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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Rural landscapes: walking the winter road
FARM ROAD AND ROCKY MOUNTAINS, NEAR WATERTON LAKES NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
Just a little country lane running west off Hwy. 6, which leads into what is probably Canada’s windiest national park. I liked the curve of the lane, the fence and nearby mountains, so I walked far enough to find the right balance of elements, then set up the Nikon D7100 on a tripod, slipped on a polarizing filter (to darken the sky) and made a series of photos, including this one.
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Urban landscapes: night in the city
SUNCOR ENERGY CENTRE AND THE BOW, CALGARY, ALBERTA
I purposely went to the top of the Calgary tower just as winter sun was setting. I knew I could get great views of fully lit skyscrapers and I was right.
The challenge turned out to be window reflections from the lights behind me. Sometimes I contorted myself crazily to block the reflections for scenes like this. BTW, when I made this photo, The Bow was the highest skyscraper in Canada west of Toronto. It’s since been surpassed by another tower nearby.
Nikon D90, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Natural landscapes: shivering in the cold
STEAMY KANANASKIS RIVER, BOW VALLEY PROVINCIAL PARK, ALBERTA
The temperature must be very VERY cold to produce steam on a river in the front ranges of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. And so it was that morning. I was out of the van just long enough to set up the tripod and make this exposure before returning to the warmth. But it was worth the shivering, wasn’t it?
Nikon D7100, tripod, graduated density (darkening) filter on the mountain and sky.
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Natural landscapes: the path of winter water
WINTER AT BIG HILL SPRINGS PROVINCIAL PARK, NEAR COCHRANE, ALBERTA
I’m trying to recall a time when a visit to this charming little park (a half-hour’s drive from my home in Calgary) didn’t produce at least a few memorable photos. And I can’t think of one. This is a place of all kinds of waterfalls and spring-fed water that’s open even on the coldest days.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, neutral density (darkening) filter to ensure a long exposure that turned the water silky.
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Natural landscapes: the play of positive & negative
FROSTY TREE, PETER LOUGHEED PROVINCIAL PARK, ALBERTA, CANADA
The fact that this little tree was all by its lonesome attracted me to the scene. Then the wonderful dark, snowy background excited me. Finally, the diagonal line of bright snow at the bottom made the composition complete.
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Rural landscapes: the winter valley
ROAD THROUGH THE VALLEY, NEAR MILK RIVER, ALBERTA
The southern end of this western Canadian province is positively pregnant with photo possibilities. I drove through this valley on my way to a provincial park. On the way back, I knew I had to stop and see if there was a useful composition. I think this is it; do you agree?
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Natural landscapes: the abstractness of bubbles
ICE BUBBLES AND CRACKS, ABRAHAM LAKE, ALBERTA, CANADA
In winter, this lake, in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, is one of the most fascinating photo locales in Alberta. Spending an entire day here would be easy. These bubbles are formed by methane getting trapped as the ice continues to form downward. Pretty cool, eh?
Nikon D90, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Natural landscapes: prairie coulees
FROZEN RIVERS AND COULEES, SOMEWHERE IN THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES
During a flight from my hometown of Calgary, Alberta to Ottawa, Ontario, I looked out the window and saw this amazing scene below. Is it in Alberta? Saskatchewan? No idea; but I had time to pull the Nikon D7100 out of the bag and make some pictures.
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Rural landscapes: road to the mountains
HIGHWAY 1A WEST OF COCHRANE, ALBERTA, CANADA
This picture is a story of missed opportunities. First, I was looking for a great view of the moon setting over the Canadian Rocky Mountains. It disappeared before I could make a picture.
Then I passed a field of horses; thought I had time to go a little further on the road before returning to make the photo. By the time I returned, the horses were so far away that the picture was lost. *sigh*. Well, I like this scene. 🙂
Nikon D90, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Natural landscapes: moments of peace
OTTAWA RIVER, PETAWAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA
Once I found this snowy houseboat dock, I spent nearly an hour trying out various vertical and horizontal compositions, with and without ME. Gotta love the effect of a red coat, eh? 🙂
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, graduated density (darkening) filter on the sky.
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Natural landscapes: too snowy for a picnic
WINTER POND, PETAWAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA
I had to push through all kinds of knee-high snow to find this viewpoint. The open section is actually quite long, but my telephoto lens compressed it. Petawawa is home to one of Canada’s biggest military bases. The Petawawa River (which is the source of this pond) is very picturesque and brings me back to it whenever I visit the area. P.S. I went with black and white because there is very little colour in this scene.
Nikon D7100, tripod.
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