The Journey To Spirit Island
Following an epic sunrise where the sun made an appearance during the final crucial minutes, we tore ourselves away from shooting just long enough to purchase tickets on the 1.5 hour round trip cruise to Spirit Island. We almost balked at the $65 price tag, but we reminded each other that it was in Canadian dollars and that we REALLY wanted to shoot Spirit Island and that the only alternative seemed to be renting a canoe and rowing our butts off for the entire day. As we still wanted to shoot the Icefields Parkway on our way back to the lakes down South, this left us with only one option.
So 260 Canadian dollars later, we boarded the first boat out at 9:45 AM. Our fellow passengers looked to be mostly retirees and a tour group from somewhere in Asia. Our first question to the boat operators was....can we go outside and stand in the back? After we heard "Of course!", we spent the majority of the next 45 minutes freezing our butts off in the small standing area at the back of the boat. For most of the journey it was just the crazy American photographers and a couple of other guests who braved the cold wind whipping around us. This particular shot caught my eye as I was leaning as far out over the edge of the boat as I could get without falling in. (Picture a dog with his head out the window...holding a camera.)
As we approached Spirit Island, the boat swung around hard to the East and this panoramic view suddenly opened up. As we were the first boat in the water that day and the wind had died down, I was now looking at a sea of topaz-colored glass spreading out in front of me. Suddenly the $65 price tag seemed far too small. I quickly shot a couple of brackets before the view shifted again and Spirit Island came into view.
(To be continued...)
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Thank you so much for your views and comments! If you have specific questions please be sure to send me a message via flickr mail, or feel free to contact me via one of the following:
The Journey To Spirit Island
Following an epic sunrise where the sun made an appearance during the final crucial minutes, we tore ourselves away from shooting just long enough to purchase tickets on the 1.5 hour round trip cruise to Spirit Island. We almost balked at the $65 price tag, but we reminded each other that it was in Canadian dollars and that we REALLY wanted to shoot Spirit Island and that the only alternative seemed to be renting a canoe and rowing our butts off for the entire day. As we still wanted to shoot the Icefields Parkway on our way back to the lakes down South, this left us with only one option.
So 260 Canadian dollars later, we boarded the first boat out at 9:45 AM. Our fellow passengers looked to be mostly retirees and a tour group from somewhere in Asia. Our first question to the boat operators was....can we go outside and stand in the back? After we heard "Of course!", we spent the majority of the next 45 minutes freezing our butts off in the small standing area at the back of the boat. For most of the journey it was just the crazy American photographers and a couple of other guests who braved the cold wind whipping around us. This particular shot caught my eye as I was leaning as far out over the edge of the boat as I could get without falling in. (Picture a dog with his head out the window...holding a camera.)
As we approached Spirit Island, the boat swung around hard to the East and this panoramic view suddenly opened up. As we were the first boat in the water that day and the wind had died down, I was now looking at a sea of topaz-colored glass spreading out in front of me. Suddenly the $65 price tag seemed far too small. I quickly shot a couple of brackets before the view shifted again and Spirit Island came into view.
(To be continued...)
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Thank you so much for your views and comments! If you have specific questions please be sure to send me a message via flickr mail, or feel free to contact me via one of the following: