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Lonely at the top



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12 Comments |
mstoltz1022 PRO
 
mstoltz1022 July 21, 2012
Another Bates beauty!
bud82520
 
bud82520 November 20, 2012
Beautiful!
margaretyeo
 
margaretyeo November 22, 2012
lovely photo - has it all - colour, sharp and full of interest!
Batesrc2 PRO+
 
Batesrc2 November 22, 2012
Thank you. It is one of my favorites.
ArtQ
 
ArtQ September 26, 2013
Congrats on your finalist award in Explorer Contest.
rmr731 Platinum
 
rmr731 September 26, 2013
Beautiful and breathtaking! Congrats on being a finalist!
SherranAndersen
 
SherranAndersen September 26, 2013
Congrats.
tlotter
 
tlotter October 08, 2013
Congratulations
jleiweke
 
jleiweke October 11, 2013
Congrats!
dimplestwn
 
dimplestwn January 31, 2014
One perfect collage of everything nature could possibly offer!
JDLifeshots
 
JDLifeshots March 31, 2018
Gorgeous capture! Congrats.
2001vermont PRO+
 
2001vermont June 06, 2018
very nice
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Behind The Lens

Location

Banff Canada

Time

Middle of the day

Lighting

It was a mixed cloudy day with great weight for this type of landscape shot.

Equipment

Nikon D90 With a 200 mm lens

Inspiration

I liked how far up this evergreen was surviving in the rock base of the mountain.

Editing

no

In my camera bag

D800 Nikon now with a sigma 150 to 600

Feedback

Take the tram up to the top and look around.

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