The light is horrible! How do I make the best of it? 3

Lake Louise, Banff: Light

My husband and I had arrived at Lake Louise, Banff National Park, in the middle of the afternoon.   This iconic lake and glacier was still dramatic, but the light was coming from the back of the glacier (known as a “back lit” shot) and the effect was to flatten the effect of the Glacier.  Still, we weren’t coming back in the morning, so I had to make the best of it.  Here is the third idea for how to handle bad light situations.

I wandered around the front of the lake and off to the side, slightly off-center from the scene.  I noticed the light reflecting on the lake, creating a line that led directly from the mountains to the rocks on the shore.  There were trees on the right side, which I could use to give the frame some definition.  The glacier itself was minimized, but the angle and brilliance of the light had a dramatic quality that brought out the ambiance I was trying to capture.  I aimed my little square light meter in the middle of my lens at the glacier in the distance and shot.  The sun was coming into the lens of the camera, so I had to shoot low to avoid sunspots, and still couldn’t eliminate all of them.  Such is life.  We can’t always control everything.