Driftwood - Black and White
by Marcia Socolik
Title
Driftwood - Black and White
Artist
Marcia Socolik
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This dramatic photo was taken at Moraine Lake, in Banff National Park. This magical scene features the beautiful Moraine Lake, in Banff National Park. The crystal clear water is often featured in iconic photographs, but this photo, including the driftwood, is an interesting view of this beautiful lake.
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The Canadian Rockies are the easternmost part of the Canadian Cordillera, the collective name for the mountains of Western Canada. They form part of the American Cordillera, an essentially continuous sequence of mountain ranges that runs all the way from Alaska to the very tip of South America. The Cordillera in turn are the eastern part of the Pacific Ring of Fire that runs all the way around the Pacific Ocean.
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Mount Robson (3,954 m (12,972 ft)) is the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies, but not the highest in British Columbia, since there are some higher mountains in the Coast Mountains and Saint Elias Range. However, Mount Robson is particularly impressive because it stands out on the continental divide towering over Yellowhead Pass, one of the lowest passes in the Canadian Rockies, and is close to the Yellowhead Highway. Its base is only 985 m above sea level, meaning it has a total vertical relief of 2,969 m or nearly 10,000 feet. In addition, it rises the 3 km to its summit in a distance of only 4 km from its base at Kinney Lake. Climbing Mount Robson is a challenge suitable for experienced and well-prepared mountaineers, and usually requires a week on the mountain.
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The Canadian Rockies are quite different in appearance and geology from the American Rockies to the south of them. The Canadian Rockies are composed of layered sedimentary rock such as limestone and shale, where as the American Rockies are made mostly of metamorphic and igneous rock such as gneiss and granite. The American Rockies are, on average, higher in elevation than the Canadian Rockies, but have less vertical relief, which is to say they are shorter from base to summit because the mountain valleys are higher.
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The Canadian Rockies are more jagged than the American Rockies, because the Canadian Rockies have been very heavily glaciated, resulting in sharply pointed mountains separated by wide, U-shaped valleys gauged by glaciers, where as the American Rockies are more rounded, with river-carved V-shaped valleys between them. The Canadian Rockies are cooler and wetter, giving them moister soil, bigger rivers, and more glaciers. The tree line is much lower in the Canadian Rockies than in the American Rockies.
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Five national parks are located within the Canadian Rockies, four of which interlock and make up the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage site. These four parks are Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho. The national park not included in the World Heritage Site is Waterton, which does not interlock with the others (it lies farther south, along the international boundary). The World Heritage site also includes three British Columbia provincial parks that adjoin the four national parks: Hamber, Mount Assiniboine and Mount Robson. Together, all these national and provincial parks were declared a single UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984 for the unique mountain landscapes found there, comprising peaks, glaciers, lakes, waterfalls, canyons and limestone caves as well as fossils (e.g. the Burgess Shale, once a World Heritage Site in its own right, is now part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site). Numerous other provincial parks are located in the Canadian Rockies.
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Much of the text above copied/paraphrased from wikipedia.org
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FEATURED PHOTO, FAA Black and White Photography Group, 12/4/2012
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FEATURED PHOTO, FAA Black and White Photography Group, 12/4/2012
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FEATURED PHOTO, FAA All Art Group, 1/5/2013
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FEATURED PHOTO, USA Artist News, 1/8/2013
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FEATURED PHOTO, FAA Beige Brown Sepia Group, 1/11/2013
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FEATURED PHOTO, FAA Pixels All-Stars Group, 1/16/2017
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Comments (61)
Hanne Lore Koehler
Congratulations, Marcia, on your FALL GROUP LOGO THE NATURE OF CANADA contest 3rd place win with this spectacular mountain valley capture! L/F
Larry Kniskern
Marcia – congratulations on this image being selected as an initial candidate for consideration in the June "Photo of the Month" for the Go Take a Hike Photography Group. Even though not advancing as a finalist, this image is most worthy of recognition as a superb photographic effort, so congratulations and well done!
Larry Kniskern
Congratulations, Marcia – your stunning scene has been selected as a Group Admin’s Pick from the Go Take a Hike Photography Group’s Mountain Lake photo contest! It has been placed in the Special Recognition thread in the group discussion board for archive.
Calvin Boyer
In addition to the banner, I am adding this more permanent recognition of its FEATURE on the homepage of A TREE OR TREES IN BLACK AND WHITE. I try mightily to feature only images that would be at home in a juried competition. No doubt that this image fits that bill. CONGRATULATIONS! And consider adding your image to DISCUSSIONS "Please post your featured photograph here" for greater, long-lasting visibility.
Gary F Richards
Outstanding winter composition, lighting, shading, color and artwork! F/L voted for this piece in the contest GROUP LOGO WINTER CONTEST FOR RED MAPLE GALLERY GR...!
Gary F Richards
Magnificent BW composition, lighting, shading, and artwork! F/L voted for this piece in the contest BLACK AND WHITE IMAGES 7.
Gary F Richards
Magnificent capture, lighting, shading and artwork! F/L voted for this piece in the contest HIGH CONTRAST BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY
Gary F Richards
Outstanding composition, lighting, shading, and artwork! F/L voted for this piece in the contest YOUR BEST BLACK AND WHITE 2
Maria Faria Rodrigues
Congratulations, your amazing photograph is Featured, in the RED MAPLE GALLERY, homepage group, of Fine Art America!
Gary F Richards
Spectacular composition, lighting, shading, colors and artwork! F/L …voted for this piece in the contest GROUP LOGO SUMMER FEATURE CONTEST FOR RED MAPLE GA...!
Gary F Richards
Outstanding capture, lighting, shading, and artwork! F/L voted for this piece in the BLACK AND WHITE ONLY - NO SEPIA OR OTHERS TONES PH...contest!
Gary F Richards
Outstanding composition, lighting, shading, color and artwork! F/L …voted for this piece in the THINGS YOU FIND ON THE BEACH - contest
Allan Van Gasbeck
Congratulations! Your outstanding artwork has been chosen as a FEATURE in the “The Gray Scale Outdoors” group on Fine Art America — You are invited to post your featured image to the featured image discussion thread as a permanent place to continue to get exposure even after the image is no longer on the Home Page.
Calvin Boyer
In addition to the banner, I am adding this more permanent recognition of its FEATURE on the homepage of A TREE OR TREES IN BLACK AND WHITE. I try mightily to feature only images that would be at home in a juried competition. No doubt that this image fits that bill. CONGRATULATIONS! And consider adding your image to DISCUSSIONS "Please post your featured photograph here" for greater, long-lasting visibility.
Gary F Richards
Spectacular composition, lighting, shading, colors and beautiful artwork! F/L …voted in the YOUR FIRST … contest
Angie Tirado
Congratulations!! This stunning black and white image has been featured today in "Creative Black and White Fine Art Photographs" Group!! You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “Stunning Group Featured Images #1” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement.