Rural landscapes: the race to the mountains
TRANS CANADA HIGHWAY TRAFFIC, BOW VALLEY PROVINCIAL PARK, ALBERTA
Morning traffic is always busy on weekends as thousands of Calgarians head west to go skiing in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. I found a perfect spot on an overpass to make long exposures of that traffic. I ultimately went with this 30-second shot because it also has the long exposure lights from an eastbound vehicle. It was a cold and windy dawn but, as you can see, the effort was worth it.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter
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Natural landscapes: When snow invades the forest
WINTER AT GLENBOW RANCH PROVINCIAL PARK, NEAR COCHRANE, ALBERTA
The seemingly random pattern of snowy cottonwood tree trunks grabbed my attention. The trick was to photography them in such a way as to make sense of all the directions of the trunks, and enhance the scene with the wild grass at the bottom. How did I do?
PS: this section of forest has a path through it and I tried a photo with me in the scene. Here’s the result: https://wp.me/p2ccTX-10P.
Nikon D7100, tripod.
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Natural landscapes: hanging on against the snow
OLD AUTUMN LEAVES, GREENWOOD CONSERVATION AREA, AJAX, ONTARIO
One of my favourite photo locales in the Greater Toronto Area yielded this image during a snowy visit. It’s one of my earliest successes using ‘fill-flash’ – that is, using a flash during daylight to make the subject ‘pop’ against the background. Most people wouldn’t think of using a flash in daylight, but you can see how it can make a good picture even better. 🙂
Nikon D50, tripod
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Natural landscapes: the snowy mountain flow
KICKING HORSE RIVER, YOHO NATIONAL PARK, BRITISH COLUMBIA
There was just enough snow on the trees to make worthwhile a walk along this Rocky Mountain river. The snow on this boulder makes the scene; take it away and the picture becomes ho-hum. There wasn’t much colour in this scene, so it was an easy decision to heighten the contrast/drama by going black-and-white.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, neutral density (darkening) filter
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Natural landscapes: me in the epic winter landscape
SNOW-COVERED BADLANDS, DRUMHELLER, ALBERTA
I was blessed to visit this area just a few days after a major November snowfall. As you can see, the photo opportunities were practically endless–especially as lots of people have never seen badlands covered with snow.
In this case, I had a high viewpoint and immediately saw the value of adding a person to the scene. So I set the timer on my camera and ran back and fourth several times until achieving the right composition and exposure.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter
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Rural landscapes: the frigid prairie dawn
SUNRISE FARMSTEAD NEAR BEISEKER, ALBERTA
I was blessed to be driving east when the first light of day appeared. Then it was a matter of finding a suitable silhouette to make for a viable photo. This farm worked out quite well, right? All I had to do was park the car on the side of the road and withstand the -20c long enough to work out several compelling compositions.
Nikon D7100, tripod.
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Rural landscapes: frigid and fabulous
WINTER SUNSET NEAR COCHRANE, ALBERTA
I used a big telephoto lens to squeeze the farm field and fence against the distant front range of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. It was definitely cold, but freezing conditions make for compelling photos, so the colder, the better. 🙂
Nikon D7100, 70-300mm. zoom lens, tripod.
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Natural landscapes: dawn on the city rivers
ELBOW RIVER JOINING THE BOW RIVER, CALGARY, ALBERTA
I got up early on a frigid November morning and explored the icey shoreline of these rivers (which start in the Canadian Rockies) with some very satisfying long-exposure pictures. Fifteen seconds turned the water pleasingly silky. Here’s another picture from that same amazing morning: https://wp.me/p2ccTX-1Ij.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, two graduated density (darkening) filters on the sky
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Rural landscapes: the magical dawn
NOVEMBER SUNRISE LIGHT NEAR DIAMOND VALLEY, ALBERTA
An autumn snowfall persuaded me to head out with my photography equipment. As you can tell, it was a good decision. This one location yielded several ‘keeper’ images as the dawn light grew stronger over a silent, white landscape. What a blessing to be there!
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, enhancing filter, graduated density (darkening) filter on the sky
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Urban landscapes: the street at night
GRAFTON STREET, HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA
While the rest of the team I was with on the business trip enjoyed dinner at a restaurant, I grabbed something at Tim Horton’s, then headed out with my photography equipment to see what this eastern Canadian city could offer.
