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| One of our first photo opportunities was in Kanasaskis Country. This little cascade was just off the main road through the area. Crossing to the other side of the road we were able to enjoy this beautiful sunset. The following morning, we shot at Barrier Lake as the sun lit the mountains with it's morning glow. |
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| Wedge Pond provides a beautiful reflection. Rocks in the water provided a perfect foreground for a few shots of Mt Kidd. Then we moved on to take a few more shots of Barrier Lake with different lighting conditions. |
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| The Aspen trees were in full color against the bright blue sky. Always on the lookout for wildlife, we found a few Bighorn Sheep along the way. When I first noticed these yellow trees mixed in with the evergreens, I thought they were probably Aspen or something similar. Then upon closer look (and Mark's wisdom), I realized they were very similar to evergreens trees, however, they change colors during the fall. |
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| There were plenty of lakes to shoot on our way. Then we arrived at the best of them...Moraine Lake. The mountains, the trees, and the water itself, provided a perfect shooting opportunity. As the sun rose further into the sky, more trees along the edge lit up. The winds died down a little bit and allowed us to get a great reflection. We couldn't have asked for a better morning...blue skies, a few white clouds and very little wind. Postcard opportunities. We left for a few minutes and took a few shots in the area before returning to get a few more shots with different lighting. It's amazing how much the photo changed with different lighting conditions. The water turned from a the beautiful blue to green. |
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| We had a very brief opportunity to shoot the sunlit Castle Mountain's reflection. Unfortunately, we almost missed the last light of the day against Castle Mountain. I had just enough time to grab a couple shots before the sunlit peaks were completely gone. I would have liked to have been here a little earlier when the sun was lighting more of the mountain. The next morning we went to Lake Louise to shoot sunrise. |
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| With the beautiful blue skies we were having, we took the opportunity to go up on Athabasca Glacier to get a few shots. We had to make the best of about 20 minutes we were allowed on the ice. We were all shooting low shots and trying to get the sun star in our shots. When I got back on the ice explorer, several people asked me what I was shooting...they had been watching me lay on the ice. I showed them a few shots. |
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| There are so many opportunities for photos in this area, you have to keep your eyes open throughout the drive. We spotted this Nigel Creek's little falls along our drive and just had to take a few shots. This would have been fun to take more time and shoot, if we could have got down to it during the right light. We tried for Castle Mountain again this evening, we got there just in time to shoot a quick sunset shot, however, we had changed cars that afternoon and my tripod was in the other car....which missed the turn and was running a little late...so I missed it again. I did take a couple shots from the other side of the street. Our next sunrise shoot was at Peyto Lake. |
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| Saskatchewan River Crossing Pull Off. We took a little time to take a few shots of the fall color and relax. |
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| During the drive, you can't miss Tangle Falls. Tangle Falls is directly on the side of the road. As you can see, there are several different sections of this fall. All equally as beautiful to photograph. Each section provided wonderful photo opportunities. One of the photos below, I was standing at the base of one section, and just above another section when I decided to take a quick shot of Nicole down below. You can see the road and parked cars. After Tangle falls, we moved on to Sunwapta Falls and then on to Athabasca Falls. There was a lot more water flowing over the falls than normal for this time of year. |
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| One foggy morning, we tried to escape the fog and went for the glacier. When we got there, it was perfectly clear, but in a matter of minutes, the fog moved in and obstructed our view. We waited for a while little while for it to clear. During our wait, I got one shot as the mountained peaked out above the fog, before it was taken over again. Just a couple minutes after we moved up the hill, the fog cleared...but as it cleared, I was able to get a few shots of a fog bow. I had never seen a fog bow before. |
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| During a tour, we have a tendency to shoot all day long (or drive from one location to the next). What do we shoot in those midday hours? There's always something...but this was a new experience for me....but provided a lot of fun and some interesting photos. Lying on the dock, hanging my head upside down just above the water's edge, I was able to capture some of the light rays as they moved through the water. Each shot was different as the patterns changed constantly...some straight lines, some spiderweb type...you never knew what you would get. Pyramid Lake provided these beautiful green rays...then we moved on to Patricia Lake and got some beautiful golds...the golds seemed to pick up prism colors too. Definitely going to have to try this some more! |
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| We saw several groups of Elk along the way. |
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| Sunset was at Medicine Lake. I took a few shots and was wondering if we were going to have any more color, I turned around and saw a brightly lit cloud behind me. I did a little rock hopping and got further out into the lake to get some water in the shot and got a couple of shots. Just as I took that shot and the color started to disappear, I looked at my original direction and the color had come up. I rock hopped back to my original spot and got everything set back up and enjoyed this beautiful sunset. |
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| Our next morning sunrise was incredible. The sky lit up! |
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| Unfortunately, despite the beautiful sunrise, the sun was not out for long and we didn't have the opportunity to take the shot we were at this location to shoot....not that I'm complaining...I couldn't have asked for a more incredible sunrise! On the way back to breakfast, we encountered a few more elk and stopped to shoot them. |
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| Our next location was at Maligne Canyon - we hiked through this area which had plenty of opportunities for beautiful shots. |
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| After the canyon, we headed back to Athabasca Falls for our sunset shoot. Beautiful evening glow above the falls. |
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| Our sunrise shoot was a short walk down from our cabin at Patricia Lake. Once again, we enjoyed a beautiful sunrise. |
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| We planned to go to Mount Edith Cavell in the late morning, just when the light should be perfect to shoot the area...however the road crew had a little different idea...the road was closed for a couple of hours...to let the paint on the center line dry. During our wait, we took advantage of some of the scenery from one of the bridges along the road. Then we headed back up to Mount Edith Cavel. Hanging over the lake is Angel Glacier. Sections of glacier have broken off and can be found floating in the lake below...or in this case, frozen into the lake. It was fun to see all the different thickness of the ice. |
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| Our last morning shoot. This was another great Lightchase Photography trip, which provided lots of wonderful photographic opportunties. Couldn't have asked fo a better group of people to travel with and enjoy the experience. Special thanks to Darren, who saved the experience for me by loaning me a lens after I dropped and broke mine. Can't thank you enough!!! |
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