Natural landscapes: spring green
MAY FOREST, NIAGARA GORGE, ONTARIO, CANADA
I hiked deep into Niagara Gorge, a few kilometres from Niagara Falls, to find this mega-boulder in the midst of glorious spring growth. The trick was to figure out where to locate the background tree trunks in relation to the rock. How did I do? Nikon D90, tripod, polarizing filter. Click on the picture for a larger view. Want to buy this picture? Email me and I’ll make it happen! (fdking@hotmail.com). Wander through my coffeetable photography book “Special Places: A Landscape Photographer’s Vision of Southern Ontario”: http://bit.ly/yNU06F 
Urban landscapes: ventilation
SUNRISE LIGHT, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
This was a tricky photo to make because there were a lot of visual elements to deal with. Moving the camera just a few inches either way could dramatically change the relationship between each element and throw off the composition. Hope I pulled this off. 🙂 Nikon D90, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Rural landscape: the minimalism of spring
SPRING POND NORTH OF CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA
I’m obsessing on photographing spring ponds on the glorious Canadian prairies right now. This one is just 15 minutes north of my home. Kinda amazing, eh? 🙂 Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, hard-edge graduated density (darkening) filter on the sky. You can see the black-and-white version here: http://bit.ly/1pAqMhz.
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Rural landscapes: the glory of day’s end
MOONRISE AND SUNSET, NEAR CROSSFIELD, ALBERTA, CANADA
As I’ve mentioned before, I looooooove spring on the Canadian prairies. On this wonderful evening, I lucked into a rising moon and a dead-still spring pond in the midst of golden fields about 45 minutes’ drive from my home in Calgary. Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Rural landscapes: the ponds of spring
SPRING POND ON THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES, NEAR CALGARY, ALBERTA
I’m blessed to have scenes like this just a few minutes drive from my home. At this time of year, the overwhelming browns mean a black-and-white treatment is often more effective. Do you agree? Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, hard-edge graduated density (darkening) filter on the sky.
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Natural landscapes: rainforest path
THE WALK TO SCHOONER COVER, PACIFIC RIM NATIONAL PARK, VANCOUVER ISLAND
Light rain accompanied me through the rainforest on Canada’s west coast but as you can see, it didn’t hurt the quality of the scenery I was blessed to photograph. It takes some work to get to this park; from our home in Calgary, Alberta, we drove 12 hours to Vancouver, took a 90-minute ferry ride to the island, then drove another two hours across the island to the west side. Absolutely worth it! Nikon D90, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Natural landscapes: a walk with God
SPRING WALK, LONG BEACH, PACIFIC RIM NATIONAL PARK, VANCOUVER ISLAND
My wife and I visited this stunning park, on Canada’s west coast, a few years ago and the sight of her walking through this opening made for what I hope is a good photograph. Nikon D90, tripod, polarizer.
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Rural landscapes: cloudy with a chance of spring snow
CANADIAN PRAIRIES SOUTH OF CALGARY, ALBERTA
Conditions weren’t great for strongly lit photographs, but I venture out anyway, reasoning this could be a good day for minimalist pictures. I didn’t get a lot of photos, but the ones I did make turned out pretty good. Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, graduated density (darkening) filter on the sky.
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Rural landscapes: alone on the prairies
OLD HOUSE AND SKY, MOSSLEIGH, ALBERTA, CANADA
Finding old, abandoned structures on the Canadian prairies is always a bonus for me. In this scene, the strong sky is also important to make the picture work, as is the scattering of old snow. Nikon D90, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Natural landscapes: a lovely spring morning
THE WEDGE, KANANASKIS COUNTRY, ALBERTA, CANADA
Kananaskis Country isn’t nearly as well known as nearby Banff National Park, but it’s a glorious area that Albertans have pretty much to ourselves. This scene was captured with a big telephoto lens on a glorious spring morning. Yeah, spring takes its time arriving in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Nikon D90, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Natural landscapes: patterns of light
SNOW ON GRAVEL PILES, GOLDEN, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
With a covering of new snow, these very unremarkable piles of gravel became amazing examples of abstract art. I spent a half-hour exploring all the possibilities, aided by relatively soft sunshine that kept the shadows from becoming too harsh. Nikon D7100, 70-300 mm. lens, tripod.
