The landscape a photographer grows up in shapes their art. For Collin Toews, British Columbia and Alberta is this exact territory – home to the majestic Canadian Rockies. Plus, stunning glacial lakes, pine forests, and decidedly wintery weather. In this snap, he’s captured the ultimate festive scene!
A train passing through The Rockies near Lake Louise. Toy trains are a classic Christmas gift, so this real-life trademark red one perfectly complements the snowy weather. In front, a few snow-capped pines set off the scene while pine forest stretches as far as the eye can see behind towards the sunlit Rockies.
“Train passing through snowy Rockies” by Collin Toews (Via Reddit. Click image to see full size.)
Every year the Canadian Pacific Railway has a holiday train that travels across the country going from town to town, raising money for charity and playing concerts from one of its cars. This is a bucket list shot for me as it passes through Morants Curve in Banff National Park.
Composed of a 6-shot panorama, Collin also played around with post-production editing to get the lighting spot-on. In particular, he used luminosity and curve adjustment in Photoshop to achieve the soft lighting effect. He also shot at 23mm (1.5x APS-C crop factor or 35mm equivalent) to compress the image.
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