Banff Jasper Blue

Blair Wainman

Banff Jasper Blue

Placed in the Top 10 in the Challenge Your Most Popular Blue Image in the group “Out of the Blue” in May 2009
Featured in the group Canadiana in May 2009
Won the Pure Canadiana Challenge in the “Canadiana Group” in May 2009
Featured in the group Style! Class! Elegance! Excellence! in March 2009
Featured in the group Mountains and Mountain Light in January 2009
Featured in the group COUNTRY ROADS / Around the World in November 2008

Banff Jasper Highway at sundown reflecting the deep blue sky in the reflective surfaces and the atmosphere in the cool of the day. Taken between Banff and Jasper in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.


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Banff Jasper Blue by Blair Wainman
Banff Jasper Blue by Blair Wainman
  • Vickie Emms

    Vickie Emms

    Look at the layers of Banff Jasper Blue ,,,,,,,,,,why am I amazed!!! This is stunning, a scene I’ve seen so many times, now I’m homesick for those lovely Rockies again,,,,,,,I do this all the time when I dig in my archives like I had been last night looking for more of my Rockies shots and now yours…......There is nothing like this!!!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    I think we’re the same, Vickie! But in spite of having quite a few in my files, I have to be in the mood, so to speak, before uploading shots. It seems to make a difference. In spite of that, I had some difficulty with this one. May have another look at this one and let me know what you think. I readjusted the sky a bit.

  • lorilee

    lorilee

    A glorious view – sooooo beautiful!!!!!!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you Lori!

  • cara53

    cara53

    WOW! ....WOW! Absolutely breath-taking….love the layers of blues, the greens than the silhouettes of trees and the road of blue blending it all together. GORGEOUS

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you Cara! I had to do some photoshopping in this one to bring out some of the colors…they were there just hidden…a bit. Lol!

  • Fremme

    Fremme

    amazing sight, great shot, love the effect that the hazes has created here, well done

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you so much for your kind words!

  • cara53

    cara53

    Turned out fantastic…

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thanks Cara!

  • Vickie Emms

    Vickie Emms

    if rainbows were shades of only green and blue Blair, this is one!!! It’s one of the most beautiful shots I’ve seen of the B-J route.

  • Blair Wainman replied

    I think I could handle a rainbow of blue and green! Thanks Vickie. You’re still my source of inspiration when it comes to creativity in nature!

  • cdudak

    cdudak

    Beautiful I love the layered look here with the different shades of blue. Truly an amazing shot. Going right into my favoriates.

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you so much for your wonderful comments and thank you especially for the favorite!

  • Helene Kippert

    Helene Kippert

    Love the layers in this – great work!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you so much Helene!

  • Deborah H. Benoit

    Deborah H. Benoit

    Awesome layers and blues!!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you Deb!

  • Nanagahma

    Nanagahma

    Wow, I never tire of seeing beautiful mountain shots. Since I don’t live in them, or anywhere close to them I am always amazed at their beauty. Great shot of another one of God’s great gifts to us here on earth! Sandy

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Wow! Thank you so much for your kind words. I certainly consider it one of God’s gifts to us…and one that is so easy to share with others!

  • Lynn Bauer

    Lynn Bauer

    Ahhhhhh, Blair….I love this shot!!! I have always wanted to visit Banff!!! In fact, it’s on our “short list” of places we have to visit in our lifetime!!! The only problem is that our “short list” is a mile-and-a-half long!!!!!! So many beautiful places and so little time, money, and vacation days to take!!!!! For now, I’ll just soak in the beauty that you have portrayed so beautifully here!!!! Thanks for sharing!!!!!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you Lynn! I’m the same way with all your fantastic shots of California. Some day I hope to visit there too! In the meantime it’s great we can shre the beauty this way! Take care!

  • RickF

    RickF

    Great capture!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you Rick!

  • Al Bourassa

    Al Bourassa

    Superb job Blair. Love it!

  • EchoNorth

    EchoNorth

    This is a magical place, the road holds such great memories for many canadians, thanks for sharing this one!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    You got that right! It really is a magical place! There’s so much to see all along this highway! Lots of memories!

  • LYN EVANS

    LYN EVANS

    Beautiful capture, I love these blue tones, they create such a fabulous mood.