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Natural landscapes: contrast of light & shadow
WINTER MORNING, KANANASKIS COUNTRY, ALBERTA, CANADA
I don’t know the name of this gloriously lit peak, but the contrast between it and the shadowed, snowy landscape was too good to resist. The trees on the left serve as a strong secondary point of interest.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, graduated density (darkening) filter on the top half.
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Urban landscapes: the curves of light
“FLAMES”, CALGARY, ALBERTA
The metal sculpture, in front of one of Calgary’s many skyscrapers, is two licks of stylized flames. As I walked past, I wondered how the light would bounce around the inside parts of the flames.
As you can see, the light created an amazing abstract composition, especially when I eliminated all traces of the outside world. Tried a few pictures with fill-flash and was pleased by the results, but didn’t process them because the flash left a shadow.
Nikon D7100, 70-300 mm. lens, tripod.
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Natural landscapes: winter in the canyon
VERMILLION RIVER, KOOTENAY NATIONAL PARK, BRITISH COLUMBIA
Most people come to this spot to look the other way, at Vermillion River as it flows over Numa Falls. It’s a great scene that you can see here: http://wp.me/p2ccTX-nv.
On this occasion, I looked the other way and appreciated the snowy canyon and surrounding forest. It looks very, very wild and wintery.
Nikon D90, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Wildlife: Alberta lawn ornaments
MALE ELK, BANFF NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
A long telephoto lens was handy to stay far enough away from these majestic (if sometimes dangerous) animals to keep them from getting spooked by my presence. In fact, I had the time to carefully ‘arrange’ compositions like this, where the horns of one animal frame another. Nikon D50.
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Rural landscapes: waiting for spring?
OLD TRUCK, SOUTH OF HIGH RIVER, ALBERTA
Don’t use the flash on your camera when you’re outside in daylight? This photo is an example of why you might re-think that notion. Using the flash during daylight is called “fill flash” and in this case, it lit up the foreground while allowing a fast shutter speed that left the distant sky to go appropriately dark and dramatic. Having snow on the truck hood really helped the photo, too.
Nikon D90, tripod.
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Natural landscapes: the curve of shadow & light
FROZEN STREAM, KANANASKIS COUNTRY, ALBERTA, CANADA
At one point, the temperature on the thermometer inside my van said it was -40 outside. Yikes. But there was no wind, so I could tolerate spending about 10 minutes outside the van working with this amazing example of God’s artistry in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Nikon D7100, tripod, 70-300 mm. lens. (A similar view of this spot, in colour, can be seen here: http://bit.ly/1lrNrK3)
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Urban landscapes: Telus everything
TELUS BUILDINGS AT SUNRISE, EDMONTON, ALBERTA
While attending a weekend conference in the capital city of this western Canadian province, I had time to get up early and brave the winter cold to check out the architectural possibilities. The all-glass structure at the base of these towers made for a perfect complement and contrast. I did a fair bit of manoeuvring to get the buildings positioned correctly with each other.
Nikon D90, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Natural landscapes: Rocky Mountain sunset
SUNSET ON THE MITCHELL RANGE, KOOTENAY NATIONAL PARK, BRITISH COLUMBIA
Yes, it was cold. Quite cold. But not so cold that, when I saw this stunning reflection in a quiet section of the Kootenay River, I couldn’t be persuaded to stop. A few minutes of careful walking on the snow brought me to the water’s edge, where I could set up the tripod in peace and fiddle around with a graduated density (darkening) filter on the top half of the scene until I had the picture I wanted. Pretty amazing, eh? 🙂
Nikon D7100, polarizing filter.
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Natural landscapes: winter shoreline
WINTER AT LAKE LOUISE, BANFF NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
This world-renow
ned site in the Canadian Rocky Mountains is a delight to visit on winter mornings, because I often have the place to myself.
No busloads of tourists, no gossipy conversations, no dogs, no nothing. Just me and God’s incredible creation.
As you can tell, this was that kind of morning. Nikon D90, tripod, polarizing filter.
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