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Logs On The Lake


 

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Logs On The Lake
Logs On The Lake


Moraine Lake
BANFF NATIONAL PARK
ALBERTA, CANADA

A Familiar Site On This Lake.
Not Many Tourists Make The
Extra Effort To Come See This Lake
AND THEY ARE REALLY MISSING OUT!

Tv 1/200 Av 7.1
JUNE - Snow, Rain, Avalanche Thunders

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March 16, 2009

 

Barbara Waldoch
  Terrific composition and beautiful capture, Laura!


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March 16, 2009

 

Tommy E. Burgess
  Gorgeous capture Laura!! Love the colors and composition!!


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March 16, 2009

 

Barbara Waldoch
  It's his foot, Laura LOL


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March 16, 2009

 

Kerry Hill
  Wow this is beautiful, Laura!! Gorgeous colours and great composition!!


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March 16, 2009

 
- Ann Coates

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  Ooooh Laura, this is just wonderful. I like how your eyes follow the logs into the beautiful backdrop of the mountains. This is truly outstanding.


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March 16, 2009

 

Tiia Vissak
  great colors, light & pov!


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March 16, 2009

 

Margaret R. Barry
  Fantastic POV, colors, composition and detail, Laura!


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March 16, 2009

 

Kirsten Kiki Kjaer
  WOWWOWWOW!!! Awesome capture, Laura. I can't believe the beauty of the place. Fantastic perspective and depth and the colors and clarity are absolutely fabulous. This belongs on the cover of a travel magazine!!! It has the quality!!


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March 16, 2009

 

Ray Clarke
  Wonderful scenic capture, great coplours and composition .!!!(R)


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March 16, 2009

 

Ray Clarke
  Wonderful scenic capture, great colours and composition .!!!(R)


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March 16, 2009

 
- Stefania Barbier

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  fantastic pov and capture!


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March 16, 2009

 

Avril Young
  Beautiful beautiful Laura, I would visit that lake like a shot(if I lived nearer)
excellent pov,composition and colour...the water looks perfect...stunning capture!


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March 16, 2009

 

Brett Dolsen
  Oh yeh I wanna be there!!Magnificent Canadian landscape Laura!!I know its cold but its awesome!!Brett


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March 16, 2009

 

Troy Gallagher
  WOW!!! Laura, This is a spectacular place, You have done a great job at portraing it. The colors, depth, lighting, and comp are excellent.

Troy


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March 16, 2009

 

Kirsten Kiki Kjaer
  SHHHH!!! Laura is sleeping.
Don't let me disturb you, sweet Laura. Just remembered that I forgot to press the fav. button before.


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March 16, 2009

 
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  This is wonderful, Laura. Love the comp. and pov. Love it!!!!


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March 16, 2009

 

Z. Banu
  Hi Laura what a beautiful image you have here really I'm speechless:) GREAT!!!Thanks for sharing information about this lovely place!!!
I Thank you Laura for you wonderful appreciation and support suggest me about the title photo (white beauty) so nice of you I liked the Title too (CONCENTRIC) its very perfect for the image!! :) Banu


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March 16, 2009

 

Carol Sawyer
  Beautiful capture, colors and composition, Laura!!


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March 16, 2009

 

Gord MacEachern
  Great capture Laura,very well done.


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March 16, 2009

 

Ray Thoms
  I knew this scene by the logs Laura....great image as I have stood you where you were.

Posted one of the same area earlier this month taken from up on the rockpile...beautiful and you are right in your description


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March 16, 2009

 

Ellen Hodges
  Outstanding image and pov, Laura! Gorgeous!!!


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March 16, 2009

 

Ulysses A. Villamin
  Laura, you're really making Canada look so very good!


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March 16, 2009

 

Max Aureli
  Laura, this is really attractive image for Naturalist magazine!!! Great shot my Sister!!!!


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March 16, 2009

 
- Laura E. Swan

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  You guys sure know how to make me wake up on the right side of the bed! It's a joy to come read your responses! :) Thanks for tiptoeing. I slept very well thank you! HA!