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you so much Lyn!

  • Sandy Stewart

    Sandy Stewart

    Lovely layers of mountains stand out so nicely against the dark silhouettes of the trees! This photo shows the endless Canadian Rocky Mountains beautifully! :)

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you Sandy!

  • velveteagle

    velveteagle

    This image cures the ills.. Takes my breath away too.. Beautiful work Blair..
    Chuck..

  • Blair Wainman replied

    ...and this park cures the ills the same way! It is a wonderful place! Thank you for your wonderful comments!

  • Sensiworld

    Sensiworld

    Beautiful !!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you Sylvia!

  • Carol Barona

    Carol Barona

    Wow, this is stunning! What excellent dof.

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you Carol!

  • ccwri

    ccwri

    Stunning! WOW! Love it!! Congratulations on your feature!!!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you so much!

  • Jenny Brice

    Jenny Brice

    Stunning image, beautifully captured and composed.

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you Jenny!

  • Jen Whyte

    Jen Whyte

    When I spotted this in the ‘Featured Images’ of the Country Roads group it just blew me away … it is a view to die for ….....

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you Jen! I appreciate your kind words!

  • Stzar

    Stzar

    sensational capture WOW !! i love this work, it’s so beautiful !!
    i hope you will add this fantastic image to our group
    AMERICAS ~ Rural, Urban, Wild, Free – Expressions of Artists

    Congratulations for your feature !!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you Karön! I took advantage of the invite and included it in your wonderful group!

  • amarica

    amarica

    Awesome shot, love the layers and colors!! Congratulations Blair on being featured in the Country Roads group!!

  • undund

    undund

    so many blues ,,stunning

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you so much!

  • Curtiss Simpson

    Curtiss Simpson

    Beautiful light and tone such a peace full image !

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you very much for your wonderful comments!

  • Béla Török

    Béla Török

    Fabulous scene my friend!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you very much Béla! i appreciate your kind words!!

  • Elle Advincula

    Elle Advincula

    I always love going through the Rockies and I’m so glad you captured it beautifully!

  • LindaR

    LindaR

    love the blue waves of these mountains ~ the curve of the road as it disappears wishing I could travel with ~ it’s these kinds of sights that make me want for the road ~ I can almost scent the trees and taste the cool mountain air ~ another treat for my day xxx

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thanks Linda!! I’m sorry I missed your wonderful comment!! It must have slipped through some how unnoticed!! I really appreciate your expressive comments!! It is a treat for my day too!!

  • gail anderson

    gail anderson

    stunning work! the blues are just fabulous!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thanks so much Gail!! I’m glad you enjoyed the scene!!

  • PhotosByG

    PhotosByG

    Style, Class, Elegance, Excellence is looking for quality photos of this calibre, if you’d like to add it. Cheers, Graham.

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you for your complement and for the invite to the group!! Much appreciated!!

  • PhotosByG

    PhotosByG

    Thanks Blair. Add anything that you think might suit the group. There’s no limit to to the photos you can submit. We just look at it and if it’s got something about it that makes it stand out, and if it’s an excellent photo, it’s in. Cheers, Graham.

  • PhotosByG

    PhotosByG

    Congratulations! Your photo has been featured in “Style! Class! Elegance! Excellence!”

    This photo was chosen because it was of a very high quality and it captured exactly the sort of work we are looking for in this group.

    Please keep up the great work and we hope you continue to add more of your excellent photographs to our group.

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Wow!! Thank you so much for the feature!! I appreciate the honor and recognition!! I’m glad you enjoyed it and it contributes to your group!!

  • Eva and Klaus Weber-Wanjek

    Eva and Klaus ...

    this is really spectacular! I really like the blues and greens and how the eye is taken way off into the distance in this image.
    Eva

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you very much for your kind remarks!! Much appreciated!!

  • Jan Timmons

    Jan Timmons

    Beautiful layers in the twilight. The lines of highway leads the eye into the Rockies, visually here, and empty of traffic, adds to the sense of peace. Elegant!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thanks so much Jan!! It was one of those “right place at the right time” captures! Glad you liked it!!

  • Jan Timmons

    Jan Timmons

    I didn’t see that Graham had featured this. Excellent, and well deserved.

