Uploaded: July 25, 2006 19:43:06
Early morning light bursts through the trees along Oregon's Rock Creek, one of the last remaining native forests along the coast.
17-40mm at 17mm. Polarizer + 4-stop soft grad filter. 1 second at F18.
Vonda B. Magill July 25, 2006
I love everything about this shot. #491211Sharon C. Hinze July 25, 2006
This is gorgeous Marc! Great capture. S #3081192Kenny Metro July 25, 2006
Your photographs are beautiful and inspirational,Marc! #3081258Cathy Stancil July 25, 2006
Glorious, as usual, Marc !! #3081334Richard D. Cox July 26, 2006
Fantastic lighting. Love the rays. #3081931Kathy Radford July 26, 2006
Excellent!!! What lighting. Looks like a winner to me. Kathy in NH #3082159Tamera S. Phillips July 27, 2006
Love that light Marc. Stunning. #3089376Melissa G. Meiselman August 14, 2006
Those beams of light are breathtaking, Mark. Love the beauty of this scene #3163274Daniel G. Flocke August 26, 2006
Marc - Congratulations on your Finalist!! Good Luck in the next round!~Daniel #3218417
Kathy Radford August 26, 2006
Congrats. great job. Kathy in NH #3219414Serena Pierce August 26, 2006
Beautiful Marc, Congratulations!! #3219584Julie Robinson August 26, 2006
Congrats on your wondeful finalist! #3220185James C. Messervy August 26, 2006
A very deserving finalist! This is one of the best shots I've seen in a long while! Absolutely stunning. #3220601Kay E. Mahoney August 26, 2006
Congratulations on your beautiful finalist. Good luck in the next round. #3221392Tamera S. Phillips August 26, 2006
Big congrats on this one - it is one of my favs of yours! #3221407Jennifer Cuscino August 26, 2006
BREATHTAKING. Oh my goodness...love this photo! So crisp and clean yet soft in all the right places. Superb! Absolutely stunning. #3221455Michelle J. Harvey August 26, 2006
Phenominal capture Marc!! The lighting is absolutely magical!! Congrats! #3221569Helen N. McHugh August 27, 2006
Just beautiful! Congratulations Mark! #3227908Melissa G. Meiselman August 27, 2006
This is an absolutely stunning finalist, Marc!! Congratulations!!! #3229544Gregg Johnstun August 28, 2006
Absolutely breathtaking. Your entire gallery is full of beauty like this one. I hope you win the grand-daddy, big one for this. It's my favorite photo that you have taken out of all of the photos in your gallery and website. #3234114Mick Burkey August 28, 2006
Stunning image, Marc! Congrats on the finals. #3234249Keith L. Clayton August 19, 2007
Mnany mnay congrats - This is a gorgeous image!! Outstanding! #4670046Katherine L. Bodger August 19, 2007
This is totally outstanding! What more can I add to what has already been said :)Donna Dunbar November 06, 2007
What an amazing gallery you have, I know I'm a little late but congrats on your finalist. I'm finding it hard to understand though why they didn't rank this so much higher in the contest it's absolutely spectacular!!!!!! #5035471Donna La Mattino Pagakis November 09, 2007
Brilliant lighting and perspective, an awesome scene!! Congratulations! #5050920Raquel J. Ruiz January 31, 2008
Beautiful Capture....Excellent Job #5424218Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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