Pyramid Lake

Gallery: LandscapePosted November 3, 2010183 views9 comments

This was taken on a perfect morning at Pyramid Lake in Jasper National Park. All C&C welcome. I got so caught up in the scene I forgot to check my ISO. I should have brought it down to 100 or 200. That would have brought the shutter speed down. Cropped a little off the top.

Canon 30D
Sigma 17-70
Aperture Priority
Shutter 1/1000
Aperture f8
ISO 640
17mm

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Eva McDermott on November 3, 2010 at 10:25 PM

Gorgeous scene none the less Richard. Fantastic reflection and clarity through the water. Nice light on the mountain and trees.

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Comment posted by Wayne Rhodus on November 3, 2010 at 10:58 PM

A tranquil beauty Richard. A scene like this could easily distract one from the technical details of the capture. Well done.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on November 4, 2010 at 11:04 AM

Beautiful scene. Great calm reflection. I might crop the bottom to make this a symmetrical pano and eliminate the bright rocks.

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Comment posted by Nicolaus Wegner on November 4, 2010 at 11:20 AM

Perfect morning indeed. The reflection is perfect. I bet if you slightly cropped those bottom stones (that are out of water) you would have a totally rad refection pano....like Morris said.

Crisp shot Richard.

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Comment posted by Brian Gallagher on November 4, 2010 at 2:52 PM

I love the composition and lighting. I would agree with cropping out the lower rocks.

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on November 5, 2010 at 12:47 AM

Beautiful mountain reflection, Richard! I might crop mto a pano from the bottom to take out the rocks and go with the full symmetrical look.

Chris

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on November 5, 2010 at 4:55 PM

Looks great, even with ISO 640! I hope you can still get a big print from this.
I like the submerged rocks, but I think the emergent ones are a bit distracting from such a perfect scene in the upper part of the image. I wonder if you might keep the rocks -- at least the submerged ones -- and perhaps gently darken the bottom of the image so the eye is not drawn to the bright rocks so much.

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Comment posted by Bruce King on November 5, 2010 at 7:38 PM

Nice shot Richard, I really like this one. Great reflection. I agree with the crop suggestions.

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Comment posted by Anne K. Rusk on November 7, 2010 at 10:43 PM

What an excellent reflection! I would get caught up in that scenery, also! The bright shoreline leads me into the frame from either side pointing right at that pyramid. Well done, Richard!

Registered on October 10, 2010, 65 Posts, 904 Comments