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Heaven's Gate

© Jay Patel

Heaven's Gate

Uploaded: August 27, 2007

Description

Location: Glacier National Park, Exposure 0.8s@F16, ND 0.9 Soft Grad Filter

Exif: F Number: 16, Exposure Bias Value: +0, Exposure Time: 8/10, Flash: flash did not fire, ISO: 100, White Balance: auto white balance, Focal Length: 17mm, Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D

Comments

August 27, 2007

looks like a winner. this is inspiring, beautiful capture.. #724713

Sharon Gross August 27, 2007

One word: Gorgeous! #4709457

Philippe Vieux-Jeanton August 27, 2007

Two words: Gorgeous! Gorgeous! #4710041

Aleksandra Miesak August 28, 2007

WOW! Stunning! #4711044

August 28, 2007

absolutely stunning, is that red flower Indian Paintbrush?
Amanda #4711847

Alex T. Mizuno August 28, 2007

Your right choice of ND filter captured both the fantastic lighting and the red flowers in the foreground in a perfect balance. Again, you've done an excellent work, Jay! #4714629

Jay Patel August 31, 2007

Hi Amanda,
Yes, the flower in the foreground is Indian Paint Brush. Thank you all for the comments.

-Jay #4728609

Mick Burkey September 05, 2007

Absolutely fantastic, Jay! Great camera and filter use. Nicely done! #4751740

Margaret R. Barry September 05, 2007

Absolutely stunning, Jay! #4751750

Autum Rhoades September 21, 2007

Amazing! Fantastic finalist! #4820922

Alex T. Mizuno September 21, 2007

Congratulations Jay for this beautiful Finalist!! #4820951

Susanne V. Schroeder September 21, 2007

Amazing. Can't get any better, just perfect. Congrats on your finalist. #4821220

Stephanie Laird level-classic September 21, 2007

Congratulations on the most amazing finalist!!! #4821326

Tamera S. Phillips September 21, 2007

Amazing finalist Jay. Wow! Congratulations. #4824224

Esther Smith September 21, 2007

I say WOW too!! Congratulations Jay!! #4824245

Tarun Bose September 22, 2007

Big congrats Jay, for your excellent finalist. #4826051

Mike Dawson September 22, 2007

Fantastic work Jay #4827839

Dominick M. Dimacale level-addict September 22, 2007

Congratulations Jay...Dominick #4828029

Kay E. Mahoney level-classic September 22, 2007

Jay, Congratulations on your finalist. Good luck in the next round. #4829401

Margaret R. Barry September 23, 2007

Congratulations on this wonderful finalist, Jay! #4830991

Susan M. Campbell September 23, 2007

This deserves to be a finalist...it's absolutely stunning!!! #4834229

Sherry Stricklin Boles level-classic September 23, 2007

Congrats on this beautiful finalist! #4834924

Lisa J. Boulden level-classic September 23, 2007

MAGNIFICENT!!!
Well-deserved finalist, here!
Congrats!
--lisa #4834942

Jessica Jenney September 24, 2007

Congratulations, Jay on this stunning win! #4837876

Alex T. Mizuno September 24, 2007

Congratulations Jay! This is another great achievement! #4838094

Husain Akhtar September 24, 2007

Terrific winner! Big congratulations! #4838594

Marsha S. Smith September 24, 2007

So beautiful! Congratulations!! #4838613

Cyn Valentine September 24, 2007

Beautiful Jay..congratulations! #4839371

Esther Smith September 24, 2007

Congratulations on your Winner! #4839758

Lorri Shane September 24, 2007

Jay--what a moment in time to be witness. Congratulations on your win! #4839759

Paul D. September 24, 2007

Jay, you and Adamus never cease to amaze... this is such a great moment on the Lord's earth that you've captured here. Well done! #4839837

Tamera S. Phillips September 24, 2007

Congratulations on this beautiful winner! #4839868

Kay E. Mahoney level-classic September 24, 2007

Congratulations on your beautiful second place winner. #4840922

Tarun Bose September 25, 2007

Big congrats Jay, for your second prize winner. #4842394

Mick Burkey September 25, 2007

Congratulations, Jay!! Wonderful work and well deserved. #4844161

Philippe Vieux-Jeanton September 25, 2007

Congratulations on this nice win ! #4845279

Diana L. Ralph September 25, 2007

Congrats on this awesome win! #4846518

S P Mukherji September 25, 2007

Your trademark written all over this mind blowing creation... Congratulations Jay...I am a big fan of your pictures!! #4846652

Jay Patel September 26, 2007

Thank you all for taking time to comment on this photograph. All your comments are greatly appreciated. #4847912

Gail Vitikacs level-classic September 27, 2007

Incredible...huge congratulations on this stunning image! #4852411

Bill Houghton September 28, 2007

Congratulations on this beautiful win Jay. You deserve it. Bill

My Photo Gallery:

Bill Houghton Photography #4855855

Janine Russell level-classic September 29, 2007

Jay, very nice colors and lighting; big congratulations on your Second Place Win! #4861629

Bill Wyatt September 29, 2007

Congratulations Jay this is beautiful. I have enjoyed your work on Time Catcher as well. #4862523

C A October 02, 2007

I missed this one.. Wonderful scene. Congrats on your win! Best wishes from holland, Corne #4872348

Susan L. Vasquez October 04, 2007

The colors and contrasts are just breathtaking Jay. I especially like the sunbeams! A winner for sure.

#4882015

Keith L. Clayton October 05, 2007

Beautiful job on this. Brilliant image! #4887526

Robert Baer October 07, 2007

This is one of those imgages that makes us all thankful for the beautiful natural world around us. Thank you for this wonderful capture.
congratulations on your win. #4893264

Cathy M. Gromball October 07, 2007

Congratulations on your wonderful Second Place win, Jay!

Cathy :) #4894094

Wanda Knoss October 10, 2007

Jay, What a wonderful image! Congratulations on your win. #4907476

Patrick R. McMullen October 15, 2007

Congratulations Jay! Excellent lighting!
Pat #4928345

Kathy L. Clark October 19, 2007

Jay congratulation on this magnificent winner. I love Glacier National Park. One of the things that I miss now that I moved to Alabama is the majestic Alaskan mountains. Thanks for sharing this wonderful scene. #4948243

Dennis Walton October 19, 2007

Exquisite. Perfect combination of timing and talent. #4950991

December 31, 2007

This is beautiful! Amazing job! #5274055

Julie Christiansen January 21, 2008

Outstanding image. #5373704

Laura E. Swan level-classic January 26, 2008

This takes my breath away! It's surreal. I wish I had been there to experience it.

Thanks for making it possible for us all to at least take it in through YOUR eyes!!!

Come to my gallery and see my photo called "Speak To Me". It is similar to yours, in a small way. :) #5400744

Guy D. Biechele level-classic April 08, 2008

Amazing shot. Your gallery rocks!! #5762715

April 27, 2008

Congratulation!! it really looks heaven!! sooo greaaaaat!! #5850600

October 10, 2008

Just saw this on the favorites page. It is beautiful! I can see why so many have chosen it for a fav. Congrats on your well deserved win! #6582697

Carolyn M. DAlessandro April 01, 2009

Oh my...simply stunning! #7362003

Graham H. Winchester June 15, 2010

Wow!!! You did good. #8696492

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