Natural landscapes: It’s easy being green
SUMMER MORNING AT DRIFTWOOD PROVINCIAL PARK, ONTARIO
I learned from battling mosquitos the previous day so this time, well sprayed with repellent, I wandered through this gorgeous forest without a care. It was easy finding picturesque spots like this. Driftwood is along the Ottawa River (which serves as the border between the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec) and has great camping.
Nikon Z50II, tripod, 16-50 mm zoom lens, polarizing filter
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Urban landscapes: circles in the night
LIGHT INSTALLATION, NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO
I was roaming the Clifton Hill area of this renowned Canadian tourist attraction when a series of illuminated red circles on the side of a building grabbed my attention. I did a whole series of long exposures, many of them zooming my lens in and out. This is one of the best results. Kinda cool, eh? 🙂
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Urban landscapes: the grand church, reflected
SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST
UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC SHRINE, ONTARIO
I was photographing the beautiful Rideau Canal in Ottawa, Canada’s capital city, when this fabulous cathedral caught my eye.
While the parish has existed since 1914, this church was built in 1987. I was blessed to get inside and explore the interior; I’ll post a photo in the near future.
Nikon Z50II, 70-300 mm zoom lens, polarizing filter, tripod
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Urban landscapes: The stylized whale
ORCA SCULPTURE,
CANADIAN MUSEUM OF HISTORY, QUEBEC
Celebrated First Nations artist and carver Bill Reid (1920-98) produced more than a thousand original works during his fifty-year career. He is regarded as one of the most significant Northwest Coast artists of the late twentieth century.
This beautiful orca plaster cast (the bronze original is at the Vancouver Aquarium) grabbed my attention as soon as I saw it. I used the wide-angle setting on the my phone to get close and include the skylight.
There was very little colour in this scene, so it was an easy decision to go black-and-white.
iPhone 16, processed with Photoshop Elements
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Natural landscapes: beauty after the rain
SUMMER WATER DROPS, JACQUES CARTIER PROVINCIAL PARK, QUEBEC
I plunged into the archives to find this beauty from 2007. My wife & I were camping near Quebec City and endured a day of rain. The next morning dawned sunny and cool and revealed many gloriously beautiful little spots like this.
Nikon D50, polarizing filter, tripod (probably)
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Urban landscapes: lighting up the night
DOWNTOWN VICTORIA, VANCOUVER ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA
The capital city of this western Canadian province is one of the most picturesque in the country. During our 2023 visit, I was blessed to photography it at and after sunset, when a lack of wind provided beautiful water reflections. Here’s another view from the same evening: https://wp.me/p2ccTX-2q1.
The massive building on the right is the The Empress Hotel, an elegant structure with gables, spires, and a gothic architectural style. Opened on 20 January 1908, the Empress is considered one of Canada’s grand railway hotels.
Since its opening, the Empress has undergone two expansions, the first from 1910 to 1912, and a second expansion in 1928. The building was designated as a National Historic Site of Canada in 1981.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, graduated density (darkening) filter on the buildings and sky
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Rural landscapes: the fields of summer
SUMMER MORNING NEAR CALGARY, ALBERTA
I love roaming the rural roads of this western Canadian province, searching for compelling scenery like this. What helps make this picture is the repeating pattern of diagnonal lines, including the line of fenceposts.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, graduated density (darkening) filter on the sky
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Wildlife: enjoying the morning meal
LEAST CHIPMUNK, ELBOW RIVER PROVINCIAL RECREATION AREA, ALBERTA
I was photographing the river in this western Canadian province when I couldn’t help but notice these chipmunks perched on various boulders enjoying fresh vegetation, grains and seeds.
So we spent some time together and I was blessed to make pictures like this. Least chipmunks eat seeds, berries, nuts, fruits and insects. They don’t hibernate, but instead survive winters by entering turpor for long stretches of time, waking to eat food cached in the burrow.
Nikon D7100, 70-300 mm zoom lens
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Urban landscapes: the reflections of morning
CALGARY SKYLINE FROM PRINCES ISLAND PARK, ALBERTA
I was up crazy early to get downtown before sunrise, so I could find and photograph urban scenery like this in ideal light. Was it worth the effort? 🙂
Nikon Z50II, tripod, polarizing filter, graduated density (darkening) filter on the buildings and sky
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Natural landscapes: the flowers of spring
ARROWLEAF BALSAMROOT
WATERTON LAKES NATIONAL PARK,
ALBERTA
This flowering plant is very common in the Rockies of western Canada. In some cases, they take over hillsides that have some wind protection.
All the plant, including the roots, are edible and First Nations people utilized balsamroot as a food and medicine.
