Natural landscapes: the winter badlands view
WINTER AT WRITING-ON-STONE PROVINCIAL PARK, ALBERTA
This view south, at hills in the United States, is often photographed — but not in the dead-cold splendour of winter. That’s when I made the 3.5-hour drive south from my home in Calgary to be one of the few people to visit this glorious place in the off-season. That’s the curving, frozen Milk River flowing through part of the scene.
There was very little colour to be had, so I went with a black-and-white version. (Here’s Writing-On-Stone at the height of summer: https://wp.me/p2ccTX-xU.)
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter
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Rural landscapes: three friends in a field
LATE AUTUMN HAY ROLLS NEAR PINCHER CREEK, ALBERTA
I like the full-colour version (you can see it here: http://bit.ly/AlbertaHayRolls), but with just these three rolls in a giant field, I could see a compelling picture with just them in colour. What do you think?
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Natural landscapes: the place of peaceful contemplation
PACIFIC OCEAN INTERLUDE, EL BALSAMAR RESORT, EL SALVADOR
We’re in the midst of winter where I live, so I’m offering up this serene, contemplative summer scene captured during a 2018 Samaritan’s Purse trip to this Central American nation.
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 compositions like this. Here’s another scene from the same beach: https://wp.me/p2ccTX-1lg.
Nikon D7100, polarizer.
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Rural landscapes: the windy autumn sky
WIND TURBINES, HAY ROLLS AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT RANGE, PINCHER CREEK, ALBERTA
I know there are people who detest wind turbines, but I find them fascinating photo subjects, especially admidst the stunning landscapes of this western Canadian province.
The Pincher Creek region is one of the windiest places in Canada – so windy that I found some nestling deer using hay rolls as a wind break – so I had to use a fairly fast shutter speed to stop the motion of this turbine.
There was lots of blue and gold-brown in the scene, but I also knew it would look stunning in black-and-white. So that’s how I’m presenting it to you.
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Rural landscapes: the epic, snowy autumn view
RANCH ENTRY NEAR BLACK DIAMOND, ALBERTA
I ventured out the day after a four-inch autumn snowfall and found the sublime foothills landscapes still thoroughly coated with snow. It was hard to make a bad photo on this incredible morning. As I moved around capturing different viewpoints of this ranch entry, I had to marvel at all I was seeing and breathe thanks to the One who made it all. Here’s the scene in full colour: http://bit.ly/SnowyRanch.
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Rural landscapes: the snowy autumn village
PIPESTONE RIVER AND LAKE LOUISE VILLAGE, BANFF NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
I was blessed to have a photography day in the Canadian Rockies on a sunny day right after a big late autumn snowfall. It was hard to make a bad photo in that place with those sublime conditions. Ideally, I would have liked a bit more of the river to be open, but most of it froze over quickly in such cold conditions.
Nikon D90. tripod, polarizing filter
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Rural landscapes: on the edge of sunrise
DAWN LIGHT ON THE FOOTHILLS, NEAR TURNER VALLEY, ALBERTA
It was -15c when this bucolic scene caused me to stop the car, ignore the frigid cold and make pictures in the best light of the day. A four-inch snowfall the previous day created stunning conditions. Hard to believe this is still autumn, eh?
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, enhancing filter.
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Urban landscapes: the walls of sunrise light
REFLECTED DAWN LIGHT AT STUDIO BELL, CALGARY, ALBERTA
This 160,000 square foot building, designed by Allied Works Architecture, is part of the revitalization of the downtown east end of this western Canadian city. Clad in glazed terra cotta, Studio Bell is the home of the National Music Centre.
It opened on Canada Day in 2016 and has an extensive collection of musical instruments, historical items and more. I was blessed to visit just as sunrise light was reflecting on this portion of the structure.
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Rural landscapes: from the fence to the peaks
FENCELINE VIEW, GLENBOW RANCH PROVINCIAL PARK NEAR COCHRANE, ALBERTA
One of this western Canadian province’s newest provincial parks features outstanding views ranging from the Bow River below to the mighty Rocky Mountains. I was blessed to visit on a sweet morning of autumn light; a very shallow depth of field put the background out of focus just enough to put the emphasis on the fence, but still give you a clear picture of the stunning scenery.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Rural landscapes: cutting through the lines of light
ROAD THROUGH THE VALLEY NEAR PINCHER CREEK, ALBERTA
The view from the top of the hill was amazing. So many artistic, mildly diagnonal lines of autumn snow clinging to the rib-like ridges. Then the dirt road bisecting it all and guiding your eyes through the scene. Love it!
I deliberately omitted the sky because it contributed nothing to the artistry below. And there was only warm brown to serve as colour, so I went monotone to remove that distraction. That might make the resulting photo less attractive to some, but that’s OK. I make pictures for me and if there are others appreciate them, great! 🙂
Nikon D7100, tripod, 70-300 mm. zoom lens.
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Rural landscapes: where do I fit in?
