Jasper 7, the unblogged mountains

There is no shortage of mountains in Jasper. I've shown you some photos of them, here's the rest.

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2. Believe it or not, this misty stark mountainside is the most liked photo I've ever put on VERO. 

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4. The mountainside above Medicine Lake.

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7. I shouldn't need to tell you where this is.

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8. Mt. Robson. We were there a while, waiting to see if the clouds would clear off the peak. It's fun to try subtly different compositions and editing treatments, even if to the casual observer they are all the same. But there's no casual observers here, right?

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13. One of the fun things for me is to stand back a bit and see my fellow photographers in action.

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17. Pyramid Mountain, in less than flattering light.

18. Now in somewhat more flattering light. We kept waiting for it to change, but I didn't care. I'd already got my great photo of it the previous day.

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20. Neil's camera working on creating a time lapse movie of the sunrise on the mountain. It probably took at least 1,000 photos as we watched the light change.

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Of the Day

Driftwood (NZ)

Driftwood (BC)

Driftwood (Jasper)

Flower

Yukon

Film (new) and Celina

Hmm, this might be a repeat here. I had it tagged as going on Vero, but I don't see it there. Maybe I've blogged it, and goofed on the tag.

Film (old)

Jasper 6, the waterfalls

One of the subjects I enjoy doing is waterfalls, especially when I can take my time. That lets me think about composition, when there's a choice. Sometimes there isn't. I can put the camera on a tripod, with an ND filter on the lens, and do some long exposures. This let's me choose how I want the water to look, just about anything from a river of milk, to the water drops ever so slightly blurred for some texture. My usual desired texture is somewhere between those extremes, aiming for a mist over the water effect. 

 The Jasper trip included stops at several waterfalls, with varying opportunities to work the scene. Part of the challenge is to deal with other people that might be there. Water implies wet, which typically doesn't go well with camera equipment. It also implies slippery, with consequences ranging from wet feet, to wet equipment, to fatal.

1. This is Tangle Falls, just off the icefields parkway. You can tell I'm playing with different compositions and exposure settings.

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5. Whats interesting about this photos is that you probably can't tell someone walked through the scene while the camera was running.

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8. A couple of Maligne Canyon.

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10. Athabasca Falls. The problem here is that it's right off the highway and there were a zillion people enjoying the view. There's a series of bridges and walk ways to view the falls from. There are also lots of  signs that warn people that the falls are extremely hazardous and not to go past the fences. I didn't even try to use the tripod and filters. 

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20. You might think that because the water is blurred that I'm using an ND filter. But no, it's only 1/20 second shutter speed. This is just on the edge of a human holding a camera still long enough for a good image. I had propped the camera on the fence to keep it still.

Of the Day

Driftwood (NZ)

Driftwood (BC)

Driftwood (Jasper)

Flower

Yukon

Film (new)

Film (old)

What with the waterfall theme I thought I'd go with this one. The point was not Linda's great legs, but a creature hiding in the rocks.

October Image of the Month

That was a big photographic month, with about 3000 images through the camera. However, 400 were for a private client session, and 900 were for the WCA Halloween party. That got edited down to 221 images on the WCA page here. 

A trip to Jasper with some friends added up to another 1600 photos. Thats where the all of the IotM finalists come from, and there were some tough choices.

2nd Runner up

This panorama image would print out 3 feet wide by 20 inches in exquisite detail. It's not often photographers get a completely calm body of water, with something spectacular to be reflected.

1st Runner up

One of my Jasper trip buddies, taking a quiet moment.

Image of the Month

Somewhat unusually, picking out the winner this month was fairly easy. I was up early enough to see the sunrise starting to light up Pyramid Mountain, and had the time and foresight to compose the image as you see, with the neon nights playing an important role.