As you can see, there was plenty of memorable scenes like this to capture with long exposures. In this case, I waited about ten minutes for a car to go by in order to add light trails to the composition.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter
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Natural landscapes: the pause before winter
NOVEMBER AT SPRAY LAKE, KANANASKIS, ALBERTA
I enjoyed a relatively warm day in the Canadian Rockies, where the snow on the heights had not yet descended into the valleys. As I wandered around the lakeshore, this scene presented itself.
I made a strategic decision to arrange the composition to omit the lake (hidden behind the grass) and squeeze the tree trunk against the green forest, winter peaks and blue-bird sky.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter
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Urban landscapes: history at night
HALIFAX CITADEL NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, NOVA SCOTIA
During a recent business trip to this eastern Canadian city, I was blessed to have time on my own to explore the city’s downtown. The citadel is a prime feature, with this building the front face of a massive, star-shaped British fort built in the 1800s.
The challenge was making the building stand out against a very busy urban background. Hopefully, I accomplished that by putting the tower between the office building and a distant tower. There was very little strong colour in this pre-dawn scene, so it was an easy decision to go black-and-white.
Nikon D7100, tripod
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Rural landscapes: Me and the autumn forest
FALL COLOURS AT KORTRIGHT CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION, VAUGHAN, ONTARIO
During a recent trip to the Greater Toronto Area, I found time to visit this place in the hopes of finding good autumn condition. I was NOT disappointed, as you can tell. There were many delightful leaf-covered paths through the woods and in examples like this, I put myself into the picture because that’s what it needed – a small human presence.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter
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Natural landscapes: a wander through autumn glory
PATH THROUGH THE FOREST,
KORTRIGHT CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION,
VAUGHAN, ONTARIO
During a recent visit to the Greater Toronto Area, I had time to do morning photography. This area has long been on my mind for potential autumn pictures. As you can see, it didn’t disappoint. In fact, I’ll be publishing Kortright autumn pictures on this website for years to come. 🙂
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter
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Natural landscapes: the windy autumn day
FALL COLOURS AND LAKE ONTARIO, PRESQUILE PROVINCIAL PARK, ONTARIO
I arrived about 10 days too early to enjoy the full autumn splendour of this park (near the charming town of Brighton), but was still able to find a few spots where the foliage had changed colour. I went for the fastest shutter speed possible to freeze the leaves (it was a breezy day) and the surf.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter
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Natural landscapes: the east coast autumn waterfall
AUTUMN RIVER, TORBAY, NEWFOUNDLAND
Had to push my way through some serious bush along a road to get down to this beautiful cascade in Canada’s easternmost province. Despite searching websites and maps, I could not find the name of the river. If anyone knows, just put it in the comments. Thanks!
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, probably a neutral density (darkening) filter
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Natural landscapes: the colours of Carburn
AUTUMN AT CARBURN PARK,
CALGARY, ALBERTA
Carburn Park is a large natural area nestled along the Bow River in this western Canadian city. It features two very picturesque man-made ponds, a regional pathway, and numerous wildlife, waterfowl and wildflowers.
I figured the autumn colours would be good here and, as you can see, I wasn’t disappointed. Every season at this park offers great creative opportunities.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, fill flash (to illuminate the leaves in the top half)
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Urban landscapes: watching the morning rush hour
WONDERLAND AT BLUE HOUR, CALGARY, ALBERTA
The 12-metre-tall installation, created by Spaniard Jaume Plensa, graces the front plaza of the Bow, this western Canadian city’s second-tallest skyscraper. I’ve photographed it before (check out: https://wp.me/p2ccTX-xH), but it’s been a few years and I wanted to try it again.
This time I wanted to show you what the bent-wire head of a young girl is looking at: westbound traffic along 6th Avenue. By the way, Calgary’s tallest building – Brookfield Place – is the skinny skycraper in the middle of the scene.
Nikon D7100, tripod
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Natural landscapes: seeing the red of autumn
SUMACH BRANCH ON A COLD FALL MORNING, BALSAM LAKE PROVINCIAL PARK, ONTARIO
I plunged into the archives and found this beauty from ‘way back in 2001, before digital cameras were a thing. What a blessing it was to arrive at the park and find the overnight cold had left the autumn leaves wet and touched with frost.
Nikon FM-2 and slide film, tripod.
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Natural landscapes: the beautiful colours of autumn
AUTUMN HILLSIDE AND DISTANT ROCKIES, NEAR MILLARVILLE, ALBERTA
I drove up a dirt road to the top of a ridge and was absolutely gobsmacked at the stunning autumn vistas. The light was a bit harsh, but I managed to make the best of it using a big telephoto lens to isolate this and many other colourful parts of the landscape.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, 70-300mm. lens
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