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Archive 2015 · Aylmer Lookout, Banff NP

m.sommers00
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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Aylmer Lookout, Banff NP

This 23km, ~500m elevation gain hike was harder than expected. It follows along the lake edge for a while and then, BAM!, straight up to the lookout. This was my first time at this point and I got lucky with fairly calm winds. This area is notorious for being very windy all the time. Wonderful day out, minus the one tick that managed to sneak down my shirt!

Hope you like it.

Apr 26, 2015 at 11:56 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Aylmer Lookout, Banff NP

Really nice Matthew. I've hiked this a long time ago and do remember the steep grade.

When did you take this? Did you see any bears yet?

Apr 27, 2015 at 09:04 AM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Aylmer Lookout, Banff NP

Thanks Gary! This was taken yesterday and no, no bears. We had a group of 6 noisy people so if bears were around they definitely knew we were there

I suspect in a month or so there will be a lot of bears feeding on berries in season

Apr 27, 2015 at 11:38 AM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Aylmer Lookout, Banff NP

Beautiful location and you have showcased it very well. Nice work.

Apr 27, 2015 at 11:48 AM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Aylmer Lookout, Banff NP

Nice shooting! Man, what a beautiful scene.

Apr 27, 2015 at 12:16 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Aylmer Lookout, Banff NP

Stunning location & lovely shot. thanks for sharing it.

Apr 28, 2015 at 01:12 AM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Aylmer Lookout, Banff NP

Beautiful comp. The sky and clouds look a little hot - maybe just my uncalibrated screen at work.

Apr 28, 2015 at 10:53 AM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Aylmer Lookout, Banff NP

I clicked on the link to this thread and said "Wow" out loud when I saw this image. It is beautiful! What amazing scenery and so well captured.

I would agree with Chaz. For me, it's just a little overexposed, but, like him, I could have monitor issues. I feel like a 5-10% (-0.05 to -0.10) lowering of the exposure slider in LR would do the trick, or a gradient pulled from the sky down with a similar adjustment. Nonetheless...gorgeous!

Jon

(As a side note, I pulled a tick off of me yesterday - I hate those things - but I was in my house and not looking at this beautiful landscape. Had I been there, I would have thought it was worth it!

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Apr 28, 2015 at 11:32 AM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Aylmer Lookout, Banff NP

I think it might be my monitor. The clouds have lost some detail as I'm viewing on my phone here.

Good catch, thank you! I think a gradient filter will work well here.

Apr 28, 2015 at 05:10 PM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Aylmer Lookout, Banff NP

Simply spectacular !!!!!!!!!!!

Apr 28, 2015 at 05:40 PM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Aylmer Lookout, Banff NP

chasphoto2015 wrote:
Simply spectacular !!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you, Chas!

Apr 30, 2015 at 01:32 AM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Aylmer Lookout, Banff NP

Wonderful scenery! I think the highlights could be pulled back just a touch. Perhaps increasing the contrast a bit, especially among the mountains, might also be beneficial. I don't usually like wide angle panos, but the symmetry does work well for this one. A nice shot overall.

Apr 30, 2015 at 10:45 AM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Aylmer Lookout, Banff NP

Chris, your input is appreciated! I'll try to rework it and throw a different version up tonight

Apr 30, 2015 at 11:12 AM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Aylmer Lookout, Banff NP

i am envying your effort to get to this location more than the shot :-). Nice capture

Apr 30, 2015 at 12:22 PM

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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Aylmer Lookout, Banff NP

Very nice pano!

Apr 30, 2015 at 08:48 PM


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