Mount Kidd Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

Mount Kidd with its reflection in Wedge Pond. The north (middle) and south (left) peaks of Mount Kidd stand just a bit below 3000 m tall. The Wedge Pond, situated right by Highway 40 and surrounded by aspen, is a classical year-round destination for photographers. Around here, the foliage season is usually in the second half of September and of course I missed it again this year. As you can see, a few yellow leaves still hang onto the branches, just enough to provide a spot of color for the picture, but most of them are gone already. At the short end of the zoom I barely managed to fit the mountain and its reflection into the frame.

dareco, Zolive, chpp, robertosalguero, Photo65Net, rabani, mark25, Wanda1, euryan, Jakab, paura has marked this note useful

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testmaniac (11832) 2007-10-15 22:01

Hi Roland, very nice landscape and great place. Perfect composition,colors,lights and reflections.

TFS

Pilip

fayeulle (26541) 2007-10-15 23:13

Hi Roland
Reflexion is here just amazing!
Rocky mountains are great. I like the sprinkling of snow against the deep polarized blue sky
Magnificent
JP

Zolive (1654) 2007-10-15 23:21

Hi Roland
fantastatic pictures. This mountains are wonderful and the reflection too. Great colors and very good sharpness. Well done.
Olivier

vedra (0) 2007-10-15 23:52

Hi Roland,
Very beuatiful, naturally looking colours captured obviously on a bright sunny day. The water is still and clear so the reflection appears very realistic. Only the narrow strip of the forest in the middle reminds us of an autumn time.
Vedrana

hatti52 (12654) 2007-10-16 0:36

Hi Roland,
Wonderful nature shot
Excellent colours,light and reflection
great one
cheers

dareco (17024) 2007-10-16 2:44

A really AWESOME picture, which I've added to my favorites. A perfect scene with excellent color and detail. WOW! And the reflection! This really sort of sucks the air out of my lungs :) TFS

evanrizo (456) 2007-10-16 8:44

Hi, the reflections are superb, and they create a fantastic symmetry.
The lightness, the colors and the sharpness are very good.
Cheers
Evan

chpp (3936) 2007-10-16 10:20

Hi
What a nice picture, beautiful reflection in the perfect still water. great colours and contrast witht he deep blue sky
very nice compo
cheers
chris

robertosalguero (2759) 2007-10-16 22:45

I wonder how high Mt Kidd was millions of years ago. Its base is definitely huge! I like the view you show us here. I have never been to the Wedge Ponds but I see what I have miss for so long. Nice colours and details and he reflections on the water add a nice touch to the view. Thanks Roland.

Roberto

vincz (19039) 2007-10-17 0:51

Wow... that's a beautiful one with the reflection and see-through. Colors are excellent. i love it.

colinbrenchley (6130) 2007-10-17 6:08

Roland, Great mountains and great reflections. the trees act as a nice divider between the two and add a bit a colour variety to the image.
Regards Colin

Photo65Net (43084) 2007-10-17 10:49

Roland,
Amazing one !
The reflections you caught here are amazing, exposure and colors are superb... Great job,
Regards,
JB.

barni (14417) 2007-10-19 6:47

Hello Roland
Belle réflection et des couleurs superbe.
Have a nice day
Christophe

donluicu (23877) 2007-10-22 9:52

hi Roland
superb image, wonderful landscape and very good framing...
il like the reflections game

congrats

loic

Ann75 (0) 2007-10-23 22:08

Hi Roland,

Fantastic shot of these beautiful mountains. The calm water helps with the mirror like reflections which are amazing! I love the lighting, the colors and the details in this photo! The few yellow trees along the shoreline is a nice extra! Great work, Roland!

Greetings,
Ann

aral (1195) 2007-10-26 12:57

Hi Roland,

superb landscape. Makes me a wish to go there!

rabani (9421) 2007-12-20 21:41

This is one beautiful reflection Roland. A balanced layers of reflections. While the mountain range and pine forest is engaging enough, the reflection just makes this scenery,distractingly inviting.

Merry Xmas Roland
Rabani

setenay (7604) 2008-01-07 5:25

Hi Roland,
very beautiful autumn colors and magnificent reflection of mountains.My son lived one year in Vancouver for his education before four years ago.and so I visited Vancouver, Rockies and Niagara falls for twenty days .ı like too much your beautiful country.
Best regards
setenay

capthaddock (28640) 2008-01-08 13:07

Perfect scenery, I like how the textures at the bottom of the lake are visible in addtion to the mirror reflection, and despite being a mostly conifer forest, there are pockets of decidious trees that add colour.

Wanda1 (10884) 2008-01-08 21:13

Hi Roland,
The clarity here is amazing and I love the super smooth reflections. Great layers and details.
Regards
Wanda

scalerman (25619) 2008-01-26 11:13

Roland: so many different genres on TE - which is one of it's strengths, yet I find the community has grown almost unmanageably large. Regardless, some really fine stuff still finds its way to being posted. Great canvas here - almost perfect - perhaps just a hair over-saturated - but you had a polarizer. regards, c

bigboroboy (1009) 2008-01-28 19:48

Your shots tend to fluctuate between amazingly good (this one) and not so good. I think you have a real talent for landscape photography. The reflection here is pin sharp and the whole image is wonderfully framed. Simple yet very effective.

PHIL

Hellas (5093) 2008-01-30 5:55

Hello Roland,
I think you did your best! The light management is great and the reflections terrific! I wish you to be luckier next time in capturing the colour you want. The place is so beautiful! I may understand the happiness of the photographers visiting the area.
Many thanks for this presentation.
Best wishes,
Athanasios.

euryan (8345) 2008-05-11 20:37

This is one of my favorite reflection spots in the Rockies. The autumn colors look great here and the polarizer really brings out the blue sky. Great side lighting on the mountain too.
Regards,
Ryan

jimkilgallon (0) 2008-05-30 8:59

Hello Roland

This is a superb mountain capture, the blue skies and the detail from the mountain is spot on. The green and golden yellow from the trees against the reflection is a huge bonus. Wish I could have seen Alberta in the fall.
Well worked
Jim

Jakab (3406) 2008-06-19 7:28

Hello Roland,
for the first visit I have chosen two similar pictures from your gallery. Here I especially like the perfect symmetry produced by the excellent reflection that enhances the calmness of the landscape.
Best whishes
Laszlo

BoisBarb (9051) 2008-07-03 14:19

Les Rocheuses mystiques comme on en rêve tous...un ciel limpide, une clarté incroyable et des couleurs somptueuses...superbe!
BoisBarb

giorgimer (20674) 2008-09-11 13:50

Hi roland,

WOW! What a great view! Very beautiful mountains, sharpness is excellent and reflection is very effective.

Compliments!

Gio

paura (37792) 2009-07-15 3:33

Roland,
Beautuful and very well composed photography. The f/16 and the tripod help you in this excellent job. well done.

Regards

PAulo