Photography

A friend of mine had let me up to her 16th floor balcony, and she had a fantastic view of the city.

Moderate 7.3 mi out and back 2,270 ft elevation gain Hiked 6/12/25

Moderate 4.2-5 mi out and back ~1450 ft elevation gain

This fine lady was just standing there. Close enough for me to get about fifty frames off, and well-lit enough for me to do it with a handheld telephoto lens.

Nature walk, 0-2.8 mi out and back 324 ft elevation gain

Easy 6.7 mi out and back Elevation gain 866 ft *Alltrails misrepresents this as 2k ft both as a trail and when tracking in the app. My garmin reading of 866 ft feels far more accurate to what it was (as usual). Hiked 6/13/25

The yellow moon rolling over Mont Blanc with lac leman in the foreground. Wish i had a better camera.

Moderate 7 mi out and back 1,850 ft elevation Hiked 6/11/25

3.5 mi out and back 900 ft gain

Hard, 17.2 mi out and back 4,656 ft elevation gain Hiked 6/9/25

A wonderful hike that spends half of it’s time rising among expansive meadows, seasonally filled with glacier lilies. It begins at the Sunshine village ski resort and maintains a steady uphill throughout the majority of the hike, increasing as you reach the pass. Access to multiple different trails along route.

My first time capturing fireworks. I made some mistakes, and I think the biggest mistake I made was being married to 100 ISO, and bringing a tripod. Fortunately for me, I was sitting right at the position directly in front of the barge, so I was able to get good shots of lovely centered fireworks. In order to get my ideas right, I shot a bit underexposed, about -1.5EV, but I think it worked out, made it harder to edit though.

Currently closed due to a tragic slide on 6/19/25

Photographer: @Trildrik@sh.itjust.works

Moderate 10.7 mi Out and Back 2,500ft elevation gain Extends from Emerald Lake Trail Hiked 6/5/25

It started as a test image, but I rather like how it turned out

Nature walk, 3.2 mi loop 406 ft Hiked 6/5/25

Moderate 8.6 mi out and back 2,192 ft elevation gain Hiked 6/4/25

Camped near Reynolds Pond and was treated to a glorious sunset last night.

Moderate 3.8 mi out and back 1,332 ft elevation gain Hiked 6/3/25

Somehow I had been stuck on Darktable 3.8 for a while, so I finally uninstalled the system package of it, and bumped up to the 5.2 flatpak, and it's amazing! A bit of adjustment, and there we go! King says hi. I hope eventually rhinos can multiply and be less critically endangered.

Easy to moderate 7 mi out and back or short walk to falls only 1,496 ft elevation gain Hiked 6/1/25

Easy, 2.9 mi out and back 407 ft elevation gain Hiked 6/2/25

I wanted to capture the most glaring bits of modern suburbia, of modern infrastructure, in a crunchy and appealing frame and contrast. I was also hassled by a cop while I took this.

Somewhere in Toronto. I just stumbled across this and thought it would be a cool shot.

Shot on a Nikon d200, fixed 50mm lens

Easy, short but steep 1 mile out and back 312 ft elevation Gain Hiked 5/27/25

I’ve been seeing these signs pop up everywhere, sometimes in the most unexpected places.

Location: Lake Ontario, Mississauga Date: 30 May 2025, 5:44pm Camera: Sony A6700 with Sigma 18-50 f/2.8 DC DN

Easy 3.2 mi out and back/loop or easier 0.8 mi hike starting at Illecillewaet campground 436 ft elevation gain Hiked 5/27/25

Photographer @HalifaxJones@lemmy.world

Close up shots of a dandelion. One a yellow flower one a poof

Length: 0.5 mi loop Elevation gain: 115 ft Hike date: 5/27/25

Easy 1.5 mile Loop 300 ft elevation gain Hiked May 23, 2025

The architecture of the Oregon Coast is always interesting to me. It’s a subtle biome change that has a lot of consequences in how a building looks–seeing houses like these just over the coastal range would be very rare indeed.

Moderate, 1,322 ft gain 9.5 mi Out and Back

Photographer @ToastedRavioli@midwest.social

Photographer @balsoft@lemmy.ml

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/42192609

4.4 miles roundtrip (to falls only) Easy, 475 ft elevation gain

Still to the east of Icefields Parkway the Cline river feeds into the N. Saskatchewan river. You’ll hike above the canyons carved over time by the Cline for 2 miles before heading back while seeing 3 or 4 waterfalls (still frozen at time of hike) and have sweeping views of Sentinel mountain. On the return, you can come back the way you came (recommended) or return via a horse trail that loses the majority of the view. Hiked 5/21

Amazingly enough, the zoo let me bring a tripod in, as long as I had left before noon, once it got busy. I took this time with few people and no crowds to take some pretty good photos. I'm starting to get the hang of this!