I wanted to focus on the blossoms first, then the distant mountains. That meant minimizing the middle prairies. So I positioned the camera barely a foot above the ground.
Nikon Z50II, tripod, polarizing filter, fill-flash
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Natural landscapes: the roar of spring
CAMERON CREEK, WATERTON LAKES NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
Those who visit this western Canadian mountain park have likely seen Cameron Falls, which is right in the townsite. Much further back in the mountains, the spring runoff-swollen creek roars through this opening in the rock.
It was a loud and stunning site and I chose to use a fast shutter speed to freeze the flowing water. There was almost no colour in this scene, so it was an easy decision to go monotone and heighten the drama
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Natural landscapes: Life at low tide
ANEMONES AT SCHOONER COVE, PACIFIC RIM NATIONAL PARK RESERVE, BRITISH COLUMBIA
Roaming the beaches of Vancouver Island at sunrise is a spiritual and creative delight. I ventured on this artistic grouping of anemones on a rocky outcrop and liked the diagonal angling and the lighting.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter
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Natural landscapes: the spring fishing trip
L’AMABLE LAKE, BANCROFT, ONTARIO
My wife and I were in this picturesque Canadian Shield town in 2006 for a wedding. One morning I was up early to check out a few of the beautiful lakes surrounding Bancroft. I was blessed to have my photography equipment ready to capture these men heading out for a fishing trip.
The sky was a bland, distracting off-white, so I used Photoshop to replace it with something more attractive, yet still realistic.
Nikon D50, tripod, polarizing filter
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Natural landscapes: the bounty of spring
CHERRY TREE BLOSSOMS, CALGARY, ALBERTA
I travelled to Princes Island Park, which forms the north boundary of this western Canadian city’s downtown core, for one reason: to photograph spring blossoms.
This tree was one of my rewards. The key was to isolate a few blossoms with a complementary (rather than competing) background. Was I successful?
Nikon Z50II, 70-300 mm. zoom lens, fill-flash.
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Natural landscapes: welcome the morning
PRAIRIE SLOUGH AT DAWN, FOOTHILLS COUNTY, ALBERTA
It’s always worth getting up super-early to leave my Calgary home and drive southwest to explore the serene beauty of spring ponds that dot the prairies of this western Canadian province. On this morning, I was further blessed with a dramatic sky that caused me to focus on it and let the water complement it.
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Natural landscapes: on a cold spring morning
PRAIRIE CROCUSES,
BIGHORN MUNICIPAL DISTRICT, ALBERTA
It was a cold May dawn (-3c) when I discovered this photogenic clustre of crocuses. Then it was a matter of lying on my stomach and, somehow, holding the camera straight enough to capture the flowers and keep the horizon straight.
Nikon Z50II, fill-flash
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Rural landscapes: evening serenity on the coast
TOFINO HARBOUR, VANCOUVER ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA
Through several visits to the west coast of Vancouver Island, I’ve found it’s almost a challenge to make a bad picture. The harbour of Tofino, one of the tourist hotspots amongst the amazing landscape, effortlessly makes the grade as photogenic.
My wife and I took a trip on the plane you see here. This is one of the photos I was blessed to make: https://wp.me/p2ccTX-2ok.
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Natural landscapes: patterns of nature
BADLANDS EROSION FORMATION, DINOSAUR PROVINCIAL PARK, ALBERTA
Definitely one of the most amazing places I’ve ever made photographs, Dinosaur Provincial Park is a is a UNESCO World Heritage Site about two and a half hours drive southeast of my home in Calgary.
It’s one of the richest dinosaur fossil areas on the planet. Forty species have been discovered at the park and more than 500 specimens have been removed and exhibited in museums around the globe.
I arrived at dawn on a May morning, hoping to capture sunrise light. Sadly, clouds blocked the sun for several hours, so I searched out fascinating landforms like this.
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Wildlife: the yellow & green of spring
GOLDFINCH, SOLINA, ONTARIO
I was looking out the window and noticed birds repeatedly landing on these branches nearby. So I pulled out the camera, put on a big telephoto lens and was blessed to make pictures like this.
Nikon D7100, 70-300 mm. zoom lens
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Natural landscapes: spring in the mountains
APRIL MORNING AT WHITEMANS POND, ALBERTA
This high-altitude Rocky Mountain pond, a thousand feet above the town of Canmore, presented all kinds of creative opportunities on a cold spring morning. I spotted the floating ice from well off and drove my car as close as possible before making a short walk to the perfect spot for this picture.
There was very little colour in this scene, so it was an easy decision to present a monotone version, which heightens the contrast and drama.
Nikon Z50II, tripod, polarizing filter, graduated density (darkening) filter on the top 1/3.
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