The Summit Ridge

Thanks for comments/suggestions.

I made an ascent of Oregon's Iron Mountain in early January. A very steep off-trail adventure that turned out to be more of a challenge than I expected for a 5-hour late afternoon romp. I was faced with some of the most brutal conditions I've experienced recently in the wilderness with lots of fresh snow, temps hovering between 0 and 10 degrees and the winds recorded over 40mph with my Brunton Atmospheric Data Center (www.Brunton.com). My face was a solid coat of ice the whole time I was up there. The windslabs were everywhere and avalanching constantly so I had to pick and choose my route carefully to avoid a longer plunge as one after another gave way. I had initially made the ascent to capture a beautiful sunset and fresh snow, but given the conditions I came away with some more violent dipictions of the weather and terrain. This from the summit ridge of the 6000-foot peak. Exposure was 1/500 sec. at F14, ISO 200.

Beautiful. Great handle of light.

Great work. Congrats.

Hi Marc,

 

This is an outstanding image. Absolutly beautiful. Congratulations.

 

Best Regards,

 

Linda

I just wish I was there. Rains, snow and similar are situations when nature is talking, playing, storm is when he is infuriated... or just very happy :-)

 

I loved the soft greyish tones and angle of this photo. The row of trees, the ridge that starts from where you are and leads to the peak is what travels with eye. The windswept snow is bringing the life ...

 

I just wish the trees on the left were not cut abruptly, but does not bother me much.

 

Wonderful winter shot.

 

+Lalit

Holy s..t! Great depiction of some incredible weather conditions. The S-based composition works really well to anchor all the elements.

Great testimony of the awesome conditions. Excellent composition. Take care! Karl

Your struggle for this shot was well worth the effort.

 

Congrats.

beauty

How do you go transporting your gear during these amazing trips? like how much photography gear do you carry..depending on the trip length of course. batteries etc and do you still take a film camera out as back-up?

Just been checking out your galleries, and feel very inspired to capture more landscapes than i have been.

thanks for sharing this wonderful craft

Excellent Shot. Very Good Dynamic $ Composition.

Marc,

Your work is amazing, still in first place for my personal inspiration; This one is one of my favorite .. it seems quite dangerous here .. the image is powerfull with EXCELLENT sharpness. I should buy a 5D ;:(

Excellent compensation and exposure. Love the S curve too. Looks Ansel Adams'ish. It contains a great variety of gray tones. Even the bright areas on the right side of the slope are not blown out, containing details. All this done in extremely cold temperatures with high winds (note the motion in the snow flakes). I find it very difficult to concentrate when taking pictures in cold temperatures, even when I haven't hiked a few hours. Quite a testament to your efforts and abilities. Thanks.

Strong shot and lovely conditions ^^

 

Ahah

 

I love the post-production.