Photographer @blendan@lemmy.world

Just east of the Icefields Parkway in Alberta this great trail opposite the beautiful Abraham Lake (N. Saskatchewan River). Gaining 2800 ft to get to the top of Allstones ridge includes a long exposed section of loose rock well worth the effort before heading down to the smaller Allstones lake. There is some amazing camping all along Abraham lake, requires the $30 annual Public Land Use Zone permit (what a great bargain). Hiked 5/20/25

Hiking along the glacial till in the large bowl of the Athabasca glacier leaves one filled with awe. This short route takes you to a nice viewpoint in the location of the glacier in 1996 before turning back around or advancing on another trail. I combined this trail with a small section of the Boundary trail that took me to that super sketchy crevasse. Also pictured with the other trail photos is a collection of the markers for where the glacier was located in 1996, 1948, and 1844.

Photographer @blendan@lemmy.world

Photographer @tanguy_gerome@sopuli.xyz

I had been going back and forth between the coast a lot, and I got to be the passenger for one of the trips. With a piece in mind about hurtling through the trees at sixty miles per hour, I had turned the shutter speed to two seconds (too much blur, can’t tell what stuff is) and settled on a single second. Holding the camera as steady as possible in a bouncy car was difficult, but I like the result! There could be a little man dashing through the trees, trying to keep up with the car.

Photographer @alehel@lemmy.zip

A short hike made slightly more difficult by the remaining snow in the trail on 5/15, mile long out and back descends from where the parking lot to the falls along a steep ridgeline. Views of bridal veil falls may be seen across the valley, and later in the year a path to them may be accessible.

A scene I came home to: my wife had just finished playing a journaling RPG about attempting to preserve a library from ransacking hordes in the distant past, involving both blocks and cards. And I saw it all, and the scene composed itself. Nothing was disturbed in the slightest.

One of the many great waterfalls with an easy hike along the Icefields parkway in Jasper NP, this 2.6 mile roundtrip rises a mere 450 ft along Beauty creek. Multiple falls are passed along this route that is highly worth the minimal effort. Hiked 5/14

Shot with my phone just that night, alongside my Rebel T7.

Another short but steep hike in eastern Jasper National Park, this hike takes you to a valley nestled under Roche Miette before you get to the bald up top. Much less intimidating than the wall on Morro Peak, but just as physical. One ladder section is easily climbed along the way and you may see some mountain goats while you’re up there! Hopefully he doesn’t see you eat it on the muddy slope like he did for me! At the trailhead is a great spot to watch Bighorn as well.

In the third day of having a camera, there's a few things I learned - I cannot believe I had my tripod with me, and went handheld for many shots, believing that an ISO of 3200 would be enough to cut out my natural hand shake (no, it just cuts out everything that's not grain). - And I cannot believe that I didn't just shoot everything from that tripod (though I got a few good shots with it, and never changed the ISO to something lower with a longer shutter and wider aperture) - And that even for a lot of night time shots, once the camera's mounted on the tripod, even depressing the shutter button causes a bit of camera shake, which, to me at least, merits a two-second pre-timer so my hand can get away first.

Photographer @balsoft@lemmy.ml

There's going to be a little snow soon, but it sure makes for amazing scenery!

Covering a lot of elevation in a short span, this #hike has you wrap around the sheer wall face before ascending to the large bald above the Athabasca river valley. While moderate, the 2k ft gained in less than 2 miles (3.4 total) leads to some steep sections. Hiked 5/11/25

Sure, it’s a moon I captured on a slightly hazy night, but I wanted to really test out my tripod and telephoto lens and capture something my cell phone would just repeatedly fail at. Ended up going with a one-second shutter after a two-second timer so my hand wouldn’t mess with the tripod balance, and with ISO 100, I had a long enough window to capture good detail on the moon, at least as much as my 75-300m f/4-5.6 telephoto lens would allow. There’s bigger lenses that do more daring stuff, but this one is mine.

Starting with a quick bridge crossing onto the small Pyramid Island, this trail returns to the mainland before rising above the town of Jasper to some great overlooks. Bighorn sheep may be seen on this trail as they frequent the area. This area of Jasper gets super busy with limited parking, but you can start it from any of the small lots along the lake.

At the mountain hotel in Grächen, Switzerland.

I wish I was half as cozy as this ladybug. Turns out, yeah, you all are entirely right, shooting RAW+JPEG is vital for getting good work done.

Photographer @Grothorious@lemmy.world

I've started to shoot with a Canon Rebel T7, and I've started doing editing in Darktable in Linux Mint. I suppose this picture is my first foray into real photography. To get this work into fighting shape, I first shot RAW (a format I didn't know about three days ago) and then I had to figure out what the base curve my camera would be inclined to generate would be (a concept I didn't know about three days ago), and then I adjusted the white exposure and black exposure separately until I had a fairly lifelike photo where all the texture of the clouds, water, and on the boat, all stood out.

This 6 mile out and back trail will take you past the Sulphur Gates into the , a cool looking geological feature shaped by water, to a waterfall that has carved the rock into an intriguing spiral pattern.

