An autumn morning reflected in Upper Kananaskis Lake
I started a great day in Kananaskis earlier this weekend walking along the shoreline of the Upper Kananaskis Lake in the Peter Lougheed Provincial Park. At sunrise I was photographing a pair of moose, a mother and her calf, in a meadow and I ended up spending most of the morning at the Sarrail Falls. However, when I parked near the boat launch at the lake, the soft light, subtle autumn accents, calm water and brilliant reflection of the mountains in the water mesmerized me for several minutes. I had the lake to myself for a little while and enjoyed the beauty immensely.
Christopher Martin Photography 
Stunning photos, Chris! I have a question for you. On average, do you do a lot of post-processing or just slight color adjustments?
October 5, 2015 at 7:19 am
Hi Svetlana – thank you for your comments and this question. Typically, I do not spend much time post-processing. However I shoot in RAW so there are contrast, shadow, saturation and sharpening adjustments which are made to every file (usually +\- 10-20% in Lightroom’s basic develop panel). I am careful about highlights when shooting so that can require me to open up the shadows in some of my wildlife and landscape images as well. For clients I will process images more intensively if that is required but for my own work I prefer to be out shooting so if I have to do too much computer work that robs me of field time. Lots of people love working on images and the results are awesome but it isn’t where I want to put a large chunk of my time.
October 5, 2015 at 10:07 am
Thank you, Chris!
October 8, 2015 at 7:56 am
Tranquil and calm and beautiful as nature should be . Thank you
October 4, 2015 at 2:01 pm
Sounds like all the ingredients for some memorable moments worth preserving.
October 4, 2015 at 12:47 pm
It was all of that Lyle. A beautiful morning to just be.
October 19, 2015 at 9:03 pm