The Long Shadows of Winter

Excellent capture, it was worth it Mike stunning shot.

Well worth the effort! This is stunning!

Outstanding!

well worth it, great image !!

fantastic shot,,,I love this, well done

Wonderful work Mike – definitely worth the effort!

Great image Mike…yes the long shadows make the shot I think…rgs, Rob.

This is just beautiful Mike, I can feel the cold coming though the screen on my computer.

Thanks everyone, that may be as cold as I have ever been out shooting

Yes it defintely worth.
Colors are beautiful, the sun is just at the right place (with perfect exposure) and the shadows really add. Congrats !

This sure was worth the early morning freeze. The photo is stunning. Wonderful tones in the blue shadows. Beautiful rays from the sun. Perfectly composed.

A beautiful image

Thanks PAtrick and Kofoed, I remember bagging the camera before returning to the car to stop condensation

awesome photo.

This is stunningly striking, and so pristine!

Thank you Carmen and Deborah

Now thats some cold shooting weather and it paid off beautiful crisp texture and how the shadows leads one into the tree stumps. Awesome work !

definately worth it, superb shot

Amazing work, the light and colour are perfect.

Just divine. What color in that frozen morning. Thanks for being there and bringing it home in this extraordinary photograph. Beautiful, Dawson.
I painted billboards in Times Square, swinging on a scaffold 25 stories up, frozen to the ropes in winter, suffering mightily for art. Between that an a lifetime of unheated studios, I know whereof you speak.

No pain…no gain…

your effort was certainly worth it !

Brrrrrrr makes me cold just looking at it.

This is a stunning image, the light is gorgeous !!

Beautiful image!!!

Excellent!

Beautiful!! well worth it!

Brilliant work – you have proven the adage correct. Fantastic photo!

Love it, great shot, good pov and dof!!

Fantastic POV, love this image. Lighting and shadows are exquisite – very well done

great pic, cold but nice

THANK YOU Mike for going to all this trouble for US!!!!
It was definitely worth it…what a stunning image!

Absolutely breath taking. You sure know your exposures. :-)

well worth it, very well done!!

Beautifully done

Congratulations this is a very good photo with great colors, perfect white balance color and the sun looks fantastic,

Brrr….great shot!

Great perspective! Lovely lighting!

Well funky. You got the moment of the sun over the hill just perfect, too. Great one.

great lighting, great shot!

stunning image!

Well I think it was definately worth it for you to freeze your butt off to get this shot, it is really pretty. :-))

Another great example of hard work paying off in a beautiful piece of work Mike.

long shadows for sure – and beautiful light. another killer image.

As always EXCELLENT! ^saludos

wow, this is a very awesome winter shot! you have made it!!

Fantastic! so fresh and clear! excellent!

Just gorgeous. Fresh, beautiful, cold and stunning.

Stunning photo Mike!!! :-)

Wonderful work again. Sorry that you had to suffer, but the results were worth it.

Gorgeous image, the lighting is stunning. Lovely shot

Very well worth the effort, It’s a beautiful shot ! too cold to leave the house though :)

Perfection ! I love your work this is outstanding!

definitely!!

Eh Mike…i have this one….:) its one OUTSTANDING PHOTO….beautiful scene and great dof

Thanks everyone, we have winter now so hoepfully some winter shots this weekend

Excellent Mike a very difficult shot to pull off. Very well done

The detail in the crusty snow is incredible—sharply focused from close up to far away!

This is one super shot! Just looking at it, I knew what your description would say. LOL! These type of shots have to be earned and you really did it on this one my friend! Fabulous!!!!

Fantastic shot!

Glad your hand was okay. Ouch….
Beautiful shot, love the shadows and the sunburst. amazing!

Another amazing shot

Another beutiful shot!

It was worth it!!

yes this was really worth it stunning

Fantastic payoff for freezing your butt off heh. Love the rich contrast in this winter scene—difficult to pull off!

Wow this is gorgeous Mike!

Great shadows. Wonderful capture!

Oh god! what a fantastic work, Mike. love the way you look at this view… creative and so fine! I love this work!

another fantastic capture

beautiful image – beautiful perspective.

Great shot and the way the sun has really brought it to life picking up all the detail, of the view TOP WORK we salute you..lol c ya soon….

really inspiring capture and all the gallery

WOW, this is amazing.

just beautiful !

A beautiful winter-landscape!

I really love this….. well done

nice exposure…crisp and cold

Excellent exposure, pardon the pun.
What I like most is the vivid colors of the sky and ground.

Brilliant Shot, Well worth it.

excellent

Wonderful image Mike!

Absolutely superb shot …....the ice is nice!!

looks great on the front page.

simply stunning

Wonderful image!

Stunning!!!

super shot – love the shadows…! Great stuff Mike!

The shadows are perfect… you have a good eye… well done….

I love the perspective you chose here Mike. Works incredibly well. And of course, the shadow/light is just fantastic.

Beautiful work Mike!!

amazing photograph, great subject

Fabulous – love the textures.

beautiful capture!

Congratulations on the Home Page feature Mike!!! Well deserved!

Outstanding

Hey Mike!
Good to see you here amazing work as usual and congrats!!!!

Fabulous –Looks like it was worth the cold hands!

Beautiful shot. Looks a little chilly

spectacular shot – the colours are beautiful!

Yeah, your suffering is worth it, Dawson. Beautiful texture and silhouettes.

Wonderful light and texture

Awesome, this one is just perfect

I think your trip for this shot was very much so worth it.

Moody & altogether beautiful..
I’d prefer the horizon leveled)
Terrific shot. :) And congratz on making the home page!

Congrats, great shot.

Beautiful shot.

Beautiful shot!

Superb.

love this shot, beautiful light

Love this and Gratz on the home page too.

