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Cheeseless

I want to tell you a tale of an interesting dude who is 100% responsible for my creating this image. This individual is the only guy I know who orders Hawaiian ...
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I want to tell you a tale of an interesting dude who is 100% responsible for my creating this image. This individual is the only guy I know who orders Hawaiian Pizza with no cheese. That was not a typo… Pizza without cheese. Despite his many quirks however, this guy is probably one of the most thorough and determined people I have ever shot with (not to mention incredibly talented). This guy dragged me across a frozen lake (which I was sure was going to fall through!), he continued to drag me further and further despite the numerous times I tried to stop early and settle for something easier before arriving to witness this incredible view. And then once we got to this spot, he insisted that I get in the water and capture this water flow-mountain composition since I was the only one with waders (Perhaps to punish me for my teasing that he decided not to bring his ;-)). @matt_jackisch you are an animal and I learned so much about photography, planning, and pancakes on this trip - Can’t wait to do it again you fuckface ;-)

Anyhow, I expected it to be cold. And even colder in the water (even though it was a balmy -24 that day compared to the -37 we experienced earlier in the week)… but what I did not expect was what would happen AFTER I got out of the water. Every step I took in the snow my wet frozen waders collected some snow which immediately turned into ice that stuck to me… So, every step my boots got heavier and heavier. By the time I got back to the vehicle, my boots-legs where huge… and heavy. On top of that my tripod weighed a lot more because of the frozen rings that developed in the legs at the water surface after having the tripod parked in the water for 1.5 hours. But after all that… It was worth it. I finally get why people go into the Rockies and fight the cold in the winter. I can’t wait to do it again.

This is a blend of 5 exposures. One exposure for the water (particularly the flow creating that leading line), another exposure for the rest of the water, one for the land-mountain and a final 2 exposures for the sky. (one for the left and one for the centre-right). It was a glorious opportunity that I would have never taken for myself. Thanks Matt.
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