Natural landscapes: The lines of shadow and light
SNOW PATTERNS AT LAKE LOUISE, BANFF NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
Afternoon sun cast all manner of fascinating shadows in the snows around this iconic Canadian Rocky Mountain lake. I pulled out the biggest telephoto zoom lens I had and started isolating and compressing shadow lines together (compression is a natural occurence with big telephoto lens) and went for a shallow depth of field to subtly highlight one section of the photograph. Nikon D90, 70-200 mm. lens, tripod.
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Just love the simplicity of the design and the wonderful textures.
Thanks, Mark. Much appreciated!
Ooh! Gorgeous light and textures, Frank!
Off to check out the book now..
Thanks for the kind words! 🙂
Very nice Frank. Great observation on your part and great job isolating the curves with the zoom.
Thanks, pal. Sometimes ye just gotta slap on the telephoto and start lookin’ around. 🙂
Love this one Frank. Makes me crave winter.
Thanks, pal. Funny thing is, my old 80-200mm. zoom wasn’t working right – it would only shoot at F2.8 and Nikon couldn’t fix it – and yet that was perfect for this scene. 🙂
Great image! I like to use light and shadows to show the form of an object.
Thanks, Roy. Much appreciated. 🙂