Canadian Rockies

I know I've been neglecting this blog, as usual. But I figured I'd update it a little with my best photos from this past year. In July I finally got to see the Canadian Rockies. I flew to Edmonton to be the photographer for a friends wedding, then spent about a week camping in Jasper National Park. I also took the amazing drive down the Ice Fields Parkway to Banff. 

*note. Some photos seem over saturated or grainy. I don't know why, something to do with Bloggers upload. Just wanted to clarify that's not how they are intended to look, but I dont know how to fix that on this page. 

Shooting the sunset over the Tonquin Valley in Jasper. 

This is just to the left of the previous photo. Sorrow Peak next to Mt. Edith Cavell.

The Sunrise at Jasper Lake. 5:03am

Leech Lake with Mt Edith Cavell in the distance. 

I shot this while driving slowly through the wildfires in Banff National Park. 

Mt Rundle at sunset. Banff. 

Icefields Parkway

Mount Chephren. Banff.

Pyramid Lake and Pyramid Mountain. Jasper. 

Mount Edith Cavell. Jasper. 

Athabasca Falls and Mt. Kerkeslin. Jasper. 

Mt Kerkeslin from the gorge at the bottom of the falls. 

Rocks along the shore of  Athabasca River at the bottom of the falls.

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New Book

I haven't been posting here too much lately but I thought I would post this here as well. I just finished up my latest book. Windsor-Essex Landscapes is a collection of my favourite landscape and night images from around my hometown of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It is now up for sale on Blurb. Check it out!


     

Windsor Essex Landscapes by Cale Best | Make Your Own Book

Area 53 - 2011 - Photo #31

I'm a day late again. Not good reason, I was just busy yesterday and kind of forgot it was Monday. Anyway, I have something a little different this week. I recently bought a cheap IR (Infrared) filter last week so I've been trying to figure that out. I'm still struggling to get good results with it as it requires insanely long exposure time.

This photo was about 2 minutes long in the sunlight, and it still came out a little dark. I had to lighten it a lot and apply quite a bit of noise reduction in Lightroom. I also toned down the saturation a lot because everything comes out very red.

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Area 53 - 2011 - Photo #16

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Area 53 - 2011 - Photo #13

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I went out many times to shoot photos this week with minimal success. This is the only one I've taken in about 2 weeks that I like. I was out to shoot the "supermoon" rise but it turned out pretty boring. I shot this at sunset just before the moon rise.

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Area 53 - 2011 - Photo #11

Last week I finally did something I've been meaning to do for a while, shoot from the top of a parking garage in downtown Windsor. One of the things I hate about this city is how flat it is. I always want to shoot photos from a higher vantage point. This weeks main photo is another panorama looking west towards the Ambassador Bridge.

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Area 53 - 2011 - Photo #10

I managed to get a nice sunset last week. When I set out the sky was dull but I was patient and it paid off. I couldn't find a whole lot for the foreground but this old gate provided some interest. The first shot is a panorama and the bonus photo below is a closer single shot. Thanks for looking.

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Area 53 - 2011 - Photo #9

I spent many hours this week driving around looking for interesting photos. This place was the only thing remotely interesting that I found. I wasn't happy with the sunset as there were no clouds. I hate cloudless sunsets. But its better than complete cloud cover like it's been most of the time lately.


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Area 53 - 2011 - Photo #8

I spend Friday night with my girlfriend Laura at the Retro Suites in Chatham. The room was neat, to say the least and it was obvious that we'd take a lot of photos. Laura was nice enough to pose for me so I could take photos of something I usually don't, people.


While she did her own self portraits I went outside to the back of the hotel for some photos I'm used to taking.


We came across this abandoned house (and some others) along Highway 3 on our way home. This is a 5-shot panorama.

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Area 53 - 2011 - Photo #5

Today Todd and I went for a walk at Ojibway Park to find some deer. Eventually we saw one and starting shooting photos. I knew there had to be more nearby. Then another came out of the bushes. Then another. Within about 15 minutes there were 10-12 deer all around us. So here are my bests from the day. Enjoy.

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