In mid-January, I had a remarkable encounter on one of Banff National Park’s most famous lakes. About a kilometre from shore, on the icy expanse of Lake Minnewanka, a friend and I came across a lone snowshoe hare. Seeing this hare sitting atop pristine ice, the scene took on a surreal quality — one I couldn’t help but want to capture with the camera.
In this video, I tell the story behind this day spent out on the ice, our very special subject, my thought process behind my settings and compositional choices, as well as the post-processing of several images from this scene.
“What was unique about this was the snowshoe hare coming out onto the ice, and the fact that it could be paired with the landscape in the background. I wasn't sure how long the animal would stay, so I didn't bother changing my settings — I kept shooting at ISO 1600. I could have gotten a cleaner image at ISO 400 with a slightly longer exposure, since the animal was static at that point, but I didn't know how long it was going to stick around. I figured if it bolted, I'd want to keep that higher shutter speed.”
Here’s the video of this image deconstruction:
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