Rural landscapes: view from the bridge
COTTAGES ON THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER, THOUSANDS ISLANDS, ONTARIO
This region, which straddles the Canada-United States border, is actually more than 1,800 islands. It’s one of the prettiest places in North America, with charming villages, legendary castles and several shipwrecks.
I made this picture from a pedestrian sidewalk on the Thousand Islands Bridge just an hour after sunrise. Traffic roared along just a few feet behind me; in fact, when a tractor trailer passed by, I had to wait until the bridge stopped vibrating before I could make another photo.
Nikon D50, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Natural landscapes: from the river to the peak
SUNRISE ABOVE THE ATHABASCA RIVER, JASPER NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
I visited this Canadian Rocky Mountain viewpoint in overcast conditions and vowed I would return when the weather was better. Fortunately, that was the next morning. Truly one of the most spectacular scenes in all of North America; I made equally compelling vertical and horizontal photos because it’s hard to screw up a vista this stunning. 🙂
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, graduated density (darkening) filter on the peak and sky.
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Urban landscapes: the boat painter
BOAT MAINTENANCE, INVERARAY, SCOTLAND
While my wife checked out the shops in this charming little town, I wandered around looking for picture opportunities. This scene was an unexpected bonus.
What do you think of the ropes that flow through this scene? Part of me wishes they weren’t there; the other part likes the unique touch they add to the composition.
Nikon D7100, tripod (I think….)
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Natural landscapes: shadows and light in the canyon
BIGHORN RIVER BELOW CRESCENT FALLS, NEAR NORDEGG, ALBERTA
After the challenge of photographing Crescent Falls (you can check out the picture here: https://wp.me/p2ccTX-WP), I turned the camera to where the river was going and dealt with the challenge of strong light on the trees and a canyon in shadow.
I managed to balance the lighting pretty well, even as I knew I would transform the dull brown water into a more pleasing blue in Photoshop. Some might think this is wrong, but I have little interest in being a documentary photographer. I’m trying my imperfect best to be a fine art photographer and that means interpreting a scene, rather than simply recording it.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, graduated density (darkening) filter on the trees and sky.
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Urban landscapes: the magnificent museum
CANADIAN MUSEUM OF HISTORY, GATINEAU, QUEBEC
This glorious Douglas Cardinal design (formerly the Canadian Museum of Civilization; the name change happened in 2013) is across the river from Ottawa, Canada’s capital city. About 1.2 million people visit every year, making it the nation’s most popular museum. I loved the stunning feminine lines of the structure; the reflecting pool was a nice bonus.
Nikon D90, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Urban landscapes: the emancipator’s church
ST. ANDREW’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, DUBLIN, IRELAND
Amidst the bustle of commuters traveling to work, I stepped inside this church (completed in 1843) and found instant peace and silence, with just a few people there for morning devotions. While not as high-profile as St. Patrick’s Cathedral or Christchurch Cathedral, It certainly ranks among the city’s most beautiful places of worship. I was impressed by the stunning ceiling and the overall sense of light.
Fans of Irish history will be impressed to know that the land for St. Andrew’s was procured by renowned political leader Daniel O’Connell (the “Great Emancipator”) and among those baptized here were poet/singer/songwriter Thomas Moore, playwright Brendan Behan and rebel Kevin Barry.
Nikon D7100, tripod, graduated density (darkening) filter above the pews.
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Urban landscapes: the flowery landscape
FLOWERBOX IN THE HARBOUR, ST. PETER PORT, CHANNEL ISLANDS
I had most of a day to explore the capital city of Guernsey island, a charming UK protectorate off the coast of France. Flowerboxes like this are near the dock where I arrived and left from our cruise ship. I went for a shallow depth of field, so the background would complement, rather than compete, with the flowers.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Natural landscapes: the resisting rock
RIBBON CREEK, KANANASKIS COUNTRY, ALBERTA
I loved how this rock stiffly resisted the cold, clear water of Ribbon Creek as it unceasingly battered it. A long exposure turned the flow silky, which helps highlight the sharp shape of the rock.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter
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Urban landscapes: seconds from sunrise
SUNRISE, CALGARY, ALBERTA
I stood on the 14th Street bridge overlooking the Bow River and downtown Calgary, set up my equipment and hoped for the best. I was rewarded. 🙂
Nikon D7100, tripod, graduated density (darkening) filter on the sky
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Rural landscapes: the road to sunrise
WAITING FOR DAWN AT CYPRESS HILLS PROVINCIAL PARK, ALBERTA
I did an overnight photo trip to this park, in the deep southeast of the Canadian province of Alberta. This photo was captured after a cold night trying to sleep in the car. What a bonus to find this beautiful puddle in the road just as the sun was nearing the horizon.
