Sunset at Herbert Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta, with the last sunlight illuminating the peaks around Lake Louise on the Continental Divide, in a show of “alpenglow.” The main peak at left is Mount Temple. This was July 17, 2018. This is a single exposure with the Nikon D750 and Sigma 24mm Art lens.
Bright planets Mars (reddish at left) and Jupiter (right, over Bow Glacier) over Bow Lake, in Banff, Alberta, and reflecting in the water in glitter paths on the lake. A third planet, Saturn, is also present as a modestly bright star just (!) above the ridge of Bow Peak in a notch left of centre, below the satellite. Moments later it disappeared behind the mountain. This was in deep twilight as the Milky Way was beginning to appear. I began a time-lapse shortly after this. This is a stack of 8 x 10-second exposures for the ground, mean combined to smooth noise, and one 10-second exposure for the sky, all with the Laowa 15mm lens at f/2.8 and Sony a7III at ISO 3200. This was July 16, 2018 on a perfect night at Bow Lake.
The close conjunction of the waxing crescent Moon near Venus in the evening sky, from the Storm Mountain viewpoint on the Bow Valley Parkway in Banff National Park, Alberta, on July 15, 2018. Taken with a westbound train heading toward the Divide. The mountains to the west define the Continental Divide. The Bow River and the CPR tracks wind off into the distance. This is a 5-exposure HDR blend using Adobe Camera Raw. Taken with the Canon 35mm lens and Sony a7III camera.
