Distant Light Beam at Peyto Lake, Banff, Canada

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Distant Light Beam at Peyto Lake, Banff, Canada
Distant Light Beam at Peyto Lake, Banff, Canada

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The priority of the day was to secure a campground at Lake Louise Camp. Our visit happens to also fall on a long weekend in Canada, and all the campgrounds were full before we could grab one. We had to stay in the overflow campsite the night before. It wasn’t bad at all, but camping in a huge parking lot was still an interesting experience. As we pulled up to the check-in booth at the campground, we saw the all too familiar “Full” sign. Luckily, the extremely nice girl at the office was able to find us a spot. So with that settled, we were finally able to relax and go chase the scenery.


I still couldn’t really do any hiking since I put a huge cut into the sole of my foot. The best I could do was to hobble around in a pair of sandals. So for today’s sunset, we headed over to Peyto Lake. There weren’t many people around for the sunset. Just us and hundreds of mosquitoes at the lake. After a light dinner in the parking lot, we walked/hobbled out to the overlook. As the sun sets, a light beam broke through the clouds and lit up the distant mountains. I had originally planned to hike to a higher vantage point, but I doubt I could walk that far with just sandals.


For this image, I used a 3 stop reverse graduated ND filter to hold back the clouds and bring up the exposure in the valley. The wind stopped just long enough to give a perfect reflection on the lake. In case you’ve never seen a glacier fed river or lake, the milky blue color is its actual color.


5D Mark III
24-105mm F4
Singh-Ray 3 stop reverse graduated ND filter

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Taken on: September 8, 2013
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