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NIKON D5100

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Aperture f/16 ISO 200 Shutter 1/50 Focal Length 100/10

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Dec, 2019

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Location

I took this photo at the famous Abraham lake in the Canadian Rockies, a few hours drive from the incredible Lake Louise and Moraine Lake. As I am a self taught photographer, every trip I take to capture images like this is an adventure and a lesson in itself to get the exposure and composition right.

Time

This photo is probably one of my favourites and the memories it envokes always makes me smile. This was taken at around 8am in the morning. I woke up at 4am to pack the car and head out capture the ice bubbles at sunrise before anyone else got there. Sunrise was shrouded by cloud instead of the vibrant clear days that usually occur at Abraham lake but I think I prefer it to be cloudy as the clouds help to keep some of the really nice colours that occur at this time of the morning.

Lighting

The lighting was great because of the cloud cover. It wasn’t too bright so the sky and mountains weren’t blown out and I was happy I didn’t have to take 2 exposures to get this shot right. I got there before sunrise so I had a lot of time to wander around and find the right spot I wanted to shoot at.

Equipment

This shot was shot on a Nikon d5100 using a Manfroto tripod. I also had ice cletes as the frozen lake was insanely slippery.

Inspiration

I moved to the Canada to improve my photography. I had read about these incredible methane bubbles while I was still in Australia and had always wanted to see it for myself. Actually standing there and looking at these frozen bubbles I felt like I was in a dream and I was completely in awe witnessing something so mind blowing in real life.

Editing

I used Lightroom to bring out the bubbles to add some more depth and a gradient filter over the top of the image to add more purple to the sunrise.

In my camera bag

I always have my 10-22mm lense attached to my Nikon as well as my 55-200 and a couple of extra batteries and memory cards. Having a couple of hand warmers in your bag also helps save your batteries in -20.

Feedback

Winters in Canada can get to -35 some days so always be sure to have enough warm layers, the more the better, you can always take a layer off if you need to. I always like to get to the places I’m capturing before sunrise too as most people are still in bed and you usually have all the magic to yourself.

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