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To wrap up the fourth day of the 2025 trip to the Canadian Rockies, I headed to Lake Minnewanka for my third sunset at the lake on this trip. On my first day in the Rockies, I had stumbled upon a tiny ice cave, just big enough to fit my camera, offering a unique composition unlike anything I had seen before. The biggest challenge was physically composing the image; the cave was so small that I couldn’t flip out my screen, and I could barely fit my hands inside to focus stack the scene properly. My first attempt was a frustrating trial-and-error process, and without a way to see what my camera was seeing, framing the shot correctly seemed impossible. After some research, I discovered Nikon’s SnapBridge app, which allowed me to remotely adjust exposure and trigger the shutter. On Day 3, armed with my new setup, I returned for Attempt #2, only for my phone to die halfway through the shoot because I had foolishly left my charger behind. Fortunately, the light didn’t materialize that evening, so while frustrating, it was ultimately just another learning experience. By my third attempt, I had ironed out every issue—my phone was fully charged, I knew exactly where to position my camera, and I even brought pine cones to help level it inside the ice cave. This time, everything was in place. As the sun skimmed the horizon, high-altitude clouds caught the evening glow, and the mountain was bathed in golden light. At last, it all came together exactly as I had envisioned—and I walked away with one of my favorite images ever from the Canadian Rockies.
I wrote a trip report to tell the story of the whole trip, giving you insight into winter photography in the Canadian Rockies. You can find that article here.
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