Bigwind Lake Provincial Park is an “unserviced park.” This means there are no facilities; entrance to the park is via un-assumed roads, which in many places can only be cross with a 4-wheel drive, high clearance vehicle. We were in the park for over two hours, without seeing a single person.
This shot was taken on a tripod. The lens was shut down to f/16 to get as much depth of field as possible as well as the sense of dimension that comes with that. I focused on the hyper-focal distance, which on the 50mm at f/16 is 525.8cm.
The shot was composed to capture the rocks in the foreground, the trees (with colour) on the right and the island in the mist in the background. The texture on the water is a result of a combination of the gentle rain and post-processing.
I processed the image with Color Efex using the Polarization, Dark Contrasts, Bring out Detail, Brilliance and Warmth, Skylight, and Darken-Lighten Center Filters. The Dark Contrast filter and the Bring Out Details filter enhance the light and shadow.
In a second step, I processed the image through Photoshop Elements, with the Water colour Filter.
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