bout this image

Peyto Lake is the second place (after Moraine Lake) in the Canadian Rockies that really struck me during my first visit there on a family vacation in 1994. It was definitely my favorite scene. Obviously, it's a place of iconic lore, and for very good reason. So, on my first return trip on my own in 2005, and now armed with a lot more than a point-and-shoot along some photography know-how, it is a place I knew I would spend a lot of time at. It is one of those places I just had to come away with a great picture of. I think I came up here five times during my six-week trip for sunrises. This is my favorite shot from here, though I do have a very close second from a different day. This is a fairly subtle sunrise, but the various orange accents contrasting with the lake's color are all it needs to make the scene come alive.

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