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thanks again Jan!!!

  • Mariann Rea

    Mariann Rea

    Love this to bits!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thanks Mariann!! I’m glad you love it!!!

  • PrairieRose

    PrairieRose

    Ohhhhhhh…...........the blues are MARVELOUS!!!!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thanks so much!!!

  • Joanne  Bradley

    Joanne Bradley

    Stunning, it is images like this that make one want to go west!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thanks Johanne!! It is one of the most beautiful places that I know of…I can’t get enough of it!!

  • Th3rd World Order

    Th3rd World Order

    i wanna come there so bad
    hopefully this summer

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thanks for your wonderful comments!! It is so beautiful along this Banff Jasper Highway!! I hope you can make it there!!

  • Al Bourassa

    Al Bourassa

    Well done on the Canadiana Challenge!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thanks so much Al!! This one really means a lot to me!! I appreciate your congratulations!!!

  • Teresa Zieba

    Teresa Zieba

    Congratulations Blair on your win in the Canadiana Challenge. Wow, excellent work and well deserved 1st place my friend. Bravo!!!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you so much Teresa!! This one means a lot to me…Canada is home and it’s nice to win something that is homegrown!!

  • Vickie Emms

    Vickie Emms

    ..........runs right over to congratulate you first, but didn’t make it, lol…............anyway, many Congratulations my dear friend on winning this beautiful challenge with this stunning image of pure Canadiana!! This is my favorite subject and I just am so pleased you won with it…........

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thanks so much my friend!! Your congratulations mean so much to me and I feel so at home with all you Canadian friends…being so far away from home!! Thanks again!!

  • Stan Wojtaszek

    Stan Wojtaszek

    Wow, Blair. Great image.
    Congrats on your challenge win !!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you so much Stan!! I really appreciate your congrats and this is a big win for me!! Thanks again!!

  • Larry Trupp

    Larry Trupp

    Hi Blair, My CONGRATULATIONS on winning the Canadiana Challenge…It is an excellent choice , and most worthy, indeed…Thanks for your continued support in this group…Regards ….Larry

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thanks so much Larry for your Congratulations!! This one really means a lot to me. I liked this challenge and I would suggest doing it again sometime. It is a good theme and there are so many things that are “Canadian”...and this would make a great challenge again (but with different images…new ones preferrably).

  • Joanne  Bradley

    Joanne Bradley

    Congratulations on winning the Pure Canadiana challenge with this outstanding example of Canadian landscape!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thanks so much Joanne!! I really enjoyed this one and this win means a lot to me. It’s all Canadian and the company is superior!

  • Linda Bianic

    Linda Bianic

    glorious work,,,,congrats on the Canadiana feature!!!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thanks Linda for your congrats!! This was a big win for me!!

  • KreativeKapture

    KreativeKapture

    TOTAL “WOW”!!! Congratulations on the Canadiana feature – this is an excellent photo. :)

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thanks so much for your congrats!! I’m pretty excited about this win!

  • Mindy McGregor

    Mindy McGregor

    Congrats Blair, this is soooo beautiful!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you so much Mindy for your congrats!! Much appreciated!!!

  • solo75

    solo75

    A simple but effective shot….congratulations on winning the challenge.

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you very much for your congratulations!!!

  • Larry Trupp

    Larry Trupp

    Congrats on your Avatar, and your Feature, Blair…Way to go, friend

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank ever so much Larry!!! I appreciate it very much!!!!

  • Anne Hale

    Anne Hale

    Absolutely beautiful. Love the different blue hues and, of course, your subject. Beautiful scenery.

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thanks so much Anne!!

  • Adam Bykowski

    Adam Bykowski

    Love the blueness of it all. My God! Absolutely stunning!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you so very much!!

  • Vickie Emms

    Vickie Emms

    *Congratulations! on your Top 10 placement in Out of the Blue challenge Blair, it should have been the winner in my eyes!!!!!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    This was amazing really…there were close to 300 entries!

  • Vickie Emms

    Vickie Emms

    well there ya go,,,,,,,it’s GREAT that’s how it did it

  • Blair Wainman replied

    ...310 entries all together! When went to vote I was so surprised at how many there were I just left it and never thought again about it till you wrote your note…(Now I just hope I didn’t make any grave errors in MY voting ;-( if you know what I mean!!

