In the Field

Reflections on Boom Lake. Boom Lake, Banff National Park, AB, Canada. July 1997.

Boom Lake is a popular hiking and cross-country skiing destination in Banff National Park. I have been there a number of times but had never really found lighting or atmospheric conditions favourable to photographing the lake (this is photographer-speak for "it was almost always pouring like hell!").

On this trip, however, I ran into a scene I liked. The reflection is what first caught my eye, but I soon noticed the foreground detail. I especially liked how the submerged logs and branches were subtly visible in the immediate foreground and then almost imperceptibly disappeared as reflection took over the water surface.

Behind the Camera

Reflections on Boom Lake. Boom Lake, Banff National Park, AB, Canada. July 1997.

Film Capture; Fuji Provia; ISO 100.

Nikon F90X film SLR with Nikon 35-135 mm f/3.5-5.6 AF lens supported on tripod (make and model not recorded). Polarizing filter used.

Exposure information not recorded.

At the Computer

Reflections on Boom Lake. Boom Lake, Banff National Park, AB, Canada. July 1997.

Slide scan to 16-bit TIFF file using Nikon Super Coolscan 5000ED.

All further digital corrections on 16-bit TIFF file using Adobe's Photoshop CS2 and Light Crafts LightZone. Photoshop adjustments included selective saturation enhancement, selective application of cooling filter, selective application of Shadow/Highlight filter (to restore foreground detail), selective noise reduction (using PictureCode's Noise Ninja Photoshop plug-in), and selective sharpening for web output. Final tone adjustment using Light Crafts LightZone (Tonemapper/Re-light Tool).

Conservation

Reflections on Boom Lake. Boom Lake, Banff National Park, AB, Canada. July 1997.

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