Natural landscapes: overlooking the epic landscape
ME AND THE MOUNTAIN VALLEY, WATERTON LAKES NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
The light was very harsh, but I managed to make the best of it after scrambling up to this rocky outcrop overlooking Red Rock Parkway.
I photographed this scene without me, but found that putting a person in the picture made it even more compelling.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, graduated density (darkening) filter on the sky
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Natural landscapes: the hoodoo morning
THE BADLANDS OF WRITING ON STONE PROVINCIAL PARK, ALBERTA
What a fascinating park! Hundreds of these hoodoos huddle together on a gobsmacking landscape that includes a winding river and spectacular viewpoints. I overnighted here in 2015, staying up late to photograph the landscape under a full moon, grabbing a few hours’ sleep in my van, then arising early enough to capture a glorious sunrise. The distant mountains are in the United States.
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Rural landscapes: under the light of dusk
CANFOR SAWMILL, RADIUM HOT SPRINGS, BRITISH COLUMBIA
I always take advantage of opportunities for this kind of long-exposure photography – capturing nicely lit industrial operations in sunset light. In this case, the sun had long since set on the mountain valley, but there was still enough light to make for an interesting dusk sky.
Nikon D7100, tripod, graduated density (darkening) filter on the sky.
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Natural landscapes: catching the reflection
MOUNTAIN VALLEY CREEK, KOOTENAY NATIONAL PARK, BRITISH COLUMBIA
It wasn’t until I stepped back (and up) onto the road that the fantastical evening sky showed up as a reflection in the creek. That’s when I figured what might have been a decent photo was now a compelling photo.
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Rural landscapes: on a sunny summer morning…
GRAIN BINS AND CANOLA FIELD,
NEAR BEISEKER, ALBERTA
A search through the archives unearthed this beautiful scene from 2013. The secret to making compelling canola pictures is to combine the glowing yellow with something else – in this case, grain bins and a striking morning sky. Here’s the same scene as a horizontal picture: https://wp.me/p2ccTX-kF
Nikon D90, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Rural landscape: the summer oasis
MORNING SKY, PRAIRIE SLOUGH, NEAR AIRDRIE, ALBERTA
During a mostly fruitless trip to find and photograph compelling scenes of canola fields, I drove past this slough. I immediately turned around, found a place to park, and spent a half-hour making pictures. This is probably the best one, because of the strong cloud reflection. Look carefully and you can see shore birds in the water, searching for food.
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Rural landscapes: the peaceful yellow
FARM AND CANOLA FIELD, NEAR LONGVIEW, ALBERTA
This website is littered with canola photos and I’m delighted to add yet another one. I find the glowing yellow is irresistable and there’s plenty of it in bloom every July in Alberta. The key, as with this picture, is to provide something more than just a yellow field. I think the red farmstead fits the bill. Do you agree?
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Urban landscapes: under the gambling archway
FALLSVIEW CASINO ENTRANCE LIGHTS, NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO
This casino is packed with visual delights, from brilliantly illuminated water fountains to spectacular ceilings and archway lights. When photographing this scene, I was careful to keep almost all of the cars out of the picture.
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Natural landscapes: exploring the intimate
WESTERN SALSIFY, BRISCO, BRITISH COLUMBIA
Native to Eurasia and northern Africa, western salsify (Also known as goatsbeard,) was commonly used as a food plant in northern Europe in the Middle Ages and subsequently spread all around the world. It was brought to North America by early settlers as a food plant and ornamental around the turn of the 20th century.
It’s generally considered an invasive species, but the gone-to-seed stage you see here struck me as a subject worth photographing. While the flower version is a nice yellow, there’s almost no colour at this stage so I went black-and-white to heighten the contrast and drama. (That said, here’s the colour version: https://bit.ly/BriscoGoatsbeard.)
Nikon D7100, 17-70mm Sigma zoom lens
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Natural landscapes: the last of the evening light
MOUNT ATHABASCA AT SUNSET, JASPER NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
This glorious place is a four-hour drive from my home, but it was my annual overnight photo trip – where I sleep in the car – so I was able to be there to catch all the wonderful evening light illuminating one of the most spectacular places in the Canadian Rockies.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, graduated density filter on the peaks & sky.
