A Moment of Disturbance

by RikkiN from Okotoks CA on 21 Mar 2026

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I was visiting Bow Lake in Banff National Park on a beautiful sunny day. I had rented a 200mm-600mm lens and I wanted to see what other genres of photography I could take aside from wildlife with this lens. I realized that I was able to get closer to the intimate scenes of the mountain side, which thrilled me. I knew this picture was going to be in black and white. I loved the way the light was hitting this scene and I was focused on that. What I didn't realize until I got home that there was an avalanche going off on the left hand side. What a nice surprise

Camera: ILCE-7M4
Focal: 117 mm
Shutter speed: 0.0008 sec
Aperture: f/ 20

tagged: mountain landscape nature canadian rockies avalanche outdoors mountain_range peak weather water mountainous_landforms monochrome_photography highland hill terrain atmospheric_phenomenon ridge winter