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Taken from 3 different locations from the same trip travel to Alberta back in August. From a gentle stream to a violence river that flowing down to a waterfall. They are fun and some times challenging to photography. How do you like them?
Although there isn’t much clouds to give a more vibrant sunset in the sky on this evening. The quietness and calm water still make it a very memorable moment!!
Sunset clouds over Mt. Indefatigable in Kananaskis Country, Alberta
Moraine Lake was closed for the season in early October this year. I was a little too late to catch some snow scene at the lake last month. But here is a click from this August.
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A lovely morning at Upper Kananaskis Lake waiting for sunrise. After a long night shoot at the lower lake and then headed to the upper lake quietly waiting. It was a very peaceful morning!
Ever since my first time visited this waterfalls, I’ve been thinking it will be very cool to shoot it when there are snow covering it or maybe even under the starry night sky. Last year, I visited it in deep Winter and the waterfalls was completely frozen. So I made my trip this October and try again. The scene was lovely and refreshing. But it was quite a journey…
First, have to snowshoe on a rocky with light snow section uphill. And that put a lot of scratches on it… Distance wasn’t long at all, for just few hundred meters. But need be very careful with on each step trying not to destroy the fresh snow where I have to set my composition. And I have to say it wasn’t easy to find a composition out of this chaotic beauty. And not to mention that with a 14mm lens on my camera, I’ll have to stand right inside the water to frame the shot. I was pretty excited that I finally gave a try to this scene and was taking the shot that was in my head for a very long time. It was great until step in about half a feet of water and started feeling my boots is leaking from the back of my left foot… And decided to get out of the water and head back down. Also won’t be making any plan to come back at night. At least not the upper part of this waterfalls!
Another shot taken from the NEOWISE Comet chasing week back in August. Although it was still in August, the temperature was a little cold as it was in a higher elevation in the Canadian Rockies.
A full day drive on the David Thompson Highway in Alberta. Stopped at few different spots along the highway trying to find new interesting places. The day was on and off with sun and cloudy sky. But by sunset time, storm clouds started to roll in and covered the sky.
After searching for sometimes, my buddy and I settled at a beach right inside the lake. It was extremely windy when setting up our tent. After we cook and ate our dinner, we decided to sleep earlier as the sky was covered with clouds. And soon after we got into our sleeping bags, the wind started blowing like crazy. Our tent which have about 6 feet height in the middle was blown to 45 degree angles…! Then we started to hear rain drops. Luckily the wind stopped and the rain wasn’t really that heavy. Since we were very tired from the day, we just looked at each other and get back into the sleeping bags and sleep.
After about 1 – 2 hours, I woke up and realized the clouds was cleared because we left a little window opened so that we can see the night sky. Even though I was still very tired, I got up and start setting up my tripod right in front of my tent. Took my first shot and noticed there is a Northern Lights right in front of the lake. Not just that there is Aurora Borealis, after I check photo on the big screen and realized the NEOWISE Comet is at the bottom left corner!! And I quickly set up my timer for a time lapse capture. Here is one of the frame from the time lapse.
I set up my camping chair right beside my tripod and just listening to the shutter sound and watching the night kept dancing. It was a wonderful night! After an hour or two, the Northern Lights started to fade and I stopped my camera timer control. Turn around and try one last shot to see if can see the milky way or not. And this is what I got. Can you believe all 3 images were captured on the same night?
Just wanted to share more photos with you of how my journey goes. Sometime, they might not be the best photos like these were just taken beside the tent. But they carry memorable moments!! And you are going to see more under my Blog page.
Work that I personally like will be in the photo gallery and they are available for Print
Usually it takes quite a bit of work to be able to photography some fresh snow. I mean like waiting for a snowy night and have a good weather day to be able to get out to take photo. And at the same time worry if the road condition is okay to drive on…. Not to mention you have to wake up early to get to the location before sunrise. I’m talking about way way earlier in order to beat everyone that wanted to go to that location.
But with this scene, I was so happy to found this at a sunset time without anyone stepping on the snow. Well…. that would have to be somewhere a bit off the beaten path!! 🙂 Not the best sky for a dramatic sunset as there isn’t any cloud at all… But still got some good color tint in the sky!
Hope you enjoy!
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Few more images from August. This place seems to becomes more and more popular over the few different times I visited. And it is great to have a gravel road that filter out some intensive tourist type visitors and mostly remains all outdoor enthusiastic that willing to take a few extra steps to get to it. You know where is it? 😀
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