#mount stephen

Ali Kazal

Mount Stephen House was the first of the CPR's resort hotels in the Rockies.  Tourism formed an important part of the company's income, and when this photo was taken, tourism in the Canadian Rockies was a steadily growing business.

The Kicking Horse River Flowing By the Mountains at Natural Bridge (Yoho National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: An image captured at one of the many overlook points with a view looking to the east. The "natural bridge" is to the image right at the bottom with the Kicking Horse River taking up most of the rest of the image bottom. My thinking was to use the color contrast of the blues and whites of the river against the greens and browns of the nearby evergreen trees and mountains. One could then just stand and seemingly soak in this view as some white puffy clouds floated by on this September afternoon.

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A Mountain Backdrop for Natural Bridge (Yoho National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: Over the past several years, I've visited Banff National Park many times on my trips to Canada. But it was Yoho National Park that I first enjoyed and appreciated the beauty of the rivers and mountains in British Columbia. I had a chance a few years prior to visit but wasn't as knowledgeable on photography having just bought an SLR camera. Years later, I was so looking forward to this chance to not only capture images but to soak in these beautiful views that I've recalled from so many years ago. That's the story behind this image of Natural Bridge. The waters of the Kicking Horse River are flowing by with large rocks boulders all around. All around are the towering and sweeping spires of evergreen trees. And then far off in the distance were mountain peaks with blue skies and clouds above. I did the initial work with Capture NX2 and then exported a tiff image into Color Efex Pro 4 and used a recipe that I've come up with earlier that did a few things with structure, contrast and tone adjustment. Overall, it brought out a slightly lower exposure feel even though the image was captured in the mid afternoon sunlight.

Mount Stephen House, Field BC

Mount Stephen, Yoho National Park, Canada

Spiral Tunnel Viewpoint and a Drive Through the Canadian Rockies (Yoho National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: Another viewpoint I got reading Darwin Wiggett's eBook on Yoho National Park. My intent when taking this image was to capture not just the road ahead, but also the tall mountain peak of Mount Stephen off in the distance. Sadly, my ultra wide angle lens was back in the car and not anywhere near where I was at the time. So I captured as wide an angle as I could which didn't include the upper portion of Mount Stephen. Looking at the image later though I found cropping the image created in effect of making this whole area seem bigger especially with the perspective of the two cars driving to my front on the road. It was as if these enormous mountains and hillsides of trees were all around for anyone to enjoy along the Yoho Valley Road.