Natural landscapes: topped with tasty white
BERRY TREE AFTER SNOWFALL, CALGARY, ALBERTA
It looks like whipped cream, doesn’t it? I spent all kinds of time around this tree, in the downtown of this western Canadian city, finding ways to capture the white-and-red combinations. The out-of-focus background berries serve as a nice secondary point of visual interest.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter
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Rural landscapes: the colourful decay
ABANDONED PRAIRIE HOMESTEAD NEAR STAVELY, ALBERTA
I spent nearly an hour finding various ways to photograph this beautiful old western Canadian property. Playing around with the results produced pictures like this, where I converted everything but the house into black-and-white. Makes for an impactful image, yes?
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter
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Rural landscapes: no moving in this weather
FROSTY ANCIENT WAGON
NEAR CALGARY, ALBERTA
Yes, it was absolutely as cold as it looked — in fact it was -25C with a wind chill that made it feel like -30. Thankfully, this wonderful old wagon was right by the road, so I barely had to walk 10 feet to quickly make several pictures. This is one of the best, in part because it doesn’t show any of the very modern house in the background. Going black-and-white was a no-brainer; there was almost no colour in this scene.
Nikon D7100, tripod, fill-flash
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Urban landscapes: Me and the frigid daybreak
FROSTY WINTER DAWN, CALGARY, ALBERTA
As soon as my eyes saw this western Canadian scene, I knew it would make a compelling photo, but only if someone was added to the composition. So I set the timer on my camera and galloped back and forth for several long exposures. This was the best of the bunch. Seeing as I was pretty much the only colour in the scene, I turned the rest of the photo into monotone. Want to compare? See the full-colour version here: https://bit.ly/TheFrigidDaybreak.
Nikon D7100, tripod
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Natural landscapes: the snowy solitude
BADLANDS AT WRITING ON STONE PROVINCIAL PARK, NEAR MILK RIVER, ALBERTA
One of the great things about making pictures in winter is the solitude. As I spent hours exploring the incredible hoodoos and badlands of this western Canadian park, I don’t recall seeing even one other person. It was a wonderful time of photography, peace and prayer in a stunning part of God’s cathedral.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter
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Urban landscapes: a walk with the bridge
HIGH LEVEL BRIDGE, LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA
Built between 1907 and 1909 (and still in use today), this 1.6-kilometre bridge is the largest railway structure in Canada and the largest steel trestle bridge in the world. A 100-man gang erected more than 11,000 tons of steel.
I’ve photographed High Level Bridge several times, always challenged to adequately capture its sheer, gobsmacking massiveness. I photographed this viewpoint without the footprints, then went for a walk to add in the tracks and see which version was more compelling. This one is the victor because it gives you a strong line to follow into the distance.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, graduated density (darkening) filter on the sky
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Natural landscapes: the intimate long exposure
SINCLAIR CREEK, KOOTENAY NATIONAL PARK, BRITISH COLUMBIA
This Rocky Mountain stream, running along Hwy. 93 for several kilometres, was fascinating to follow. Near the bottom it was free-flowing, but the further up I went, the more snow and ice showed up. So it was just a matter of making pictures where the water-ice ratio was just right. 🙂
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter and, possibly, a neutral density (darkening) filter
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Natural landscapes: the snowy mountain sunrise
DAWN ON HIGHWAY 93, KOOTENAY NATIONAL PARK, BRITISH COLUMBIA
What a delight it was to make this drive over the Alberta border and into this Canadian Rocky Mountain park. Snow on the trees opens the door to many photo opportunities, such as this one just as the sun was coming up.
Nikon D7100, tripod, graduated density (darkening) filter on the peak and sky
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Natural landscapes: in a world of frost
WINTER GRASS, DINOSAUR PROVINCIAL PARK, NEWELL COUNTY, ALBERTA
In the midst of spectacular badlands, I found entire fields of wild grass covered in frost. When I found a nice mix of sunny grass and blue shadows, I set aside my wide-angle lens, slipped on a telephoto lens, and spent time searching out intimate close-ups like this.
Nikon D7100, tripod, 70-300-mm. lens
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Rural landscapes: Merry Christmas from Alberta
WREATH AND WAGON WHEEL, NEAR CALGARY, ALBERTA
I would have loved to scatter some snow on the wreath, but that would have intruded on private property and rural homeowners in this western Canada province are hyper-vigilant about security. (That’s understandable; it takes police much longer to reach country properties and criminals know it.)
All that said, I hope you find a way to have a merry Christmas in this pandemic world, and ponder the life-giving reason for the season:
“As I read the birth stories about Jesus, I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward the rich and powerful, God is tilted toward the underdog.” – Philip Yancey
Nikon D7100, tripod, 70-300-mm. telephoto zoom lens
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