Natural landscapes: the end of autumn colour
LATE FALL COLOURS IN VICTORIA PARK, CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
I was in the capital city of this eastern Canadian province on a business trip and managed to find a few hours one day to capture what was left of autumn colours in one of the city’s charming parks. The key was keeping the dull, grey sky out of the picture. It would have sucked your eyes away from the rest of the scene. Here’s another scene of late-autumn loveliness from the same park: https://wp.me/p2ccTX-ZR.
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Urban landscapes: the dawn reflections
THE REFLECTING POOL AT NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE, TORONTO, ONTARIO
Named after a mayor of this Canadian city, the square (completed in 1965) is visited by more than a million people each year. It’s the site of concerts, art displays, a weekly farmers’ market, a winter festival of lights, and other public events, including demonstrations. Most people photograph the northern direction, which includes Toronto’s impressive city hall. I did that too, but I also went for this southwest vista that includes a brightening sunrise sky.
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Rural landscapes: splitting the pond
PRAIRIE ROAD AND POND NEAR CALGARY, ALBERTA
Could I have possibly asked for more ideal conditions to photograph this autumn scene on the glorious Canadian prairies? I think not. I put the road’s destination off-centre to the left, in order to counterbalance the most dominant cloud, which is on the right side of the composition.
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Urban landscapes: the top of the station
SIR ADAM BECK HYDROELECTRIC GENERATING STATIONS, NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO
I drove past this structure as daylight was approaching and loved the lighting. The key was finding a good viewpoint to include the building, the steel towers and the road, then waiting for traffic to give me good lines of light in a long exposure.
You’re just seeing a tiny fraction of one of the two generating stations; there are several operated by the province of Ontario and New York State, which share the Niagara River far below this road and building.
Sir Adam Beck (1857-1925) was a politician and founder of the Hydro-Electric Commission of Ontario, later known as Ontario Hydro.
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Urban landscapes: empty and waiting for dawn
THE PIER AT LAKEVIEW PARK, OSHAWA, ONTARIO
The dramatic lighting and dark, empty spaces attracted me to this site on the Canadian side of Lake Ontario. I have photos from later in the morning when the inky blackness gave way to dim light, but the contrast and minimalism really work for me. There is some colour in this scene, specifically the light at the end of the pier (an off-green), but going black-and-white emphasizes a distraction-free minimalist approach.
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Urban landscapes: the bridge at dawn
ST. PATRICK’S ISLAND BRIDGE, CALGARY, ALBERTA
I had a great time making long exposure photographs of this wonderful pedestrian crossing over the Bow River just east of Calgary’s downtown core. I went for a very low perspective in order to push the illuminated posts higher into the compsition. During this exposure, an illuminated cyclist moved through the scene, adding the intriguing light dashes.
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Natural landscapes: three layers
MOUNTAIN, EVERGREENS & AUTUMN COLOURS, KANANASKIS, ALBERTA
Besides the fluorescent yellow, what attracted me to this scene in the Canadian Rocky Mountains was the layering: yellow in the front, evergreens behind and backing it all up is the mountain wall. It was a cloudy day, so I was careful to exclude the distracting off-white sky.
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Natural landscapes: view from the shady shore
AUTUMN AT SULLIVAN LAKE, DEEP RIVER, ONTARIO
My wife and I were visiting her son and his family in this sleepy eastern Canadian town when I grabbed some sunrise time to visit this lake and photograph the glorious autumn colours. I didn’t encounter a single soul during my 90 minutes there. 🙂
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Rural landscapes: a test of discipline
HAYROLLS AND FOG NEAR DRUMHELLER, ALBERTA
I called this photo “a test of discipline” because I like contrast in my pictures and that’s very easy to create with Photoshop. So it took some focused commitment to keep this scene very subtle in terms of reflecting what I saw that morning on the prairies of western Canada.
I believe this “uncontrasty” photo is quite compelling because it’s easy to imagine entering the scene and fading away into the mist. How many hay rolls can you count in the murky background?
