Saturday, 24th September 2011
Over the Edge
by Robert Beideman
It's amazing how much the landscapes of our world change in just a few weeks. This particular location in Glacier National Park had significant snowpack in early September, due to a very late end to their last winter.
Captured two days before the main road through the park was to be closed for the upcoming winter, I hope to have captured at least a shard of the majesty of this place...
Equipment: D3x 14-24mm
Robert Beideman
All too often, we're surrounded by the day-to-day of our daily lives. Hopefully...at least once in a while...we each escape this to reconnect with the real world that we live in...the world of mountains, oceans, fire, and fresh air.
And, even more rarely, these escapes lead us to a moment...a particular place and time...where the majesty of the natural world around us comes together in a way that leaves us completely awestruck.
If, at those moments, we're fortunate enough to have a camera with us...it's most common to come away with images of that moment that scarcely reflect the magnitude of what was actually seen with our own eyes. We certainly try...but the images typically captured are but pointers for the brain to remember what was experienced in vivid color...and such images are only useful to those who have actually lived the particular experience.
I strive to capture images that can convey such intense moments of beauty to those who hadn't the chance to experience the particular place and time themselves. As is usual, I’m a work in progress...but...aren't we all?
Website: www.windmillchaser.com
Over the Edge by Robert Beideman was photo of the day on Saturday, 24th September 2011. It is tagged Waterfalls. You can leave a comment below.
36 Comments
Megan Lorenz
This is just beautiful….one of the best I’ve ever seen of Triple Falls.
Davey Boy
jeepers… I am impressed…
Bill Kenny
I love the color, the composition, the contrast– absolutely everything about this picture!
Kymie
Just incredible, wow the detail is amazing and the colour and the composition…
Sue-ann Tilby
Absolutely stunning!!!!!!!!!
Roman Johnston
Robert, one of the absolute best of Triple Falls I have seen to date. Well done!
Roman
Pauline Jones
Lovely colors and great perspective.
Abdulla Bin Touq
This is a fantastic shot Robert! took my breadth away.
Abdulla
Rod Heywood
Indescribable. Never seen anything quite like this.
reuben chircop
That is truly a great shot, close to the ground out towards the end of the canyon, great and dramatic colors
Frank
Robert: You have outdone yourself here. This image is spectacular and very other-worldly. Would expect nothing less from your brilliant eye. Have fun in Glacier.
Frank
Mike Gaudaur
Thanks for using your skill with the camera and photoshop to share that incredible place and experience with us.
C. Fitzgerald
It almost seems unreal at times, the beauty this earth of ours holds. Wonderful picture!
John Coppes
Spectacular picture with fantastic layering of browns. A similar picture was in Popular Photography in 2008 and comments were made that suggested the area was closed to travel due to fragile access. Has access been made easier or do you need permission to go there?
John Summers
Such beauty is only- EVER- natural. Ever think of how come we can have such intense appreciation of it? We were MADE that way – or we wouldn’t. Breathtaking!
Rajib Singha
That’s a beautiful image!
Mario Gustavo Fiorucci
Beautiful image! Lovely colors and great perspective.
Helen Hart
Looks unreal, like a painting by a very imaginative painter! Wow! Thanks thanks thanks….
Laura Milholland
Thanks for this awe-inspiring view and memorable image!
Diana
Wow, Just beautiful!!!
robert breaux
Thank you for displaying your skills of capturing Beauty for she is meant to be shared…glad to see you are living up to your name (robert)
Bob Faw
I want to know how you were able to make everything so crystal clear.
Spectacular photos!!
Lisa
Richard, i am just as impressed by you as I am by this gorgeous photo! You seem like a beautiful work in progress – I wish you well on all your journeys!
Lisa
And as I’m a work in progress myself, please excuse me for calling you Richard when your name is Robert! LOL!
Tazmin Shariff
So dramatic!
astho
lovely color… love it!
jm
awe-inspiring!
giconcert
wowwwww! beautiful..
Deborah
Definitely Majestic!! Sublime beauty captured exceedingly well!
Congratulations for POTD!
Andrea
Beautiful!!
Joyce
Whoa!! Wow!! Thanks for sharing
Libby
So Beautiful! I hope to see it someday.
gia french
How GREAT is our God!! What an absolutely gorgeous picture of His creation. Amazing!!
Morkel Erasmus
Fabulous image Robert – loved it the first time I saw it elsewhere…
Greg Aitkenhead
Spectacular shot–perspectives like this make you feel like you’re actually standing there. Thanks.
Cindy Samora
Glacier Park has to be one of the most beautiful, most majestic places on earth. Capturing it on film is not easy but here, with this shot, you have done that. Kudo’s to you!