Lake Louise & Banff

jmathewjmathew Registered Users Posts: 75 Big grins
edited August 30, 2006 in Landscapes
We are back from a fantastic trip to Lake Louise & Banff - here are some quick pics from the trip. I didnt have (nor have I ever used) a grad ND filter, so I shot in raw, bracketed exposures etc - in anticipation of someday fiddling with these. Ill need another vacation just to tackle that I think.

Thanks to those who provided tripod/head advice - I couldnt be happier with the choices (Feisol 3401 + RSS BH-40 - VERY easy to hike with).

All but the last were shot with the 17-55 2.8 IS

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Lake Louise

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Lake Louise

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Lake Louise

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Peyto Lake

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Moraine Lake - handheld from a canoe! (1/80)

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Emerald Lake

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Emerald Lake

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Moraine Lake

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Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
Jefy Mathew

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  • OwenOwen Registered Users Posts: 948 Major grins
    edited August 22, 2006
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    Wonderful!
  • FrankieAngFrankieAng Registered Users Posts: 90 Big grins
    edited August 22, 2006
    These images are striking. The ambient lighting and composition are incredible. Each and every one is a post card shot. Excellant series! Thanks for sharing.
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  • NirNir Registered Users Posts: 1,400 Major grins
    edited August 23, 2006
    beautiful shots of one of the most beautiful places in the world!
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  • Tee WhyTee Why Registered Users Posts: 2,390 Major grins
    edited August 23, 2006
    Good opening shot. The water on the fourth shot looks funky green/teal color.
    Good shots.
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  • jmathewjmathew Registered Users Posts: 75 Big grins
    edited August 23, 2006
    Tee Why wrote:
    Good opening shot. The water on the fourth shot looks funky green/teal color.
    Good shots.

    It was like that when I found it I promise....

    Nothing was done to the color, its some sort of effect due to the minerals, and something something....(I need to read those informative signs more carefully)
    Jefy Mathew
  • JamieCJamieC Registered Users Posts: 154 Major grins
    edited August 23, 2006
    Tee Why wrote:
    Good opening shot. The water on the fourth shot looks funky green/teal color.
    Good shots.
    Believe it or not, that's the way that lake looks! I was there a few years back... without my camera. I was so dissapointed I didn't have it with me. Next time I'll have it and now I have some inspiration.

    jamie
  • ChrisJChrisJ Registered Users Posts: 2,164 Major grins
    edited August 23, 2006
    Yep, that's glacial melt.

    Great shots! It really makes me want to get up there... I've been as far as Glacier NP.
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  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited August 23, 2006
    WOW.. fantastic shots!clap.gif
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  • mbzmbz Registered Users Posts: 230 Major grins
    edited August 24, 2006
    Amazing pictures.
  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited August 25, 2006
    Tee Why wrote:
    The water on the fourth shot looks funky green/teal color.
    Go there and see it for real, it's accurate, I promise :D

    clap.gif nice work, Jefy!
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  • Zoom RaiderZoom Raider Registered Users Posts: 317 Major grins
    edited August 26, 2006
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    I like this one. It's so peaceful looking. Makes me feel like it's the weekend. Don't have to go into work. The sun's setting.
    I'm home with my wife and kids, (not that I have any, but I can dream, right)?rolleyes1.gif A nice dinner is being served.lickout.gif
    The night air approaches so that we can go out on the porch after dinner and enjoy the evening and gaze at the stars
    and talk about anything. No crime to worry about. No bad person/s to come around and start trouble.
    It's like a piece of Eden, or a piece of the New Earth. It's a beautiful picture.thumb.gif
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  • Ann McRaeAnn McRae Registered Users Posts: 4,584 Major grins
    edited August 26, 2006
    These are superb - who lined the canoes up so perfectly???mwink.gif

    Great work, Jefy.


