Last month I went on a photo-tour in the Rockies led by Darwin Wiggett and after the tour was over he asked if we could send over our 6 faves for him to post on his site. Now that they have been posted on his site for a week or so I thought I’d also‚ post them here. Feel free to comment or critique any aspect of these images.
![Icy Sunrise at Preacher‚„s Point, Abraham Lake, Alberta by Marko Kulik Icy Sunrise at Preacher‚„s Point, Abraham Lake, Alberta by Marko Kulik](http://photography.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/5-DSC_1660m1.jpg)
Icy Sunrise at Preacher‚„s Point, Abraham Lake, Alberta by Marko Kulik
The ice formations at Preacher‚„s Point were just awesome. I could have easily stayed there the entire day and the sunrise was also one of the best that we had. I spent a good part of the morning on my belly sliding on the ice looking for cool ice formations. Although the ice I laid on was solid, the lake was not totally frozen and I kept hearing ice cracking sounds which freaked me out quite a bit.
![Ice Cave at Beauty Creek, Jasper National Park, Alberta by Marko Kulik Ice Cave at Beauty Creek, Jasper National Park, Alberta by Marko Kulik](http://www.photography.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/4-DSC_1501-icecave-m.jpg)
Ice Cave at Beauty Creek, Jasper National Park, Alberta by Marko Kulik
I must have 20 shots of this ‚Ëœice cave‚„. I kept moving closer and closer and closer until my footwear would not let me move any closer or my feet would have been soaked with ice-water. I was super-intrigued with the ice-forms to the right of the central rushing water as they seemed smoke-like to my eye.
![Waveform at Coleman Creek, Banff National Park, Alberta by Marko Kulik Waveform at Coleman Creek, Banff National Park, Alberta by Marko Kulik](http://www.photography.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/3-DSC_1145-waveformf-m.jpg)
Waveform at Coleman Creek, Banff National Park, Alberta by Marko Kulik
I really dug Coleman Creek and had the 105mm Macro on for close up details. The great thing about the 105 (I have the Nikon version) is that it‚„s also a lovely portrait lens. When I spotted the interplay between the water and the ice here, I immediately focused a few feet in front of me. I thought of surfing as I captured this waveform.
![Junction, North Saskatchewan River, Banff National Park by Marko Kulik Junction, North Saskatchewan River, Banff National Park by Marko Kulik](http://www.photography.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/2-DSC_1102-junctionf.jpg)
Junction, North Saskatchewan River, Banff National Park by Marko Kulik
The rushing water, the icicles, as well as the rock faces all caught my attention in this composition. I was also struck by the strong shapes and the interplay between them.
![Icy Tree Reflection at Waterfowl Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta by Marko Kulik Icy Tree Reflection at Waterfowl Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta by Marko Kulik](http://www.photography.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/1-DSC_0978-reflected-treef.jpg)
Icy Tree Reflection at Waterfowl Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta by Marko Kulik
I was struck by the painterly feel of this reflected tree in the ice. The cracked ice and textures made for a nice canvas for the tree‚„s reflection.
![Ice Disks, Abraham Lake, Alberta by Marko Kulik Ice Disks, Abraham Lake, Alberta by Marko Kulik](http://www.photography.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/6-DSC_1691-icedisksf-m.jpg)
Ice Disks, Abraham Lake, Alberta by Marko Kulik
This was a challenging shot to get because I cut my pinky finger on the ice maybe 5 minutes before taking this shot. I was bleeding a bit and tried to stop it with kleenex and it worked for a while. Every time I needed real dexterity though I moved the kleenex and it started up again. Anyway it healed up nicely. Sorry if I spoiled any macro compositions for anyone. Wait a sec the interplay of blood and ice ‚œ that might have been cool! I chose to convert this image to black and white because the natural colours of rocks in the background were interfering with the form of the ice disks I wanted to highlight.
And those were the 6 that I sent off to Darwin. Just in case people are interested to see a few additional shots, I posted 2 threads in our forum here.
http://www.photography.ca/Forums/f11/alberta-rockies-batch-1-a-12807.html
http://www.photography.ca/Forums/f11/alberta-rockies-batch-2-a-12821.html