Wildlife: dissing me with style
ELK, JASPER NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
I found several elk in a field near the road and spent a fulfilling half-hour photographing them in this Canadian Rocky Mountain destination. This one was particularly photogenic, chomping away without paying much attention to me.
Nikon D7100, 70-300-mm. zoom lens
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Natural landscapes: the glorious morning view
PRAIRIES AND ROCKY MOUNTAINS, SOUTH OF PINCHER CREEK, ALBERTA
A stop on the road to Waterton Lakes National Park (those are the peaks you see) offered a stunning vista of prairies and mountains in the deep southwest of this Canadian province. I used the fence as a point of interest in the bottom half of the scene, breaking up the endless green. Look carefully; do you see cows scattered in the fields?
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, graduated density (darkening) filter on the sky.
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Natural landscapes: flowering in the badlands
SPRING GROWTH AT DINOSAUR PROVINCIAL PARK, NEAR BROOKS, ALBERTA
I drove two hours from my Calgary home to photograph sunrise, but cloudy conditions forced me to improvise. This is one result, made at a very shallow depth of field so the background would complement, rather than compete, with the desert shrub.
Nikon D7100, tripod
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Natural landscapes: blowing in the spring wind?
CAROLINA PHLOX, WHITBY, ONTARIO
It looks like the day was windy when I photographed these wildflowers in central Canada more than a decade ago, but the reality is I twisted my zoom lens in and out during a long exposure. Makes for quite an impactful picture, yes? I found an entire field of phlox and spent an hour exploring all the creative possibilities.
Nikon D90, tripod, polarizing filter
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Urban landscapes: a walk through fantasy
PEDESTRIAN OVERPASS, TORONTO, ONTARIO
I was on the street in murky pre-dawn light when I looked up and saw the amazing, artistic lighting in this walkway. Fortunately, I was able to find my way up to it and make long-exposure pictures. This is the best of the bunch. There was almost no colour to be had, so it was a no-brainer to create a monotone version (which increases the drama) to show you.
Nikon D7100, tripod
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Natural landscapes: the silhouettes of a spring dawn
LAKE ONTARIO SHORELINE, AJAX, ONTARIO
The striking silhouette of this falling tree against the emerging light of dawn stopped me in my tracks. I did two versions–a wide-angle view and this one. Both are, in my eyes, equally compelling, so I did a mental coin-flip and this closer-up composition won.
Nikon D7100, tripod, enhancing filter
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Natural landscapes: the flow of spring
LOUTH FALLS, JORDAN STATION, ONTARIO
A delightful walk through restful, open forestland brought me to this gorgeous cascade running high with recent rain. I could have stayed here for hours, simply enjoying God’s creation and praising Him in prayer.
Some might not like the tree, but it blocks very little of the scene and adds a distinctive touch to the composition. Here’s the colour version: https://bit.ly/LouthFalls.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, neutral density (darkening) filter
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Natural landscapes: the silent spring forest
LOUTH CONSERVATION AREA, JORDAN STATION, ONTARIO
Well, actually, it wasn’t fully silent. There were birds calling frequently. But it does look silent and contemplative, doesn’t it? As if it’s waiting for an explosion of spring growth.
I looked for some sort of focal point to highlight and give you a reason to enjoy this scene. The stump and fallen tree fit the bill nicely.
Nikon D7100, tripod.
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Natural landscapes: the peaceful spring forest
FLOODED CREEK, ST. CLEMENTS, ONTARIO
I was blessed to have access to this forest, near Kitchener-Waterloo, in overcast conditions. While that meant I had to keep the bland, distracting sky out of my pictures, it also meant the lighting was soft and even – ideal for making forest photos. The new grass really did glow like this.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter
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Rural landscapes: fellowship with the dawn
APPROACHING SUNRISE, PICKERING, ONTARIO
During a recent trip to this central Canadian province, I wanted to visit a new area for sunrise photography. During all my years living in this region, I’d never checked out Frenchman’s Bay, so that’s where I went.
As you can see, it turned out well. That’s Lake Ontario on the right and, on the horizon, the Pickering Nuclear Plant. A man going for a early walk graciously posed for me, providing a silhouetted human element that draws your eyes to it.
Nikon D7100, tripod, enhancing filter
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Natural landscapes: the spring flower
PURPLE TRILLIUM, LOUTH CONSERVATION AREA, JORDAN STATION, ONTARIO
My wife and I recently returned from a vacation in Ontario where I had many opportunities to make pictures. One goal was to photograph trilliums, the province’s official flower, for the first time in many years. I feared I was too early to succeed, but this conservation area, on my final photo outing, was awash in trilliums. Almost all were white, but this one burgundy blossom made for what I hope is a pretty compelling picture. Do you agree?
