A day trip to Chester Lake
Dgrin says I haven't posted for awhile, so here goes...
We went on a day hike (we being my darling and myself) to Chester Lake last Sunday, without kids... which was a good thing because it was rather cold (about 6C) and it rained all day, heavy at times.
But a little rain doesn't stop us Canadians from enjoying the outdoors. In fact, I find that cloudy and rainy days sometimes give some of the best light to photograph nature. The light is uniform and flat, with no sharp highlights to deal with.
At this time of year the larches are starting to change color, to an almost iridescent yellow.
The forest looked very lush and dark green, and the grass a rich golden mixed with sprinkles of yellow-green and reds, thanks to the rain that made everything wet and saturated all the colors.
In one meadow a creek was filling up with water and the moss was soaking up the moisture before the coming long winter:
Although it wasn't snowing while we were hiking, there had definitely already been snow a few days earlier, and the shores of Chester Lake still showed traces of it:
The only thing disturbing the reflections in the water were the falling raindrops:
Reflections of a rocky slope:
Reflections of trees on the opposite shore:
Out near a waterfall on the opposite side of the lake, some particularly bright plant caught my attention up on a rock wall:
Standing by the waterfall, I could take in a whole view of the lake:
Walking around on the snowy rocky shore that you saw earlier, there wasn't much to capture my attention, until I looked closer... and saw the tiniest flowers surviving in a somewhat harsh environment:
The above flower was so tiny, I had to take a shot with my finger beside it for scale:
And if all the "big" stuff is hidden in clouds and fog, why not then photograph the "small" stuff around me...
I can only do justice to the peaceful alpine meadow that we walked across by a panoramic picture (or two):
And finally, this hike would not have been half as fun without my artistic director:
It was a wet, cold rainy day, but we definitely made the best of it!
Cheers!
We went on a day hike (we being my darling and myself) to Chester Lake last Sunday, without kids... which was a good thing because it was rather cold (about 6C) and it rained all day, heavy at times.
But a little rain doesn't stop us Canadians from enjoying the outdoors. In fact, I find that cloudy and rainy days sometimes give some of the best light to photograph nature. The light is uniform and flat, with no sharp highlights to deal with.
At this time of year the larches are starting to change color, to an almost iridescent yellow.
The forest looked very lush and dark green, and the grass a rich golden mixed with sprinkles of yellow-green and reds, thanks to the rain that made everything wet and saturated all the colors.
In one meadow a creek was filling up with water and the moss was soaking up the moisture before the coming long winter:
Although it wasn't snowing while we were hiking, there had definitely already been snow a few days earlier, and the shores of Chester Lake still showed traces of it:
The only thing disturbing the reflections in the water were the falling raindrops:
Reflections of a rocky slope:
Reflections of trees on the opposite shore:
Out near a waterfall on the opposite side of the lake, some particularly bright plant caught my attention up on a rock wall:
Standing by the waterfall, I could take in a whole view of the lake:
Walking around on the snowy rocky shore that you saw earlier, there wasn't much to capture my attention, until I looked closer... and saw the tiniest flowers surviving in a somewhat harsh environment:
The above flower was so tiny, I had to take a shot with my finger beside it for scale:
And if all the "big" stuff is hidden in clouds and fog, why not then photograph the "small" stuff around me...
I can only do justice to the peaceful alpine meadow that we walked across by a panoramic picture (or two):
And finally, this hike would not have been half as fun without my artistic director:
It was a wet, cold rainy day, but we definitely made the best of it!
Cheers!
-- Photography without post-processing is like cooking without salt or spices.
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but nice composition on the close ups flowers
I will try and correct this.