#cline range

The Big Bend Along the Icefields Parkway (Banff National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While at the Big Bend overlook with a view looking southeast in Banff National Park. I have been to this point several times on my trips to Alberta and truly love the way the mountains rise up on both sides of the highway! So my thought on composing this image was to take advantage of those mountainsides and angle my Nikon SLR camera to bring out a sweeping view, looking down this valley. I pulled back on the focal length so that it would bring out more of a wider-angle and panoramic feel to fill up the image and setting.

Evergreens and Mountains (Banff National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While at a roadside pullout along the Icefields Parkway with a view looking to the north to Mount Wilson. This is in Banff National Park. My thought on composing this image was to zoom in with the focal length to have the mountainside fill most of the image while still including some nearby evergreen trees and a backdrop of blue skies to complete this setting in the Canadian Rockies.

Spring in the Canadian Rockies (Banff National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: I've been to Petyo Lake many times over the decades, but it had always been over the summer months when glacial flour brings out vibrant turquoise color. Having come from Austin and the Texas area where May weather has more of a warmer temperature with flowers and all in bloom, it was a surprise to see all the snow still on the ground in the Canadian Rockies. Then I saw Peyto Lake with more of a blue color from the still partially melted ice and snow. Beautiful! What a beautiful spring day in the Canadian Rockies!

Cloud Shadows on Mount Wilson (Banff National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: It was the shadows on the granite mountainside that drew me into this image. With the nearby green of the evergreen trees, I also found it a nice contrast of colors.

The Peaks of Mount Wilson (Icefields Parkway) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: At a rest stop along the Icefields Parkway. What I loved about this image ways the contrast of greens of the trees leaves with the granite of the mountainside. In some ways, it was if a peak through the trees to mountains beyond.

Cloud Shadows on Mount Wilson (Banff National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: It was the shadows on the granite mountainside that drew me into this image. With the nearby green of the evergreen trees, I also found it a nice contrast of colors.