Happy feeling achieved. Though certainly a smaller field then usual. That seems a trend.

This is truly my favorite time of year in the mountains. While nothing beats a pow day on skis, wildflowers, spring run-off, snow-capped mountains, and post-session beer while wearing flip-flops hits my mountain sweet spot. Roads into the high country begin opening. I'm one of those kooks that actually likes accessing north facing bowls via summer trails with running shoes and shorts. An afternoon kayak is a terrific apres-ski. In Tahoe, girls start showing up to beaches with bikinis on. My son loves seasonal creeks. My dogs love seasonal creeks. And there is enough snow lingering to keep the vast majority of summer hikers down at the REI weighing ball caps.

So, wide open theme. I wanna see mountains. Lifestyle, adventure, and formal landscapes are all rad entries. Seemingly most of us could, make that should, make it out into the hills over the next couple of weeks. For those that live in flatter areas, vertical relief will be our theme. Find ways of highlighting those contour lines.

We'll leave this open through Memorial Day Weekend and an extra day to shoot and process anything that comes out of that weekend.
Fingers crossed!

RULES:
1. Photos must be taken within the time period of the contest.
2. You may submit 3 photos during the competition.
3. The contest moderator will choose 5 photos to be voted on.
4. The winner will get a happy feeling in his/her pants. (That is a rule by the way, not an option.)
5. In the event of a tie, the contest moderator will have the deciding vote.
6. Winner will be the contest starter/moderator for the next comp.
7. The winner has 3 days to start a new contest or 2nd place becomes the new winner.

MPC #121 Shopping Cart
MPC #120 Journey
MPC#119 Out of Your Comfort Zone
MPC#118 Water
MPC#117 Opposites
MPC#116 Resolutions
MPC#115 Celebration
MPC#114 Santa
MPC#113 Leading Lines part Deux
MPC#112 Story
MPC#111 Sunstars
MPC#110 Noise
MPC#109 Structure
MPC#108 Vast
MPC#107 Reflections
MPC#106 Monochrome
MPC#104 Your Beach
MPC#103 Relationship
MPC#102 Decay
MPC#101 Juxtaposition
MPC#100 Tilt-Shift
MPC#99 Zoom
MPC#98 Signs
MPC#97 Artificial Light
MPC#96 Portrait, as pertains to orientation
MPC#95 MACRO
MPC#94 Framed
MPC#93 October
MPC#92 White Line
MPC#91 Harvest
MPC#90 Where you live
MPC#89 Geological
MPC#88 Big Machinery
MPC#87 Hot/Heat
MPC#86 Stress Relief
MPC#85 Dirty
MPC#84 Transportation
MPC#83 Of Yourself, By Yourself, In Context
MPC#82 Long Exposure: Urban Edition
MPC#81 Old School
MPC#80 Energy
MPC#79 Need
MPC#78 Weather
MPC#77 Action Sports
MPC#76 Stress
MPC#75 Anticipation
MPC#74 Foliage
MPC#73 Unreal
MPC#72 Speed
MPC#70 Old Technology
MPC#69 Plan B
MPC#68 Atmosphere POLL
MPC#67 Plants
MPC#66 Patterns
MPC#65 Weathered
MPC#64 WINNING
MPC#63 The End
MPC#62 Food
MPC#61 Seeing Double
MPC#60 Normal
MPC#59 Tranquility
MPC#58 Silhouette
MPC#57 Waiting
MPC#56 Night
MPC#55 Fire
MPC#54 Wheels
MPC#53 Small Sensors
MPC#52 Blur
MPC#51 Found Faces
MPC#50 Portraits
MPC#49 Panoramic
MPC#48 Light & Shadow
MPC#47 Timing
MPC#46 Coffee & Beer
MPC#45 Community
MPC#44 Potential
MPC#43 Solitude
MPC#42 Holidays
MPC#41 Ominous
MPC#40 Imbalance
MPC#39 Transition
MPC#38 Unsightly
MPC#37 Self Portrait
MPC#36 Music
MPC#35 Summer
MPC#34 Passion
MPC#33 Home
MPC#32 Electricity
MPC#31 Bridges
MPC#30 Old & New
MPC#29 BW
MPC#28 Winter
MPC#27 HDR
MPC#26 Shadows
MPC#25 Circles
MPC#24 Bars
MPC#23 People
MPC#22 Architecture
MPC#21 Wild Beasts
MPC#20 Water
MPC#19 Bulb
MPC#18 Celebration
MPC#17 Sunrise & Sunset
MPC#16 Out of Place
MPC#15 Altered
MPC#14 Angles
MPC#13 Pain & Suffering
MPC#12 Unusual Perspective
MPC#11 Depth
MPC#10 Contrast
MPC#9 Festive
MPC#8 Reflection
MPC#7 Leading Lines
MPC#6 Minimal
MPC#5 Abandoned
MPC#4 Perspective
MPC#3 Airborne
MPC#2 Straylight
MPC#1 Motion

