Rural landscapes: the tranquil sunrise view
ANN AND SANDY CROSS CONSERVATION AREA, NEAR CALGARY, ALBERTA
You can see the first light of a summer sunrise hitting the trees near the horizon in this beautiful mix of hills, forest, grazing land and nature. I was blessed to be the only person there to take it all in and thank God for this part of His creation. 🙂
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, graduated density (darkening) filter on the sky.
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Rural landscapes: colour on top of colour!
CANOLA FIELD AND SUNRISE SKY NEAR CALGARY, ALBERTA
In the western Canadian province of Alberta, the last two weeks of July are awash with colour as canola fields are all-in with glorious yellow blossoms. It’s truly astounding to see endless acres awash with canola, without so much as a tree to break up the tidal wave.
That said, I find canola alone is often not enough to make a compelling, artistic photograph. So I look for something in addition. In this case, it was a remarkable sunrise sky. So glad I was there to capture it all!
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Urban landscapes: waiting for vehicles
TESLA CHARGING STATIONS, JASPER, ALBERTA
This isn’t a usual photo subject for me, but the growing light of approaching dawn and the strong lines in the asphalt made me pull out the camera and try my luck. I like the strange feel of this Canadian Rocky Mountain scene – the emptiness and the lighting make for something almost surrealistic.
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Rural landscapes: me, bringing a touch of red
PRAIRIE CANOLA FIELD
NEAR AIRDRIE, ALBERTA
The last two weeks of July are canola season in the western Canadian province of Alberta. That’s when I love driving along nameless country roads looking for gobsmacking fields of glowing yellow.
This field qualified but, as is usually the case, the best canola pictures are “canola +” photos. In other words, canola alone isn’t enough to make for a memorable picture. That was the case here, so I inserted myself into the composition.
Notice the canola growing in the bottom middle? I saw it and made sure it was placed in the exact best spot for the picture.
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Natural landscapes: the music of water
UPPER CHEDOKE FALLS
HAMILTON, ONTARIO
During a recent trip to this province, I found time to explore several waterfalls around Lake Ontario. Because I was at this gorgeous plunge so early, there was no one around. Just me and this beauty, along with some very light rain. Such a blessing to see this part of God’s creation! 🙂
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Rural landscapes: the meadow of morning
ANN & SANDY CROSS CONSERVATION AREA NEAR CALGARY, ALBERTA
I knew about this preserved 4,800 acres of hills, meadows and forestland, but hadn’t visited until stumbling across this viewpoint during a dawn photo trip. I loved the viewpoint and the fence, beautifully lit by the first light of sunrise, gave me something in the foreground to make the composition more appealing.
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Rural landscapes: the yellow and blue morning
CANOLA FIELD AND FARM NEAR AIRDRIE, ALBERTA
Mid-July is canola season on the prairies of this western Canadian province. When the canola blossoms, I like nothing more than to cruise rural roads looking for gorgeous scenes like this.
Derived from rapeseed oil, canola was invented during the 1970s in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Canola/rapeseed is extensively cultivated in Canada, France, Belgium, Ireland, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Poland, Japan and Slovenia.
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Rural landscapes: the theatre of light
SUMMER LIGHT IN THE OLD BARN, NEAR STANDARD, ALBERTA
I’ve photographed this beautiful old building before, but decided to give it another go during a recent trip through the prairies of western Canada. When I walked inside, my eyes bugged out at the light coming through the roof and creating stunning patterns. There wasn’t much colour, so it was an easy decision to create and show you a monotone version.
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Natural landscapes: when the water leaves
EVAPORATING PRAIRIE SLOUGH, NEAR BEISEKER, ALBERTA
I was up at 3:30 a.m. in order to start driving at 4 a.m. and get out on the western Canadian prairies in time to capture dawn light. The reflections in all these little remnants of a seasonal pond grabbed my attention and I carefully walked through mud in order to find compelling compositions. Definitely worth being sleep-deprived!
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Urban landscapes: the reflections of morning
FISHERMAN’S WHARF, VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA
This colourful grouping of floating homes and restaurants is a tourist attraction in this western Canadian province’s capital city. I visited just after dawn, where there was little wind and few people around. That made for ideal conditions to photograph beautiful scenes like this. Here’s a close-up of one of those floating homes: https://wp.me/p2ccTX-2r4.
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Natural landscapes: under the summer sun
HORSETHIEF CANYON, STARLAND COUNTY, ALBERTA
This spot is one of the best places to witness the gorgeous badlands in and around the town of Drumheller. I arrived when the light wasn’t ideal – the sun was too high in the sky – but I think that with a lot of Photoshopping, I made the best of the situation. Horsethief Canyon is just as impressive in winter: https://wp.me/p2ccTX-1rw.
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Urban landscapes: the beautifully cloudy day
VICTORIA HARBOUR, VANCOUVER ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA
It was a bright, but cloudy summer evening on Canada’s west coast, so I used all the tools in my camera bag to compensate and still come up with a compelling photo. Was I successful?
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Urban landscapes: the beauty of night lights
CANADA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, WHITBY, ONTARIO
This stunning auditorium grabbed my attention as I drove along the Lake Ontario shoreline looking for pre-dawn photo opportunities. I quickly stopped, turned into the parking lot and enjoyed the beauty of this architecture. The college holds weekly worship/prayer events in this auditorium that attract young people from across the Greater Toronto Area.
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Rural landscapes: the summer morning view
PRAIRIE POND NEAR COCHRANE, ALBERTA
The contrasty lighting was challenging, but I managed to overcome it and present this exquisite view of the distant Canadian Rocky Mountains on a sparkling summer dawn. I like having distant and close points of interest, so these crossed fence posts grabbed my attention when looking for pleasing compositions.
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Rural landscapes: the beautifully cloudy dawn
LAKE ONTARIO SUNRISE, PORT DALHOUSIE, ONTARIO
The super-contrasty conditions created by this sunrise took some careful processing to deal with, so the drama of the sunrise could be kept while reducing some of the black shadows and increasing the brightness of the water. It was a spectacular 2013 morning in this part of St. Catharines; so glad I was visiting the area and could show it to you.
Nikon D90, tripod, polarizing filter
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Natural landscapes: sunrise between the trees
DAWN AT NOSE HILL PARK, CALGARY, ALBERTA
I was up early enough to get to this urban western Canadian park and hike up to the plateau-like top before the sun crested the horizon. That gave me time to frame the sun between two groves of trees and allow plenty of space for the gorgeous clouds. I try to never take this beautiful province for granted!
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Rural landscapes: solitary beauty
TREE AND ROCKY MOUNTAINS, ROCKYVIEW COUNTY, ALBERTA
I would have loved to have an even more powerful telephoto lens to frame this tree against the distant peaks, but this perspective is still pretty good. The views along Highway 1A west of Calgary are quite astounding. What a blessing it is to live in this part of Canada!
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Urban landscapes: the soaring church ceiling
SAINTE ANNE PARISH, MATTAWA, ONTARIO
Well, this was a surprise. I was driving through the small northern Ontario town of Mattawa (population 2,200) when a soaring church building showed up on the horizon. Intrigued, I detoured to the church and was astonished to find this epic worship space.
Thankfully, I had all kinds of access and found a stairway to a loft at the back, affording this long-exposure (six seconds!) view of an impressive place to pray and experience God’s presence.
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Natural landscapes: captured in dawn light
MT. CHRISTIE, JASPER NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
I was up ridiculously early to reach this sublime viewpoint in the first light of a sunny mountain day. I like the colour version (you can see it here: https://bit.ly/JasperDawn), but I knew it would look maybe even more dramatic in monotone. Was I right?
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Natural landscapes: a beautiful touch of spring snow
SHEEP RIVER PROVINCIAL PARK, ALBERTA
The late-spring snow (common in the Canadian Rocky Mountains) just added to the attractiveness of this fallen tree as the subject for a photograph. It was just a matter of positioning it in relation to the rushing water of the Sheep River. I also wanted to keep the bland, featureless sky out of the composition.
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