This park is unique in that it connects with Cypress Hills Provincial Park across the border in the province of Saskatchewan. To my knowledge, it’s the only inter-provincial park in Canada.
Nikon D90, tripod and graduated density (darkening) filter on the sky
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Rural landscapes: the road to Greenbank
SUMMER MORNING ALONG HIGHWAY 12, SCUGOG TOWNSHIP, ONTARIO
I was photographing a charming dirt road at the top of a hill when I looked south towards the village of Greenbank. I saw the wonderful shadows cast across Hwy. 12 and the strong colours created by the morning light and the line of trees. A long telephoto lens isolated this small section of landscape, omitting the distracting off-white sky.
Nikon D90, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Natural landscapes: making the best of ‘dirty’ weather
PATTERNS IN THE ROCKS, GIANT’S CAUSEWAY, NORTHERN IRELAND
My wife and I had just a few hours at this renowned tourist attraction (and UNESCO World Heritage site) on Ireland’s northern coast. Unfortunately, the weather for that entire visit was what the Irish call ‘dirty’ – alternating between light and heavy rain.
So I had to improvise and look for compositions beyond the standard landscape views. This was one of them, converted to black and white to remove what little colour was in the scene and help you concentrate on the subtle curve of the interlocking Basalt columns from bottom right to the distant left.
Nikon D7100, tripod.
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Natural landscapes: the summer reflections
MORNING LIGHT ON THE PEAKS, WATERTON LAKES NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
This park, in the deep south of this western Canadian province, is one of the windiest in Canada. Fortunately, the breeze was light on the morning I set up my equipment to capture this scene and I could still pick up reflected highlights from the snow-capped peaks.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Natural landscapes: that glorious first light
MT. HECTOR AND HECTOR LAKE, BANFF NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
I fished back into the archives to dig up this 1998 scene, photographed from the Icefields Parkway in the Canadian Rocky Mountains just after sunrise. This is so long ago that I was still using a film camera; the slide was scanned onto a CD and the resulting jpeg was what I worked from to create the final picture.
A long telephoto lens isolated this small part of the astounding peaks to be seen on the parkway, which is considered one of the most beautiful drives on the planet.
Nikon FM2, tripod, polarizing filter (probably)
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Urban landscapes: It’s all open text
OPEN TEXT BUILDING AND TRAFFIC, OTTAWA, ONTARIO
As soon as I spotted this beautifully illuminated building in Canada’s capital city, I gravitated toward it and spent over a half-hour working various compositions and trying to get good long-exposure pictures of moving traffic. This is the best of the bunch.
Nikon D7100, tripod
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Natural landscapes: what the water reflects
SPRING FLOW ON THE MOIRA RIVER, BELLEVILLE, ONTARIO
While visiting my brother who lives in this city of 50,000, I was up before dawn to see what could be photographed along the Lake Ontario waterfront. I saw how streetlights were reflecting in the fast-flowing river and thought some fun abstract compositions might be possible. Was I right? (Here’s another view of the same river as it passes under a bridge: http://bit.ly/BellevilleRiver.)
Nikon D7100, 70-300 mm. zoom lens, tripod
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Rural landscapes: the fields of spring
RURAL COUNTRYSIDE NEAR INVERGORDON, SCOTLAND
Our cruise ship docked at the deep-water port at this town of 4,000, giving us access to a glorious day trip into the Scottish highlands. When the visit ended, I spent time photographing the spectacular yellow rapeseed fields as the ship left the area. Here’s another photo, showing Invergordon in its beautiful highland setting: https://wp.me/p2ccTX-X
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Rural landscapes: the park and the lake
MORNING AT GULL LAKE, ASPEN BEACH PROVINCIAL PARK, ALBERTA
My wife and I camped at this park and I was up early to capture a spectacular sunrise along the lake shore. The clouds added wonderful drama to the scene and made it worth leaving significant space in the composition for the sky.
Nikon D50, tripod, polarizing filter
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Urban landscapes: the soaring lines of worship
ST. PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL, DUBLIN, IRELAND
During our European cruise ship vacation, I had most of a day to myself to roam through downtown Dublin and make pictures. Finding the city’s cathedrals was at the top of my list and one look at this photo tells you why.
I was truly blessed to be permitted to use my tripod, since a long exposure was required to capture this dimly lit scene. There wasn’t a lot of colour here, so I processed the jpeg in black-and-white.
Here’s another scene, in colour, from the same cathedral: https://wp.me/p2ccTX-ZK.
Nikon D7100, tripod.
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Urban landscapes: the drying nets
HOWTH HARBOUR, IRELAND
During our European cruise vacation, my wife and I did an excursion out of Dublin. We had a brief stop in the charming town of Howth, which is a Dublin suburb but also a working fishing village. I was intrigued by all the drying nets and the view of the distant shore, so I moved around until finding this composition.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter
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