  • Lynn Bauer

    Lynn Bauer

    Hi Blair – Just look at all the attention this photo has been getting!!!! WowWowWow!!!! Of course, it completley deserves it, as it is just gorgeous!!
    Bill & I were planning to take a trip up to Vancouver the 1st of June for about 4 days, but his mom got scheduled, unexpectedly for open heart surgery tomorrow & now I’m not sure what we’ll be doing. Probably going to San Antonio, to help her recover. We’ll get up that way one of these days! :-) Hope you’re doing well! Take care – Lynn

  • i l d i  l a z a r

    i l d i l a z...

    Brilliant blue image!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thanks so much for your comment!!

  • gabryshak

    gabryshak

    i know exactly where this image was taken,
    i can remember what was happening in the car each time we drove down this spot – i can hear the song on the radio and see the kids laughing…
    more than that, i can smell the beautiful banff air, feel the smooth crystal clear water of the glacier lakes and see the puffs of air coming from the breath of elk roaming free…
    ♥thank you for bringing me back all those wonderful memories
    ♥t

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Wow!! Thank you so much for sharing these wonderful memories!! I think photography should be just like that!! Thanks too for the fave!!

  • Tracy Faught

    Tracy Faught

    Blair this is so beautiful!! I was browsing through shots in all my groups and this stopped me dead in my tracks! It is stunning! Then, when I saw that it was one of yours…well I was thrilled! I had to stop in an tell you what a masterpiece this is! :] Love those blues and greens, my two fav colours!:]

    Congrats on the feature!! :]

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Wow!! Thank you so much Tracy!! I appreciate your wonderful comments…I’m sorry I missed seeing this one!!

  • Denis Molodkin

    Denis Molodkin

    Brilliant shot, great composition and light!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you Denis!! I appreciate your great comments. Thanks for stopping by!!

  • funkybunch

    funkybunch

    excellent composition, beautiful image

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you so much for your comments and favorite!! It’s much appreciated!!

  • FlowersEtc
  • Blair Wainman replied

    Wow! I missed this wonderful welcome!! Thank you…it looks like a wonderful group!!!

  • PPPhotoArt

    PPPhotoArt

    WOW speechless, breathtakingly beautiful and very worthy of all your features!!!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    And thank you so much for your kind words!! It’s very much appreciated!!!

  • FlowersEtc

    FlowersEtc

    We hope you enjoy it.

  • Wendi Donaldson

    Wendi Donaldson

    Stunning shot, Blair…..looks like a minimalist painting.

  • Scott  d'Almeida

    Scott d'Almeida

    stunning,

  • Ann  Van Breemen

    Ann Van Breemen

    How beautiful, Blair. Love the layers and blue tones.:)

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thanks Ann!!

  • Michael Rucci

    Michael Rucci

    Outstanding Blair your photography is way beyound good and is inspireing this brings to mind a song by John Denver

    mike

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thanks Mike!! Sorry this is so late!!! It was such a gorgeous day!!

  • ldeiter78

    ldeiter78

    The colors and scenery are amazing!! Beautiful photo!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you so much Lori!! The colors in the late afternoon were just amazing!!

  • MarianBendeth

    MarianBendeth

    Wow! these blues are off the Richter! worthy of National Geographic!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you ever so much for your wonderful comments!! I can’t believe I missed this one…sorry about that!!

  • Kimberlee Brent

    Kimberlee Brent

    I wouldn’t normally think of the word “exquisite” in relation to a landscape, but this one certainly fits the bill! Wonderful eye!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you so much for your kind words!! I really appreciate it!!

  • Trine

    Trine

    Oh so beautiful. Love the blue tones.

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you Trine!!

  • David Clark

    David Clark

    Hi Blair – such soothing work—I lived for a long time in Montana – and nothing beats a summer morning in the mountians—great shot – dave

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thanks David!! This Banff-Jasper Highway is one of the most beautiful highways I have driven!!

  • Magnum1975

    Magnum1975

    Amazing shot of this great stretch of road.

  • Verena Rohner

    Verena Rohner 10 days ago

    These are some of the most amazing layers of blue I’ve seen in a photograph in a long time! Stunning.

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