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Predawn Glow on Shoreline, Lady Evelyn Lake
Northern Ontario, August 2005My dad took me on a fishing trip to Lady Evelyn Lake 15 years ago when I was in high school. We had a great time and talked about going back ever since. When my dad turned 60 this year, I had the perfect excuse to make good on the vow, so I booked us at a fishing camp on Lady Evelyn for a week. We had another great trip.... caught some nice fish (sorry for losing the big one, Dad!), reminisced about old times, and drank beer on the shoreline. How could life get any better!
Lady Evelyn is a very scenic lake, created as a floodwater in the 1920s from the damming of the Lady Evelyn river where it meets the Montreal River. There's an abundance of wildlife in the area, the shorelines are classic Canadian shield topography and the locals brag about the sunsets. Our camp was strategically located on an island with lots to photograph.... so naturally I packed a boatload (literally) of camera gear to be prepared for anything!
Over the course of the week, I shot hundreds of photos around Lady Evelyn Lake. The camera never left my side. During the day when we were out on the lake, I photographed my dad as a 'model' fisherman, flocks of loons grouping together for fall migration or rugged granite shoreline scenery. Each morning and evening, I'd concentrate on shooting scenic landscape//waterscape images from our island, taking advantage of the serene light.
Early one morning, I was photographing a small cove on our island, when I noticed the shoreline on the opposite side of the lake was perfect for a super-telephoto image. I dragged out my 600mm lens and sturdy tripod, and lined up a slice of the distant shoreline. The long lens compressed the shoreline layers, giving the effect you see here. Although I love my wide-angle lens for landscape photography, sometime a super-telephoto is the way to go. This is one of my favourite photos from the trip.
Technicals:
Canon EOS 1DS mark 2, EF 600mmF4; ISO 200;
Exposure: 1/10s @ f/8
Cable Release and Mirror Lock-Up
RAW file capture, converted with BreezeBrowser Pro software
The top has been cropped to produce a panoramic effect.
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