'After The Storm' - Kananaskis - a photo on Flickriver

'After The Storm' - Kananaskis

Ah summer in the Rockies. Millions of tourists, trillions of bugs and only a two week visit to take it all in.

The first challenge was tent ridge in Kananaskis. Our first attempt was aborted due to a thunder and lightning storm that had Amanda screaming.

In hindsight, it was a stupid idea but Brent Henderson and I were only thinking about that epic storm light.

What we should have been thinking is that three human lightning rods carrying multiple tripods on a completely exposed ridge during a lightning storm might be a bad idea.

By refusing to continue I believe Amanda saved our lives that night. Thankfully we made it up there the next morning and this was just one of the shots I bagged before breakfast.

This image was actually what I call a ''bonus shot''. My camera was pointing in the opposite direction and I was just waiting for the light to do something dazzling.

While waiting, I sat and surveyed the landscape in all directions. To my delight, I could see this lovely tableau unfolding in the valley below so I instantly abandoned my current composition in favour of this golden moment.

I quickly captured a few frames and within minutes the light had changed and this composition vanished.

One of the things I love about landscape photography is the ephemeral nature of these moments of spectacular light.

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My purpose in visiting the Rockies was to film some new content for my 'Composition Made Easy' course. Visit my site and download Chapter 1 www.fototripper.com/store/composition-made-easy-chapter-1...

Thanks for reading.
Gavin

Taken on: August 6, 2020

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