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  • jmathewjmathew Registered Users Posts: 75 Big grins
    edited August 27, 2006
    Zoom Raider wrote:
    I like this one. It's so peaceful looking. Makes me feel like it's the weekend. Don't have to go into work. The sun's setting.
    I'm home with my wife and kids, (not that I have any, but I can dream, right)?rolleyes1.gif A nice dinner is being served.lickout.gif
    The night air approaches so that we can go out on the porch after dinner and enjoy the evening and gaze at the stars
    and talk about anything. No crime to worry about. No bad person/s to come around and start trouble.
    It's like a piece of Eden, or a piece of the New Earth. It's a beautiful picture.thumb.gif

    -I was just a little depressed about having to be back in 200% humidity here in Houston, and now I'm completely miserable after reading the word-picture you've described, thanks alot! :cry

    -Ann, absolutely no canoes were harmed or manipulated in these shots! That particular one was taken around 9:30 pm after a long day of hiking, I dont think I could have moved even one if I wanted to!

    Thanks to all for the nice comments, it was my first time doing landscape-type shots. I'd been working the other end of the f-stop spectrum for the last couple years taking pictures of the kids. I learned ALOT from reading here before the trip and I think it paid off!
    Jefy Mathew
  • equisxequisx Registered Users Posts: 1 Beginner grinner
    edited August 27, 2006
    I am stuned by the quality of this series..
    I am newbie to this website..that even make me more stuned..

    :):thumb.gif
    I rate this series 5 xept pic4..this water did look too solid and :uhoh..
  • Ann McRaeAnn McRae Registered Users Posts: 4,584 Major grins
    edited August 27, 2006
    Peyto Lake controversy!
    [I rate this series 5 xept pic4..this water did look too solid and :uhoh..[/quote]

    Another dissentor re: Peyto lake. All I have for suporting evidence is this photo, Aug. 1, 2002 in the snow:
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    Peyto Lake, Morraine Lake, Lake Louise etc. are all galcial lakes. They are all green. Peyto is particularly undisturbed, sheltered and gorgeous. google Darwin Wiggitt (sp?) - he has many photos of Peyto Lake.

    Jefy - you did a great job with lighting - given the instability of the weather in the mountains, finding sweet light can be a real challenge. But when you do, the results are spectacular.

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  • jmathewjmathew Registered Users Posts: 75 Big grins
    edited August 27, 2006
    It does seem like a fake color until you've seen it in person I'll admit.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

    Peyto Lake (pea-toe) is a glacier fed lake located in Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies. The lake itself is easily accessed from the Icefields Parkway.

    During the summer, significant amounts of glacial rock flour flow into the lake, and these suspended rock particles give the lake a bright, turquoise color. Because of its bright color, photos of the lake often appear in illustrated books, and area around the lake is a popular sightseeing spot for tourists in the park.

    ...and you know if its in a free online anyone-editable encyclopedia it's gotta be true!
    Jefy Mathew
  • photogmommaphotogmomma Registered Users Posts: 1,644 Major grins
    edited August 27, 2006
    Gorgeous! I LOVE the hand held shot!

    I live in Crested Butte and we have Emerald Lake which is almost the exact same color. Great captures!
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  • MikkoMikko Registered Users Posts: 451 Major grins
    edited August 28, 2006
    These are awesome i want to go there

    Mikko
  • JamieCJamieC Registered Users Posts: 154 Major grins
    edited August 29, 2006
    Mikko wrote:
    These are awesome i want to go there

    Mikko
    There's only one problem with that. Once you go there, you will want to go *back* there again and again. It's been 7 years since I was there... should be heading there next year maybe.

    jamie
  • firedancing4lifefiredancing4life Registered Users Posts: 550 Major grins
    edited August 30, 2006
    jmathew wrote:
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    I love all these shots...but these two are especially jaw dropping IMO. I love the symetrical feel of the one on the lake...and the wideness is just breath taking. Nice job!
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  • Twisted ImageTwisted Image Registered Users Posts: 110 Major grins
    edited August 30, 2006
    That place looks absolutely amazing and you did a terriffic job capturing it.

    Holy cow...amazing...clap.gif
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