Iceless Iceberg Lake

I'm happy with this since I a little effort into getting here.

Iceberg Lake under the minarets in the Minaret Wilderness.

Only got a few blisters on this short 18 mile overnight trip. This was more like a pit stop on the way back home from visting my family in Sparks, Nevada. Had the girlfriend drop me off at the Mammoth Mountain resort and took the bus to the trailhead.

 

I decided to leave the trail from Ediza Lake and do a ltttle bit of cross country. I ended up finding a nice little tarn under the sierra crest and the place where the Dec 08 OP mag cover shot was taken but then had to scale down the cliffs on the right side of this picture to get to where I was going to be meeting my ride home the following day. One of the guys which I never met before handed me a nice cold tall can of Saporo (no I wasn't dreaming thanks Dav). After hiking all afternoon to about 10k ft I caught a nice buzz. Good thing I found them otherwise I'd be hitch hiking home. These 5D MII batteries are amazing. Enough blah blah, hope you enjoy the image.

Beautiful spot, well photographed Steve. Sounds like you had to work for this one, but I'd say it's well worth the effort.

All the best,

Neil

Beautiful scene!

Gorgeous scene....

Maravillosa escena. Está llena de vida, de belleza y de paz.

Maravillosa

Beautiful shot Steve. Great composition,light and reflections. Rgrds. I. Feliciano.

Hi Steve

 

A very elegant composition with a good depth and very nice reflections!

 

Congrats

 

Eric

Great shot with wonderful composition and color. Glad the weather cooperated with you as well. Definitely a photo to be proud of.

A splendid location and composition you caught here,regards Radu.

Beautiful scene. The reflection and colors are lovely. Glad you made the hike to get this!

 

 

Best regards, Pamela

Hi!

 

I love this kind of photo and for me this is perfect!!

 

Lots of compliments!!

 

Enrico

This is an amazing shot!

Beautiful lighting and outstanding dynamic range in this breathtaking scene. However, the flowers in the foreground are overlapping and interfering with the reflection of the mountain. Perhaps shooting from a different point of view would have avoided this problem.