Vancouver based Photographer
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
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!
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.
I have started a new habit of changing lens during shooting at night. Particularly when shooting the milky way. Also started to use a large aperture f/1.4 50mm lens to shoot (one of my first lens from when I have my first 7D. There are some issues when shooting with this lens, especially with “Astigmatism” being quite horrifying in the corner… It happened when you wide open your lens. Like the 2 examples below are shot at f/1.8 and 2.0
And to switch to a 20mm lens to included the sign of Banff National Park.
Some times, you go for any kind of foreground even if it is just saw a sign while you were driving!! Well…. I saw it on an afternoon and decided to go back on a clear night as it was just a stop on the way! And you can get to shot at 2 park!! 😀
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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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It’s was cold, but I love it when it frozen. Everything seem to froze when it’s cold and you can hear sound more clear with it is cold too! Do you think so too?