Today I'd like to share some photos from Jasper National Park.
The first photo in the post is my entry for the pro tier of the Tuesday Landscape photo contest by 
This photo shows the Athabasca River with Pyramid Mountain in the background. Out of sight, roughly halfway to the mountain, is the tiny town of Jasper, Alberta. I had my 50mm prime lens on the camera and I was trying to take some good landscape shots. When I spotted the rafts pulled up on shore I thought they would make a nice foreground and add a splash of colour to the photo.
Nikon D750, 1/320s f/8.0 ISO100 50mm
Five minutes earlier
I stood on a bridge over the river with cars and trucks speeding by a couple of feet behind me in order to catch this view. It was from this vantage point that I spotted the orange rafts, just out of frame to the left. I love that 50mm prime lens and it worked well here but of course, it is not ideal for every situation...
Four hours later...
We had arrived in our campground and I was walking around, again with the 50mm which kind of makes sense because it's a fast lens and great for low light situations... BUT... it can't do everything! Here you can see a couple of Elk cows with Pyramid mountain and a sunset in the background. All good so far, but what's that light spot along the tree line?
Here's where I wish I had a zoom lens on the camera.
This is a tight crop taken from the photo above. It's unusable, but I wanted to try to show you what I missed: a bugling bull Elk had just stepped out of the trees and I had no time to run back to camp for a long lens. Oh well, you can't win them all :-)
All photos were taken by me, 