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.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter.
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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?
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter
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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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Rural landscapes: under a winter sky
GRAIN SILOS NEAR CARMANGAY, ALBERTA, CANADA
These metal silos are a wonderful shape to work with, especially in a group with a strong sky and no other visual distractions. That’s what I found on a winter day south of the western Canadian city of Calgary. I have another photo where the silos are more prominent, but I like this silo/sky/field balance better.
Nikon D90, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Rural landscapes: the barn & the hills
BARN AND SWEETGRASS HILLS, NEAR MILK RIVER, ALBERTA, CANADA
I must have spent an hour working all the photographic angles on this wonderful old building surrounded by nothing but flat prairie in the deep south of Alberta. For this scene, I used a telephoto lens to pull the distant Sweetgrass Hills (in the United States) closer.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Natural landscapes: cascade of ice
ROADSIDE ICE ALONG THE ICEFIELDS PARKWAY, JASPER NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
I must have spent at least a half-hour along this little stretch of road, ignoring the soaring Canadian Rocky Mountain peaks nearby to concentrate on all the shapes and lines in this nearly abstract scene. Pretty cool, eh? 🙂
Nikon D90, tripod.
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Natural landscapes: too early for a picnic?
LOWER KANANASKIS LAKE, PETER LOUGHEED PROVINCIAL PARK, ALBERTA, CANADA
I loved how snow had overtaken so much of this shoreline picnic table in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. But it needed something else to make everything work. Turned out that someone was ME. 🙂 Always glad I wear my read ski jacket when going on photo trips; it’s a great colour to add to pictures.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Natural landscapes: almost black-and-white
PEACE ON THE OTTAWA RIVER, PETAWAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA
The Ottawa River serves as the border between the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. I visited this spot on a silent, overcast winter day and found outstanding combinations of snow, water and reflections. Hard to believe this is a colour photo, eh?
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, graduated density (darkening) filter on the sky.
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Natural landscapes: encounter with frost
FROST AND SHADOW, PETER LOUGHEED PROVINCIAL PARK, ALBERTA
As I drove through this park in the Canadian Rockies, there were all kinds of roadside photo opportunities with frosty winter vegetation. The challenge was to find something with an uncluttered, yet dramatic background. How did I do here?
(This park is named after one of Alberta’s most popular premiers, who led the province between 1970 and 1984.)
Nikon D7100, tripod, 70-300 mm. lens.
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Urban landscapes: Merry Christmas from Alberta
PRINCES ISLAND PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, CALGARY, ALBERTA
I had a great time finding all kinds of perspectives, near & far, to photograph this Christmas-decorated bridge in the western Canadian city of Calgary. The white light strings are blurry because this is a long exposure (30 seconds) and there was a fitful breeze.
Nikon D7100, tripod.
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Natural landscapes: flowing through wonder
WAPTA CREEK, YOHO NATIONAL PARK, BRITISH COLUMBIA
Believe it or not, this stunning scene is just 30 metres from the Trans Canada Highway as it runs through the Canadian Rockies. Tractor Trailers were roaring along the road behind me as I precariously balanced in the snow to make this exposure. Nikon D7100, Tripod, neutral density (darkening) filter.
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Natural landscapes: scaling the falls
WINTER AT MONTMORENCY FALLS, NEAR QUEBEC CITY, CANADA/
HIVER de la chute Montmorency, près de Québec, CANADA
This supremely impressive waterfall, at 84 metres (275 ft.) high and 46 metres (150 ft.) wide, is the highest in the province and 30 metres (98 ft.) higher than Niagara Falls. As you can see, lighting conditions were far from ideal, with the plunging water in the shade and harsh light on the ice/snow mound. A lot of Photoshopping was required to balance the lighting and correct the strange colour cast that happened when the original 2004 slide was transferred to CD.
Montmorency, named by famed French explorer Samuel de Champlain in 1613, is part of a larger park that includes key battle areas between the French and British in 1759. Ya, this little area is soaked in history that predates Canadian confederation (in 1867).
Nikon FM2 film camera, Velvia slide film, tripod and probably a polarizing filter.
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