Urban landscapes: lighting the Irish night
ST. MARY’S CHURCH, KILLARNEY, IRELAND
During our recent European trip, we overnighted in the tourist town of Killarney. I had time to wander around with the camera, including a night walk where I found this beautiful, ancient Anglican church.
Notice the blurred person on the bottom left? I could have removed him with Photoshop, but decided to emphasize him a little as a fascinating little “ghost”. Fun fact: I needed an eight-second exposure to properly record this scene.
Nikon D7100, tripod, 10-20mm. wide-angle zoom lens
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Urban landscapes: autumn in the city
PARK BENCH AT BELFAST CITY HALL, NORTHERN IRELAND
During our 2025 time in Ireland, my wife and I were blessed to visit Belfast and walk around the grounds of the city hall. This quiet, beautiful scene grabbed my attention and made, I believe, for an attractive photo. Do you agree?
iPhone 16, processed with Photoshop Elements
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Natural landscapes: the angles of summer light
A BADLANDS MOMENT IN HORSESHOE CANYON, KNEEHILL COUNTY, ALBERTA
I had a great time exploring these badlands northeast of my home in Calgary. Part of my goal was to create high-contrast abstract representations of the effects of wind and water erosion on the remarkable landscape. This is one of them. 🙂
Nikon D7100, tripod.
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Natural landscapes: a bend in the river
KANANASKIS RIVER, ALBERTA
I liked the reflections and the diagonal drive of the mountain valley scene — everything from the river to the logs — and so strived to bring it all together in a harmonious whole. Was I successful?
Nikon D7100, 17-70 mm. zoom lens, tripod, polarizing filter
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Natural landscapes: sombre and beautiful
ENGLISH BAY FROM STANLEY PARK, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
During our last trip to Canada’s west coast, it seemed like the tide was always low when I visited the ocean. This was one instance when that was good, since it exposed this fascinating rock formation. The overcast conditions played into my hand, since it eliminated distracting shadows and let you fully feel the moody atmosphere. Here’s another picture from the same place: https://wp.me/p2ccTX-2di
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, two graduated density (darkening) filters – one on the water, two on the sky
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Natural landscapes: fishing in epic glory
ELBOW LAKE, PETER LOUGHEED PROVINCIAL PARK, ALBERTA
So here’s the story: the coach of a Calgary university volleyball squad brought his players to this western Canadian park for a team-building weekend. While they made much noise, he slipped just a few metres away to try his luck with the fish.
After we chatted, he graciously let me photograph him in action. I told him I was glad he wore the bright blue hoodie because it ‘popped’ against the spectacular backdrop. 🙂
Nikon D7100, 10-20 mm. zoom lens, graduated density (darkening) filter on the peak and sky
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Natural landscape: an Arctic landscape beacon
ROCK CAIRN, BAKER LAKE, NUNAVUT
During a 2019 work trip to this remote part of Canada, I had time to wander around with my camera and interpret the mind-blowing, treeless landscape. This cairn made a perfect focal point for a sunny composition. Here’s another view of the cairn with very different lighting: https://wp.me/p2ccTX-1WE.
Nikon D7100, 17-70 mm. lens
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Natural landscapes: the enduring reflection
CASCADE MOUNTAIN REFLECTED IN CASCADE PONDS, ALBERTA
This massive rock face is a gobsmacking scene for visitors driving into Banff National Park from Calgary. It’s also a great subject for reflection when the water is still. I was blessed to have a new wide-angle lens to capture the all 9,836 feet of elevation and its reflection on a glorious summer morning.
Nikon D7100, 10-20 mm. zoom lens, tripod, graduated density filter on the top half.
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Natural landscapes: a moment in the cathedral
CATHEDRAL GROVE, MACMILLAN PARK, BRITISH COLUMBIA
Driving across Vancouver Island, on Canada’s west coast, takes you through this stunning rainforest that leaves many people (like me) gobsmacked. It’s often a challenge to find strong compositions amongs the many douglas firs (some as old as 800 years!), western red cedars and undergrowth, but I think this one works.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter
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Natural landscapes: beauty at Bow Lake
CROWFOOT MOUNTAIN, BANFF NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
Bow Lake is one of the most sublime visual and and natural experiences to be had along the Icefields Parkway in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. I hadn’t done much there for a few years, so it was delightful to revisit, chat with tourists from all over the planet and find ridiculous photogenic scenes like this one.
If you enlarge the photo, you’ll see two tiny paddle boarders who were probably just as gobsmacked by the scenery as I was. 🙂
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, graduated density (darkening) filter on the sky.
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Rural landscapes: marking their land
BEARSPAW FIRST NATION TEEPEES, NEAR CALGARY, ALBERTA
The Bearspaw folks put up four of these beautiful ceremonial teepees near the Trans Canada Highway west of Calgary. As soon as I first saw them, I made plans to return with my photography equipment. I didn’t have a wide enough angle lens to capture all four, so I had to make do with three.
