Moraine Lake

We just returned for an amazing trip to Banff.

Incredible, incredible, incredible sights.

I hope you can take a few moments and look at the photos on my site in the brand new Canadian Rockies Gallery. I would love to hear your comments.

There must be something in the water up there. When I post a shot on Flickr, I usually get between 5-10 views and 0-5 comments. I posted this photo of Moraine Lake last Friday. It has received over 2400 views and 90 comments, so far. By Saturday, Flickr had put it into its Explore/Interestingness group as one of the most viewed photos on Flickr. Go figure.

All of these photos were taken with a 40D and a 17-85 lens, usually wide open, between 17-20mm, at iso 100. I also used a polarizer or a grad or both on every shot.

Thanks, everyone.

Wow!!

Very beautiful Lance.

I'm assuming you shot wide open so you could shoot handheld?

Thanks for catching my typo, Thomas. I shot all of them on a tripod, with the majority at f18-f22 to slow down running water.

On some shots, such as this one, I opened up to f5 to try to compensate for wind. I didn't want wind-blown foliage to make the shots look soft.

To my surprise, even when I opened to f5, there was plenty of dof, probably due to the wide angle.

Awesome shot! That water color is great and the trees framing the sides works well.

Very nice Lance you show what our lowly 17-85 IS lens that is so berated can really do with one that has the ability to use it well :)
Don

Nice! Great shot....Great Picture....Awesome..... A+ in my book.

Well, it's an icon for a reason.

I stood almost in this exact spot in July 1999 and captured a similar scene on film, but without the wonderful clouds you have here.

Great color rendition, processing, and presentation, Mr Warley!

Keep this guys away from the Smokies....he scares me.

You deserve the attention Lance.....wonderful shot my friend!!!

H