Road to the Rockies
Uploaded: October 11, 2011
Approaching Jasper National Park, Alberta
Exif: F Number: 16, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/200 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 450, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 52.00 mm, Model: NIKON D300
Joan E. Hoffman October 11, 2011
These are just road pic's... had my camera on board until the third day of our trip... then gave up... Trying to control two 3 month old kittens from hanging off the ceiling of the truck, and sitting on the drivers head defeated me in the end! LOL #1414543Michael Kelly October 11, 2011
These are wonderful Joan. I like each for a different reason. Road for the great feeling of space, reflections for the great color and obviously the reflection, and trees for the great light and clarity combined with the BG fog. Looks like your shutter finger did not get too rusty. #9729591Beth Spencer October 11, 2011
You did an awesome job for all the chaos going on around you! I like your first one for the straight wide open space. You won't see much of that here in West Virginia.Jeff E Jensen October 11, 2011
Yup, these are all pretty fantastic. Really makes me miss Alberta. #9729865Debbie E. Payne October 11, 2011
Ha, Ha! Joan really is "Herding Cats!" I want to see some pictures of them, too, Joan. And I never tire of pictures of what the Rocky Mountains have to offer. As Mike says, they are all good for different reasons. Good to see your work again. #9729892Stephen Shoff October 11, 2011
Looks like a good time to be on the road. #9730017Carla Capra Anderson October 12, 2011
Hi Joan;Rita K. Connell October 12, 2011
its so nice to have you back again Joan, as it has been said they all are great shots for different reasons. My favor is the trees. it will always remind me of our 25th anniversary when we were there, and Jim drew me a color pencil of these besutiful aspen trees. #9730830Joan E. Hoffman October 12, 2011
Thank you all! I am just happy that considering the circumstances anything turned out at all! Unfortunately, the Road picture is about the best view of the mountains we got... Fog set in and we could have been on the prairies for all you could see of the mountains! LOL. Thank you Rita for naming the trees (I knew they started with an "A" but had Alder stuck in my head). The lemon yellow (which the picture does not portray as vividly as I had hoped) was wonderful amidst the gloom of the day. What was left of the sun caught them beautifully.I will post pic's of the Kittens soon... along with the stories of their arrivals (they were separate additions) soon. They are either in full motion or asleep, so I'll have to velcro them down at some point !
So far we are loving Osoyoos... quite a change from Texas, and we can expect a winter, however a milder one than northern Alberta
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Aimee C. Eisaman October 12, 2011
Wow they sure do take care of cutting along the road don't they? I like the shot of the reflections. Love when it's hard to tell where the sky ends and the earth begins. I too will be waiting to see kitten pictures. LOL Velcro...we talk about making a velcro wall for the kids and putting them in velcro suits. :~) #9731400Dale Hardin October 13, 2011
wonderful to have you back Joan and with such a lovely series of shot too. Like the rest, I like them all for different reasons.Especially like the road shot because it reminds me of my last trip. Sometimes I wish I'd set up the camera on a sandbag in the window with a remotes shutter cable. Next time. :o) #9732951
Teresa H. Hunt October 14, 2011
These are all wonderful Joan. I've always love the yellow Aspen shots and yours is no exception. :)For all the chaos surounding you these shots are excellent. :) #9735626Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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