Monday, 30th November 2009
Dark Blue Sun
by Marc Adamus
The inside of an ice cave melts away into the stream below, back-lit by the relative brightness of a distant sunlight.
It sure was a nice spot to spend about an hour. It was 85 degrees outside - one of the hottest days of the year, but a cool 45 or so inside the caves. A good thing the ceiling didn't collapse during that hour though!
Equipment: Canon 1Ds III, 16-35 f/2.8 II
Marc Adamus
I am a professional landscape photographer based in the Northwest US. My love in life is wilderness. I seek to bring my experiences to you through photography.
Website: www.marcadamus.com
Dark Blue Sun by Marc Adamus was photo of the day on Monday, 30th November 2009. It is tagged Caves, Ice. You can leave a comment below.
39 Comments
MATE
wow what a shot, the sun at the end, really contrasts with the blue beauty of the cave, clear and very focused shot
Ale
this is from another planet..fantastic
Kandy
Been in a few caves, but nothing like this! You sure have an eye.
Anurag
Absolutely magical. What else to say. Just savor the scene!!!
Photos by Nik
Nicely done
istvan
very nice & you were careful not to get the lens wet
Fab
Interesting photo and camera and lens well protected from water…
Jo-Ann
Wow, this is absolutely amazing. The color is fantastic as is the overall theme. I find it very inspiring and hauntingly beautiful.
Pauline Jones
Weird but wonderful; I’ve never seen a picture like this before.
Su
Such an unusual shot, you certainly have an artists eye for something that littlebit different.
Ottoman
Cool(!) shot !!
Wanda Krack
Great dof and the angle makes one wonder how you and your equipment managed to crawl in! Wonderful perspective.
Örvar Atli Þorgeirsson
Beautiful shot Marc of this rare and dangerous subject.
Coming from Iceland, I have learned that you should avoid entering ice caves with flat roofed cielings. They are much more likely to collapse than dome shaped ceilings because of much higher tension.
But rare and unusual shot often require some risk.
Sue Gagnon
WONDERFUL photograph. Excellent, artistic and very well-composed work. This is beautiful artwork. This is impressive, you should be very proud of it.
planet lover
Fantastic photo of a place I will never see with my own eyes, Thanks for taking me there. And thanks to Mr. Porgeirsson for that vital piece of information, which probably applies to all ceilings.
Adam
Wow. I can hardly believe this is real. Amazing shot.
Malta Photography
wonderful unique shot indeed.
Ursula
Stunning photo. Commentary very interesting. Thanks for sharing!
JRKyle
Really Great capture Marc.
Kirk Jordan
Makes me shiver as I think about the prospect of the sky falling down. Scary wonderful.
mike
Very neat colors.
Andrew
Wowo, thats quite an unbelievable shot. Great Job, Marc. I yet have to see something similar on Earthshots!
Leslie Parsley
I love to see caves – as long as I’m not in one. So, thanks for this amazing shot.
Ellen Empson
Where is this cave?
Marie Dunphy Harding
You do live dangerously for your work. Thank you for being there & showing us your art.
Fotoviva Art Prints
Fantastic shot with great exposure and colours!
Marc Adamus
Thanks for your comments, folks. I’ll answer a couple questions.
Orvar, I’d love to visit Iceland someday. The combination of snow, ice, mountains, coast and aurora displays would very enjoyable for me. I know what you mean about flat-roofed caves, but fortunately in this case I was able to walk around the top side first and determine it was at least 3 or 4 meters thick all the way across, so not as much danger of collapsing.
Ellen, this cave is in Oregon’s Three Sisters Wilderness, in the Cascade mountain range. The caves tend to open up (melt out) enough to crawl in towards the end of summer (late August, September)
Renee
What a incredible view! Simply stunning, looks so beautiful and you have captured it with amazing shot!
Dianne
Marc, I Can’t quit looking at it. It is so unusual and grand. It is remarkable that so many spectacular scenes come from Oregon. Thank you for your fantastic work. I love it.
Evan Spellman
Beautiful Light and scene–
somehow the shapes of the ice remind me of the roof on the Canada place hotel in Vancouver.BC Photographer David Nunuk pitched his tent in an Ice Cave in the Appa Glacier Pemberton Ice field.
Mark if you get a chance check it out.
David had some scotch on Ice while doing his shots.
Evan Spellman
Here’s the link to David’s website and shows his photo of the tent in the ice cave
http://www.nunukphotos.com/BCCanada-photos/Ice-cave-3
Su
Thanks for letting us know where this fantastic site is and Im so glad you have had some really lovely comments.
Marta Diaz
Incredible and superb photography. I’ve never seen something like this!!! Congrats from Argentine.
Hanna
Great, mystical shot! The darkish-blue and the whites really fit together, well seen!!!
Congrats, Marc, and keep it up!
Lisbeth
Surreal! Wish I could learn how to capture Nature’s wonders like you do!
All the best,
Lisbeth (Denmark)
Marie Dunphy Harding
Your work is our joy! Thank you for sharing this accomplishment.
Michael Anderson
Marc,
This is one of my biggest favorites of your entire gallery. Extremely well conceived. Your attention to detail in every aspect of the difficult shot is clearly apparent. Classic Adamus!!!
Katherine Lee Strassburg
Wow–into the drooling maws of death! Fantastic colors and textures. Wonderful shot, Marc!
João Ganhão
Good exposure and perspective!