Urban landscapes: soaring into the sky
TORONTO DOMINION CENTRE, TORONTO, ONTARIO
The six towers and pavilion in this complex were constructed between 1967 and 1991. More than 20,000 people work here, making it the largest commercial office complex in Canada.
I always liked the arrangement of these giant vertical blocks and photographed them several times over the years. As there is almost no colour in these towers, I opted for a monotone treatment that increases the drama.
Nikon D90, tripod, polarizing filter
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Rural landscapes: the curves of autumn
HIGHWAY 546
SHEEP RIVER PROVINCIAL PARK, ALBERTA
Autumn is a stunning time to visit this western Canadian park, in the Rocky Mountain foothills southwest of Calgary. Not many people, but lots of aspens, poplars and cottonwoods that turn a stunning shade of yellow.
I was blessed to find a high viewpoint overlooking a river just to the left of this scene. I used a big telephoto lens to isolate the curving road and exclude the dull, cloudy sky.
Nikon D7100, tripod, 70-300 mm. lens, polarizing filter.
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Natural landscapes: the sublime, silent sunrise
APPROACHING DAWN AT JOHNSON LAKE, BANFF NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
I arrived at this Rocky Mountain lake about a half-hour before sunrise. This was one of the first pictures I made before walking around the entire lake, making photos along the way of peaks in glorious dawn light. It was heavenly. 🙂
Nikon D7100, tripod, enhancing filter, graduated density (darkening) filter on the sky.
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Natural landscapes: a snowy autumn moment
POPLAR LEAVES AND SNOW
BANFF NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
I visited this world-famous western Canadian park right after a September snowfall and was blessed with ridiculous photo opportunities.
Amidst the larger landscapes, I looked for intimate pictures and found this arrangement of leaves and icy snow.
Nikon D7100, tripod, fill-flash.
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Natural landscapes: the lurid sunrise
DAWN AT VERMILLION LAKES, BANFF NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
I plunged into the archives to resurrect, from 2010, one of the most spectacular sunrises I’ve ever been blessed to witness. This was a tricky picture to process; I wanted to show you some detail in the shadows, but not to the point of making the picture seem unrealistic.
Then there was the matter of colour. It truly was stunning, but I didn’t want it to be so saturated that it didn’t seem real. In the end, I hope I achieved a good balance. Do you agree?
Nikon D90, tripod, (probably) an enhancing filter
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Natural landscapes: the monotone mountain sunrise
DAWN AT QUARRY LAKE, CANMORE, ALBERTA
This spring-fed Rocky Mountain lake, several hundred feet above the town of Canmore, is a dream to photograph on windless days because there are spectacular mountains reflected in every direction.
Surprisingly, there wasn’t much colour in this scene so I went monotone to highlight the drama of the sunrise trying to poke through the clouds.
Nikon D7100, tripod, graduated density (darkening) filter on the sky.
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Natural landscapes: the rich and barren land
CAIRN AND COLOUR ON THE ARCTIC TUNDRA, NEAR BAKER LAKE, NUNAVUT
During a 2019 visit to this remote and fascinating place, I had time to roam around the rocky, treeless (and I mean that literally!) landscape to search out quietly compelling scenes like this. The Baker Lake region is a land of endless lakes, ponds and rocks, so unlike anything I’d experienced before or since.
Nikon D7100, polarizing filter
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Rural landscapes: the harvest view
HAY ROLLS AND ROCKY MOUNTAINS, NEAR MILLARVILLE, ALBERTA
The dirt road took me to a wonderful overview of this restful, pastoral scene, but my first photos lacked something. So I set the camera on a timer and raced back and forth to the fence for several exposures. This was the best of them, positioning me nicely in the context of a larger scene.
Nikon D7100, tripod, graduated density (darkening) filter on the peaks and sky.
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Rural landscapes: the Arctic sand bar
SHORELINE ROCKS, BAKER LAKE, NUNAVUT
My 2018 visit to this fascinating, remote, northern Canada territory included time to wander along the lakeshore searching out quietly interesting compositions like this. See the distant ship? It stayed there for the entire time I was in Baker Lake, pumping gasoline through kilometres of hose into giant tanks that provided fuel for the long winter months ahead.
As this scene had only the blue sky and dull brown sand to provide colour, I opted to go monotone and heighten the scene’s contrast/drama.
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Rural landscapes: the summer field of glory
HAY ROLLS IN EARLY MORNING LIGHT, NEAR CALGARY, ALBERTA
The sweet, golden light attracted my eyes to the distant hills, then to the lines of hay rolls. So I designed this composition to highlight both. Notice how the sky and the fence posts/grass serve to frame/enclose the hills and hayrolls?
