Yesterday I treated myself to an all day, sunrise to sunset shoot in the Rocky Mountains. I feel like I neglected the amazing scenery I live so close to again this summer, so I thought one last day in the mountains before it starts getting really cold was necessary.
I didn’t really have any set plans as to where I was going except for sunrise. I picked Quarry Lake in Canmore as my first location because it wouldn’t take me too long to get there and I’d never shot there before. I arrived well before sunrise and did a bit of scouting for locations. Once I found my spot it felt like ages until that amazing glow started to appear on the mountains – but it was worth it. I know I got some great stuff of the frozen lake and mountains – but one of the coolest shots I think I got was the one you see below. It was 100% a case of ‘F8 and Be There’. While my other body was capturing some long exposures, I had my second body in hand rattling off some single frames of the amazing colours. At one point I saw a bird out of the corner of my eye, so I wheeled, framed, and fired and managed to capture it’s silhouette against the fiery clouds. Not an epic landscape, but a frame I’m very pleased with nonetheless.
I’ll likely start showing some of the lake photos from the day I’m calling ’12 hours, 6 lakes, 3 cameras, 1 man’ (cheesy, I know ;)) next week. Stay tuned!
Equipment:
– Canon EOS 50D
– Canon 24-105mm f/4L
Nice man, love that cloud movement in the back. Beautiful water and I dig that slight blue tinge on the water’s horizon.
Dude, this is ridiculous. That cloud motion from the long exposure is insane. Print this on metal, ASAP.
Get out of here with this. Seriously. What the hell. This is incredible.
Love this image of Lake Louise with the snow and no crowds! I’m going to have to get up there in the snow months.
Sweet! Love the CPL here to see ‘into’ the water! This is just a fantastic scene!
Digging all that snow. It’s 75 here in Phoenix.
Hot damn this is incredible, Heath! Great balance of shadows and light.
I love everything there is to love about this image, and really can’t add anything that hasn’t already been said. Very nice.