With just a couple of headlamps and and couple of torches (flashlights to North Americans ;) we managed to create some dramatic light in this enchanted BC ice cavern.
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Gavin Hardcastle
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Oh man I love night photography.
I love it so much I thought I'd write a blog post explaining why and how my productivity went through the roof after I accepted my addiction.
If you have a minute, pop over to my blog for a read www.fototripper.com/5-reasons-to-love-astrophotography/
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Gavin Hardcastle
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Using just a headlamp, I was able to light these trapped methane bubbles in the ice of Abraham Lake in the dead of night.
The scene reminds me so much of what we see in outer space that it made me think of the stars and galaxies we'll one day get to visit.
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Gavin Hardcastle
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There are places on this Earth that look like they were plucked straight out of a kids fairy tale story.
This ice cave in the East Kootenays of British Columbia is one of those magical places.
Reaching this cave involved a 2 hour hike through deep snow while carefully avoiding the treacherous snow shelf along the cliff edge to the canyon.
This was my second visit to the cave during the depths of that long winter and I decided to bring Brent along for the journey.
To say that he was blown away would be an understatement.
After about an hour of creating test shots I decided I wanted that human element in my image to provide more of a story as well as some much needed scale.
Brents bright orange jacket provided that pleasing warmth among so much coldness.
I had to shoot a long exposure while Brent carefully exhaled so that his breath caught in the light of his headlamp.
The entire scene reminded me of sci-fi movie 'The Thing' from 1982 which has always been one of my favourite films.
After a brilliant shoot we hiked back out of the canyon and all I could think about was the other half of my Subway sandwich patiently waiting for me in the car.
You can imagine my crushing disappointment when finally we arrived at the car starving and exhausted only to discover a rock hard frozen sub covered in ice crystals.
I'm not ashamed to admit that I ate it anyway.
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Gavin Hardcastle - Fototripper
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Honestly, -7℃ ain't that bad. Unless of course you're wearing runners and get them soaked in bog water - then it's bloody brassic!
I usually wear proper footwear but a couple of nights before I was daft enough to put my booted foot through the thin ice and sank down to my knees in reeking quicksand.
The particular fragrance of the quicksand is reminiscent of rotten eggs and really added a curios odor to my clothing.
Can't decide whether to burn my boots or attempt to clean them.
There's still space left on my March 2017 Workshop here in Banff where we'll be shooting the melting ice and epic landscapes of the National Park. For more info visit my web site at www.fototripper.com/store/banff-photography-workshop/
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Gavin Hardcastle - Fototripper
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