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Natural landscapes: among the boulders and leaves
GRINDSTONE CREEK TRIBUTARY, HAMILTON, ONTARIO
This southern Ontario city, best known for its football team (the CFL Tiger Cats) and a long history of steelmaking, is actually awash in wonderful waterfalls. This little stream, near Grindstone Falls, tumbles over rocks as it makes it way to Grindstone Creek. I spent as much time following the tributary as I did photographing the main creek.
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Urban landscapes: the glow of cottonwoods
AUTUMN AT BOWNESS PARK, CALGARY, ALBERTA
One of the oldest parks in this western Canadian city is a stunning place to capture fall colours. If conditions are right, it’s hard to make a bad picture here. I went for this vertical wide-angle perspective because the fluorescent cottonwood trees seem to soar over your head.
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Natural landscapes: under an autumn sky
WOLF LAKE, TERRA COTTA, ONTARIO
A fishing expedition into the archives landed this beauty from 2000. After 10 years in Alberta, I was back in Ontario and determined to find compelling nature photos in a sea of dreary suburbia. Terra Cotta Conservation Area, west of Toronto, turned out to be a charming place with a big lake and excellent fall colours.
Pentax 6×7 medium format film camera, 45-mm. wide-angle lens, tripod, polarizing filter
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Natural landscapes: the autumn stream
KNEEHILLS CREEK, DRUMHELLER, ALBERTA
I was blessed to visit this badlands region of western Canada right at the peak of autumn. The day started foggy, but I was still able to capture the colours flanking the creek as it approached a bridge on Hwy. 575.
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Natural landscapes: when autumn looks like winter
AUTUMN MORNING AT CASCADE POND, BANFF NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
I drove into this Canadian national park hoping to photograph autumn colours, but was greeted by scenes like this. I was quite happy to adjust my plans, spending an hour at this charming pond finding many picture possibilities. Normally, you would see peaks along the horizon, but the clouds hung so low that I barely saw one mountain during my time in the park.
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Natural landscapes: flowing through the leaves of autumn
AUTUMN AT BIG HILL SPRINGS PROVINCIAL PARK, ALBERTA
This tiny park, west of Calgary near the town of Cochrane, is a revelation – especially if you’re there in early morning, before all the crowds arrive.
I was blessed to photograph here during the height of autumn (which arrives early in Alberta, since this area is 1,000 metres above sea level). Ensuring a long exposure was important to make the creek flow soft and silky.
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Rural landscapes: the beached boat
SUNRISE ON THE OTTAWA RIVER, DEEP RIVER, ONTARIO
When I found this boat and saw the background, I knew a good photo could be had – especially if I found a way to illuminate the boat, so it wasn’t just a silhouette. I used a small pocket flashlight to accomplish that. The mountain on the other side of the river is actually in the province of Quebec, since this river serves as a border between the two Canadian provinces.
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Rural landscapes: the plant and the sky
CEMENT PLANT, EXSHAW, ALBERTA
I’ve been wanting to photograph this well-lit plant, in the front range of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, for a long time. It was always a question of getting there at the right time – just before sunrise, when it was still mostly dark, but with a glowing sky – and that time finally arrived this month.
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Natural landscapes: encounter with sunrise
FISHING ON MALIGNE LAKE, JASPER NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
It was, as you can see, a stunning September sunrise. When I spotted this dude heading out to do battle with the fish, I watching his route, then started plotting compositions that included his silouetted figure. He made a good picture much, much better.
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Natural landscapes: the smoky layers of mountains
FOREST AND MOUNTAINS, CANMORE, ALBERTA
The summer of 2018 has been very bad for forest fires in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Smoke from more than 300 fires has often drifted east into Alberta and made normally blues skies murky and dull. I made the best of this situation, finding a good viewpoint to photograph seven layers (count ’em!) of sky, mountain and forest.
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Rural landscapes: are the fish ready for you?
SETTING OFF FOR SUNRISE FISHING, PETAWAWA, ONTARIO
I was at the yacht club of this eastern Ontario town to photograph sunrise when these dudes showed up and set off for a morning of fishing. Understanding that I could make some pretty sweet silhouette pictures, I scrambled to find a position that put the colourful sky behind them, then made many pictures as they got their gear together. This is one of the best of the bunch.
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