This weekend, Dan and I (and my son) flew into Mount Assiniboine. About 11 mins by helicopter into paradise. We hiked up to Nub Peak (well just short) and took pictures and then hiked back in the dark. Then got up and shot the lake Magog (in front of Lake Assiniboine) and then hiked to Wonder Pass and then shot the sunset at lake Magog. Then we got up in the dark at 5am and hiked in the pitch black and shot the sunrise at Nub Peak.
Here are the first of the pictures. The color was amazing and the weather was perfect. A fantastic weekend of hiking with 40 lbs of camera equipement in the dark. Dan will never be the same
These are not the best but I am excited to show you the place.
Mount Assiniboine - I thought I recognized the name, but couldn't place it until I googled. Right on the BC/AB border. I've driven Hwy 93 a number of times - always impressive.
Jarv: It was a fantastic place with fantastic weather. One of the most fun trips this year for photography. It was up very high (lodge 7200' mountain 12000') with zero light and the stars were fantastic but we were too tired to take night shots after hiking in the dark for several hours. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott
Binh: You should visit it. It is great. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott
Glenn: 1/2 way between Smith Dorrain Highway and Hwy 93. The tallest peak in the area and it looks like Matterhorn. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott
Matt: This is single image 2/3 blended with 1/3 hrd. I plan to take more time to perfect the images but i have thousands to go through and am planning another hike this weekend. Life is tough. Thanks for the feedback. Much aprpeciated. Scott
Stephen: I always shoot AEB on canon with about 2 stops bracketing on either side, for landscape, with tripod. If the clouds are moving, i use burst and if the clouds are not moving I use mirror lockup. In this case 1) the clouds were pretty steady and used 3 shots of mirror lockup on 5dii. I then check the middle and lowest exposure to ensure that very low blinking (overexposed) in single and none overexposed in darkest. Then I have the choice of hdr, manual blend or single image. Here I blended single image 2/3 and hdr 1/3 to take away the oversaturation and bring back the shadows. Thanks for the feedback. Scott
Jon: I am glad you liked them. I made Dan hike 2 hours in the dark up a mountain and stand around shiivering for 1/2 hour to get these shots. Thank you for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott
These shots keep reminding me that I need to visit up your way sometime. Absolutely stunning. It is really hard not to like any of these. You definitely have some wall hangers, especially the pano.
These are so lovely. I think the clouds in 1 and 4 really make the photograph more dramatic. What lens are you shooting with? 17-40? or maybe 16-35? If I were to go FF I'd have to ditch the 10-22 perhaps for a 17-40, as the 16-35 is way pricier, and I don't feel the aperture is as important at these focal lengths.
" Then I have the choice of hdr, manual blend or single image. Here I blended single image 2/3 and hdr 1/3 to take away the oversaturation and bring back the shadows. Thanks for the feedback. Scott"
Can you explain that in simple terms? I'm pretty new and would like to better use the pp tools we have available!
Thanks for sharing this great series, looking forward for more from your next hike.
1 and 4 for me. 1 is wicked! 4 the view is intese. Great light and epic conditions. That pano is pretty sick too but funky sky left side. High up there in your port sir. Kudos
Ummmm just crazy nice. I might be in Canada for work in about a month and although it's going to be freezing cold, seeing the country side like this makes it worth waiting through to the summer to see....
David: You should visit. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott
Uzay: I am glad you like them. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott
DemonAstroth: I was shooting with 17-40L and 24-105L with IS off and manual focus. Either at f8 if there was no foreground close and f11 otherwise. For landscape, f2.8 is not necessary, nor is IS. 17-40L is very good value for the money on full frame but a bit soft at 17 except centre. re explain - if you have two aligned shots (tripod) go into window, arrange, float-in-window, then click on top left box (arrows diagonally) and hit shift and pull on the other photo. Then change the opacity. To do HDR use Photomatix. Photomatix is an HDR program. It takes an underexposed, properly exposed and overexposed and picks the best parts and creates 1 single image. However it needs to be toned down because the shadowed areas will have too much brightness. Adding back the single image makes is look more real, in fact more real than a single image since you eyes have more ability to see more fstops than your camera. This should be enough clues to get you going. Send me a pm if you hit a snag. Thanks for the feedback. Scott
