Rural landscapes: where wind & wildlife meet
WIND TURBINE AND RESTING DEER, NEAR PINCHER CREEK, ALBERTA
I was initially attracted to this scene by the wiggly tractor trail and the single towering turbine. Then I noticed the deer in the field. Sweet!! Have you found them yet?
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Natural landscapes: the pools of April
SPRING PUDDLES, PRESQUILE PROVINCIAL PARK, ONTARIO
When I lived in the Canadian province of Ontario, this park (about 90 minutes’ drive east of Toronto, Canada’s largest city) was one of my favourite photo locales. Even in April, before spring growth has truly started, there are scenic little moments like this to capture. I did a lot of work in Photoshop to bring out the best in this scene.
Nikon D50 (long since retired), tripod.
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Natural landscapes: below the falls
ROCK FORMATIONS, CHAUDIERE RIVER, NEAR QUEBEC CITY, CANADA
Originally photographed in 2004 on slide film, I had it scanned into a jpeg. And it was a truly HORRIBLE scan. So I did a whole lot more work to fix the colour cast and darken the horribly overexposed (again, thanks to the awful scan) highlights. How did I do?
NIKON FM22, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Wildlife: en route to the north
FEEDING SNOW GEESE, CAP TOURMENTE, CANADA
I’ve made two spring trips to the Quebec City region and both times had opportunities to photograph thousands of snow geese, who regularly stopped along the shores of the St. Lawrence River east of the city to feed before continuing their migration north. This trip was likely in the late 1980s, when I was still using my long-retired Nikon FM2 film camera and negative film.
This was the scan I came up with. It’s not perfect, but I really like the grey-blue cast and how the afternoon sun made the white bodies stand out.
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Rural landscapes: Spring fields
MAYSTAR RANCH, SOUTH OF LONGVIEW, ALBERTA
For some people, the endless brown fields of southern Alberta’s prairies and foothills are underwhelming. For me, they’re pregnant with possibility. That’s what this photo represents. I followed a little-known road deep into Kananaskis Country – but before I got there, I found this ranch entrance. The sky is crucial to making the scene memorable – not sure I would have made the photo with a plain blue sky.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Natural landscapes: welcoming April
SPRING SUNRISE OVER THE WETLANDS, PRESQUILE PROVINCIAL PARK, ONTARIO
I dug into the archives to find this beauty, made in 2006 with my first digital camera. Going digital renewed my interest in photography, since it gave me so much more control over my photos, at much less cost.
Presquile, about 90 minutes’ drive east of Toronto (Canada’s largest city) is one of my favourite parks in southern Ontario. Lots of wildlife, a variety of geography and Lake Ontario shoreline make it fabulous year-round.
Nikon D50, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Natural landscape: The Rockies’ spring water
ELBOW RIVER, KANANASKIS COUNTRY, ALBERTA, CANADA
It was sunny that spring day, so I needed all the darkening filters I could find to reduce the light coming into my camera and necessitate a looooong exposure. That turned the water beautifully silky, transforming a chaotic mix of shapes, light and shadow into something that I hope is far more pleasing.
This was photographed just a few months before massive rain and snowmelt flooded six rivers in southern Alberta, including this one. Entire picnic areas were wiped out as the water churned way, WAY over its banks. Repairs to natural and urban areas are still taking place almost three years later.
Nikon D90, tripod, polarizing filter, one or two neutral density (darkening) filters.
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Rural landscapes: as the snow melts
PATTERNS OF SPRING SNOW, NEAR AIRDRIE, ALBERTA
This just shouts SPRING, doesn’t it? There’s a surprising amount of colour and contrast in this scene on the Canadian prairies, aided by the slanting afternoon sun. It took a bit of work to position the snow and the old building correctly in relation to each other and to the overall composition. I think I pulled it off. Agree?
NikonD7100, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Natural landscapes: as spring arrives….
UPPER WATERTON LAKE, WATERTON LAKES NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
I withstood the afternoon wind (Waterton is possibly the windiest national park in Canada) to find this symmetry between the shoreline ice and the peak across the water. The lighter water is from a stream entering the lake; look carefully at the lower left of the photo and you can see the ripples of arriving water.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Natural landscapes: and then there was snow
GLORIOUS WINTER AT JOHNSTON CANYON, BANFF NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
My wife and I were blessed to walk along this popular Canadian Rockies canyon right after a snowfall. You can see the bridge we crossed in the distance. I looked for patches of open water to break up the endless white of the canyon floor. There was so little colour in this scene that I opted for a black-and-white treatment.
