Logs On The Lake

© Laura E. Swan

Logs On The Lake

Uploaded: March 16, 2009

Description


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

Exif: F Number: 7.1, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/200 seconds, Flash: did not fire, auto mode, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 4.60 mm, Model: Canon PowerShot SD800 IS

Comments

Laura E. Swan level-classic March 16, 2009

http://www.morainelake.com/ #1098933

Barbara Waldoch March 16, 2009

Terrific composition and beautiful capture, Laura! #7289390

Tommy E. Burgess March 16, 2009

Gorgeous capture Laura!! Love the colors and composition!! #7289421

Barbara Waldoch March 16, 2009

It's his foot, Laura LOL #7289429

Kerry Hill March 16, 2009

Wow this is beautiful, Laura!! Gorgeous colours and great composition!! #7289431

Ann Coates level-classic March 16, 2009

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. #7289432

Tiia Vissak March 16, 2009

great colors, light & pov! #7289455

Margaret R. Barry March 16, 2009

Fantastic POV, colors, composition and detail, Laura! #7289457

Kirsten Kiki Kjaer March 16, 2009

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!! #7289478

Ray Clarke March 16, 2009

Wonderful scenic capture, great coplours and composition .!!!(R) #7289480

Ray Clarke March 16, 2009

Wonderful scenic capture, great colours and composition .!!!(R) #7289483

Stefania Barbier level-classic March 16, 2009

fantastic pov and capture! #7289543

Avril Young March 16, 2009

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! #7289546

Brett Dolsen March 16, 2009

Oh yeh I wanna be there!!Magnificent Canadian landscape Laura!!I know its cold but its awesome!!Brett #7289553

Troy Gallagher March 16, 2009

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 #7289574

Kirsten Kiki Kjaer March 16, 2009

SHHHH!!! Laura is sleeping.
Don't let me disturb you, sweet Laura. Just remembered that I forgot to press the fav. button before. #7289741

Tammy M. Anderson level-deluxe March 16, 2009

This is wonderful, Laura. Love the comp. and pov. Love it!!!! #7289869

Z. Banu March 16, 2009

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 #7289937

Carol Sawyer March 16, 2009

Beautiful capture, colors and composition, Laura!! #7290019

Gord MacEachern March 16, 2009

Great capture Laura,very well done. #7290045

Ray Thoms March 16, 2009

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 #7290202

Ellen Hodges March 16, 2009

Outstanding image and pov, Laura! Gorgeous!!! #7290348

Ulysses A. Villamin March 16, 2009

Laura, you're really making Canada look so very good! #7290932

Max Aureli March 16, 2009

Laura, this is really attractive image for Naturalist magazine!!! Great shot my Sister!!!! #7291286

Laura E. Swan level-classic March 16, 2009

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!!!)

#7291348

ROLAN NARMAN March 16, 2009

Great composition, colors and fantastic capture sister Laura! Well done! #7291855

March 16, 2009

wonderful shot! #7292683

Eugenio Diaz March 16, 2009

This is really beautiful picture, great composition and light. Very nice scene.Well done..!!!! #7292853

March 16, 2009

Awesome capture and find,Laura! #7292980

Karen Kessler March 16, 2009

Beautiful, Laura! Excellent POV & colors! #7293090

Lorna Shutter March 16, 2009

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! :) #7293960

Vladan D. Djordjevic March 17, 2009

Fantastic scenery, terrific pov, view, details, lighting and color. Superb photo!!! #7294138

Sharon March 17, 2009

Gorgeous!! Your composition is perfect!!
VERY NICE, LAURA :) #7294374

Laura E. Swan level-classic March 19, 2009

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

#7305131

Laura E. Swan level-classic March 19, 2009

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
#7305144

Toni Riggs March 20, 2009

Wonderful pov! #7305533

Wm Nosal March 20, 2009

What a Wonderful shot! #7308621

Laura E. Swan level-classic March 20, 2009

Thank you Toni!

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

-Laura :) #7309109

A P March 21, 2009

Very beautiful Laura. Outstanding POV, colors and clarity. #7312027

Nancyj E. Hovey level-classic March 22, 2009

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) #7313876

Laura E. Swan level-classic March 22, 2009

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 #7314595

Sharon Sawyer March 22, 2009

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. #7316375

Laura E. Swan level-classic March 22, 2009

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 #7316452

Marisol Pastor March 23, 2009

Fantastic comp and pov. Love the leading lines, they really draw you into the scenery. #7319425

Laura E. Swan level-classic March 23, 2009

Thanks Marisol! Really nice of you to come and comment! -Laura :) #7319530

Lisa J. Boulden level-classic March 23, 2009

Wow!
Such wonderful details and textures, all captured from a great pov!
A magnificent scene, Laura!
~♥~Lisa #7320922

Laura E. Swan level-classic May 12, 2009

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 #7513821

Laura E. Swan level-classic May 12, 2009

Oh. My typing. Save me.

Corrections:

"so late"

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

-Sorry! #7513835

Nancyj E. Hovey level-classic May 12, 2009

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
on your EFP...8o) #7514074

Laura E. Swan level-classic May 12, 2009

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

xo #7514107

Nancyj E. Hovey level-classic May 12, 2009

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... #7514143

Laura E. Swan level-classic May 12, 2009

Don't be sorry, Mumj. Ever. Thank you for congratulating me! #7514149

Songbird Cline level-classic May 20, 2009

beautiful!! gorgeous! #7540605

Laura E. Swan level-classic May 20, 2009

Thanks Birdie! :) !!! Photobucket #7540936

Christine Lobsinger level-classic June 04, 2010

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 #8664871

Laura E. Swan level-classic June 04, 2010

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 #8665423


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