Frosty Dreams

© Wieslaw Poltorak

Frosty Dreams

Uploaded: January 16, 2014 21:05:03

Description

Photo from Kananaskis Country, Alberta. Taken on a cold morning as a rising sun illuminated this frozen valley with soft worm light.
A final photo is a result of hand painting two images for sky and distance mountains, and focus stacking of five images for the foreground.

Nikon D800E, 16-35mm at 20mm.

Comments

Usman M. Bajwa level-classic January 16, 2014

This is an extraordinary capture. And great effort and work to get to this point. Hope the Judges agree too ;0)

UB. #1559853

Gail Sullivan level-classic January 17, 2014

Very impressive work and a stunning image, Wieslaw! #10948787

Michelle Alton January 17, 2014

Nobody would deny this image a gold badge in several categories. Your hard work has paid off big time! #10948862

Harriet Feagin level-classic February 06, 2014

Perfection achieved. #10968258

Ken Smith level-classic February 23, 2014

I'm envious! Stunning photo, Wieslaw. I'm sure we'll see gold on this one. #10983887

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