Banff and Jasper National Parks

did you visit the golf course to see the elk? LOL. That's where they all hung out 17 years ago when we were there.
 
aquanooby said:
Just wow
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Thanks

Fishmommy said:
Nice.
Hubby and I spent our honeymoon there - one week in Banff and one in Jasper.
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Sounds like a good honeymoon! This was our first trip with our son, who is 10 months old, different trip that is for sure, but fun. We spent 3 nights in Banff, 1 night in Lake Louise, and 3 nights in Jasper before spending 1 night in Edmonton before flying home. Could have easily spent a week, if not two, in Jasper alone. We barely made it into Banff, the highway washed out a few hours after we drove through Canmore and all the roads and trails were closed while we were in Banff. The flooding was honestly incredible.

Fishmommy said:
did you visit the golf course to see the elk? LOL. That's where they all hung out 17 years ago when we were there.
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That elk was on the drive to Patricia and Pyramid Lakes. We did go to the golf course though at Jasper Lodge to have a drink on the patio, we didn't see any elk, but there were lots of signs up warning that elk were calving in the area, and stay clear, as mom can be protective.
 
Very nice! Solid set of pics. The "Patricia Lake Sunset", and "Stump in Lake", are the ones I would print BIG and hang on my wall.

Love 'em jroovers!
 
plantastic said:
Very nice! Solid set of pics. The "Patricia Lake Sunset", and "Stump in Lake", are the ones I would print BIG and hang on my wall.

Love 'em jroovers!
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Thanks for the compliment!

As for the pictures, we are going to get one or two printed or put on canvas to hang... however, my wife makes those decisions lol, pretty much unilaterally (and I'm more than ok with that).
 
some truly amazing pictures ! well done.

if you dont mind, would you post the settings you took some of the scenery pictures with ? the ones of the lake and the mountain I mean mostly. thanks :)
 
Allmost said:
some truly amazing pictures ! well done.

if you dont mind, would you post the settings you took some of the scenery pictures with ? the ones of the lake and the mountain I mean mostly. thanks :)
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The setting vary from shot to shot. I think most of the landscape shots I took were with my Canon 10-22. The larger landscape photos that are longer than standard have been merged using two or more photos, which allows capturing a wide perspective and more detail than a single shot. The Lake Louise Shoreline shot is actually three exposures I've bracketed and stacked onto each other to show more detail in the sky and shadow areas. The waterfall picture was a single exposure taken with a neutral density filter and longer exposure to soften the water. Probably the easiest way to see the settings on each shot is to click on one of the images, follow it through to Flickr, and if you look in the bottom right corner of the shot information, there is a "Additional Information" tab - click the "shore more" link beside that, and all the shot settings will pop up. It isn't as obvious as it was before they revamped the site. Let me know if this is specific enough, otherwise I'd be happy to share more details.

Misled said:
Very well done Jordan.
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JaYbIrD1969 said:
My friend Curtis got this wonderful image of Moraine Lake up in that area. Feel free to browse his site. His work is as good as you will see anywhere.

http://curtismix.smugmug.com/Travel...5335_MKT2J9#!i=1020663168&k=ZBGH8WQ&lb=1&s=XL
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Wow, there are some amazing shots there, especially some nice elk shots. I'd love to go to Jasper in the fall, looks like he has lots of fall shots, less crowds and more vivid colours. I'd like to go back anytime regardless, beautiful spot, with scenery like that it is hard to take a bad photo really.
 
He's one of those guys who has all the equipment the rest of us drool over. And all he does is put miles on his vehicle looking for "The Shot" He is a master at HDR and has a very good handle on where to be and when for the ultimate shot. Not sure if you found the main menu to all his gallaries...
http://curtismix.smugmug.com/Nature
 
JaYbIrD1969 said:
He's one of those guys who has all the equipment the rest of us drool over. And all he does is put miles on his vehicle looking for "The Shot" He is a master at HDR and has a very good handle on where to be and when for the ultimate shot. Not sure if you found the main menu to all his gallaries...
http://curtismix.smugmug.com/Nature
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There is quite the collection of images there! As we know The equipment is only one part of it... The technique, dedication, timing and a bit of luck are also needed. The moraine lake shot looks HDRish, but not over cooked as they so often do.
 
The amazing thing about Curtis is he is severly color blind LOL. I used to sit with him as he edited his photos. We went on a lot of shoots together so we'd come home with identicle shots of almost everything (Of coarse his were head and shoulders above mine) but we would always get together for editing, he'd help me with the tech side and id help him with color. LOL. Then I moved away :(

His ability to visualize, execute and edit bracketed images is very special. Something I'd love to spend more time with. Yes the Moraine lake is a bracketed image.
 
Spectacular shots, Jordan! Just beautiful compositions. I really need to get up to those areas someday.
 
man, you had great luck with the bears! Nice images, makes me want to go back. It's so spectacular.
 
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