Maligne Morning

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I thought I'd try blogging some images from Flickr... let's see how it works!! For the full story on this image check it out on my Flickr page... it was definitely a "Cool" morning!!

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Shut Down...

So the mini road trip to Bow Lake in Banff National Park for sunrise was a bit of a bust today. We got there and no more than five minutes after arriving the whole lake and mountain were covered in clouds. I got out and shot a little bit, but only came away with a few frames that I like. Mostly black and white shots of trees and details in the snow.


After a bit of shooting at Bow Lake we headed back towards Jasper with a few stops along the way. First was Mistaya Canyon, a great little spot on the side of the road that I'm not too sure a lot of people realize it's potential photographically.


We also made a quick stop at the Weeping Wall to see if there were any ice climbers, which there was, but there were pretty far up to get a shot. So I took a couple shots of the stream behind the parking lot. I'll probably head down towards Mistaya for a Sunrise in the next few weeks, hopefully I'll start to get a little more luck with the weather!!

Photos: Nikon D90, 17-55mm f/2.8, 10.5mm f/2.8 (stream)

Ready for Spring!

So I haven't kept up on the blog posting like I would like to. Hopefully that will change here in the next few weeks. Just been busy with all the "social media" I've been trying to keep up with. I think the only thing I'm not doing is "tweeting" or using Twitter, but I don't have a cell phone, so I'll start to "Tweet" whenever I get on of those. I've been keeping up with Flickr, Facebook, my web page, and trying to shoot everyday as well. It doesn't sound like much, but for some reason it's all making my head spin and I feel tired!


I only got outside twice this week, as we had to make a trip to Edmonton in the middle of last week. I went out for a sunrise at Pyramid Lake, that didn't materialize, it just got cloudy. Then I got out today, to my current hang....south of town on the Athabasca River. Today I had all my gear with me so I went back to using my good old filters. Only two were used today, the polarizer and my 3-stop Graduated Neutral Density. They are probably the two most used filters in my bag. So much so that they are getting a little scratched up and could use replacing this summer....or for a B-day gift..for anyone listening..hint, hint.


So today's shots have very little done to them in the way of post processing, a little contrast and saturation, and we're done! That simple. No HDR, mo merging exposures, got it all right in the camera....good times. I have plans for another mini road trip south to Banff National Park tomorrow, so with any luck I'll come back with a few pics from there!

Photos: Nikon D90, 17-55mm f/2.8, Cokin Polarizer, Cokin P121 GND