Galatea Lake

The plan was to repeat my trip up to the gorgeous lower Galatea Lake last done 2 years earlier. This time with my 5D and some L glass to record the journey. I began my run at dawn and traveled the 7km and 2000ft (615m) elevation gain to the lake. I arrived at Lillian lake in under an hour and at the lower Galatea about half an hour later. When i began to shoot, the light was not high enough overhead to illuminate the aqua/emerald color of the lake. I waited 45min but at that time, the wind had picked up enough to spoil the clear view to the bottom of the lake. I managed a few hand held shots before the sleepy-eyed hikers began to arrive from Lillian lake back country campground.

This is a stitched panorama/vertorama of 10 images shot at 20mm.

Found these little finger nail sized flowers blossoming at 8500ft. My 100mm f2.8 to the rescue.