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Hi all,
I recently went on one of those heavily advertised guided tours to Canada and Alaska. Of course I took many thousands of photos. Here are a few:


Looking down on Banff, Canada


Beauvert Lake, near Jasper, Canada


Alaskan pigeon


White Pass Scenic Railway, Skagway, Alaska

More in the gallery.

Daniel

Daniel

I bet you had a ball.

#2 though very "picture postcard" is a pearler.

#4 is a cracker as well - great perspective (leaning out the window?) but wow that bridge looks rickety.

I also really like this shot of lake Louise from your gallery:

Looks sweet Daniel, nothing but epic scenes over there! I will have a look thru your gallery at a later date when some time permits.

I really like teh one Peter has pulled out!

All great Daniel. What a fantastic part of the world, very photogenic. Both on my bucket list of places to visit in both summer and winter. Look forward to seeing more.

I would be very happy to call those shots my own. They are beautifully crafted, and although a bit cliche they have been executed nicely. I have a sneaking suspicion that #2 would work very nicely in mono.

Wow - what a view in #1

I also like the one Peter has pulled out from your gallery - very nice

Wow! +1

Great pix, especially Lake Louise.

I went to Banff at a similar time of the year many moons ago, and have some similar pix to these on film. Only not as good.

What I remember:
- being scared witless by a moose on the Banff Springs golf course. Turned my 72 into about a 99. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!
- a mountain climber perished on a slope just outside the Banff Springs hotel. Helicopters and paramedics needed to extract the body.
- The scenery and wildlife are just spectacular.

Great work - thanks for posting.

Thank you all.

stubbsy wrote:#4 is a cracker as well - great perspective (leaning out the window?) but wow that bridge looks rickety.

It's always more interesting when the train turns back like that. I was standing on the platform at the end of the carriage (vestibule?).
That bridge was fine, but we passed one that is no longer used (for good reason).

stubbsy wrote:I also really like this shot of lake Louise from your gallery:

I took that around dawn, the lake was completely still. As the sky lightened the wind added texture to the water.
Yes, there are a number of shots I quite like from the trip. (Curse you, four image per post limit...)

aim54x wrote:They are beautifully crafted, and although a bit cliche they have been executed nicely.

Thank you. That is the problem when you follow the same path as so many tourist year after year.

the foto fanatic wrote:What I remember:
- being scared witless by a moose on the Banff Springs golf course. Turned my 72 into about a 99. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!
- a mountain climber perished on a slope just outside the Banff Springs hotel. Helicopters and paramedics needed to extract the body.
- The scenery and wildlife are just spectacular.

I never saw a moose. Wildlife seemed a bit hard to find. Normally the place is overflowing with wildlife.
Before leaving to go we all heard about the hiker(/fool) who was killed by a grizzly up in the Denali national park. So that was something I was mindful of.
I was surprised by the number of people who die climbing Denali (Mount McKinley) every year.

Daniel

DanielA wrote:(Curse you, four image per post limit...)

Post another thread...or into the Personal and Photographic Journeys forum...I would love to see more of the shots you like, want critique on.

Great shots Daniel. Will go check the rest of the pics out.
Cheers
John
BBJ