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Natural landscapes: exploring the details
PLANT CLOSE-UP, COSTA RICA
During a 2014 Samaritan’s Purse trip to this Central American nation, I took advantage of a delay in our bus leaving to check out some of the foliage around the parking lot. There wasn’t a lot of light and I didn’t have my tripod, so I had to boost the Nikon D7100’s sensitivity to make this close-up shot. All these years later, I’m still amazed at the quality of the resulting photos, including this study of lines and curves.
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Natural landscapes: viewing the amazing mountains
MORNING LIGHT AT EMERALD LAKE, YOHO NATIONAL PARK, BRITISH COLUMBIA
What a blessing it was to arrive at this Canadian Rocky Mountain lake early enough to capture the stunning first light of a new day. I liked this scene and knew a silhouetted person would add a nice human touch. So I set myself up in front of the camera, pretending to make a snapshot on my phone. The resulting photo showed some detail of my red shirt, so I just kept darkening me until all detail and colour disappeared.
I ended up enjoying a walk all the way around the lake, which is about a half-hour drive west of Lake Louise and the border with Alberta.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter
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Urban landscapes: follow the light trails
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, CALGARY, ALBERTA
I was killing time in a nearby park, waiting (in vain, as it turned out) for the lights to come on and illuminate two beautiful water fountains, when I spotted this nicely lit church. So I wandered over to see if a picture was possible and, as you can see, the answer was yes.
I went for as low a perspective as possible in order to push the long-exposure vehicle lights higher into the scene. As for going monotone, I like the blues and reds in the colour version, but I knew this treatment would also be a winner. Was I right?
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Natural landscapes: the sublime sunrise
FIRST LIGHT AT EMERALD LAKE, YOHO NATIONAL PARK, BRITISH COLUMBIA
My first visit to this Canadian Rocky Mountain lake in several years happened on a stunning morning of blue skies and still water. This was one of those unforgettable photo trips when it was hard to make a bad picture.
The colour version is compelling (you can see it here: https://bit.ly/EmeraldLakeSunrise) but, as always with monotone, I like the drama that happens when colour is removed. 🙂
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, graduated density (darkening) filter on the sky.
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Natural landscapes: the world of waterfalls
JOHNSTON CANYON,
BANFF NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
Smoke from wildfires in adjacent British Columbia persuaded me to visit this canyon for the first time in several years. I figured good photos would still be possible and, as you can see, I was right.
There are seven waterfalls in a three-kilometre stretch of Johnston Creek. These two are beautifully framed by a pair of tree trunks.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter
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Natural landscapes: the world of water drops
LEAVES AFTER THE RAIN, BALSAM LAKE PROVINCIAL PARK, NEAR COBOCONK, ONTARIO
An overnight rain left the world gloriously moist and saturated. I was up before anyone else at our church campsites, wandering here and there to find intimate scenes of delight like this. I went for a shallow depth of field to ensure the background would be out of focus and, thus, not competing with the leaves for your attention.
Nikon D90, tripod.
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Natural landscapes: breaking up the endless beach
PACIFIC COAST SURF, EL BALSAMAR RESORT, EL SALVADOR
During a day off on our 2018 Samaritan’s Purse trip, our gracious hosts took us to a resort to spend part of the day enjoying the surf, dark sand and glorious views. I wandered off with the camera to find artistic scenes like this. Another compelling scene from the same place: https://wp.me/p2ccTX-1lg.
Nikon D7100, polarizing filter.
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Rural landscapes: is fishing better at sunset?
LAKE HURON LIGHTHOUSE, SOUTHAMPTON, ONTARIO
It was a stunning Great Lakes summer sunset, but beyond that what I hope makes this a compelling image are all the silhouetted people, many of them casting a line to see what might bite. Surprisingly, there wasn’t a lot of colour in this scene (that came a little later; here’s the evidence: https://wp.me/p2ccTX-1lU), so I went monotone to increase the sense of drama.
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Rural landscapes: merging with the forest
OLD TRUCK AMONG THE TREES, NEAR REVELSTOKE, BRITISH COLUMBIA
Ancient vehicles often attract my eyes, so discovering several of these relics in one location, all slowly falling apart, was a bonus. This one is the best of the bunch.
Nikon D90, tripod, polarizing filter/
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Rural landscapes: the endless summer view
CANOLA FIELD AND ROCKY MOUNTAINS, NEAR PINCHER CREEK, ALBERTA
By the time I found this fabulous viewpoint in late July, the canola blossoms had already passed their peak. But there was still enough colour remaining to add to this captivating vista of many kilometres of prairies and mountains in western Canada.
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