Landscapes To Banff

[casil403]

Well I just got back from my little minication/photo tour to Banff with our dear friend and fellow Ph.ca member Bambi. LOL! be forewarned there will be many shots to come, a few of which I will start with by posting...I will add to this thread as I go as my version of our trip so feel free to check back if you like for new shots. I'm sure Bambi will add to her own thread when she returns on Saturday....We had a great time and it was neat to show her around the places both me and my other dear friend Terry like to shoot. And even better to see her snapping away with her camera and smiling at the same time! :grouphug:

These are takes from the Morely Church site a few hundred feet down the trail... I took the church shots about a month ago but when I saw the light off the river i literally ran down there to catch these shots. I couldn't believe the sunlight through the clouds and shining on the beautiful Bow River....:highfive:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/4587477936_0d826f8fa2_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3321/4587492108_e01b6b6237_o.jpg


This is Pigeon Mountain with reflected power lines:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4587567332_557b19ec30_o.jpg

[Wicked Dark]

that second one is really lovely. Thanks for posting so fast.

[casil403]

Thank you WD. :)
Here 's another one I took at the same church...I shot this then saw the river and started heading th the river hopefully before the sun his behind the clouds again!....
It was snowing and the sun peeked through the snow clouds....

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4035/4587635926_a41d0a88f7_o.jpg

[Wicked Dark]

they remind me of some photos I took this winter - a frozen field with grass and snow, watery sunlight and clouds and bare trees. Very similar. I can relate.

[Mad Aussie]

Wow ... so bleak out there!

[casil403]

Used the trusty Fish eye for this HDR....

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4042/4588220648_564988ff34_o.jpg

[Bambi]

just lovely Casil!!!

[casil403]

Thanks B...here's one where we got to watch an approaching snow storm on Mount Rundle.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/4587731245_5aa714cdda_o.jpg

[Michaelaw]

Post # 6 is my fav :highfive: I swear the power guys go out before they build the towers..."Yep that a great view, Put a tower here!" :laughing:

[kat]

Great set! I'm with michaelaw..lol. Never ceases to amaze me where they put those darn poles!

[Mad Aussie]

Beautiful Casil!!!

[edG]

great set Casil

[Hillbillygirl]

Lovely shots Casil. Liking #6 here also.

[casil403]

A couple more by the church...just loved the light here....I could just shoot there all day. :)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4015/4589179374_a07fd553b0_o.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4069/4588718483_db7ca9119c_o.jpg

[Mad Aussie]

Awesome light indeed. And well captured. Is that 2nd one a B&W conversion or is that how bleak it really looked?

[Marko]

lovely set casil!

[casil403]

Thanks
MA...it is a BW conversion but it really is how bleak it looked. I had to really up the structure to get any kind of cloud detail!
I will give you an example shortly of the bleakness...lol! I took a shot a month ago and if it weren't for the same tree you would have never guessed it was the same place.

[casil403]

Definition of bleak:

Taken May 6 2010

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3327/4589636093_f458bb3578_o.jpg

Taken March 27 2010:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4474118664_59f02640dc_o.jpg

Quite the comparison huh?