Speaking of Kananaskis
Speaking of Alberta’s Kananaskis Range, the site of the previous post, here’s Lower Kananaskis Lake as we saw it on September 11th. Wind gusts created ripples on the lake’s surface that must have resonated with the folds of my cerebrum, because I felt compelled to keep taking pictures of the changing ripples.
© 2017 Steven Schwartzman
And the ripple effect seems to continue through to, and up, the mountains.
Gallivanta
October 19, 2017 at 5:05 AM
I’m glad you pointed that out. I was so intent on the water that I barely paid attention to the mountains in the distance.
Steve Schwartzman
October 19, 2017 at 7:25 AM
Your instincts served you well, in this case. IMHO
MichaelStephenWills
October 19, 2017 at 5:17 AM
Thanks for your validation. It seemed the right approach here.
Steve Schwartzman
October 19, 2017 at 7:28 AM
Looking at the way the wind was playing on the water all across the lake, I’m reminded how different lake sailing can be. I’m not the best at “reading” the winds by watching the water, but it’s easy to see how varied the winds are here. In fact, the second post on this Alberta Sailing Forum talks about the phenomenon that you’ve captured in your photo: “mountain lake wind lines.”
shoreacres
October 19, 2017 at 7:18 AM
Imagine finding something about the wind on this very lake. You prompted me to search for “mountain lake wind lines” but I got almost no hits. The same with “lake wind lines.” When I shortened my search string to “wind lines” I got lots of hits relating to things that have been referred to that way, not just involving sailing. A couple of examples:
https://academics.skidmore.edu/blogs/env-art-gshea/2013/02/10/wind-lines/
http://www.wajaswiki.com/Wind_Lines
Steve Schwartzman
October 19, 2017 at 7:42 AM
My goodness. All I can say after a careful reading of the content contained in that first link is that I’m glad I’m heading to the docks tomorrow, and not to Skidmore.
shoreacres
October 22, 2017 at 10:58 PM
I expect that if you drove or walked in the winter you’d skid more in Skidmore than along the Gulf Coast.
Steve Schwartzman
October 23, 2017 at 6:36 AM
It is a beautiful effect.
tanjabrittonwriter
October 19, 2017 at 6:34 PM
I certainly found it captivating and kept waiting for strong gusts to create new ripples that I could photograph.
Steve Schwartzman
October 19, 2017 at 7:18 PM
The colors in the water are pretty!!
norasphotos4u
October 21, 2017 at 9:59 PM
Lots of lakes and rivers up there have colorful water. That’s a big attraction in the Canadian Rockies.
Steve Schwartzman
October 21, 2017 at 11:37 PM
We had a great walk round the upper lake. Such a wonderful area.
Anabel Marsh
November 7, 2017 at 5:51 AM
We drove to the upper lake first. I saw that we could’ve walked across the dam and around the lake, but for my purposes as a photographer the lower lake offered more opportunities.
Steve Schwartzman
November 7, 2017 at 6:36 AM
Very sensible. It was a LONG walk.
Anabel Marsh
November 7, 2017 at 6:39 AM
And on the day we were there the strong wind would have made a walk around the lake less enjoyable. Fortunately that wind made for good pictures at Lower Kananaskis Lake without the need to do a lot of walking.
Steve Schwartzman
November 7, 2017 at 7:16 AM
It was the first hike we did and the longest in our three weeks. Probably not the best planning.
Anabel Marsh
November 7, 2017 at 7:37 AM
The way I’ve long looked at traveling is that we’re bound to make mistakes. We can’t know all the ins and outs of places beyond our own little corner of the world.
Steve Schwartzman
November 7, 2017 at 8:21 AM
Exactly!
Anabel Marsh
November 7, 2017 at 9:17 AM
I had to laugh at how you phrased that, that you were compelled to keep taking shots of the ripples. I’m that way with tree silhouettes…my camera is crammed with tree shots!
melissabluefineart
November 19, 2017 at 9:18 AM
In checking just now I found that I did about 50 versions of ripples on this lake as the wind kept gusting. Maybe I’ll have to write a book called Compulsions of a Nature Photographer. Seems like it might appeal to other compulsive artists.
Steve Schwartzman
November 19, 2017 at 9:55 AM
Chuckle….
melissabluefineart
November 21, 2017 at 10:23 AM