stevemarcus

October 9, 2004

Wonderful capture of three beautiful children! Very nice!

October 7, 2004

Thanks, Steven.

October 7, 2004

I was VERY lucky. The shot, as I recall, was taken sometime between 9:30 and 10:00 a.m. In other words, not real early, but not mid-day either. The luck was that the sky was absolutely crystal clear on this day. Some clouds would have made it ideal. However, in the absence of clouds, the next best thing is a sky without any haze at all.

October 7, 2004

They are greatly appreciated!

Jayme, the answer to your question is "yes", the color of the water and sky is (was) that different. Moraine Lake is a glacier fed lake. The lake water at this time of year is rich in very fine, suspended particles, usually referred to as "rock flour" or "glacial flour", which are produced by the erosion of nearby mountains by the freeze-thawing of the glaciers. By mid-late summer, glacier fed lakes, such as this one, become enriched for these particles. The color of the lake is not the result of a reflection of the blue sky, but rather from the reflection of cyan wavelengths of light (sunlight and skylight). Moraine Lake is probably the most intensely "colored" glacier fed lake that I have visited, although Peyto Lake is certainly close.

Bartek, I did not use a filter for this shot. However, I did use a very saturated color slide film (Kodak Elite Chrome Extra Color [EBX]).