Urban landscapes: LRT light
CROWFOOT LRT STATION, CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA
Blue-hour exterior light cast the modern architecture and warm interior light of this station in the best possible way. And the stairs to the lower level meant I could try various compositions from dramatically different viewpoints. Nikon D7100, tripod, 18-70 mm. lens.
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Natural landscapes: spring ice
ICICLES AND WATER AT BIG HILL SPRINGS PROVINCIAL PARK, ALBERTA, CANADA
April is a time of transition in much of Canada. While the days are often warm and the snow generally gone, there are often days of cold temperatures and snow. A day of such weather took me to this provincial park about a half-hour drive from my home in Calgary. I hoped to find ice and water combinations and, as you can see, I wasn’t disappointed.
The challenge here was achieving a long exposure (to make the flowing water silky) with the ice not moving. Several good compositions were tossed out for this reason, but the photo you’re looking at here is a success. Nikon D7100, tripod, 70-300 mm. zoom lens, polarizing filter, neutral density (darkening) filter.
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Urban landscapes: flowers amidst the skyscrapers
SPRING TULIP, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
This charming bloom is part of a small tulip garden in the midst of this western Canadian city’s soaring skyscrapers. The green stripe attracted my attention; a shallow depth of field made the background complementary, rather than competing. Nikon D90, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Natural landscapes: spring at the bluffs
MORNING AT SCARBOROUGH BLUFFS, TORONTO, ONTARIO
These bluffs are one of the most notable natural features in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada’s most populous region. The view is wonderful from the top, but on this spring morning, I was blessed to be at the bottom with almost no wind. Thus the impressive reflections. Nikon D50, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Urban landscapes: wet dawn
AWAITING DAYBREAK, NANAIMO, BRITISH COLUMBIA
As you can see, there wasn’t going to be a spectacular sunrise at this harbour on Vancouver Island. In fact, it was raining as I made this long exposure. But the scene has its own charms, don’t you think? Nikon D90, tripod.
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Urban landscapes: Geese and the nuclear plant
LAKE ONTARIO GEESE, ROUGE PARK, SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO
A wonderful spring sunrise in the east end of Toronto, Canada’s largest city. That’s the Pickering Nuclear Power Plant in the background. Nikon D50, tripod.
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Rural landscapes: the start of spring
FOOTHILLS MORNING SOUTH OF CALGARY, ALBERTA
The southern half of this western Canadian province is more than 3,000 feet above sea level. As a result, spring comes late and camping isn’t comfortable until June. But even before the green arrives, you can see there are still many beautiful scenes to photograph. Nikon D90, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Rural landscapes: sleep that knows no waking
EVENING AT THE CEMETERY, CARBON, ALBERTA, CANADA
In Alberta, it’s rare to find a rural cemetery that isn’t surrounded by trees. So when I came upon this place, I was eager to explore it for potential compositions. This scene, with glorious evening sun and an epic view, was just one of the compositions I found. Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Rural landscapes: the end of winter
PRAIRIE SELF-PORTRAIT, NEAR AIRDRIE, ALBERTA, CANADA
Man, I love my red winter coat. It’s been useful in almost a half-dozen compositions just in the last few months. When I decided to put me into this scene, I thought it might work to keep me in colour and make the rest of the solitary prairie landscape black and white. Works pretty well, eh? Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Urban landscapes: in the midst of the Arc
CHINOOK ARC, CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA
This interactive sculpture, completed last year, sits just south of Calgary’s downtown in Barb Scott Park. Designed by Joe O’Connell and Blessing Hancock, the idea is to echo the streetcar line that once encircled the area as well as the dramatic Chinook Arch cloud pattern that dramatically changes winter temperatures in Calgary.
Visitors to Chinook Arc have control over the lighting through an optical sensor that projects the movements and colours it sees onto the sculpture. Visitors can wave their hands, move colored objects or play a movie on their cell phones in order to create their own light sequences. It’s very cool — so cool that I decided to get into the photo. 🙂 Nikon D7100, tripod.
