Posted by amy (Nanaimo, BC, Canada) on 4 February 2008 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
This is from the top of Sulphur Mountain in Banff. Sulphur Mountain is 7667 feet in elevation... so not quite the top of the world but within spitting distance. It was just breathtaking up there... figuratively and literally. We hadn't been to the top of Sulphur in probably 20yrs but when we saw that they now have the gondolas running in the winter we knew we had to go up. I have scads of shots from our little trip... hope you don't get too bored with them.
Just tell me what you think. I'm a big girl.... I won't cry for long. ;-)
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The hills are alive with the sound of snowshoes.
Impressive scene, Amy.
4 Feb 2008 12:07am
Wow! What I would be to be there now...skiing.
4 Feb 2008 12:13am
Superb shot, Amy. Such a moody feel here. I feel this image might have been improved by a giant snowman with a carrot nose and a tartan scarf in the foreground obscuring that breathtaking panorama ;-)
Having read that I bet you regret not putting a carrot in your pocket when you left the house!
4 Feb 2008 12:29am
@Stu: What a brilliant idea!!! Mind you, up there the snow is as dry as a popcorn fart... not much chance of a snowman rising up from the cold white powder. I absolutely love the visual, though!! Thanks Stu! I think I'll be giggling about that for awhile.. ;-)
Wow! Spectacular!!!
4 Feb 2008 1:40am
It absolutely is breathtaking up there Amy! Long time since I went up there too - but never when the snow was that deep. I don't think the gondola was going up in the middle of winter than! I am wondering which way you were facing up the mountain. I often used to go and to get early morning light I stayed in the hotel just down from the Sulphur Mt. Hot Springs and the Gondola. The view head on facing the way you came from when you went up would show the Fairholm Range in the distance, a beautiful panorama with the Bow Valley laid out below! If you move the camera very.very slightly left you would get Mt. Rundle - the one I took from the hotel room window. Maybe you were overlooking the other side of Sulphur - I know that is not Cascade Mountain's shape ahead! But Oh! the nostalgia - makes me so so envious - just can't ever afford to go from here to there for a weekend stay - just too expensive for a couple of days and 600 miles away! Keep on posting some more and I will scan some of mine when I finish the Whistler trip!
4 Feb 2008 4:18am
What an amazing scenery. What an amazing framing. What an amazing Picture. Gratulation, its absolutly impressive.
4 Feb 2008 5:06am
I couldn't get bored of looking at the likes of this. Keep 'em coming amy!
4 Feb 2008 6:57am
Oh AMY, you took my breath away, and I thought I had it with winter photos, apparently not, bring it on sugar, I can't wait...it's gorgeous, more please ;)
4 Feb 2008 7:41am
This is an absolutely beautiful photo! You did a great job with it! I'll never get bored with this series! Please post more!
4 Feb 2008 8:51am
Perfect! Beautifully processed and seen!
4 Feb 2008 10:23am
wow ! ... very nice and cool shot ... it have a lovely forgraund and a dreamlike backgraund ... i like it .. thank you , amy .
4 Feb 2008 10:46am
Oh my goodness! Amy this is a breath taking capture, beautiful in every way possible, really looking forward to more.
4 Feb 2008 11:00am
WOW !!! and I thought I was high at 1500 feet , just a beautiful shot amy !
4 Feb 2008 11:04am
OMG Amy this is so stunning I have no idea what to type! The clouds, the trees, the mountains...the detail and clarity are just GORGEOUS!!!! FANFREAKINTASTIC my dear...really!!!!
4 Feb 2008 11:07am
Fantastic just fantastic!
4 Feb 2008 12:33pm
This is an absolutly beautiful landscapepicture. I like it very much.
4 Feb 2008 1:39pm
It really seems top of the world. How beautiful.
4 Feb 2008 2:56pm
I know how it is to stand on that height. The feeling is just divine. It would be great to see more of the place.
4 Feb 2008 3:21pm
How could we get bored of this. Amy, this is an awesome image. I can't wait till the next one.
4 Feb 2008 4:03pm
What a beautiful shot. I am sure it is breathtaking in every way. Looking forward to your next ones. Thanks for your message on my picture, I left you a note on that, but yes I would love to have a shooting buddy come next June.
4 Feb 2008 10:08pm
don't think i'll get bored of those views. great work amy
4 Feb 2008 11:19pm
Wow! This is absolutely stunning, Amy. It leaves me breathless.
5 Feb 2008 10:23pm
This image is stunning. You have perfectly captured the awesome feeling of littleness that goes along with standing near a mountain. Great work.
6 Feb 2008 12:12am
Awesome!!!
6 Feb 2008 5:03pm
Going through a few of your recent shots, this is one of my favourites. My only critique would have been to position the trees more to the left so that they intersect less with the beautiful mountain in the background. When you've got such a great foreground and background, it's best to separate them as much as possible. A wonderful shot, nonetheless ... such magnificent scenery.
14 Feb 2008 7:00pm
WOW!!! I can almost smell that clean,crisp air through this shot...Awesome. D.C.
12 Apr 2008 9:15am
Amazing. the strong mysterious atmosphere the photograph with the perfect dimension. Regards from Yogyakarta Indonesia.
25 Jun 2008 2:52am
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