Returned home from a fantastic two week holiday to Canada to take in the wonderful scenery of the Canadian Rockies and Vancouver / Victoria etc.

Here are some pictures to give you an idea of what it was like:

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Me looking like a simpleton, standing on the Athabasca glacier - it was AMAZING! You get driven onto it in a 6-wheel-drive Ice-explorer!

2.

Some waterfall (I forget which one it was now - there were soooo many! And yes, the water really is that colour!

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The Bow Glacier, sitting proudly above Bow Lake

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A different view of Bow Lake

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Peto Lake (supposed to look like a dog!)

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And last but not least, a very green snake at Vancouver Aquarium - through the glass too!

All comments and criticisms appreciated!

Joe

Stunning :eek:

I have always wanted to visit Canada

Thanks Fezboy! It WAS amazing I must say.

Just found a funny one here. He was a big chap too. I think he was giving a warning to all his "ladies" that there was an intruder on the way!!

Joe

Amazing pictures! Lovely scenes too. Thanks for sharing them.

what camera?

totally awesome pics there m8. water's crystal clear.

fantastic pickys

Blimey! Thanks a lot everyone!

@ Kelling all taken with a Canon EOS 350d. If there's anything else you want to know, don't hesitate to ask!

Joe

i thougt is was a slr, buy the way great pics put them in a compitition!!

Awesome pics.

I really should save up and get an SLR.

Lovely shots

Yep, good camera the 350D, all the best people have them

Steve

Yep, good camera the 350D, all the best skoda geeks have them

Steve

Yup!

Don't suppose you have those at 1280x1024 do you, they would make some great desktop backgrounds.

He should have them at 3456x2304 Mark, so 1280x1024 shouldn't be a problem!

Steve

Glad you enjoyed your trip, looks like you had the same good weather that we have had. hope my info came in handy!

Mark

wow! no. 5 looks like a Vista desktop

Lovely shots

Yep, good camera the 350D, all the best people have them

Steve

And all the better people have Nikon D80's hehe!

Nice piccies, with the water ones, did you just use a slow shutter speed for the moving water effect or was there a filter involved?

lovely pics them mate

And all the better people have Nikon D80's hehe!

Nice piccies, with the water ones, did you just use a slow shutter speed for the moving water effect or was there a filter involved?

Won't mention the 5D or 1D sat along side the Bronica then

Nice piccies, with the water ones, did you just use a slow shutter speed for the moving water effect or was there a filter involved?

That 4th one has shutter set at 1/5 sec, on aperture priority mode, at ISO-100, so don't think you'd have cause to use a filter.

Steve

He should have them at 3456x2304 Mark, so 1280x1024 shouldn't be a problem!

Steve

Yep. Need to get a better lens than the 18-55 though. :(

Excellent photos though Joe! It looks absolutely amazing!

Agreed on the 18-55. You think it's 'OK' until you try something else. The Canon 17-85 I bought for mine is just superb as an everyday lens, so much better....

A fair bit of cash - but money well spent, there's no doubt.

Steve

That 4th one has shutter set at 1/5 sec, on aperture priority mode, at ISO-100, so don't think you'd have cause to use a filter.

Steve

There are filters that cause that effect. I was just curious

I know. ND filters for one. But my thinking is that none were used, because of the settings saved to the image file.

Steve

Hi Loz,

Wardy is pretty much correct, although I did use a circular polarising filter for most of the shots, including the 'milky' waterfalls (my favourites!). It removes reflected light from the surface of the water and therefore allows a longer exposure too, along with greater contrast and deeper blue skies etc.

@ cheezemonkhai:

Yes I have them at the full 8MP, but stupidly, when I was resizing them, I just did them to a "forum friendly" size and messed about a bit on photoshop with them at that size:O If you let me know if there is a specific one you want, then I'll 're-do' it again for you, no probs!!

Lastly, thanks everyone for the compliments - it means a lot :thumbup:

Joe