Some great shots there Greg. I went out to Peter Lougheed in Kananaskis a few weeks ago and took quite a few shots like this, mostly with an ultra wide lens, but also a few of a waterfall using a CPL and ND filter. And I was kind of underwhelmed in the results when I got into the "digital darkroom". I attributed my disappointment to the light. The blue sky is beautiful but the harsh light isn't. The terms "golden hour" and "magic hour" keep getting driven into my brain, but I'm doomed because I'm not much of a morning person and I don't like long highway drives at night. Plus I have young kids (less freedom, more responsibility). I think many of my further from home photography tours will have to include hotel lodging from now on. Just a question, was the photo in #2 a stitched panorama shot, or just cropped wide? If panorama, how many shots were stitched together?