Back to gallery

Sunrise Stripes

Sunrise on Moraine Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Besides the beauty of the mountains and the lake, this place is known for some unusual lighting conditions, as you can see in this shot. Taken with a Nikon D700 and 17-35mm lens, and 3 stop Graduated ND filter. The camera creates such clean, noise free images that you can really push the shadows a lot before you get any noise - the result is that you can pull up a lot of detail in the shadows, which was a big benefit in a scene like this.

6,318 views
165 faves
217 comments
Uploaded on August 19, 2008
Taken on August 2, 2008