How fun. One of you has been right here and the rest of you want to be on the tour bus! HEY! COOL!

Yes, it's cold here but you can see what we get in return. And the air just doesn't get more fresh either.

WARM COAT & HAT, DRY SOCKS! :) Mandatory! ;)

Ray- I will come see your picture! So neat that you were standing right where I was not long ago. I love the walk through the woods around the Lake there too. Maybe you walked it as well?

Thanks so much each of you for what you have added here! You have really made my Canadian Morning BRIGHT!

-Laura :)

(Naturist Mag, Cool Max! Thanks!!!)


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March 16, 2009

 

ROLAN NARMAN
  Great composition, colors and fantastic capture sister Laura! Well done!


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March 16, 2009

 

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  wonderful shot!


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March 16, 2009

 

Eugenio Diaz
  This is really beautiful picture, great composition and light. Very nice scene.Well done..!!!!


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March 16, 2009

 

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  Awesome capture and find,Laura!


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March 16, 2009

 

Karen Kessler
  Beautiful, Laura! Excellent POV & colors!


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March 16, 2009

 

Lorna Shutter
  What a spectacular capture, Sister Laura! The water and mountains are so beautiful! Looks so calm and peaceful here! Yep, the tourists don't know what they're missing! Thanks for sharing this image with us! :)


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March 16, 2009

 

Vladan D. Djordjevic
  Fantastic scenery, terrific pov, view, details, lighting and color. Superb photo!!!


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March 17, 2009

 

Sharon
  Gorgeous!! Your composition is perfect!!
VERY NICE, LAURA :)


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March 17, 2009

 
- Laura E. Swan

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  Last to First:

Hi Steve! I'm glad you liked this one. That large log was on the left edge of the right 1/3 grid line. Yet, I still felt it worked. Glad you felt it was okay, too.

A dead tree isn't always a great leading line (HA!) but I felt the roots really reached out for the patch of snow.

That's really neat that you noticed this! I thought only I had!

I did saturate this image a bit. Do you think it was -too- much???

Thanks a lot for dropping in. Great to see you!

-Laura


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March 19, 2009

 
- Laura E. Swan

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  Hi Sharon! You are very kind to me and my images!!! Thanks very much!

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Hi Vladan! Thank you my friend. I appreciate the high marks you have given this image. It's truly a beautiful place.

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Hi Sister Lorna! You are SO RIGHT! It is so peaceful and quiet there. It's an amazing spot. Going on 19 years here now and I have only been there a time or two! TERRIBLE!!! This will change now that I know where it is! Tickled that you like it! :)

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ANOTHER SISTER! Hi Karen! I am so happy to be able to take you guys around and show you my back yard without it costing you a penny! :) Hope you are enjoying the tour!

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HI WALTER!!! Thank you very much! Your Orchid shots are so pretty this week! You have surprised us all with no wild life shots lately. Variety is good for a person however! :)

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Hi Eugenio! Shall we let it live in the Province called Heaven? Ha! I remembered!!! Thanks! :)

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Thanks Daniele! You have beautiful things across the Sea, too! :)

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Brother Rolan, I can always count on you for a rave review. I will send your check in the mail soon! Do I send it to the mosque with a view?

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Hi Sabrina! Thank you so very much! I love to shoot in the Rockies. Glad you like it here!

-Laura


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March 19, 2009

 

Toni Riggs
  Wonderful pov!


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March 20, 2009

 

Wm Nosal
  What a Wonderful shot!


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March 20, 2009

 
- Laura E. Swan

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  Thank you Toni!

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Thank you Wm! Very kind of you to say so!

-Laura :)


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March 20, 2009

 

A P
  Very beautiful Laura. Outstanding POV, colors and clarity.


