Over the years, I have grown to enjoy winter. Like anyone else, I still much prefer the warm summer months, however I will admit I do take a fondness to winter. A few years back I had my first encounter with tracking down a wild Canada Lynx through the snow. Since then, I have made an effort to attempt to repeat my success each year. In that time, I have begun to relish snowshoeing through the forest with a fresh blanket of snow. Even if I don't find any forest critters, it’s hard to not appreciate the scenery even if it is freezing cold outside.
Timing is everything in photography. Waking up at 4:00 am, I set out for a sunrise shot of Bow Lake Banff, Alberta. I only had a couple of minutes to wade through chest high snow from the parking area to the lake before the sun came up. Just by chance, the minute I made it to a little footbridge at the lake a skier was crossing the lake to head off into the backcountry at the perfect spot, at the perfect time for me to quickly snap this image.
Locked in for the winter months, a cluster of grass stands alone near the shore of Spillway Lake in Kananaskis.