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Natural landscapes: the spectacle of roaring water
LOWER BUGABOO FALLS, NEAR BRISCO, BRITISH COLUMBIA
A three-kilometre hike through buggy forest brought me to this stunning, loud and dangerous waterfall. The flow, from Bugaboo Creek, was truly incredible and some of the viewpoints were so dangerous I didn’t venture on them. To prove the point, I found a nearby rock painted with someone’s name and birth/death years. In other words, he fell to his death from one of those frightening viewpoints.
Bugaboo Creek is effectively a creek in name only. As you can see in this picture, the stream is legitimately river-sized, draining about 375 square kilometres on the east slopes of the Purcell Mountains.
This was a challenging picture to make because the water was so bright in the dawn sunlight and the shadows so dark. It took a lot of work, in the camera and with Photoshop, to achieve what you see here.
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Natural landscapes: the peaceful summer flow
SINCLAIR CREEK, KOOTENAY NATIONAL PARK, BRITISH COLUMBIA
This is one of my favourite Rocky Mountain streams to photograph, no matter what the season. In this composition, I wanted to highlight the rich forest environment through which the creek often flows.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, neutral density (darkening) filter.
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Rural landscapes: the long ridge view
HAYROLL, CANOLA AND MORE, NEAR OKOTOKS, ALBERTA
The sun was a little higher in the sky than I would have liked, but the view was so outstanding that I had to stop and try my best to make a compelling photo of this very big view of Alberta’s wonderful prairie farmland. How did I do?
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Natural landscapes: exploding colour in the rainforest
HELICONIA, COSTA RICA
During a 2014 trip with Samaritan’s Purse, I had time to check out some of the foliage in this tropical nation. LOVED this hanging plant, but couldn’t figure out what it was until a friend recently informed me.
The only birds of paradise I’ve seen are single, open blossoms, so this was a revelation. And now that I can identify it, I can show you this stunning flower. 🙂
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Natural landscapes: simply epic grandeur
MALIGNE LAKE AND SPIRIT ISLAND, JASPER NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
Accessible only via a 14-kilometre boat ride, this sight is one of the most famous, and breathtaking, in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. My wife and I were blessed to visit on a glorious summer evening. If conditions are right, it’s hard to make a bad picture here. I like the colour version, but black-and-white instantly removes it from the realm of postcard shots. It also increases the drama of the evening lighting.
Nikon D90, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Rural landscapes: worshipping in the badlands
OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, DOROTHY, ALBERTA
The tiny hamlet of Dorothy, deep in the badlands of this western Canadian province, has two abandoned churches. Our Lady of Perpetual Help was in service between 1944 and 1967; a United Church operated from 1932 to 1961. I was blessed to visit in the first sunlit hours of a summer day and capture this wonderfully illuminated scene.
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Natural landscapes: blossoming beauty
BUNCHBERRY AFTER THE RAIN, PARK NATIONAL DE LA JACQUES-CARTIER, QUEBEC
Another plunge into the archives connected me with this wonderful flower, photographed during a 2007 camping trip right after a day of heavy rain. Notice the browny-red tips on each of the white petals? This is the cover photo on my book MOMENTS OF LIGHT: Thirty Years of Photography.
Nikon D50, tripod
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Natural landscapes: imagine driving this road?
ICEFIELDS PARKWAY AND MOUNT ATHABASCA, JASPER NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
I was blessed to do an overnight photo trip to this incredible part of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. This is evening light on a road that many people believe is among the world’s most beautiful drives.
Eventually, I retired for the evening to catch a few hours’ sleep in my car, then was up at 4 a.m. to photograph early morning light. It was amazing and I felt blessed by the Creator of this cathedral. Here’s the scene in colour: https://bit.ly/AlbertaMountains.
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Natural landscapes: the glowing orange
WESTERN WOOD LILLY, JASPER NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
As I hiked along Maligne Canyon in this glorious western Canadian park, little splashes of orange kept grabbing my attention. I pursued them and, upon finding these gorgeous wildflowers, spent a half-hour making pictures like this. This photo shows the flowers in their meadow setting: https://wp.me/p2ccTX-1TA.
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Natural landscapes: the beautiful departing day
DUSK ON ELKWATER LAKE, CYPRESS HILLS INTERPROVINCIAL PARK, ALBERTA
A fishing expedition into the archives landed this scene from 2010, when I made my first overnight photo trip. This western Canadian park is unique in that it spans the southeast corner of Alberta and the southwest corner of Saskatchewan.
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