Nature: Landscapes (AMATEUR) - HONORABLE MENTION
Spirit Island
Photo © Christopher Hawkins
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Kayaking Maligne Lake, Alberta is a bucket-list worthy adventure. A quick boat tour simply does not do this area any justice. Not wanting to spend a bunch of money, I found a cheap sit-on-top style 8 foot kayak to use. Upon starting this voyage, I realized that my setup attracted plenty of attention from the locals who used 17.5 foot sea kayaks or motorized canoes. Many people stopped to check on me, talk, and laugh with disbelief that someone would take on this lake with such a small boat. Even tour boats were coming in close and stopping to let other tourists take photographs of the silly American (all in good fun of course). In short, I made many friends along the way. The lake was stunning and the people are fantastic. A group of fishermen even gave me a tow for part of the way back and fished around me. Quite an adventure. I paddled a short distance to Spirit Island in the early morning fog, which cleared beautifully for sunrise to display this scene.
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Kayaking Maligne Lake, Alberta is a bucket-list worthy adventure. A quick boat tour simply does not do this area any justice. Not wanting to spend a bunch of money, I found a cheap sit-on-top style 8 foot kayak to use. Upon starting this voyage, I realized that my setup attracted plenty of attention from the locals who used 17.5 foot sea kayaks or motorized canoes. Many people stopped to check on me, talk, and laugh with disbelief that someone would take on this lake with such a small boat. Even tour boats were coming in close and stopping to let other tourists take photographs of the silly American (all in good fun of course). In short, I made many friends along the way. The lake was stunning and the people are fantastic. A group of fishermen even gave me a tow for part of the way back and fished around me. Quite an adventure. I paddled a short distance to Spirit Island in the early morning fog, which cleared beautifully for sunrise to display this scene.
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Engineer by trade, moonlighting as a landscape photographer. Purchased first camera ever in February 2014, traveling and photographing the outdoors since. Winner in 2016 Photo+ Exposure Competition, shortlisted in 2016 USA Landscape Photographer of the Year.BACK TO GALLERY
