There are few places on this planet that can match Emerald Lake Lodge in Yoho National Park for that quintessential ‘Winter Wonderland’ scene.
A half moon on a super clear night at -26 °C allowed me to shoot at f/11 on the Sony A7RII and my beloved old Canon 24-105mm lens. I was actually worried that the bright moon was going to ruin the shot with it’s insistent blue hue on all things earthbound. I think the reason why ‘Moonglow’ works so well is because of the contrast between warm and cold colours.
The soft, puffy foreground snow also features a lovely triangular shape in the snow which leads the eye to the centre of the frame. The unique blue hues of the moonlight have a calming effect which really adds to the winter wonderland theme of the image.
Want to know how I processed this image from start to finish? Watch a step by step HD Photoshop Video Tutorial showing the entire process from opening the RAW files right through to cropping for Instagram and saving for the Web.
Thanks for looking
Gavin Hardcastle – Fototripper
