Back to the Mountains

I was back to the mountains, way earlier than I thought possible. Also had the rare opportunity to photograph the Canadian Rockies with Art Wolfe, Gavriel Jecan, Chris Martin and a very small group of fun fellows.
Art is famous with his outdoor/ wildlife photography. But, what amazed me is his animal sense and human sense. No matter what we ran into; mountain goat, caribou, grizzly, he seems to know how to talk to them/ photography them. No matter what kind of student fellow in the group, he has a way to inspire them.
We traveled some difficult mud trails by horseback for 25km into Tonquin Valley, stayed there for 4 days, encountered rain, snow, ice storm, thunder storm, strong wind and sun. But, everyone was totally immersed in their works, quickly forgot about the cold, and wet toes.

I must have try hundreds of photos of Mount Ramparts, Amethyst Lake and it's surrounding; during sun raise/ sunset, with rocks in front, with flowers, with a boat, with horse, with cowgirl, with reflections, in fog, in cloud, in rain....... some work and some don't. I guess that's how one learn.
We spent the rest of the week around Jasper (Horseshoe lake, Maligne Canyon, Angel Glacier) then back towards Banff, had some magic moments in Moraine lake and lake Louise.

If you're interested to see more of my album, here's the link.

Go see the stunning images of the Rockies by Art in his blog.

Chris also talked about our encounter of the Glizzly.

Out of the Mountains

For 3 days, we drove from Idaho to Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas and now in Missouri.

Mountains to hills to deserts and flats

Thin air to thick mud

65 F to 95 F

I84 to I80, then I70

Wheat to hay to corn and soy

地闊天空 到 人車擁擁

Someday, I'm going to stay up in the mountains.