A 5-section panorama of Waterton Lakes National Park, around Upper Waterton Lake, looking south from the promontory site of the Prince of Wales Hotel, overlooking the townsite on a dark moonless night, August 31, 2013. Each frame is a 30 second exposure with the 24mm lens at f/2.5 and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 2500. Stitched in Photoshop. If there was a case for making Waterton a Dark Sky Preserve, this is it. Unshielded lights illuminate the entire valley and make it impossible to see the stars and Milky Way from the town and Hotel site.
A 9-section 270° panorama of Waterton Lakes, the Upper Lake, looking from north (left) to southwest (right), taken on a very clear night August 31, 2013. Each section is 45-seconds with the 24mm lens at f/2.5 and Canon 5D MkIi at ISO 2500. Stitched in Photoshop.
The Milky Way over Upper Waterton Lake, Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, on August 29, 2013. This is a US World Heritage Site. Taken with the 14mm lens and Canon 5D MkII for 60 seconds at ISO 3200 and f/2.8. Light from town streetlights provides the illumination. The Moon was not up. It was a very windy night!