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March 21, 2009

 
- Nancyj E. Hovey

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  Awesome image with so much going on, perfect for EFP PLUS!!! wow...
just took a jar out and marked it for Dream Canada Trip --- starting today am saving to come see this...wow... thank you so much for sharing so much of your surroundings with all of us on BP... everything is outstanding on this image...and I LOVE those roots!!! 8o)


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March 22, 2009

 
- Laura E. Swan

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  Thank you Ann. I love this Lake. It's not huge but it's beautiful. :)

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Hi Momj! It's snowing like crazy here this morning. Just like Christmas! We are snowed in!!! That's Canada for you!

I am honored that you are starting a jar for your trip up! :) June is chilly but you will see more wildlife that month and July/Aug are when the bulk of the tourists are here because of the nice weather. No matter when you come CANADA is GORGEOUS!

Thanks for your kind words and support!

-Laura


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March 22, 2009

 

Sharon Sawyer
  Laura, this image brings back memories for me. I camped on the edge of one of these pristine lakes in Banff in the 70s but not sure which one. One summer I rode on the back of a friend's 750 Honda from Creston to Banff and still remember the endless beauty of the area.

I had just come back from backpacking in Europe to discover I had travelled half way around the world to find out I lived in one of the most beautiful places on earth. They don't call it "Beautiful British Columbia" for nothing.:) Alberta Rockies included, of course. LOL

The color of the lake is exactly like your photos!!! Congratulations on capturing the beauty of Banff.


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March 22, 2009

 
- Laura E. Swan

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  Sharon! I loved every word you just wrote here. Thanks for taking the time to say some things that meant a lot to you. I am so glad my image here brought back good days in your heart and mind. That camp trip sounded really great and so did the realization that the grass was greenest right at home. (And ALBERTA! HA!) COOL! It really is so breath taking here.

Thanks for backing me up! :) !!! -Laura


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March 22, 2009

 

Marisol Pastor
  Fantastic comp and pov. Love the leading lines, they really draw you into the scenery.


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March 23, 2009

 
- Laura E. Swan

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  Thanks Marisol! Really nice of you to come and comment! -Laura :)


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March 23, 2009

 
- Lisa J. Boulden

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  Wow!
Such wonderful details and textures, all captured from a great pov!
A magnificent scene, Laura!
~♥~Lisa


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March 23, 2009

 
- Laura E. Swan

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  Thank you Lisa! Sorry to be responding to late! I didn't mean to!

My POV is usually about 5 feet from the ground! HA! (Give or take 3 inches or so!).

I hope to make it BL p here again this summer for more shots and this time from the ROCK PILE that RAY told us about. :)

-Laura


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May 12, 2009

 
- Laura E. Swan

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  Oh. My typing. Save me.

Corrections:

"so late"

"I hope to make it BK up again this summer..."

-Sorry!


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May 12, 2009

 
- Nancyj E. Hovey

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  C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
on your EFP...8o)


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May 12, 2009

 
- Laura E. Swan

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  Thanks Mumj! This was back when they still gave them out! HAAAAAA!!!!! (VERY BAD JOKE!)

xo


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May 12, 2009

 
- Nancyj E. Hovey

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  Very true, but sad... not as many members now, so the curve has changed...

sorry I am behind in catching up on EFPs... but am trying to get there...


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May 12, 2009

 
- Laura E. Swan

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  Don't be sorry, Mumj. Ever. Thank you for congratulating me!


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May 12, 2009

 
- Songbird Cline

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  beautiful!! gorgeous!


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May 20, 2009

 
- Laura E. Swan

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  Thanks Birdie! :) !!! Photobucket


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May 20, 2009

 
- Christine Lobsinger

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  I miss viewing your land... just popped in to see one of my fav's..
Hoping your holiday is great.. can't wait to see some more images you make!!
Talk when you get back my friend..
SMILING CHRIS


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June 04, 2010

 
- Laura E. Swan

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  We're hoping for snow! I promise to take lots of pictures if we catch any blue skies! WOW! Those are the best. So are YOU!

Have a great week Chrissy! Thanks for visiting!

-Lala


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June 04, 2010

 
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