Long Way Down Photo

Photographer’s Note

It's been a while since I posted anything from British Columbia. This is one of those shots where I wish I had gone with the Sigma or Canon wide angle, to get a bit more of the scene in. It was really an incredible sweeping view.

In the foreground is shallow Mary Lake, and to the right much deeper and glacial-fed Lake O'Hara. The Opabin Plateau is a rather steep hike, but it's scenic for most of the way, and the views just improve the higher you go. At this point we were between 700 and 800 feet up I believe--a long way to fall if you get too near the edge.

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rgarrigus (0) 2009-04-17 23:37

Hi Clark,

And man what a great one. The color of those glacial lakes knocks me back every time. That spot light at the base of the mountain is great. Nicely done buddy.

Have you every considered trying your hand at panoramas?

Cheers!

Bob G.

Pablo25 (1791) 2009-04-18 7:10

hello Clark,
very striking indeed, I must admit this is a landscape I would love to go and photograph. Very well taken.
regards
Pawel

serp2000 (9833) 2009-04-19 3:57

Hi, Clarc,
I am in extasies from your gallery! Great works! I will add you to my favorietes photographrs!
Greetings from Ural,
Serghei

aadilj (17950) 2009-04-19 4:53

Nice one Clark wt lovely ues and a refreshing hues. I like the impact and like the way you ave composed this one

luisafonso (858) 2009-04-20 2:21

The view is breathtaking. No doubt about it. The composition? I am a bit disturbed about it. I don't know if I will be able to explain it or not, but I'll try... The fact that the middle peak is lower than the others is a bit unsettling to me. I think the main "defect" is that the peak on the right is closer to us and makes a giant foreground (without really being a foreground...). I think that unbalances the compo to the right... Then if you split the compo it two, the lake area and the mountain area, they are even in number but they are odd in shape. I know that it's impossible to shape nature, but somehow that makes the all scene strange to me. On the other hand, the way the composition makes a > from bottom left to top right is nice... Oh well, probably all this doesn't make any sense at all. The photo is nice enough, with a great game of light and shadows, but let me say that it's not perfect. :)

h2nl (314) 2009-04-20 12:59

Impressive view from this point. I like all the great colors in this landscape.
Regards, Han

Bruno40 (6442) 2009-04-22 5:05

A verybeautiful Canadian landscape, more Canadian than this, where?
I like the different colors of teh lakes. I agree than with a wider angle we could have seen the entire lakes maybe.
cheers
Jorge

CDez (1403) 2009-04-23 22:07

Bonjour Clark,
composition superbe et surtout des couleurs splendide.
Bravo.
Christian

rlrad (1219) 2009-04-24 17:16

Hi Clark,

Almost missed this one, I got so far behind! Really nice vista, I would have shot a bracketed panorama, myself, but I just love to play with those. This is beautiful as it stands, of course, but you opened it up when you mentioned there was more. So now I wish you had used a super-wide, too!

Thanks,
Reed Radcliffe
St. Louis, Missouri, USA