Natural landscapes: the park & the snow
PRINCE’S ISLAND PARK, CALGARY, ALBERTA
A Friday snowfall left this urban park in western Canada coated in snow and gave me a Saturday morning to capture it. This is a telephoto view, designed to isolate a portion of snowy trees on the edge of a lagoon. Just behind these trees, outside the right border of the photo, are condo townhouses and skyscrapers.
Nikon D7100, 70-300 mm. lens, tripod.
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Natural landscapes: after the snowfall
WINTER AT DINOSAUR PROVINCIAL PARK, ALBERTA
This photo goes back to 2009, but my visit to this stunning park in western Canada was so productive, I’m still finding gems to show you all these years later. Alberta’s badlands are amazing in any season, but to see them right after a snowfall is truly memorable.
Nikon D90, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Urban landscapes: the winter drive
MEMORIAL DRIVE, CALGARY, ALBERTA
This western Canadian city received almost a foot of snow on a Friday, which means I could get up early on Saturday and find compelling ways to photograph it. This vantage point is a pedestrian bridge over Memorial Drive, named in honour of Canada’s war dead. A long exposure ensured you don’t see any vehicles, just their long lines of light as they travelled the road before dawn.
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Natural landscapes: the magnificent winter morning
SUNNY MORNING AT LAKE LOUISE, BANFF NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
Yes, this is one of the most photographed places on this planet. But winter views are a little less common and the winter sun, far to the south, creates wonderful photography conditions all day. (Here’s another view of the lake, made on the same glorious morning: https://wp.me/p2ccTX-105)
Nikon D90, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Urban landscapes: the misty dawn
THE MAERSK DETECTOR, ST. JOHN’S, NEWFOUNDLAND
This photo is a happy accident. I was photographing the ship (with its strange name) and didn’t realize the light mist had gotten onto the filter over my lens, causing these little circles as the water drops caught the ship’s lights.
Upon making this discovery, I was disappointed for about two seconds until I realized the light circles lifted the photo from merely good to pretty darn great (in my humble opinion 🙂 ). You can see this scene in colour here: http://bit.ly/MaerskDetector.
Nikon D7100, tripod, graduated density (darkening) filter on the sky and the top half of the boat.
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Urban landscapes: the silent place of worship
THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, ST. JOHN’S, NEWFOUNDLAND
The Anglican parish was established in 1699 in one of the oldest cities in North America. Construction of this building began in 1847; the cathedral was among many structures extensively damaged by the Great Fire of 1892. By 1905, all the repairs were complete and in 1981, the cathedral was designated a National Historic Site.
I was blessed to spend an hour, all by myself, in the mystical silence of this atmosphere. In such a place, one’s heart cannot help but turn towards the glorious, mysterious Divine. (Here’s a vertical view of the cathedral, in colour: http://bit.ly/StJohnsCathedral).
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Natural landscapes: the high and awesome view
CUCKOLD’S COVE, ST. JOHN’S, NEWFOUNDLAND
This city, on Canada’s east coast, is set in one of the most ridiculously rugged and stunning landscapes I’ve ever been blessed to photograph. This Atlantic Ocean vista, featuring the last touches of autumn colours, is just a bit off a road that has mindblowing, wind-blown views in almost every direction.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, two graduated density (darkening) filters on the sky.
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Natural landscapes: where the ocean meets the rocks
SHORELINE CREVASSE, TORBAY, NEWFOUNDLAND
Roaming along the Atlantic ocean shore of this eastern Canadian province, I was amazed to find the sea pouring in and out of this opening in the giant, glistening rocky outcropping. I went with a long exposure to make the water silky and better contrast it with the wet, hard edges of rock surrounding it.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, neutral density (darkening) filter.
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Rural landscapes: the autumn cemetery
ST. PHILIPS ANGLICAN PARISH CEMETARY, PORTUGAL COVE-ST. PHILIP’S, NEWFOUNDLAND
During my day off on a business trip to this east coast Canadian province, I came upon this cemetery and church above a village with amazing Atlantic Ocean views.
In this composition, the ocean is way off in the distance. I deliberately went with a very shallow depth of field so the headstones and trees would complement, rather than compete with the last of the autumn colours in the foreground shrubbery.
Nikon D7100, tripod, two graduated density (darkening) filters on the trees and sky.
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Natural landscapes: the late-autumn waterfall
WATERFALL BESIDE THE ROAD, TORBAY, NEWFOUNDLAND
During a business trip to this province in eastern Canada, I took a day to explore the region and came upon this beautiful waterfall flowing beside the main road through Torbay. Spent nearly an hour making my way down the embankment from the road, then pushing my way through undergrowth to explore as much of the stream as possible.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter
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Natural landscapes: prairie snow, prairie grass
SNOWY FIELD, GLENBOW RANCH PROVINCIAL PARK, NEAR COCHRANE, ALBERTA
As I wandered around this delightful park west of Calgary in western Canada, I came across meadows of snowy grass and knew if I could find one shrub in the midst of it, I could make a compelling photo.
I went for a very shallow depth of field, since having everything tack-sharp simply wasn’t necessary to give you a good feel for this scene.
Nikon D7100, 70-300-mm. zoom lens, tripod
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Urban landscapes: before winter arrives
BOATS IN THE HARBOUR, CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
While in the capital city of this eastern Canadian province, I had time to wander around the downtown. While most of the autumn colours were gone (except for here: https://wp.me/p2ccTX-ZR), I did find a few boats that hadn’t been hauled onto shore for the winter. As soon as I saw this big splash of red, I knew some kind of pleasing composition was possible, I just had to find it. How did I do?
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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.
Nikon D7100, tripod, enhancing filter
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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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