This is the image I selected for the November page of my 2026 Fine Art Monochrome calendar. It is a shot of the boulders along the shore of Medicine Lake, in Jasper National Park. At this late point in the season the lake has drained away to just a channel of water in the middle. The lake is the result of an ancient rockslide off of the Colin Range, that dammed the Maligne River. In the summer months, when waterflow is high, a lake forms behind the rock dam. In the fall, when the waterflow slows, the water drains away through the rocks faster than the lake can fill, and the lake bed empties. It is fascinating to experience and there are spots in the rocks where you can hear the water draining like a bathtub. This photograph was taken several years ago, on the Monochrome Guild Fall Photo Weekend, before the big fire in Jasper.
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