Ancient Spirits

© Marc E. Adamus

Ancient Spirits

Uploaded: July 17, 2006

Description

This magical moment happened in the early morning over Oregon's Painted Hills National Monument. The hills are stained with the remains of thousands of ancient creatures that perished millions of years ago as massive volcanic eruptions blanketed the region in layers of ash. The layers have erroded over time revealing many telling stories. The sunrise speaks for itself. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Thanks for looking.

Canon 5D, 17-40mm at 20mm. 3-stop hard grad, minimal PS work.

Comments

Helen N. McHugh July 17, 2006

This is an awesome capture, Marc! Love the terraced look of the hills! Sur-real! #485927

Tamera S. Phillips July 17, 2006

Lovely colors and depth Marc. Just beautiful. #3041705

Ellen L. Zaslaw July 17, 2006

Gorgeous work ! #3041898

Richard Coy Aune July 17, 2006

Sweet Photo Marc #3041983

LENA U. FRIEDMAN July 17, 2006

Breathtaking! Love the colors! #3042074

Gary Lange July 17, 2006

As always Marc, just awesome. Beautiful work, my friend! #3042408

Melissa Wynn July 17, 2006

WOW! Amazing Landscape and amazing colors! What a treat to be there for the splendor of the morning. This one really caught my eye Marc. It is gorgeous! #3042471

Cassie L. Woodlee July 17, 2006

Amazing in every aspect!!! Just Beautiful. #3042535

Robin R. July 18, 2006

Wonderful capture. #3045832

Julien July 18, 2006

Hi Marc, very unusual colours, green mountains, blue background and grey/orange sky, we can't be bored to see it again and again as many of ur photos, good luck, hope to come to Oregon soon. #3047478

Sue L. Cullumber August 26, 2006

Marc, Another gorgeous shot! Love the colors and lighting! Congrats! #3219145

Barbara Kile August 26, 2006

Great colors and comp, Marc! Congratulations on a striking image. #3220376

Tamera S. Phillips August 26, 2006

Congrats again Marc! Stunning shot. #3221547

Graeme yew Chow August 27, 2006

Congrats Marc, this is really stunning and enjoyable to see. #3225029

Lorri Shane August 27, 2006

As usual, Marc-wow,wow,WOW! Congratulations!! #3228341

bob cornelison August 27, 2006

This is truly awesome!
Congrats!
~:O) #3229723

Ronald Balthazor August 28, 2006

Congratulations, Marc. This is a very strong image. #3231962

August 28, 2006

Beautiful landscape. #3232797

Helen N. McHugh August 28, 2006

Congratulations Marc on your POTD!!Loved it first time I saw it! #3233431

Robert Baer September 02, 2006

marc
an awesome capture! The images that you bring to bp are really special!thank you, justin baer #3258951

Melissa G. Meiselman September 23, 2006

This is one of the most amazingly beautiful landscapes that I have ever seen, Marc!!! #3351940

Robyn Gwilt October 17, 2006

Like icing on a cake :) Breath-taking! Marc, how much editing do you do on your pix, or are they 'out the box'? I know you spend a lot of time and consideration on setting up your shots, so do you need to do much to them afterwards? I melt in your gallery :) #3464755

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