Photographer @mmhmm@lemmy.ml

I have a confession. Every single photograph before this one was captured on either an iPhone 6+, or an iPhone 11 Pro Max.

An extremely popular trail around Edith Lake just east of the town of Jasper, this 3.6 mile loop can be broken into any number of sections along the lake shore. On May 5th, the crowds had yet to arrive in full force. The hike itself its pretty basic, but it’s got great views and a good chance to see various wildlife.

Photographer @Grothorious@lemmy.world

Located not too far from the Sunwapta falls, Athabasca falls is a popular waterfall on the icefields parkway. At just half a mile round trip to the falls, it is great for a quick visit. Continuing upstream from the falls may give you a chance to separate from the crowds while seeing magnificent views of Mt Geraldine and surrounding peaks. There is also an area that lets you check out the slot canyon downstream, but it was still closed when I went there on May 4th. The falls itself was decent, but the whole area would be great for a picnic, which could pretty much be said for any stop along the parkway.

Lumix G9, Panasonic Leica Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm f/2.8-4

There’s no content here, just some real nice framing practice.

Sunwapta Falls Easy two mile out and back trail located along the icefields parkway south of Jasper. The main falls are located at the beginning of the hike and the trail follows along the river downstream, revealing several more waterfalls as you go. River access can be had at the end of the trail as it leaves the canyon. The upper area gets a ton of usage, as does the second falls which are fairly close by and have a good viewing area. Thins out a little beyond that, but its a short hike so stays fairly busy.

Photographer @Grothorious@lemmy.world

Original text below by @versiqcontent@moist.catsweat.com

Berg Lake trail to Whitehorn campground The next chunk of the Berg lake trail goes from Kinney Lake up to Whitehorn campground. Situated in the valley of a thousand waterfalls, it is hard not to be awed by the surroundings. Trail closed at the CG on 5/2/25, it is now open again. Would love to do the entire thing. While up here, I managed to see some avalanche blasting, which can be seen on the videos post, link is also Here. Put it on the video post as well, but anyone know any peertube instance i can upload to? I’d be happy to switch, although I may also post videos to youtube for greater accessibility.

Photographer @balsoft@lemmy.ml

Located in Mount Robson park, this moderate hike is an ~8mile out and back trail at the amazing campground on the far shore of the stunning blue lake. Hiking this is a must do if you are traveling in the area. Is part of the larger berg lake trail. I continued on to whitehorse campground before it was closed due to avalanche blasting (i’ll post the video). Tomorrow I’ll post the trail from beyond just kinney lake trail, which i think is how I will break up trails that continue past.

Lumix GX80, Panasonic Leica Vario-Elmarit 12-60, f/2.8-4 Bremen, Schnorr-Viertel

I manually dropped my white balance as low as it would go, and framed the moon.

Lumix GX80, Panasonic Leica Vario-Elmarit 12-60 f/2.8-4 Bremen, Übersee-Museum

Cranberry Marsh trail in Valemount BC is an easy loop around the wetland with two lookout towers for better viewing opportunities. Most notable for its seasonal waterfowl, May 1st was still too early and also left part of the trail submerged. Dust throughout the valley made the surrounding mountains look lake mirages when the wind kicked up. Extra photos are views of the surrounding mountain ranges and pissibly a boardwalk with the marshes before they got going in the forefront, as well as an American coot scooting past and a Canadian Goose with its head down.

So caveat here, last time I shot fully manual was about 30 years ago. You couldn't change your ISO on the fly, you picked out a roll and that was that.

Helmcken Falls, the tallest (463 ft) waterfall at Wells Gray park. The main viewpoint requires no hiking, while the route behind is an easy 5 mi round trip that starts at a nearby parking area. Known for its large snow cone, by 4/25 there was only enough left to block my view from behind. Kinda had bad timing for this overall, both too soon and too late and then I hit it with the sun both blazing and shadowed in the canyon.

Shot on 4 July. Didn’t really see many fireworks. Saw this instead, liked it better.

Dawson Falls, next of the three large waterfalls that were accessible when I passed through wells gray park in mid-April. The hike is all reward, low effort as you walk the short distance from the downstream viewpoint to beside its base. Highwater may put falls in upper viewpoint. Additional photos show two side views, one looking over the lip and the other looking alongside it from the upper viewpoint, and a third photo that is instead a vertical shot of the falls from downstream.

Moul Falls. Easy hike at the beginning of #WellsGray park. Drops 115 ft straight down, while you’ll have to take the stairs. You can hike behind the waterfall as well, but it was still landslidey when I was there. Hiked 4/3/25. Canon r8 w 24-50mm. Additional pictures show the stairways, a view from the top with some stairs in view on the left and the creek flowing out from the falls on the right, and an unnamed waterfall you’ll pass on the trail.

"Do not bury my photos. Let them scream for me, tell my story, expose all I have seen and all I could not save.”

This short but steep trail twists and turns as you climb the many stairs to reach the top. Included photos show two more views of all the ups and downs through the forests, and one cluster of trilliums in pink and white. Hiked April 16 2025.