'Blueberry Milk' - Canadian Rockies

For four days, I patiently waited for the right conditions at this famously windy lake in the Canadian Rockies.

 

Actually, that's a lie. I was most impatient as the wind teased me with split-second glimpses of what could be only to rev up and dash my plans of capturing a serene moment like this.

 

After three days, I gave up and left to try my hand at some other promising locations in the Rockies.

 

While I did manage to capture some lovely images in different locations, I felt that I had unfinished business back on this lake so I resolved to return and give it one last try.

 

I'm glad I did.

 

Sure enough, a 5AM sunrise sojourn down to the lakeshore on the fourth day gave me the 'once in a lifetime shot I'd been searching for.

 

This single exposure was one of the easiest I've ever had the pleasure to shoot.

 

Using the Fuji GFX100S with the 100-200mm telephoto I was able to frame up this lovely composition at 135mm.

 

It was still almost dark so I was forced to shoot a 30" exposure which is why you can see some streaks in the water from the slow-moving leaves.

 

Moments like this are exactly what I live for and I even captured the moment in a vlog. Watch this space over the coming weeks for some beautiful, inspiring, and hilarious vlogs from this trip.

 

Thanks for reading.

 

Gavin

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