floating ice in the foreground anchors or adds to the bottom nicely. It just doesn't quite draw me to wanting to be there in reality ... since "there" doesn't exist but in the computer. Perhaps a little too much HDR, saturation or something.

Otherwise, I continue to enjoy your body of work.

Hi Marc,
It looks as if the mountain is exploding. What a great landscape photo.
Andrey

Mark, believe it or not the in-camera image is just as saturated than this is. This was captured in-camera, using a GND filter, and no color adjustment at all. No HDR either. Just a curves to bring out the mountain a bit more. I've since reprocessed this one a bit darker. Any disbelieving on your part is simply a result of you not being there on this morning.

You have a distinctive style. I really like what you show me. I could wax poetic about the composition you made, but it is completely unnecessary. I doff my cap.

Pete D. quickly grabs a cap to doff so he ain't lying...

Wow, excellent shot, with nice colors
A very beautiful place