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Revelstoke, British Columbia

Revelstoke, British Columbia
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upload_dateMar, 2016

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2 Comments |
texaaronpueschel Platinum
 
texaaronpueschel December 16, 2021
Excellent winter image. Postcard quality.
thunderlake Platinum
 
thunderlake December 16, 2021
Incredible!

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Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken from close the the top of Revelstoke Mountain Resort, British Columbia, looking across and down the valley over the seemingly endless mountain ranges of the region.

Time

Taken around 9 a.m., this is a common scene in Revelstoke, which is located in a temperate rainforest area, receiving significantly higher levels of precipitation than nearby (by Canadian standards!) resorts such as Kicking Horse at Golden, just a couple hours drive away. In fact during winter this type of low lying cloud cover is probably more common than a bluebird day. On occasion the cloud is so thick it literally looks like you could step on to it.

Lighting

I’d love to say there was something deliberate about the lighting but I just happened to be in the right place at the right time. Wait five minutes here and you’ll find an entirely different scene. The lighting, especially when the cloud cover is like this, can be spectacular enough to stop people in their tracks just to soak in the view.

Equipment

This was a full in skiing day and as I was intending accessing some fairly steep terrain with the odd small rock band, no SLR was in my bag. This is an old image taken January 2010. I was kicking myself at the time for not having my SLR packed, but I’d packed a Lumix bridge camera which had to suffice and to be honest did an ok job.

Inspiration

I’m not sure any explanation is necessary for this shot. The view opened up before me and just screamed out to be captured.

Editing

Very little editing. Softened the highlights. That was about it.

In my camera bag

Although if doesn’t feel so long I’ve been shooting with a Canon EOS 7D for the past ten years. Eagerly awaiting the release of the EOS R5. For landscape I used to shoot almost exclusively with a Canon and a Tamron 10-22mm lens, and for wildlife with Canon EOS 100-400 IS L Mk 2 While I still use the wide angles, I have taken quite a few landscape shots now in the 100-400 however because travelling with multiple lenses can be a bit of a pain, especially if you are lugging around a tonne of ski gear too, I take a Tamron 18-400 lens when I travel. A lot of my landscape shots with that lens are in the 70-200mm range Just seems as I’ve taken more photos I’ve started to realise that a nice landscape shot doesn’t have to capture everything the eye can see. Sometimes a narrower field of view and less busy scene tell a better story.

Feedback

Being in the right place helps obviously. Temperature inversions and cloud inversions happen all over. If it’s what you want to capture then find out where the phenomenon can be found locally and keep an eye on the weather conditions and forecast. Lake District and most hilly/mountainous areas of Scotland will have these conditions occasionally but it may require patience and a little kick to get suitable conditions and lighting.

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