SURVEYING THE LANDSCAPE NEAR PINCHER CREEK, ALBERTA
I liked how the beautiful, snowy, hilly landscape sloped down to the country road; I just knew there needed to be a focal point to the place where your eyes were being guided. So I set the time delay on the camera and galloped back and forth to this spot almost a half-dozen times. This one is where I was best positioned. Converting all the picture except me into black-and-white helped emphasize where you eyes are supposed to start in this scene. (The full-colour photo is here: http://bit.ly/MeAndTheWorld.)
Nikon D7100, tripod, graduated density (darkening) filter on the sky
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Natural landscapes: path through the autumn woods
NOVEMBER IN VICTORIA PARK, CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Sadly, my visit to this charming eastern Canadian city happened too late to capture the full glory of fall colours. Nevertheless, there were charming, subtle scenes like this to capture in the city’s largest park, even in overcast conditions.
Nikon D7100, tripod.
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Natural landscapes: the prairie vista
PRAIRIE VIEW FROM HEAD SMASHED IN BUFFALO JUMP, ALBERTA
There are incredible vistas from this historic western Canada UNESCO world heritage site. Hundreds of years ago, at least one herd of buffalo was driven over the cliffs here by indigenous hunters, then harvested at the bottom over a period of months. The multi-level interpretive centre illustrates a hunt and First Nations life before the arrival of Europeans and the Canadian Pacific Railway, which changed the prairies forever. It’s a fascinating place to visit.
Nikon D50, polarizing filter.
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Urban landscapes: the rush of traffic
MORNING RUSH HOUR ON SIXTH AVENUE, CALGARY, ALBERTA
There’s a trick to getting the best possible long exposure traffic photos in big cities; you want to be there when there are lots of vehicles, but you also want to have as much light as possible from the surrounding skyscrapers, so they’re not just black silhouettes against the sky. In this western Canadian city, that means making photos on fall, winter or early spring weekdays. That’s when I made this picture.
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Urban landscapes: soaring over the bay
NORRIS WHITNEY BRIDGE, BELLEVILLE, ONTARIO
Completed in 1982, this bridge connects the city of Belleville (about 90 minutes’ drive east of Toronto, Canada’s largest city) with Prince Edward County, an island thrust into Lake Ontario. It’s named for a politician who served for 20 years in the Ontario provincial parliament.
The swooping lines of the bridge, along with the concrete rectangular frames it sits on, made it an attractive photo subject (you can see the bridge at dawn here: https://wp.me/p2ccTX-1hi).
For this picture – converted into black-and-white because there was very little colour in the scene – I went for as long an exposure as possible to smooth out the water and allow the clouds to blur as they moved across the sky.
Nikon D7100, tripod, Lee ‘Big Stopper’ neutral density (darkening) filter
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Rural landscapes: from the harbour to the ocean
HARBOUR VIEW, ST. JOHN’S, NEWFOUNDLAND
I had a day to visit this incredibly photogenic east-coast Canadian city, so I ranged as far and wide as possible. Amazing that iconic, rural Newfoundland scenes like this are actually within city limits. The modern boat on the left was a challenge; it was so bright that I had to work with Photoshop to keep it from simply bleaching out and causing a visual distraction.
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Rural landscapes: the road through Autumn
TREES ALONG THE ROAD, PRESQUILE PROVINCIAL PARK, BRIGHTON, ONTARIO
I was a little early for full-on fall colour glory, but a few scenes like this still made the trip to this wonderful park (my first in 10 years) worthwhile. Given the mix of bright sun and dark shadows, this scene was a tricky exposure to pull off, but I think I did OK. The wide-angle perspective makes the trees appear to soaring over your head.
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Natural landscapes: the autumn river view
MANUELS RIVER, CONCEPTION BAY SOUTH, NEWFOUNDLAND
The Avalon Peninsula, in this eastern Canadian province, is filled with astonishing ocean views, rivers and waterfalls. This river has a stunning set of cascades of which I made many pictures, but then I wandered through the shoreline forest until finding a spot that featured this charming view.
A loooong exposure smoothed out the flowing water and highlighted the little rapids. Like all the rivers in Newfoundland, this one flows directly into the Atlantic Ocean.
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Rural landscapes: from the lake to the ocean
QUIDI VIDI CREEK, ST. JOHN’S, NEWFOUNDLAND
Pronounced “Kiddy Viddy” by the locals, this charming little east-coast Canadian village is overloaded with colourful homes, a few restaurants, and stunning views.
If you enlarge this photo, you’ll quickly notice that I visited on a very windy day. But all that glorious autumn colour, plus a fast-flowing stream (connecting Quidi Vidi Lake to Quidi Vidi Harbour), still made for what I think is a pretty compelling picture.
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Rural landscapes: the clash of autumn and winter
TIRE TRACKS AND FALLEN LEAVES, KANANASKIS COUNTRY, ALBERTA
I drove into this parking lot in the Canadian Rocky Mountains intending to see if there were any good autumn landscapes. Then I saw how the snowy tire tracks were interacting with thousands of newly fallen leaves and forgot all about the landscapes.
Intimate scenes like this, with the tracks leading you through the random (yet artistic) scatterings of leaves, fascinated me for the next 45 minutes.
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