The only part of that trip my wife remembers is our visit to the largest mall in the US (at least at that time) located in Edmonton. ;)
Jack --- On Mon, 12/8/08, ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: PESO: My Sorry Lake Louise > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, December 8, 2008, 10:24 AM > Yes - that is the Athabasca ... IT feeds the river of the > same name... > I will definitely dig up my comparison shots.... > > I know Moraine Lake, of course -- > > (I've been to the Canadian Rockies 4 times... though > the last time I wasn't as far north as Jasper...) > > The lack of snow and low water has to do with when you were > there of course - not just in terms of > months but what year it was.... > WHen I was there in June of 1976 I was walking in snow to > get around to the otherside of the lake at Lake Louise... > I had hoped to climb up the trail to MT Burgess to poke > around the outcrops for trilobites in the Burgess shale... > alas, there was much too much snow on the trail. > > I was there just about summer Solstice time. In 1992 I > saw the Athabasca in late April. > > ann > > Jack Davis wrote: > > > I have no Idea of the name of the glacier you're > referring to, but we ate in a large rustic restaurant across > from a glacier on which tourists were being driven in buses. > I may have a shot and will take a look. Remember we were > there early spring and the area would likely be carrying > slightly more snow and ice than when you were there in June. > > If I can locate my shot of Lake Moraine, (near Louise) > I may get a small web scan done. If you're ever been > there, you will be struck by the lack of snow and the low > water. I had a large print made of it after returning home, > but grew to regard it as a so so shot and probably relegated > the neg to my oblivion file. Thanks for commenting. > > > > --- On Mon, 12/8/08, ann sanfedele > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> From: ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Subject: Re: PESO: My Sorry Lake Louise > >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > <[email protected]> > >> Date: Monday, December 8, 2008, 7:22 AM > >> I was comparing the two for the amount of > glaciation left > >> ... made me think I should dig out my 1976 shot > from > >> the same angle... > >> I was there in June of that year, so the > comparison for > >> that purpose to Jack's is more apt... > >> > >> But the startling glacier receding shots of mine > are > >> comparing 1976 with 1992 at the Athabasca Glacier > at Jasper. > >> Does anyone have a recent shot of it to share? > >> > >> ann > >> > >> Jack Davis wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Certainly not in the spirit of competition (I > know > >>> > >> better), but just to celebrate my feelings about > this > >> location. > >> > >>> This taken in April or May of 1995 when my > wife and I > >>> > >> did Banff and Jasper Ntl PK's. Was early AM > and no one > >> else about. I leaned over a rock wall, reached > down and > >> rested my ME Super (w/K24mm) vertically on a > boulder. > >> Couldn't see through the viewfinder, so set a > hyper > >> focus guess. I cropped some of the foreground > boulders to > >> give it what I felt was a better composition. > >> > >>> Was a variety of color neg film that I'm > too lazy > >>> > >> to dig out to check. Don't recall the ISO, but > was > >> shooting some 200 in those days. > >> > >>> Jack > >>> > >>> Comments welcome of course. > >>> > >>> > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=354 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the > link > >>> > >> directly above and follow the directions. > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the > link > >> directly above and follow the directions. > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
