Lake McDonald Shoreline, Glacier National Park

On November 11, 2016, in Montana, by admin
Lake McDonald Shoreline at Glacier National Park

Lake McDonald Shoreline at Glacier National Park

This image captures the shoreline of Lake McDonald at Glacier National Park, Montana.  An image on Page 48 of The Photographer’s Guide to Glacier National Park has these rocks in the foreground and snow capped mountains with their lake reflection in the background.  This book is a must read for photographers traveling to Glacier National Park.

I did get lakeside for sunrise after an early wake-up call which my wife did not especially appreciate.  Given that the image in the book shows snow, I am guessing the sun must have to rise further to the south in winter to get the snow capped reflection.  Given I was there in the summer, the sunrise was more to the north and lit up the side of the mountain instead of the front.  I took a few images but the timing was just not right to capture one like Page 48 of that book.

I am not a geologist, so I don’t know what kind of rocks these are.  I liked the colors of the rocks, and they way the colors darken when the rocks are wet.

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