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.
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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
Nikon Z50II, 16-50 mm. zoom lens, polarizing filter, tripod
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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.
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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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Natural landscapes: waiting for the ice to melt
SPRING MELT AT DAWN,
CALGARY, ALBERTA
Weaselhead Flats Natural Environment Park is a great place to make pictures any time of year. I went hoping to capture the last of winter’s ice and a decent sunrise. As you can see, I was blessed with both. All those sticks you see in the water are part of a beaver dam.
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Natural landscapes: experiencing the spring dawn
OTTAWA RIVER SUNRISE, RENFREW COUNTY, ONTARIO
The town of Deep River is nestled along the west side of the Ottawa River, which serves as the border between the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. This little spot, called Ballmer Bay, is a glorious place to photography mature trees at sunrise. I was blessed to visit on a spring morning and almost every picture I made was a ‘keeper’. 🙂
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Rural landscapes: stepping into spring
PRAIRIE FARM BUILDINGS NEAR CARBON, ALBERTA
I love driving the highways and dirt roads of western Canada because I get to experience the big skies and beautiful little scenes like this. Spring is a fitful thing in Alberta; we can easily get snow as late as May, so finding warm weather and snow is not unusual.
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Urban landscapes: welcoming spring
COLUMBUS UNITED CHURCH, OSHAWA, ONTARIO
This beautiful building, located in a hamlet of 350 people, started in 1873 as a Presbyterian Church. Today, it’s the only church serving the village. I visited in the morning, when the sun was in the wrong position to highlight the front of the west-facing building. So I found other viewpoints, like this, to show off its beauty in the serene quiet of early spring.
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Urban landscapes: Spring’s sunrise sentinel
DAWN AT FRENCHMAN’S BAY, PICKERING, ONTARIO
I was blessed to visit this area, just east of Toronto, on a cool spring morning when there was almost no one around (the exception, and he was happy to serve as a ‘model’: https://wp.me/p2ccTX-27M). The lack of people let me take my time to make pictures like this in the first light of day.
Did I place that rock on the walkway: YES. The scene needed something in the foreground for your eyes to settle on after checking out the harbour light. So I found a rock big enough to make a visual statement, then moved it around until finding what I hope is the perfect spot.
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Natural landscapes: the sombre spring dawn
SPRING MELT, WEASELHEAD FLATS NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PARK, ALBERTA
I visited this park, in the city of Calgary, very early hoping to capture a spectacular dawn. As you can see, that hope was in vain. But the sky was still interesting enough to make pictures like this. The water you see here is the Elbow River as it flows east from the Rocky Mountains into Glenmore Reservoir.
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Natural landscapes: where the spring water flows
FORTY MILE CREEK, BEAMER MEMORIAL CONSERVATION AREA, GRIMSBY, ONTARIO
After photographing the waterfall, I wandered a bit downstream to look for intimate moments of flowing water and rock. This was one of them, with the bonus of early-spring green on the jagged boulders.
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