When you live in the town of Banff and can't get away, beautiful sunrises are not far away. I was in between things and decided to take a break and watch the sunset from the town. I was standing on the frozen Bow River trying to come up with a interesting composition, front of me the sky was on fire. So I decided to capture as much of the view as possible. Took several pictures from left to right and then created this panorama of a beautiful sunrise.
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Amar
The moon setting over Cascade Mtn one cold winter morning. It was a clear blue sky, the mountain covered with snow was lit up by the morning light. For about ten minutes I waited and watched the moon set. Taking pictures when the moon was just about to go behind the mountain.
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Amar
It was a cold morning, as I stood not too far from Bow River, waiting for the sun to light up the peeks . The few clouds that were visible were lit up along with the peeks and complemented by the fall colours on the valley bottom. Watching the beautiful view front of me helped overcome the cold I was feeling.
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Amar
Only few minutes from home, on my way to work when I looked over to Cascade Mtn. Beautiful light was passing through the clouds and hitting the mountain, as well the mountain was casting a reflection on the calm water of the Bow River. I just had to stop to look and to take pictures of the mountain.
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Amar
A tipi was originally made out of birchbark, followed by animal skins and today of canvas, it's a remarkable durable dwelling. Giving warmth during harsh winters, providing comfort from hot summers and keeping dry those inside during heavy rain. Its portability came in handy, packed quickly when needed to move with the bison herds for example. A ceremony was going to take place with the Stoney Nakoda Nations and Parks Canada, was happy to find the tipi on the valley below Cascade Mtn. With the drama in the sky, how could I not take this picture on a beautiful cool morning.
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Amar
It was not long ago when I used to think I would not change my images into black and white. Today black and white or in colours all seem to be normal options. In the end its about what I want to see or show in the final product. Going with the option that shows how I felt when I took the picture. In the end that's what it's all about.
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Amar
My goal is to capture beauty that's before me. It's all about the beauty, for me its a addiction. Being a very visual person, I'm attracted to beauty, captivated by it. When I come across it, my mind is working overtime trying to figure out how to capture it. Trying to find the balance of colours, the balance of the subject and the surrounding and the balance of light and shadow. Only when it all comes together, I'm doing justice to what I'm enjoying visually.
Was walking on the Marsh Loop trail, with the camera in my hands in case I spotted something. I could hear the call of bull elk in the distance. Sun was now behind the mountains, hopping the clouds would light up for a nice sunset image. I was getting closer to the bull elk, or it was getting close to me. Finally I was able to see the bull and couple of cows, but too dark to get a good picture. As I listened to the bugling of the bull, made my way to a small pond to take the landscape picture of the Cascade Mountain. Clouds lit up and the fall colours all around, I got the image I wanted.
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Amar
I'm alway looking for new places to take pictures of the same mountain. Spend lot of time with maps, looking for spots along trails, rivers, lakes. etc.. I'll always be taking pictures form the well known locations, but when I find that not so well know location to take pictures from. I not only get a picture with a unique view, but learn how diverse and unique the mountains are. Each mountain, each valley, each river, each lake has many stories to tell. You just need to spend the time exploring.
I was exploring the Cascade River below Minnewanka Lake, river's power was greatly reduced with the three dams built since 1895 along Minnewanka. But it still plays an important role to it's surrounding and the many life forms that rely on it. I came across the Cascade Power Plant that was built in 1912 and closed in 1941. Saw the beautiful fall that friends had told me about. But also another spot to capture the beauty of Cascade Mountain.
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Amar
In November of this year it will be 125 years for Banff National Park, 125 years for the National Park System, and it all started at the Cave and Basin NHSC. I'll often try to come up with pictures that has the historic site in it and the park that started there. Since I did not have a helicopter available to me, I can only put part of the site that would define the whole. The bathing pavilion does just that. As well the building grounds the picture, one can easily imagine standing at the site and looking at the surroundings in this picture.
To say the surroundings and the views around the site are beautiful, is a major under statement. One can easily come up with a book of pictures, all taken just at the site. Light is everything in a picture, and on this cloudy and cold morning, I did not think the warm morning light was going to come through. It had just stopped snowing and the clouds were starting to break up. Before long the light hit the Cascade mountain in the background. I quickly went about taking pictures from few position before the light changed or disappeared all together. After about eight minutes the light did disappear and I packed up and went to find a place to warm up.
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Amar
It was a Friday morning, temperature was minus 20 before the windchill. I decided was going to get out and take pictures at Two Jack Lake and then come home to warm up. Got no problem walking around in cold temperatures but stopping to take pictures, well the hands and the toes don't like that one bit. I wanted to walk from Johnson Lake road to Two Jack Lake, about a 1.5 km walk.
Got 200 meters from the car and decided I wanted to take few pictures. Out came the tripod and the camera, took the pictures as the hands started to call for help. Packed everything up and was off to the lake, moving at a fast pace to warm up the body and the hands. Arrived at the lake all warmed up, thinking I had about 10 minutes to take the pictures before Jack frost would be bitting on my nose. But was having too much fun taking the pictures before noticing I had been there for about 20 minutes or so. Packed everything up and walked my cold body back to the car.
Again warm after the walk, looked around, it was going to be a cool, sunny and mostly clear day. Decided to keep exploring the park and taking pictures. For rest of the day played the warm and cold body game as I took few hundred pictures. Got home around 5pm, all tired from walking in ankle to knee deep snow. But after going through all the pictures, I would gladly do it again.
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Amar
Morning was getting colder and colder as winter made its way. Hands had to get used to cold and I had to remember to keep my gloves on and get used to working my equipment with them on. I found a nice spot along Bow River, where Cascade Mtn reflected on the slow moving water. Snapped few pictures before The hands were too cold.
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Amar