Lake Louise

I love the details in this shot when viewed large. I think it could be even more awesomer (TM) if the water was darker or cropped out of the frame.

I'm curious as to why f22 and ISO 200 were used for this shot?

Thanks for posting, Rick!

Johan,
thanks for your comment. The question on f22 and ISO 200 kinda of zinged over my head but;
1. f22 on my Minolta 24-50 zoom is the sweet spot for depth with the lens and I wanted foreground to background in focus.
2. ISO 200 was a neutral choice and i had a cpl on the lens making it ISO 100 as far as sensitivity goes.
3. The water and the canoeists in left frame give a size perspective I rather like.

thanks for commenting........

John, I bought this Minolta lens in 1975 which is before your were born most likely. I have tested it and for the depth of field issue I wanted in this shot f 22 was the sweet spot.
I have been shooting professionally since 1972 and do know a thing or two. You seen to be snarky at times.
Stop sweating the diffraction issue and use whatever f-stop it takes to get the effect you desire. What benefit do you get by using the "sharpest" aperture when half of your pictures is out of focus because the DOF wasn't what you needed. Or controversy, if you want to isolate your subject and need a large aperture. The best or sharpest aperture is a theoretical value that is pretty useless in real-life shooting situations.

Well composed, beautiful range of tones. Anything darker in the foreground would have just mushed in with the far shore.

Nicely processed B&W Rick. I like the tones and detail in this. Also a lot of nice detail in the larger version. Well done.

I like this as posted Rick, the pano comp works very well.
Especially like the large 'V' leading lines that lead the eye, & point the way
Well done!

A majestic view, and I like your conversion. Your pano works great with this view as well. Nicely done.