Sadly, some idiot later stole the covering for one of the teepees and they were all dismantled a short time after. 😦
Nikon Z50II, 24-120 mm. zoom lens, polarizing filter, tripod
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Natural landscapes: the Wild Pacific Trail
SUNRISE AT AMPHITRITE POINT LIGHTHOUSE, UCLUELET, BRITISH COLUMBIA
Named after the Greek sea goddess, Amphitrite lighthouse is one of the many tourist attractions on the west coast of Vancouver Island. As an active lighthouse, it’s closed to the public, but the grounds are open as part of the Lighthouse Loop section of the glorious Wild Pacific Trail.
The lighthouse is in the midst of a challenging rocky landscape, so I searched for a decent viewpoint that would lessen the visual impact or the rocks. I think I achieved that here. Do you agree?
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, fill-flash (to illuminate the leaves)
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Natural landscapes: the camera in the wilderness
SUNRISE AT HERBERT LAKE, BANFF NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
I was wandering along the shore of this glorious alpine lake, looking for the best viewpoint when I noticed how my camera and tripod contributed to the scenery. So I made this photo with my phone.
Herbert Lake is along the Icefields Parkway, reputed to be one of the most spectacular drives in the world. I’ve travelled that road many times and I can tell you it absolutely IS. 🙂
iPhone 16, processed with Photoshop Elements
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Natural landscapes: the beauty of a summer forest
TWELVE MILE CREEK, ST. CATHARINES, ONTARIO
I plunged into the archives and found this beauty from 2010. This creek makes Decew Falls (http://wp.me/p2ccTX-qI) possible. It’s a tourist attraction and, after making my pictures there, I went down into the ravine to find beautiful combinations of summer trees and the flowing creek.
Nikon D90, tripod, polarizing filter
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Wildlife: Summer life in the wetlands
BLACK CROWNED NIGHT HERON, HIGH PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO
I was delighted to find this beauty near the shore at one of Toronto’s oldest urban parks (established 1873 through a gift of John and Jemima Howard).
The shadowed light was poor, so I used the flash on my camera. The angle of the flash created a common characteristic of photography: red eye. The centre of the eye is black, surrounded by red. I could have fixed this using Photoshop, but decided to keep it because it makes the picture more interesting.
Commonly found in wetlands, Black-crowned night herons have a “hunchback” appearance and nest colonially. They are considered opportunistic and will eat amphibians, insects, fish and other small mammals. Due to the fact that they are a smaller heron, you may be more likely to spot them closer to dusk or dawn when competition is lower at popular feeding locations.
Nikon D7100, 70-300 mm zoom lens, tripod, fill-flash
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Natural landscapes: lighting the water
SUNRISE REFLECTIONS, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ONTARIO
What a blessing it was to be at this place, east of Toronto, when the best of summer sunrise light hit. I scrambled to find and focus on intimate reflections of light and darkness. This is one of the best of them. Here’s another one from the same dawn: https://wp.me/p2ccTX-ai
Established in 1972, Lynde Shores Conservation Area (272 hectares), together with the adjacent Cranberry West Tract (40 hectares) provide excellent habitat for nesting birds and are an important stopover point for migrating waterfowl and shorebirds.
Nikon D90, tripod
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Rural landscapes: where the clouds gather
SUMMER FIELDS NEAR LONGVIEW, ALBERTA
Cloudscapes are often spectacular in this western Canadian province. I really liked this one, so the only challenge was finding a compatible landscape to make for a compelling picture. Was I successful?
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Natural landscapes: beauty on a sombre day
CHESTERMAN BEACH, VANCOUVER ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA
It wasn’t the sunny weather I was hoping for, but I still walked this beach on Canada’s west coast hoping to find a compelling composition. I think this picture qualifies in a quiet, introspective way. Do you agree?
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Natural landscapes: flowing towards the dawn
ELBOW RIVER ON THE EDGE OF SUNRISE, ALBERTA
There’s a bridge over this river, west of Calgary, that I figured would be a good place to capture the river at dawn. Turns out I was right. 🙂 The Elbow starts in Canada’s Rocky Mountains, then flows east to Calgary, where it flows into the Bow River (another river starting in the Rockies).
Nikon D7100, tripod, enhancing filter, graduated density (darkening) filter on the sky
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Natural landscapes: in the light of dawn
BLUEBELLS AND RAIN DROPS, GLENBOW RANCH PROVINCIAL PARK, ALBERTA
I visited this western Canadian park, about a half-hour’s drive from my home, intending to search out compelling landscapes. But the bright dawn after the previous day’s rain meant I ended up spending most of my time finding and capturing intimate scenes like this.
I love going for shallow depths of field on these compositions because of the soft backgrounds and washes of colour. 🙂
Nikon Z50II, 70-300 mm zoom lens, tripod
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