Elbow Lake is located in the Elbow Pass north of the Highwood Pass in Kananaskis Country, Alberta. Elbow Lake lies at an elevation of 2,120 m (~7,000 ft) and is the headwater of the Elbow River. In my last post, on Bow Lake I reported that I was at the headwater of the Bow River,…
Category: Alberta
Bow Lake
I went on a photo excursion this morning in Banff National Park. My destination for today was Bow Lake, about 35 km (22 miles) up the Icefields Parkway in the direction of Jasper. I arrived and began shooting around 6:30 am. This is after sunrise but the light is very good. The skies were partially cloudy,…
It’s Summer!
Officially. I celebrated the longest day of the year by rising early and going out for a morning of photography. I was accompanied by Bob Bear and our destination for today was Glenbow Provincial Park, near Cochrane, AB. The park is east of the mountains and can best be described as prairie grasslands. It has…
Moraine Lake
Yesterday, I went to a favourite location, Moraine Lake. The view I’m showing today is one of the best known of the great scenes to be seen in the Canadian Rockies. This scene (or one very similar) once graced the back of the old Canadian twenty dollar bill. I left Canmore at 4:15 am to be in position…
Black Bear
It’s time for a break from those Europe photographs. I went out to do some photography early this morning and on the way home, I came across a black bear grazing along the edge of the road. Although he was much too focused on eating to pose for me, I did get some good shots…