This one is also from the recent batch of Ilford HP5+ 4" x 5", processed in 510 Pyro. I shot this up at Abraham Lake on October 6th of 2022. That was a good day of shooting as the winds were light and the lake was abnormally calm. I got several other really good images that same day.
Abraham Lake is actually a reservoir and it is formed by the Bighorn Dam on the North Saskatchewan River. It is not far from our cottage out at Nordegg, and I visit it often. It is famous in winter months for the Ice Bubbles that form on the lake, which generally remain highly visible, as the incessant winds keep the lake surface fairly free of snow.
By late summer the reservoir is filled to capacity and over the winter months and into the spring the water is slowly released. By late spring the water level is at its lowest, and with the mountain runoff in early summer, the process is repeated. In 2022 the water level rose to the highest that I can remember in recent years, and this shot is evidence of that.
I took this with my Ebony 4x5 view camera and a longish 250mm lens. A #25 Red Filter was used to increase contrast, and cut through the distant haze.
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