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I managed to capture this photo on my last night, just before my batteries died up in the Canadian Rockies. I spent a great deal of the night taking in all the ...
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I managed to capture this photo on my last night, just before my batteries died up in the Canadian Rockies. I spent a great deal of the night taking in all the beautiful scenes and amazing starry night skies. Its sometimes often we forget to take in the beauty in a scene before filling our heads with settings and framing our shots. This particular scene was captured in a single exposure and required almost no processing aside from resizing and a little sharpening for web.
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ErnieKwong
May 31, 2015
Another stunning photo! Love the night sky with this frozen Canadian Rockies landscape!
AntonioMarchetti
July 02, 2015
Amazing shot ! And interesting interview ! :)
Would you be so kind to share the shot parameters of this shot?
Would you be so kind to share the shot parameters of this shot?
danieljamesgreenwood
July 05, 2015
sure, this is a single 40 second exposure. SOOC with no processing other then resizing and some sharpening! thanks
anthonymaw
August 15, 2015
Looks like Bow Lakein Banff National Park the orange light pollution in the distant sky would be from the town of Banff. Nice shot!
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cmorisset
August 16, 2015
Hi Daniel, enjoyed reading your interview. Congrats on being featured your photo gallery is truly outstanding. Best from Celine ( :
Kksgram
August 17, 2015
Another stunning landscape. Oh, how I wish (at the age of 78) that I could do what you do. My photos are OK, but nothing to match yours.
fotosbysal
August 25, 2015
Hi Daniel, I actually looked at getting this very lens just last weekend...you've just made up my mind! Fantastic shot.
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mstansfield
September 15, 2015
Amazing capture Daniel, I really like the highlight on the snow and mountain side!
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Behind The Lens
Location
This photo was taken on a nice trip up to the Canadian Rockie. It was quite the night as I finally arrived on location at Bow Lake, Banff. My batteries were already quite close to being dead at this time because of all the amazing stuff I photographed along the way.Time
I managed to capture this photo later on in the night. The day time was completely filled with overcast skies. I spent around 3 hours down here at the lake waiting for some nice light for sunset but the clouds just would not leave!. It was around midnight when my friend Zack Splaine who was out already had texted me and told me that the skies had finally cleared. I was so excited to pack up the gear and head out for some astrophotography! As soon as I left the hotel, and started to drive through the ice fields of Banff, I was greeted with a billion shining stars in the sky. I honestly was so overwhelmed with beauty that I nearly drained all my batteries shooting some of the spots along the way to this location. When I finally arrived here at Bow Lake my breath was taken away form this amazing sight. I was glad I had enough battery to snap a few more photos of this amazing location.Lighting
The lighting when I first arrived here was perfect in almost every way I could imagine for any night time photography. The hotel that was behind me in this photo was lighting up the foreground perfectly where I wanted to dial in some exposures and compositions. I knew I was almost out of battery power so I pictured this scene in my mind before I even turned on my camera. I managed to capture this scene with a single exposure before my batteries bit the dust.Equipment
I shot this scene with my Canon 6D. I love this camera mainly for its low noise especially when its extremely dark out. I used my wide 14mm Samyang prime lens here to take in as much of the scene as possible without having to shoot a panorama. I did use a tripod here, I usually use a tripod in all of my work!Inspiration
I have always been extremely inspired by the night sky and our stars. I have always had this dream and vision to capture snowy tipped mountains with the milky way spanning above it, its always been an image ive wanted to capture. When I arrived here at first there was so much natural beauty around me I had forgotten I had my camera with me for the first little while. Ever since I was a young kid I have always been inspired by stars and exploring space.Editing
I did some pretty minimal post processing in this photo. Some simple highlight adjustments and resize, sharpen. Honestly when I first pulled this photo up on my computer I felt it looked absolutely amazing the way it looked already. That's the beauty of exploring the world, there is just so much beauty out there we are still discovering every single day.In my camera bag
I generally head out shooting with my Canon 6D, a few lenses such as my 14mm Samyang f2.8 which I use mostly for astro work. Then I got my 24-105mm for my day time landscapes and long exposure photography. I will usually keep a few things in there as well...My 120DB air horn and bear spray for anti grizzly bear gear, I also have a few super bright LED torches for if im in extremely dark locations. My shutter cable release is always with me as well as a few filter sets for various day time long exposure work. I keep a couple clothes in there as well just in case I need more then one.Feedback
The best advice I could pass on to anyone wanting to capture amazing natural scenes like this is to just get out in the world and explore. Be safe about it of course but the world is such a big place. When I first arrived in the Rockies I was completely blown away by the vast mountain ranges and it honestly made me feel pretty tiny on the earth. I was surrounded by so many amazing things that all the new ideas of what I could photograph just came crashing into my mind. Its truly inspiring on its own to discover and explore new locations that you have never been to. This was just a quick 3 day trip for me and already I want to pack up and move there forever :)