Beautiful details,what a shot

Wow, The light is amazing. Beautiful work.

this is realy woow,exellent work,excellent light

id definitely have to say it was worth it.. great shot

Beautful shot -

Outstanding capture. Beautiful colours and shadows.

Nice, well worth it. nice editing of the sky too!

Great timing and composition / perspective.

Great capture. Lovely colours. Excellent shadows.

congrats on the homepage feature! :D

Fantastic shot:)

Another congrats on the homepage

outstanding and congrats on the homepage

Congrats on having this featured on the home page! Well done!

Fabulous capture – colours are brilliant!

Beautiful!

its beautful …. worth it too !

love the tones and the long shadows, also the nice even exposure, one of which I have not mastered

Congrats!! Lovely capture :)K

Congrats on front page! Awesome light and shadows across the snow.

A masterpiece!!! A big congrats on the front page feature. Well deserved. I love this!

This was worth the effort, wonderful work.

Great capture of the suns long rays and the long shadows, very nicely composed.

Definately worth it. Well done.

Very nice. We can feel the cold by looking at the picture. Great picture !

Awesome DOF and lighting. Very well done and very much worthy of all the recognition! Brrr.

Check it out thats awesome! !

you truly are a fantastic artist, I have viewed some of your other work and you so capture the moment. Thank you!

One must suffer a little. That’s for sure Mike. It’s the windchill that gets you. I remember when I was up in northern Norway a few years back (army service). We experienced above -40 degrees Celsius windchills. Pretty menacing temperatures.

Here you have a lovely perspective and fantastic shadows. It’s the shadows I really like in this one and the way they create lines into the frame towards the sun. Just excellent light conditions.

Very captivating winter scene, surley does give me a feeling of being cold just by looking at it… wonderful

Fabulous!

What a breathtaking photo, well done.

Amazing control over the whites Super composition. Excellent work, as always : )

Love the shot … freezing your butt was well worth the end result I think!

wow…breathtaking!! beautiful….

nature is great, your photography made it better ! thanks for dropping by .

absolutely beautiful!! great texture and comp.

Oh yes, artist must suffer.

It was worth it, great shot!

Fantastic light + textures, very much worth it. This looks like another planet!

very beautiful photo!

Besides the great color and shadows, the bits of puffy snow added some detailed tracery and the 5 or 6 tree stumps are all bending the same direction and all say Nice Composition! In southern NM we have one or two days a year with that amount of snow and you have to hustle to record it. Thanks for braving the elements for giving us a brilliant picture.

Just simpy stunning!!!

This is just gorgeous, I love it! Great colours and the shadows are wonderful… I could go on!

Excellent work and your suffering adds to it’s value. :-)

stunning image

your eye for the balance of pic is simply outstanding !

Great photo Mike!

spectacular and great light and composition

love this!

Breathtakingly beautiful! Eerie and magical!

Stunning image, these low winter suns///

Amazing, & Yes.
It was well worth it!
Beautiful photo.
God Bless
Megan

Congrat’s on being on page 29 of all time favorites.

Like an alien landscape, definitely worth it!! :o)

perfect balance and symmetry .

I agree, perfect balance and symmetry! The warm lighting warms up an otherwise very cold scene.

Truly fantastic Mike.

Yes worth it… this image is fantastic!   :-)

Gorgeous !!

Beautiful toes on this shot and I love the shadow detail

All your images are superb. I’ll just FAVE the whole portfolio! ;-)

Excellent Capture…Love everything about it

Just beautiful!

awesome capture

Yes Yes so well worth it Dawson.

Spectacular!

Awsame capture!!!!!

fabulous!

stunning

Great capture.

Stunning image, def. worth it!

Great! Think you should send it to a thousand groups;-) you can start at “ImageWriting”....

great picture I must say … well done!!

Exceptional capture! Love your point of view from way down low!

excellent image!!again one very good….

Beautiful!!!!!!

Amazing perspective, excellent shot

Well worth it! :) Wonderful capture! :)

Beautiful!

Beautiful!

this is stunning….

to me there is just something about the way it looks when the sun shines down across snow. something so beautiful. like God saying that in the midst of such a cold world, i can give you warmth.

What we all go through for the perfect shot. It was totally worth it.
Beautiful shot. :)

Definitely worth the “suffer”ing! What an amazing and excellent capture.

A beauitful capture of light and shadow!!!!!

Ohhh it was worth it!!!! Simply perfect quiet beauty!!

FANTASTIC PICTURE !!!!!!

You can feel the chill and I love the starburst!

This is a wonderful image, I like it. dp

great image!

I’m not sure how I missed this. This is fantastic. Outstanding composition and use of light and shadow.

And what are you doing with a metal tripod??? Go get a carbon fiber! :P

Wonderful warm/cool color combo, Mike. Sounds like you nearly freezed your a** off out there!! Nice dynamics to the compsition with the shadows creating great detail and clarity throughout the shot.

What a truly stunning picture. Love it.

I’m humbled by your amazing abilities….................

WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!

Worth it in my book

A truly captivating photo, thank you for going out in the cold so that others can view such beauty :)

Thank you for suffering for your art. This is well worth it! Simple and stunning!

I’d vote it was definitely worth it, a stunning & beautiful capture

Beautiful capture!

I love the rays of the sun,Stunning image!!!!!

prettyyyyy

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I love the shadows

Another shot of a magical land :)!

Aloha Mike, congratulations on your feature today in Sensational Sun

03 August 2009

brilliant

awe inspiring moment, thanks, tim

I can only echo what everyone has said here re this wonderful image.. your portfolio is truely inspiring!

outstanding,

so worth it my friend , its glorious

It was worth it. Love the first light & the shadows it produces.

Beautiful!!!