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Scott Stoness
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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Castle Mountain - Banff National Park


Dan Heitman and I went out for our first cold morning of the winter. Only -20c but its coming.

The ice under the bridge was all bunched up and pushing the ice to the south side. I carefully move over the big ice pieces and set up and the whole chunk iceberged off with me on it. Fortunately Dan grabbed my camera/tripod/ts17 and I scramble up out of the water. So we moved up and and I fell through again (not so smart). The water was deeper than normal on the south side because the ice is forcing the channel over. Nothing like cold water and cold air for sunrise.

Here are my best shots from the morning. Unfortunately there were no clouds.

And feedback or comments are appreciated. Scott

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1 Really Early before the Sun came out






2 After climbing out of the river a couple of times






3 The sun mostly up after Dan chickened out to the Warm car




Nov 29, 2015 at 04:31 PM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Castle Mountain - Banff National Park


All three have excellent comp. #2 is my favorite as far as color goes, a very interesting sky.


Nov 29, 2015 at 06:04 PM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Castle Mountain - Banff National Park


Yep, #2 for me too. I guess in winter with snow on ice on the ground it is hard to know where the river begins! I like all 3 but 2 is exceptional. Timed just right and processed well!
Don



Nov 29, 2015 at 07:34 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Castle Mountain - Banff National Park


Hi Scott. Lovely trio here. I agree about the colour in no 2 - beautiful. Guess Dan worked on instinct, saving your gear! Sounds like a great adventure and, man, I know how cold it is up there. Worth it for the shots, though!


Nov 30, 2015 at 08:46 AM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Castle Mountain - Banff National Park


Nice Scott. #2 for me with a slight lift of the blacks/darks.....


Nov 30, 2015 at 10:29 AM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Castle Mountain - Banff National Park


Nice shots although I love the varied colors in #2.
I'm glad Dan has good instincts and goes for the camera gear first.

David



Nov 30, 2015 at 12:26 PM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Castle Mountain - Banff National Park


Ditto on #2 for me also.

A wallhanger for sure!



Nov 30, 2015 at 12:45 PM
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Castle Mountain - Banff National Park


No 2 is really nice, not just the colours in the sky but the composition is subtly better too.



Nov 30, 2015 at 12:47 PM
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Castle Mountain - Banff National Park


ifaynshteyn: Glad you like 2. The sky was from pre - sunrise. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott


dwa652: You are giving me too much credit - I knew I was on thin ice, but anything for a picture. Glaad you like 2. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott


MartinMcl: Martin - nice to hear from you - I have not seen posts from you lately. Dan is trying to get even with me for running from the grizzly bear without warning him this summer. He was just hoping for gear upgrade Glad you like 2. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott


Gary Clennan: Good suggestions on number 2 on the black/darks. I will check into it. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott



Nov 30, 2015 at 02:29 PM
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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Castle Mountain - Banff National Park


dgdg: Dan and I have a good rule - the survivor gets the equipment. It keeps me from losing many thousands of dollars of equipment. Glad you like 2. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott


Robert Snow: Glad you like 2. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott


mabidally: Glad you like the colours and composition in 2. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott



Nov 30, 2015 at 02:32 PM
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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Castle Mountain - Banff National Park


Lovely shots Scott, definitely 2 for me though with those colours.

Sounds like fun on the ice too!



Nov 30, 2015 at 02:58 PM
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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Castle Mountain - Banff National Park


Ed Swift - Glad you like 2. I can still feel the fun on my shins Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott


Nov 30, 2015 at 11:29 PM
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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Castle Mountain - Banff National Park


Gorgeous scene well captured Scott. I'll go against the flow and choose #1 for the higher shooting angle. Nice work.

Kirk



Dec 01, 2015 at 12:07 AM
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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Castle Mountain - Banff National Park


KirkB wrote:
Gorgeous scene well captured Scott. I'll go against the flow and choose #1 for the higher shooting angle. Nice work.

Kirk


Thanks - I was experimenting with the higher angle composition. I think with good light and fresh snow it might work. Perhaps for sunset rather than sunrise. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott




Dec 01, 2015 at 08:52 AM
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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Castle Mountain - Banff National Park


All 3 are very nice compositions. I as well vote for #2 as my favorite. The colors and the overall contrasty photo really work well together. Chuck


Dec 01, 2015 at 09:22 AM
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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · Castle Mountain - Banff National Park


Chuck Coyne wrote:
All 3 are very nice compositions. I as well vote for #2 as my favorite. The colors and the overall contrasty photo really work well together. Chuck


Glad you like 2. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott



Dec 01, 2015 at 11:54 PM
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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · Castle Mountain - Banff National Park


Beautiful image set!


Dec 20, 2015 at 09:48 AM
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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · Castle Mountain - Banff National Park


Nice. Castle Mountain looks great in winter. I shot it a few months ago in September but I much prefer the winter look!

#2 is my favourite although I feel it could safely lose a little off the top of the sky to help balance the composition. It does have a few dust spots on it, though.

As an aside, these shots appear quite noisy - number 2 especially. Not sure if it is to do with the way they were processed, the sharpening algorithm etc, but should be easy to fix up as it is mostly visible in the sky so a noise reduction won't result in any loss of detail



Dec 21, 2015 at 05:44 PM





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