Patience – Moraine Lake
During my time in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta Canada I visited Moraine Lake on a number of occasions. I continually went back there not only to capture it under varying conditions but simply because the place is AMAZING. Each and every time I made it up there I would sit and stare in awe. It is hard not to.
Prior to my latest visit of this location I had captured it under your typical sunny summer conditions and on other occasions completely or partially frozen over but I still wasn’t satisfied. I wanted it snow covered with the lake in its liquid state.
On this particular occasion I was driving back to where I was living in Canmore, Alberta, Canada from Olympic National Park in Washington U.S.A. It was a long day of driving and after just having spent almost 2 months living out of my van/tent on the road I was ready to get home to Canmore. Anyway, I was just one hour from Canmore at 10:30pm when it started to snow pretty heavily, enough so that I was convinced it was going to stick (It was fall so the temperatures had just began to take a dive becoming cold enough for snow to not melt as soon as it landed). I thought to myself, this may be the last and only opportunity I get to shoot Moraine Lake and the Valley of the Ten Peaks blanketed in snow. I figured it was too good of an opportunity to pass up and spent the night in the van hoping the conditions cleared in the morning.
I’m happy I decided to stick it out for one last night. What a magic morning.
A very cool image mate!:)
April 25, 2011 at 2:32 pm
Looks a bit chilly alright, nice capture Luke.
April 25, 2011 at 3:26 pm
Amazing shot Luke.
April 25, 2011 at 3:28 pm
Awesome shot Luke! Worth the wait for sure.
April 25, 2011 at 6:39 pm
Beautiful shot Luke! Well worth sticking around for.
Hope you had a great time in Olympic Nat Park!
April 26, 2011 at 12:40 am
Nice one Luke … Funny this is the second time Lake Moraine has come up today … Earlier today I was judging a photo comp and someone had this very lake as a submission ….
April 26, 2011 at 3:47 pm
Third time then. I saw this lake in a comp yesterday but it was nothing like this !!!!
April 26, 2011 at 4:28 pm
absolutely fantastic !)
April 26, 2011 at 5:31 pm
Great view of the lake Luke, colour and depth is beautiful.
April 27, 2011 at 4:12 am
Thanks for the comments and feedback, I appreciate it
April 27, 2011 at 6:17 am
I’m cold just looking at it! Stunning image mate, love how there isn’t many colours, and the blue is so vibrant.
April 27, 2011 at 12:09 pm
love it!
April 27, 2011 at 5:35 pm
WOW. it looks amazing.. or that could be your fabulous photography skills 🙂
April 28, 2011 at 12:23 pm
ahhh that just makes me melt. I would love to see something like that and get a chance to shoot it. Brilliant.
April 28, 2011 at 7:38 pm
Flat out amazing, I know they all say “see your own country first” but there are so many amazing places like this to see also
thanks for sharing mate
April 29, 2011 at 2:47 pm
Ice cool image Luke – wicked work again mate !
May 1, 2011 at 12:23 am
Brilliant shot Luke! looks bloody cold!
May 1, 2011 at 7:43 am
Just simply stunning!
May 4, 2011 at 5:50 pm
Great shot Luke, looks like you’ve got some nice detail there.
May 5, 2011 at 2:02 pm
wow, amazing shot Luke. well done on envisioning the image and persisting. you freekin nailed it. I love it! 😀
May 8, 2011 at 6:40 pm
Everyone else summed it up really.
Just awesome. Cold and beautiful!
Cheers
Dave
May 9, 2011 at 12:19 pm
Amazing shot, makes me want to go back there right now!
May 11, 2011 at 11:37 am
ripper mate! i love it!
May 22, 2011 at 7:59 pm
Very nice!
June 7, 2011 at 3:56 am
so beautiful. need to get myself a car here in BC so i can explore all these amazing places.
August 22, 2011 at 12:35 pm
Oh, to live so close to the mountains. Lovely image.
August 22, 2011 at 9:26 pm
Awesome shot Luke! CRISP!
November 20, 2011 at 8:00 pm
Great image of Moraine! There are SO many shots of this place but this one really stands out.
April 19, 2012 at 10:15 pm