#1 Sunset over the Adirondacks


#2 Green Mountains getting greener

#1- Skinning up Buffalo Mt on a gorgeous Colorado day

#1



freak~[&]

Graduating to Spring
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Linville Gorge, it nearly combines everything you mentioned. Incredible mountain views for 16 miles of some of the best whitewater in the world.

IMG_1332 by cbkoontz, on Flickr


Clapper_Table Rock by cbkoontz, on Flickr

Mountain biking and the mountains. Here's entry #1, and likely my only entry since tomorrow I leave for the low-country... horrible timing for this contest. Can't wait to see the rest of the entries.

Already some awesome entries! This is gonna be a good one.

#1


#2
A pair of frequently photographed mountains under a different light

Electric Peak, YNP

YNP1-3906 by jrmorris-mt, on Flickr

damn, you people are good

this was taken too early, but recent-ish
wildflowers in the high meadows of the columbia river gorge

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#1


#2


#3 - A little bit of an abstract

zartagen, both your entries are outstanding!

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Colours of the South Island by FuzzSummit, on Flickr

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Canterbury Arch by FuzzSummit, on Flickr

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The mountains have been pretty clouded in a lot the last 2 weeks around here.
So this weekend I went south to where the sun shines.... Boston! Some decent vertical relief there if you count the buildings.
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#2 Tetons

YNP1-4092 by jrmorris-mt, on Flickr

#1

#2

#3

#2 So this might be the first selfie posted in an MPC but oh well. Thought it captured the theme nicely. Taken on North Maroon Peak saturday. 700 ft up a massive no fall zone

North Maroon-1 by Bronic7, on Flickr

I was in Peru from 5/15-5/26. The mountains were big.







I can't figure out how to make the pictures larger, but trust me, the mountains were pretty big.

Vertical Relief... or lack there of?

P5143131b by Ed Carley, on Flickr

Ride Easy, when you add them uncheck the little box that says "Retrieve remote file and reference locally".

Some rad entries in this one! NEK I really like that first shot of Boston.

All shot near Cascade Springs in Wasatch Mountain State Park.

I have my work cut out for me. There's a couple I know make the cut. There's a number of entries that should/could.

Gonna be some tough decisions. Long live the mighty MPC.

Last 2.5 hour bump...

Taken 5/14, Full moon over Mt Bachelor and Tumelo Mtn

Originally Posted by Tap

Taken 5/14, Full moon over Mt Bachelor and Tumelo Mtn

^ Damn, that's awesome!

Originally Posted by ridinshockgun

Linville Gorge, it nearly combines everything you mentioned. Incredible mountain views for 16 miles of some of the best whitewater in the world.

IMG_1332 by cbkoontz, on Flickr

That looks like awesome fun. I'm sure it took some precision to catch that chute.