Lake Louise, a photo from Alberta, Prairies

Photographer's Note

This is Lake Louise in Banff National Park, Canadian Rockies.

For this shot, I bracketed five different exposures, one full-stop apart like this: -2, -1, 0, 1, 2. Then I blended the different photographs together with the HDR plug-in inside Photoshop CS2. I also worked with color, saturation, contrast, and cropping.

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Land-of-Eagles (108) 2006-10-30 9:57

Wonderfull photo magnific!

Keitht (1342) 2006-10-30 10:09

Beautiful version of the 'standard' view across Lake Louise - that's not a criticism by the way. I'm still coming to terms with HDR as, although the process gives an image much closer to the way the eye perceives it, it can look very artificial in a photo. The way the detail has been drawn out in what is normally deep shadow on the left hand side is very effective. I do think the foreground is possibly a little light and tend to draw the eye too much.
Despite that I still think this is a first class image.

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somkiat (1104) 2006-10-30 10:12

hallo doug,
very beautiful and very nicely done.
blue sky and beautiful green lake have shot by the very good basis ,that bring to the enhancement easily.very well done
somkiat

cuneyt-sb (6576) 2006-10-30 10:35

Hi Doug,
Very good compo and nice framing, Water color and all color in perfect combience
Well done regards

Emiel_Skyfreak (3002) 2006-10-30 11:52

Magnificent colourful shot. Nicely composed with small things on the foreground (small vegetation and rocks) and big things in the background (large vegetation, tall mountains), that way the image is nice two sided. The water in the middle has a nice colour, really. Also the colours in the front are really nice, aswell as the lightplay on the pinetree's on the hills in the distance. Lovely cloudpattern too. You've aligned this all very nice.
I like the application of HDR here, a wonderful outcome is the result. I think you could apply a bit more sharpening, maybe only selectively on the foreground would probably be best.

Nice work, Congrats!

syd1946 (1167) 2006-10-30 13:31

Beautiful landscape taken from the right point.
I like the natural colors all over the scene!

Thomas

ionut (306) 2006-10-31 2:26

Great result, congratulations!
Ionut.

Cricri (176) 2006-10-31 4:39

Bonsoir Doug,
Beau cadrage avec les pierres en avant plan qui donne une bonne profondeur du lac, Bon POV, couleur et lumiére douce sur l'ensemble, belle composition
bonne soirée
cricri

cunejo200 (7281) 2006-10-31 8:06

Hi Doug,
You have a mighty fine collection of landscape photos in your portfolio. Wonderful colors and sharpness. Composition is top-notch. Best wishes. Danilo

pierrefonds (115488) 2006-10-31 8:32

Hi Doug,

A good POV of Lake Louise, the forest and of the Rocky mountains, the photo is sharp and clear. It has a good composition, DOF and nice colors. Thanks for sharing.

Pierre

abelalison (0) 2006-10-31 10:49

Simply amazing!

superpau (1464) 2006-10-31 21:35

Hi Doug
I really like this frontal POV of the lake. And to see at the back a smooth V of the mountains.
Well done, good work, like always.
Saludos, Paula.

DLM (6479) 2006-11-01 15:12

Lovely work Doug,great composition and nice photoshop skills,TFS
Dave.

Ann75 (0) 2006-11-01 15:28

Hi Doug,

This photo really stands out! The colours are excellent and I love the rocks in the foreground leading to the beautiful view over Lake Louise. Excellent lighting and beautiful details! Great work, Doug!

Greetings,
Ann

setenay (7706) 2006-11-25 6:58

Hi Dough,
exellent composition with glacier,clouds and rocks.I want to see Lake Louise in autumn.
Have a nice weekend
setenay

mfonda (891) 2006-12-23 14:02

Hey Doug,

Great shot, and an excellent example of HDR. Nice colors here, the color of this lake always amazes me. Thanks for sharing.

-matt