Natural landscapes: when light and water meet
BOULDER FALLS,
KANANASKIS COUNTRY, ALBERTA
One trail in the Canadian Rocky Mountains has the payoff of four gorgeous waterfalls. This is the third and I was blessed to photograph it when a few rays of warm sunrise light got through the trees and added a welcome touch of colour. One of the most wonderful morning photo trips in recent memory. Thanks, God! 🙂
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Rural landscapes: the colours of summer
CANOLA FIELDS NEAR HIGH RIVER, ALBERTA
I was attracted to the colour mix in this western Canadian scene – the brilliant yellow of canola with the developing green of wheat and various browns and reds. The grain bins serve as the first destination for your eyes, then you roam through the rest of the composition. 🙂
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Urban Landscapes: the firey party
CALGARY STAMPEDE GRANDSTAND SHOW, CALGARY, ALBERTA
My wife and I try to attend the world-famous Stampede every year, and usually take in the evening chuckwagon races and grandstand show. The show is always over-the-top, with fireworks, water fountains and anything else the organizers can throw into the mix. For this iPhone 13 picture, I waited until those brief moments when all the fire was shooting up.
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Natural landsdscapes: me and the mountains
UPPER KANANASKIS LAKE, PETER LOUGHEED PROVINCIAL PARK, ALBERTA
This lake (which is really a reservoir) heralds some of the most gobsmacking views of the Canadian Rocky Mountains in Alberta. The mysterious and amazing thing is the lake is mostly still almost every time I visit, making for remarkable reflection photos like this.
I wanted to do something different with this often-photographed scene, so I used the timer on my camera and ran to the boulder to add a human element. I kept me in colour and made the rest of the photo black-and-white, just to add further interest.
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Rural landscapes: under the summer sky
CANOLA AND ANCIENT FARM BUILDINGS NEAR CROSSFIELD, ALBERTA
Ideally, I would have liked to have strong early-morning sunshine coming from behind me and highlighting the buildings and and fluorescent yellow of canola. But this scene, under a dramatic sky, still works pretty well, right? 🙂
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Urban landscapes: reflected in the gathering dusk
THE FAIRMONT EMPRESS, VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA
One of the best-known heritage hotels in Canada, this 412-room beauty (which opened in 1908) is near the provincial parliament buildings. And both are lynchpins in Victoria’s vibrant downtown, facing the city’s inner harbour.
I was blessed to take in the gathering dusk, making all sorts of long-exposure pictures from various spots. This scene took 25 seconds to properly record; that’s why the Canadian flag on the hotel is so blurry.
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Natural landscapes: good light on the badlands
HOODOOS NEAR DRUMHELLER, ALBERTA
A favourite photo subject for tourists, I did my best in 2013 to come up with something interesting by capturing the hoodoos in dawn light and by twisting the camera to make them appear to be bending toward the light.
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Urban landscapes: waiting for a trip on the water
ROWBOAT IN SUNRISE LIGHT, VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA
It was a cloudy dawn, but just as I was set up to photograph this beautiful scene on Vancouver Island, the sun came out for a few moments. What a blessing! The Oak Bay district of British Columbia’s capital city was overflowing with creative possibilities and I spent over an hour on just a small section of rocky coastline.
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Natural landscapes: the epic plunge
NIAGARA FALLS, GOLDSTREAM
PROVINCIAL PARK, BRITISH COLUMBIA
Yes, there is another Niagara Falls in Canada. Very weird, right? Either way, you’re just looking at the bottom section of this waterfall’s 47-metre (almost 160 feet) plunge into a small, but deep pool in the midst of Vancouver Island’s glorious temperate rainforest.
While I was there, a couple plunged into the pool’s icy cold water just long enough to get selfies with the waterfall behind them. I didn’t join them, being quite content to appreciate the scene from a photographic perspective.
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Wildlife: the dawn fishing expedition
GREAT BLUE HERON, VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA
I scrambled over rocks and sea-worn logs to get as close as possible to this relatively calm heron fishing at Ogden Point. There was just enough light to make this and other telephoto pictures as it turned its head or simply stood waiting.
