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Going to Waterton, as I said, I was prepared for camping... got to the gate and the ranger looked at my car and informed me that the campground was full. Howev

by shagie 2y ago

Going to Waterton, as I said, I was prepared for camping... got to the gate and the ranger looked at my car and informed me that the campground was full. However, camping was my backup if my first choice was not available... staying in the Prince of Wales. It was beautiful. A selection of some of the photos I took there. https://imgur.com/a/stdkS0c https://imgur.com/a/stdkS0c ... some are memories, some are trying to capture the beauty of the area. I don't have them on http://shagie.smugmug.com http://shagie.smugmug.com because technically I was a tourist rather than a photographer and selling the prints gets into potential future visa issues. The rock formation is a nice, compact chevron fold.

cmrdporcupine 2y ago
When I was there in the late 80s as a teen we camped, but the campground was really just a big open flat area with no trees. I recall doing the long walk into town and dumping quarters in the Bubble Bobble machine they had in the arcade there. Met a cute girl there.
sheepscreek 2y ago
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing your story and the photos.
slavik81 2y ago
Unfortunately, most of Waterton burned in 2017. The Prince of Wales Hotel survived, but those trees are all dead. It will be decades before it looks like your photos again.
- shagie 2y ago
  That's disappointing... and I see that Athabasca Falls also had a fire ( https://youtu.be/kljQc4ycIs4 https://youtu.be/kljQc4ycIs4 ). I don't have any great photos from Athabasca area... some of the other photos... https://imgur.com/a/c2Ep6ox https://imgur.com/a/c2Ep6ox The style of waterfall photographs that I find myself drawn to are high contrast, narrower field of view that have a... "story of the water". You need to be able to follow it through the frame. The great spouts aren't ones that I find interesting. I much preferred Romana falls (Mount Hood - https://shagie.smugmug.com/Nature/Waterfalls/Ramona-Falls https://shagie.smugmug.com/Nature/Waterfalls/Ramona-Falls ) and Burney Falls (near Mount Shasta - https://shagie.smugmug.com/Nature/Waterfalls/Burney-Falls https://shagie.smugmug.com/Nature/Waterfalls/Burney-Falls ). While they're veils of water from high cliffs that crash onto rocks far below, I can photograph them... intimately. They are majestic, but there are so many parts to them that tell their own "story". https://imgur.com/1o6BVGR https://imgur.com/1o6BVGR - I think this is from the Lake Louise area. Not sure, it's not labeled but it's date stamped near other photos in that area. https://imgur.com/joZFgVT https://imgur.com/joZFgVT - Another example of "intimate photos of grand nature" - this is a small part (from where I stood https://www.google.com/maps/@52.1765131,-117.0554424,3a,75y,118.62h,102.82t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1suQnf9mWOLA5-jLN_dTq2bA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-12.820838001346857%26panoid%3DuQnf9mWOLA5-jLN_dTq2bA%26yaw%3D118.61808328808598!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDMxMi4wIKXMDSoJLDEwMjExNDUzSAFQAw%3D%3D https://www.google.com/maps/@52.1765131,-117.0554424,3a,75y,... ) of the mountains. https://imgur.com/SmKxAeQ https://imgur.com/SmKxAeQ - I have it labeled as "Lower Brenda Falls" in my photos. I think its from Waterton area... Ahh... looking it up, Bertha falls. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Waterton+Lakes+National+Park+of+Canada/@49.0402389,-113.9251803,14.96z/data=!4m7!3m6!1s0x536f43118b9149bf:0xdf601e775403581c!4b1!8m2!3d49.0833333!4d-113.9166667!16zL20vMDM1bTF6?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDMxMi4wIKXMDSoJLDEwMjExNDUzSAFQAw%3D%3D https://www.google.com/maps/place/Waterton+Lakes+National+Pa... (I'll be fixing that up in my albums) And even then, a fire can show the recycling power of nature. https://imgur.com/IHQhm7z https://imgur.com/IHQhm7z and wildflowers are once again freed from the seed bank. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Marble+Canyon+Trailhead/@51.1895181,-116.1281635,16.07z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x53775424aaf5b4d1:0x2865a6784409c315!8m2!3d51.185911!4d-116.1228744!16s%2Fg%2F11c1n9kj21?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDMxMi4wIKXMDSoJLDEwMjExNDUzSAFQAw%3D%3D https://www.google.com/maps/place/Marble+Canyon+Trailhead/@5... - I was there in 2009, the fire was from 2003. https://cyclewriteblog.wordpress.com/2015/01/01/natures-riot-of-life-after-forest-fire-marble-canyon-park-british-columbia/ https://cyclewriteblog.wordpress.com/2015/01/01/natures-riot... (See also the "Cheeto truck explosion" on the road to Yosemite after the area had a wild fire through it - https://shagie.smugmug.com/Nature/Wildflowers https://shagie.smugmug.com/Nature/Wildflowers )
  - cmrdporcupine 2y ago
    There's still plenty of beauty in Jasper after the forest fires https://photos.app.goo.gl/A8LypichDTns3n1V6 https://photos.app.goo.gl/A8LypichDTns3n1V6 I'll have to try to get out there this summer/spring, wildflowers tend to emerge after mass fires like that. The road up to Marmot Basin was just crazy when I was up there this winter. Desolation.