Nikon D7100, tripod, 70-300mm zoom lens
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Rural landscapes: the final resting place
ANCIENT TRUCK IN A SPRING LANDSCAPE, KNEEHILL COUNTY, ALBERTA
After driving many times past an old, reddish building amongst a grove of trees in the middle of prairie valley, I decided to stop and investigate. To my very pleasant surprise, I found this old, abandoned truck beside the building and I spent more time photographing it than the structure.
The key was getting the camera high enough to put the top of the truck below the horizon. I extended the tripod as far as possible, then carefully balanced on a downed tree trunk to find the exact composition and make the picture.
Nikon D7100, fill-flash, tripod, polarizing filter, graduated density (darkening) filter on the sky
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Urban landscapes: illuminating the place of worship
BRIDGE STREET UNITED CHURCH, BELLEVILLE, ONTARIO
I’m always on the lookout for wonderful old architecture to photograph, so while I was in this eastern Ontario city, I visited several downtown churches.
I loved this window, but it was a challenge to capture until deciding to including these posts.
Nikon D7100, tripod
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Rural landscapes: the endless space
SPRING PRAIRIES NEAR CROSSFIELD, ALBERTA
Whenever I go for a drive near my home in Calgary, I’m always gobsmacked by the sense of endless space offered by the prairies of western Canada. In this scene, I loved how the grove of trees gives your eyes a place to begin your trip through the composition.
There was one other tree in the scene, near the right border, but I removed it to keep the photo as simple as possible. That’s also why I created a monotone version to show you (and here’s the colour version: https://bit.ly/SpringPrairies).
Nikon D7100, 70-300mm zoom lens, tripod, polarizing filter
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Rural landscapes: the blooms of spring
FLOWERS AT JACK’S HOME, NEAR SYLVAN LAKE, ALBERTA
I was making pictures of a beautiful barn and fences along the roadside when the owner came along on his ATV and generously invited me onto his property to photograph wherever I like. It was a rare blessing, so I took full advantage and this charming creation was one of the things that grabbed my attention.
The encounter turned into something else entirely when Jack asked me some photography-related questions about pictures of his wife. Turns out she had died just a few months before and Jack was struggling to keep going. The Spirit prompted me to ask if I could pray for him right then and there. He graciously agreed and the resulting prayer was as much a help to me as I hope it was to Jack.
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Rural landscapes: April’s cold mornings
FROST ALONG THE FENCE, DRUMHELLER, ALBERTA
Spring? Well, it was -8c when I drove to the amazing badlands in this western Canadian province, so I was glad to have a winter coat & boots, gloves and a toque. The weather forecast suggested a sunny dawn, but the overcast conditions allowed for the overnight frost to stick around longer. And that opened the door to photographing compelling big landscapes and, like this, intimate portraits.
Nikon D7100, 70-300mm zoom lens, tripod.
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Natural landscapes: water for a parched land
KAMLOOPS LAKE, NEAR KAMLOOPS, BRITISH COLUMBIA
This 29-kilometre lake is in the middle of semi-arid desert that receives only about 10 inches of rain annually. But it’s fed by the Thompson River, which enters at the east end and exits at the west end. I loved the fascinating landscape and the contrast between very wet and very dry.
Nikon D90, tripod.
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Rural landscapes: under the threatening sky
SPRING POND NEAR AIRDRIE, ALBERTA
Every April and May, I tour the prairies of this western Canadian province searching out compelling ponds of melted snow. I’m often rewarded by scenes like this, captured just a little north of my home in Calgary.
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Natural landscapes: the trees of spring
FLOODED FORESTLAND, PRESQUILE PROVINCIAL PARK, ONTARIO
Went back to 2006 to find this image from one of my favourite photo destinations in southern Ontario. I liked the arrangement of tree trunks and the side lighting, so I tried a big telephoto view and came up with this almost abstract composition.
This park is tiny (less than 9.5 square kilometres), but it has a remarkable mix of landscapes: sand dunes, beaches, wetlands, forests and fields.
Nikon D50, tripod, polarizing filter
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Natural landscapes: the ice of spring
CREEK ICE, CANMORE, ALBERTA
Spring comes very slowly–and with many detours back to winter–in the Canadian Rockies. I was looking for images along Canmore Creek and right off the bat, this ice grabbed my attention. I want for a long exposure so the splashing water wouldn’t distract you from the ice shapes and textures.
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