Nikon D7100, tripod.
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Urban landscapes: hands up
CAMPUS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA
As soon as I saw this wondrous slab of colour and design, I knew I had to photograph it. The trick was waiting for the sun to emerge from clouds and to keep tree shadows from interfering.
I purposely twisted the perspective to create strong diagonal lines and angled spaces, which makes the composition less static and more energetic. I also put the hand off-centre, letting the windows in the lower left serve as a balancing element.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Rural landscapes: the sky above it
OLD BARN NEAR PINCHER CREEK, ALBERTA, CANADA
I was delighted to find this beauty right beside the road as I toured around the southern part of the province on a windy Friday. While I was figuring out potential compositions, the owner drove up in his truck and the first thing out of his mouth was “wanna buy it?” We had a fun conversation where I told him “you probably want to blow it up, but I love it.” 🙂
NikonD7100, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Natural landscapes: silhouette and the peaks
WINTER AT EMERALD LAKE, YOHO NATIONAL PARK, BRITISH COLUMBIA
Nothing truly original about this composition; I loved the snowy peaks of the Canadian Rockies, but the blank snow on this lake didn’t work for me. This silhouetted tree made all the difference.
Nikon D90, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Natural landscapes: afternoon drama
WINTER SKY, AJAX ONTARIO, CANADA
I had three blissful hours to explore the shores of Lake Ontario east of Toronto (Canada’s largest city) on a cold winter afternoon. Throw in a dramatic sky and the recipe for good pictures is perfect. During processing, I made the scene darker than it actually was, in order to better replicate the awestruck feelings I experienced at the time.
Nikon D50, tripod.
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Natural landscapes: the bridge of snow
BRIDGE OVER MARBLE CANYON, KOOTENAY NATIONAL PARK, BRITISH COLUMBIA
This is an ancient photo, made about 20 years ago using a Pentax 6×7 medium-format camera, tripod and slide film. I had the slide scanned a few years back and did a lot of processing work on the scene, which had little colour.
This canyon is an amazing place, even after a forest fire burned most of the trees in the area about a decade ago.
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Natural landscapes: the snow wall
WINTER IN JOHNSTON CANYON, BANFF NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
My wife and I were blessed to visit this popular Canadian Rockies tourist attraction right after a beautiful snowfall. Our entire walk was simply stunning, including vistas like this. There isn’t much colour in this scene, but I opted not to show you a black-and-white version because of the rich colour in the ice near the bottom.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Natural landscapes: The blaze of sunrise
MORNING LIGHT ON THE PEAK, BANFF NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
Bow Lake, on the famous Icefields Parkway in the Canadian Rockies, is a great place to visit year-round. I love it in the winter because it’s so quiet (almost no tourists) and stunning sunrise light can make glorious snowy peaks look even better. I used a loooong telephoto lens to isolate this section of mountains and sky. Here’s another winter scene from the same place: http://wp.me/p2ccTX-4r
Nikon D90, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Rural landscapes: the distant view
PRAIRIE LANDSCAPE NORTHWEST OF CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA
I’m not sure exactly where this is; I have a habit of just wandering down any old road just to see what’s there. As a result, I land in all sorts of unnamed, rarely visited places with views like this, captured with a telephoto lens. Pretty sweet, eh? 🙂
Nikon D90, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Rural landscapes: I walk the line
RAILROAD TRACK BETWEEN GOLDEN AND RADIUM, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
There’s a wonderful road between these two communities in the eastern part of this province (an area that often sees more licence plates from neighbouring Alberta than B.C. plates). I drove it on a crisp winter day looking for potential compositions. This turned out to be one of them. I used a bit of a telephoto to make the distance mountains more prominent.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Rural landscapes: lines of evening light
WINTER FIELDS NEAR CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA
Amazing scenes like this are just 10 minutes’ drive from my home in this western Canadian province. I did two versions of this scene; the other is tack-sharp throughout. Both have their virtues, but I went with this one. Would you prefer the entire scene in focus?
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter.
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