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Urban landscapes: the black sky
SUNLIFE BUILDING, TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA
Canada’s largest city has tons of modern architecture to photograph. This structure is near the intersection of King and Bay streets, which is the nation’s financial heart.
The colour version has a strong blue cast (which I like), but this version has a greater sense of drama (in my humble opinion). Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Urban landscapes: the beauty of blue hour
SPRING ICE, BOW RIVER, CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA
Street lights on the opposite shore made for a wonderful contrast with the pre-dawn blue cast on ice chunks in the river, which serves as the north border of downtown Calgary (in other words, soaring skyscrapers are just a short walk away from here). A loooong exposure helped smooth out the rushing waters.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Urban landscapes: soaring into the blue
ENCANA PLACE, CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA
The 31-storey, 410-foot Encana Place was completed in 1982. Until a few weeks ago, nothing about the building truly grabbed my attention. Then I started walking around the front plaza and found this dramatic angle of lobby juxtaposed against the tower. So I found a spot where it sticks into the sky almost as much as the tower and made this picture. During processing, I converted the building to black & white and liked the effect. Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Natural landscapes: almost frozen
AWAITING SUNRISE, BOW RIVER, CANMORE, ALBERTA, CANADA
It was a bitterly cold winter morning in the majestic Canadian Rocky Mountains. Thus the steam coming off the river as it crossed under the Trans Canada Highway. I saw a potential photo, so I pulled off the road, walked to the bridge and made this picture before running back to the van to warm up. Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, graduated density (darkening) filter on the top half.
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Urban landscapes: the splash of red
INSIDE PALLISER SQUARE, CALGARY, ALBERTA
I’ve been trying this processing technique lately, taking compositions with a strong section of colour and processing the rest of the photo in black and white. This quiet holiday morning spot was perfect for this; it’s a rare place where the security guards let photographers set up their tripods and make pictures, but this is one of ’em. Nikon D7100, tripod.
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Rural landscapes: the lonesome barn
RURAL SCENE NEAR MILK RIVER, ALBERTA, CANADA
I’m a sucker for old buildings on the prairies, so this lonesome barn grabbed an hour of my time as I wandered around it, making a variety of exposures. You might notice that while the barn is the primary visual site, I’ve made sure it was flanked by equally prominent secondary visual stops – the fence posts on the right and the grain silo on the left.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Natural landscapes: on the edge of dawn
WINTER POND, JASPER NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA, CANADA
In the midst of the cold, this mountain pond remained unfrozen. I pulled off the road to investigate and found very good reflections and a glorious spot all to myself. Nikon D90, tripod, polarizing filter, hard-edge graduated density (darkening) filter on the top half.
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Natural landscapes: the cold winter shore
WINTER WAVES, AJAX, ONTARIO, CANADA
The winter afternoon I spent photographing at this spot, in the Greater Toronto Area, was cold and I think this photo shows that. I was attracted to these ancient wood pilings and the beautiful reflection when a wave was receeding. So it was a matter of timing and an exposure speed that froze the waves. Nikon D50, tripod.
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Urban landscapes: the exploding sign
TELUS SPARK, CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA
Telus Spark is the name of Calgary’s science centre. It opened in 2011 and attracts more than 380,000 visitors annually. From the moment it opened, I was attracted to the artistry of the sign and its photographic possibilities. This interpretation was made before dawn by twisting the camera and zooming in during a looong exposure. Kinda cool, eh? 🙂 Nikon D7100, tripod.
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Rural landscapes: entry to the valley
RANCH GATEWAY, NEAR DRUMHELLER, ALBERTA, CANADA
This scene had everything I wanted – strong winter lighting, compelling scenery and a rustic focal point. After several tries, this is the exposure that I found most pleasing. It’s quite wide-angle and photographed from close to the ground. This combination pushed it as far into the sky as possible, beyond the white clouds and breaking up the blue. Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter.
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