by shagie 2y ago

cmrdporcupine 2y ago

When I was there in the late 80s as a teen we camped, but the campground was really just a big open flat area with no trees. I recall doing the long walk into town and dumping quarters in the Bubble Bobble machine they had in the arcade there. Met a cute girl there.

sheepscreek 2y ago

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing your story and the photos.

slavik81 2y ago

Unfortunately, most of Waterton burned in 2017. The Prince of Wales Hotel survived, but those trees are all dead. It will be decades before it looks like your photos again.

shagie 2y ago
That's disappointing... and I see that Athabasca Falls also had a fire ( https://youtu.be/kljQc4ycIs4 https://youtu.be/kljQc4ycIs4 ). I don't have any great photos from Athabasca area... some of the other photos... https://imgur.com/a/c2Ep6ox https://imgur.com/a/c2Ep6ox The style of waterfall photographs that I find myself drawn to are high contrast, narrower field of view that have a... "story of the water". You need to be able to follow it through the frame. The great spouts aren't ones that I find interesting. I much preferred Romana falls (Mount Hood - https://shagie.smugmug.com/Nature/Waterfalls/Ramona-Falls https://shagie.smugmug.com/Nature/Waterfalls/Ramona-Falls ) and Burney Falls (near Mount Shasta - https://shagie.smugmug.com/Nature/Waterfalls/Burney-Falls https://shagie.smugmug.com/Nature/Waterfalls/Burney-Falls ). While they're veils of water from high cliffs that crash onto rocks far below, I can photograph them... intimately. They are majestic, but there are so many parts to them that tell their own "story". https://imgur.com/1o6BVGR https://imgur.com/1o6BVGR - I think this is from the Lake Louise area. Not sure, it's not labeled but it's date stamped near other photos in that area. https://imgur.com/joZFgVT https://imgur.com/joZFgVT - Another example of "intimate photos of grand nature" - this is a small part (from where I stood https://www.google.com/maps/@52.1765131,-117.0554424,3a,75y,118.62h,102.82t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1suQnf9mWOLA5-jLN_dTq2bA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-12.820838001346857%26panoid%3DuQnf9mWOLA5-jLN_dTq2bA%26yaw%3D118.61808328808598!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDMxMi4wIKXMDSoJLDEwMjExNDUzSAFQAw%3D%3D https://www.google.com/maps/@52.1765131,-117.0554424,3a,75y,... ) of the mountains. https://imgur.com/SmKxAeQ https://imgur.com/SmKxAeQ - I have it labeled as "Lower Brenda Falls" in my photos. I think its from Waterton area... Ahh... looking it up, Bertha falls. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Waterton+Lakes+National+Park+of+Canada/@49.0402389,-113.9251803,14.96z/data=!4m7!3m6!1s0x536f43118b9149bf:0xdf601e775403581c!4b1!8m2!3d49.0833333!4d-113.9166667!16zL20vMDM1bTF6?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDMxMi4wIKXMDSoJLDEwMjExNDUzSAFQAw%3D%3D https://www.google.com/maps/place/Waterton+Lakes+National+Pa... (I'll be fixing that up in my albums) And even then, a fire can show the recycling power of nature. https://imgur.com/IHQhm7z https://imgur.com/IHQhm7z and wildflowers are once again freed from the seed bank. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Marble+Canyon+Trailhead/@51.1895181,-116.1281635,16.07z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x53775424aaf5b4d1:0x2865a6784409c315!8m2!3d51.185911!4d-116.1228744!16s%2Fg%2F11c1n9kj21?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDMxMi4wIKXMDSoJLDEwMjExNDUzSAFQAw%3D%3D https://www.google.com/maps/place/Marble+Canyon+Trailhead/@5... - I was there in 2009, the fire was from 2003. https://cyclewriteblog.wordpress.com/2015/01/01/natures-riot-of-life-after-forest-fire-marble-canyon-park-british-columbia/ https://cyclewriteblog.wordpress.com/2015/01/01/natures-riot... (See also the "Cheeto truck explosion" on the road to Yosemite after the area had a wild fire through it - https://shagie.smugmug.com/Nature/Wildflowers https://shagie.smugmug.com/Nature/Wildflowers )
- cmrdporcupine 2y ago
  There's still plenty of beauty in Jasper after the forest fires https://photos.app.goo.gl/A8LypichDTns3n1V6 https://photos.app.goo.gl/A8LypichDTns3n1V6 I'll have to try to get out there this summer/spring, wildflowers tend to emerge after mass fires like that. The road up to Marmot Basin was just crazy when I was up there this winter. Desolation.