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p.1 #1 · Monarch Mountain - Banff National Park


Congratulations to Scott Stoness for winning Feature Thread of the Week with 7 votes - View Previous Winners


Yesterday, I returned from a 65km walk in the park. It was mostly a glorious walk with my son, except for the mosquitoes.

After arriving, we discovered it was either sleep or hike or be eaten by the mosquitoes. So we hiked 3 hikes on the second day. Good for my 30 year old son. But a little tough on the approaching 60 old guy.

And after carrying my 5dsr, tripod, 24-105, TS17 - I liked the m5/15-45 pictures better. Hmmmm.

1-5 of 5

Comments and feedback are appreciated.

Scott




1 - Monarch Mountain on right, Sunshine Meadows on left far with Assiniboine over top (vague) 6am from pass






2 - Scarab Lake at 5:30AM after an hour hike up the cliff lacking my headlight :(






3 - Monarch a little earlier in the morning than 1st






4 - Egypt Lake - Look middle right water falls to see location of next shot






5 - Waterfall from Scarab to Eqypt - Just a little leap of faith after 1.5 hours up the cliff in dark




Jul 14, 2019 at 04:01 PM
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p.1 #2 · Monarch Mountain - Banff National Park


Nice set of beautiful scenic photos


Jul 14, 2019 at 06:04 PM
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p.1 #3 · Monarch Mountain - Banff National Park


Scott, you came away with some nice shots. 65KM...OMG...hats off to you!


Jul 14, 2019 at 06:53 PM
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p.1 #4 · Monarch Mountain - Banff National Park


junglialoh: Glad you like the scenics. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott


keepclicking: Glad you like the shots. The distance was long and one day my fit bit said I climbed a 250 story building. One of those 100 story buildings was before 5AM in the dark Thanks. Scott



Jul 14, 2019 at 07:15 PM
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p.1 #5 · Monarch Mountain - Banff National Park


Very nice, Scott. i would imagine your better half wants to maim you for that last one.
Darryl



Jul 14, 2019 at 10:42 PM
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p.1 #6 · Monarch Mountain - Banff National Park


Scott,
another fantastic set from you. Man thats a long hike!



Jul 15, 2019 at 12:58 AM
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p.1 #7 · Monarch Mountain - Banff National Park


Great images, and sounds like a good time with your son.
I miss my M6, lugging around a 6d2 now (sold the M6 to fund the 6d) - sort of sad about it. Picked up the full frame as the M6 was not giving me any star colour no matter what I did for astro imaging... M5 and 6 such capable little systems.



Jul 15, 2019 at 03:34 AM
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p.1 #8 · Monarch Mountain - Banff National Park


harland: I am not sure the maiming would be for risking my son's life or mine I kind of did the body slam crawl on the rock getting on to avoid slipping off the 300' cliff if it was slippery. It was back that made me nervous - but then I was committed. It does not look far but its about 5'. Glad you like the series. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott


Sunny Sra: It was actually 5 hikes over about 24hours with modest spurts of sleeping in between and my km estimate came from my fitbit and it in retrospect looks exagerated (shame) because it assumes every step is the same length. But I believe the equivalent to 250 story building Glad you like the set. Much appreciated. Scott


bmike-vt: I am going to go look at the R. The 5dsr is just so big and heavy for hiking. I tried the a7r once and with adapters and lens mounts - it was not worth it. And A7's have grown in wait since a7r. The m5 is a great apsc. Glad you like the images. Much appreciated. Scott



Jul 15, 2019 at 10:05 AM
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bmike-vt: I am going to go look at the R. The 5dsr is just so big and heavy for hiking. I tried the a7r once and with adapters and lens mounts - it was not worth it. And A7's have grown in wait since a7r. The m5 is a great apsc. Glad you like the images. Much appreciated. Scott


Images are lovely. On the list of places to visit!
I couldn’t get on with the Sony. Might move to the R someday, but my favorite lens is the Sigma 70-200 and putting it on a lighter body won’t really make a difference. Been watching the canon refurbs for 5s and 6s for bike / hike.



Jul 15, 2019 at 10:35 AM
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p.1 #10 · Monarch Mountain - Banff National Park


I don't think I've hiked 65km in my entire life.

Nice shots.



Jul 15, 2019 at 11:06 AM
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p.1 #11 · Monarch Mountain - Banff National Park


Scott, this is an awesome series. Glad to see you posting again.


Jul 15, 2019 at 12:58 PM
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p.1 #12 · Monarch Mountain - Banff National Park


Beautiful!


Jul 15, 2019 at 02:05 PM
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p.1 #13 · Monarch Mountain - Banff National Park


Very nice set Scott.


Jul 15, 2019 at 03:01 PM
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p.1 #14 · Monarch Mountain - Banff National Park


Wonderful scenes Scott and nice stories.
Thanks for sharing.

David



Jul 15, 2019 at 09:05 PM
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p.1 #15 · Monarch Mountain - Banff National Park


Great set Scott! TBH In Banff, I've never even heard of these lakes before today, but they truly look like a worthwhile 65km!


Jul 15, 2019 at 09:50 PM
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p.1 #16 · Monarch Mountain - Banff National Park


Awesome set Scott. Some beautiful photographs of some areas I have not seen pictures of previously. Sharing the experience with your son makes it priceless. Great stuff !!


Jul 16, 2019 at 05:16 PM
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p.1 #17 · Monarch Mountain - Banff National Park


As always, great job Scott! Awesome series.


Jul 16, 2019 at 05:18 PM
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p.1 #18 · Monarch Mountain - Banff National Park


A nice series as usual from you. So the M5 impressed you in what manner?
Thanks for sharing.
Bob



Jul 16, 2019 at 08:18 PM
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p.1 #19 · Monarch Mountain - Banff National Park


jeffdjohnston: It was a long distance but the choices were sleep or hike with the mosquitoes. Glad you like the shots. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott



mwalrod: Thanks for the encouragement. I have been busy at work and winter was hard to get good pictures. Gla you like the series. Much appreciated. Scott



hm2008: Glad you like the pictures. Much appreciated. Scott



bibek: Glad you like the set. Much appreciated. Thanks. Scott



Jul 16, 2019 at 09:05 PM
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p.1 #20 · Monarch Mountain - Banff National Park


The second image is my pick. Beautiful!


Jul 16, 2019 at 09:55 PM
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