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Natural landscapes: the skywalk view
SAANICH INLET, MALAHAT, BRITISH COLUMBIA
During a recent vacation, my wife and I made the easy trek up a spiral wooden ramp to a 32-metre viewing deck at Malahat Skywalk to take in panoramas over sea inlets and mountains. I just brought my iPhone 13 along and found I could make pictures like this, then do lots of processing to emphasize a moody, sombre atmosphere. Converting the jpeg to black-and-white further emphasized this atmosphere.
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Rural landscapes: a connection to ancient times
ANTIQUE TRACTOR, BIGHORN TOWNSHIP, ALBERTA
I struggled to make memorable pictures of this fabulous tractor in morning light and a generally clear sky. Then I went on my way. On the return trip, I saw the clouds were creating a dramatic, compelling sky so I stopped again at the tractor and tried again. This time, the results were much more interesting and I came away with several “keepers”.
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Rural landscapes: under the beautiful sunrise sky
RURAL HOME WITH A MOUNTAIN VIEW,
COCHRANE, ALBERTA
I knew about this great little house from a few years back (see it here: https://wp.me/p2ccTX-1xy), so I wanted to photograph it again in late-spring conditions.
I lucked into an excellent sky that made a vertical composition obvious. If you check out the earlier photo of this building, you’ll note it’s been renovated since then.
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Natural landscapes: the mysterious sunrise
MISTY DAWN ON TROUT LAKE, NEAR NORTH BAY, ONTARIO
I went back into the archives and found this beauty from 2006, when I was using my first digital camera. Such a moody, atmospheric, amazing dawn on this lake! I was so blessed to be there to show you what I experienced. Thanks, God, for this moment. 🙂
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Rural landscapes: road to the farmstead
RANCH NEAR MILLARVILLE, ALBERTA
This quietly beautiful scene grabbed my attention and challenged me to create a composition that balanced all the elements–especially the farm itself, the road and the fence at the lower right. I think it all came together well. Do you agree? 🙂
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Natural landscapes: along the woodland creek
BIG HILL CREEK, BIG HILL SPRINGS PROVINCIAL PARK, NEAR COCHRANE, ALBERTA
This park, about a half-hour’s drive from my home, is a reliable photo locale when weather conditions aren’t good for bigger landscapes. That was the case during a recent visit, when I followed the creek from the parking lot to the boundary, finding charming little scenes like this.
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Natural landscapes: where the light casts its glow
SUNRISE ON MOUNT ATHABASCA, JASPER NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
I was blessed to do an overnight photo trip to this stunning part of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. After a few restless hours of sleep, I was up at 4 a.m. to capture the first glimmer of light. A few hours later, this glorious light illuminated the top of the peak and gave me a blissful moment of union with our Creator. 🙂
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Natural landscapes: the moody spring sunrise
DAWN, FRANK LAKE CONSERVATION AREA, NEAR HIGH RIVER, ALBERTA
I visited this prairie wildlife hotspot, about an hour’s drive from my Calgary home, knowing there likely wouldn’t be a photogenic sunrise. So this was a pleasant surprise, especially as the sky continued to improve during my hour at the lake. All the time I was there, the air was filled with sounds of songbirds, Canada geese and more. Oh, and lots of mosquitos, too. That didn’t help me, but I imagine it was good food for many of the birds.
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Natural landscapes: following the beautiful spring flow
CANMORE WATERFALL AND CREEK, ALBERTA
Not sure of the name of this creek and waterfall; all my google searches turned up nothing but “Magic Waterfall” and that sounds like someone just made it up because they didn’t know the real name. Oh well; it’s a beautifully hidden gem above the town of Canmore and I spent several hours of blissful solitude photographing cascades and rocks. This is just one of the “keepers” I came home with. 🙂
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Natural landscapes: spring evening on the coast
TOFINO SEASCAPE, VANCOUVER ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA
My wife blessed me with an hour-long plane trip over this absolutely stunning room in God’s cathedral. We were gobsmacked at the sublime, primitive mix of oceans, forests and mountains. This is truly a spiritual place.
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