Weekly Photo – November 19
©Darwin Wiggett
This is a photo from the first morning of the November Fire and Ice Photo Tour. Based on the conditions I thought a run to Lower Waterfowl Lake in Banff National Park might yield some dramatic sunrise light. Indeed, both the fire and the ice happened that morning (lucky us!). Here I used my Canon EOS-1ds Mark III with a Sigma 24-70 F2.8 lens at 24mm and f16. I also used a Singh-Ray 3-stop soft-edge grad in a Cokin Z-Pro filter holder to hold back brightness in the sky and the reflection.
Darwin Wiggett 
November 19, 2010 at 9:05 AM
Stunningly gorgeous image. Chills and excites me at the same time. Am I right in thinking the grad filter was aligned to the top of the left mountain? I’ve currently got the Z-Pro system on my Christmas wish list and am starting to look at how to use it to best effect.
November 19, 2010 at 5:28 PM
You got the grad filter placement exactly right!
Darwin
November 19, 2010 at 10:48 AM
Wow, gorgeous!
November 19, 2010 at 11:24 AM
Wow, this is beautiful and dramatic 🙂
November 19, 2010 at 11:45 AM
Very “cool” shot Darwin, I love the reflections on the thin ice. Can’t believe it is not frozen more solid yet!
November 19, 2010 at 11:49 AM
As Consuelo said, very dramatic image, Darwin. I like the colors, and the detail of the submerged rocks and the ice on the water.
November 19, 2010 at 12:15 PM
Beautiful!
November 19, 2010 at 5:54 PM
Yeah baby! That’s the stuff… prime November “fire and ice”.
November 19, 2010 at 10:00 PM
Great shot love the colors. gorgeous area and scenery.
I am just learning and using my camera as stress releaf…love candid shots.
November 19, 2010 at 10:07 PM
fire and ice really describes this. When iopened my email , I audibly went ‘ooh…” as I saw the sunrise/sunset and liked it just as much as I saw the rest of the photo with the thin sheet of ice.
November 19, 2010 at 11:53 PM
Awesome shot Darwin! I love that not so fully frozen ice, I love this time of year for that effect!
November 23, 2010 at 2:22 AM
Fotografia magnifica parabéns.
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