Urban landscapes: Beauty on the rocky hill
THE BATTERY, ST. JOHN’S, NEWFOUNDLAND
The Battery is a neighbourhood in the capital city of Newfoundland and Labrador. It’s on the entrance to the harbour, on the slopes of Signal Hill. The Battery is sometimes described as an outport within the city and is noted for its steep slopes and colourful houses. I made this picture from across the harbour using a telephoto lens. It’s astonishing to find such stunning beauty in an urban centre, but this is common in one of Canada’s most scenic provinces.
Nikon D7100, 70-300-mm zoom lens, tripod
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Urban landscapes: autumn reaching for the skyscrapers
FALL COLOURS AND APARTMENTS, TORONTO, ONTARIO
Walking along the street, I loved the glowing hues in these trees. The trick was combining them, in a compelling way, with the very urban environment around them. How did I do?
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Rural landscapes: a walk in glory!
AUTUMN AT KORTRIGHT CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION, VAUGHAN, ONTARIO
During a trip to the Greater Toronto Area, I found time to visit this place in the hopes of finding good autumn conditions. I was NOT disappointed, as you can tell. There were many delightful vistas, so for this one I decided to highlight a leaf-covered staircase.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter,
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Urban landscapes: the city, exploded!
CALGARY SKYSCRAPERS, ALBERTA
This is a good time of year to photograph city skylines; the sun comes up late enough for all the building lights to be on during ‘blue hour,’ an ideal time to make city pictures. That was the case here in this western Canadian city. Just for fun, I tried a long exposure while zooming my lens in and out. Creates a fun result, eh? 🙂
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Natural landscapes: the emerging sunrise
BOW RIVER AT DAWN, CALGARY, ALBERTA
It was so dark when I arrived at Fish Creek Provincial Park that I needed a flashlight to make my way from the car to the river. As the light slowly arrived, I saw several strong long-exposure compositions like this. I love how the long exposures smooth out all the ripples in the flowing river. If you look carefully, you can see a few stars in the sky.
The 13-square-kilometre park preserves the valley of Fish Creek in the southern part of Calgary. It is bordered on three sides by the city, and on the west by the territory of the Tsuu T’ina First Nation. Much of the park remains in a natural, forested state.
Nikon D7100, tripod, enhancing filter, graduated density (darkening) filter on the sky
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Natural landscapes: autumn in the forest
FALL COLOURS, KORTRIGHT CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION, VAUGHAN, ONTARIO
During a trip to the Greater Toronto Area, I found time to visit this place in the hopes of finding good autumn conditions. I was NOT disappointed, as you can tell. There were many delightful vistas, so for this one I decided to highlight a few of the most colourful leaves.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, fill flash
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Urban landscapes: the artistry of night lights
DINNER THEATRE LIGHTS, HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA
I don’t think this business was open when I visited, but I was sure glad to see it so beautifully illuminated. Made for many great creative possibilities, including a loooong exposure when I zoomed my lens in and out to create these amazing light trails. There was barely any colour in this scene, so it was an easy decision to go monotone and heighten the dramatic impact.
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Natural landscapes: the amazing autumn morning
DAWN IN JASPER NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
My wife and I were blessed to visit this glorious Canadian national park at the height of autumn – and a year before devastating wildfires burning part of the town and the park. I made this picture from the side of the road, seeing how the florescent trees contrasted with the brilliantly illuminated peaks.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, two graduated density (darkening) filters on the peaks and sky
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Rural landscapes: waiting for maple syrup season
AUTUMN AT KORTRIGHT CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION, VAUGHAN, ONTARIO
In late winter, this is a popular maple-syrup tourist attraction. But when I visited on a stunning October morning, it was just me and the stunning colours of autumn. This place is one of the best places to experience fall glory in the Greater Toronto Area. Here’s another view of the maple sugar shack: https://wp.me/p2ccTX-2tZ.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, graduated density (darkening) filter on the top 1/4.
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Natural landscapes: me in an autumn world
BOW RIVER, BOWMONT PARK,
CALGARY, ALBERTA
I arrived at this western Canadian urban park before dawn, photographing the glorious fall sunrise, then wandering around to find compositions like this.
There’s a song out there called “Sick of my Shadow”, but I truly appreciated it on this beautiful morning.
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Rural landscapes: the drama of autumn scenery
HAY ROLLS WEST OF CALGARY, ALBERTA
I photographed this scene a day earlier, under cloudy conditions, and knew I wanted to return and try again with sunshine. The extra bonus was a threatening sky that was moving in. What a blessing it is to live near scenery like this!
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Rural landscapes: ready for a dawn cruise
MARINA, DEEP RIVER, ONTARIO
I was up well before dawn in order to scope out the best photo opportunities along the Ottawa River, which separates the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Deep River’s marina has proven to be a rich source of pictures; in this case, I needed a very long exposure to illuminate a fairly dark scene.
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Natural landscapes: the mighty world of ice
HUBBARD GLACIER AND DISENCHANTMENT BAY, ALASKA
This stupendous glacier originates in Canada’s Yukon Territory and flows southwest to a bay named in 1792 by a Spanish explorer who was disappointed to discover the bay was not the entrance to the legendary Northwest Passage.
Unlike most glaciers, Hubbard continues to grow and advance. So far, it’s more than 120 kilometres long! My wife and I were blessed to experience this view from our cruise ship, which stayed in the area for three hours, turning this way and that so everyone could see the glacier from their cabin.
Even as I made many colour picture of this scene (you can see that version here: https://500px.com/photo/1101021811), I knew it would make a very dramatic monotone picture. Was I right?
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Rural landscapes: waiting for the next outing
KAYAKS ON LAKE HURON SHORE, SAUBLE BEACH, ONTARIO
Wandering along the shore of this Great Lake, I was blessed to come upon these colourful kayaks. They served as a wonderful prop to photograph this peaceful Canadian landscape.
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Natural landscapes: the beautifully cloudy dawn
SUNRISE AT LAKE LOUISE, BANFF NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
I arrived at this renowned tourist attraction before dawn and had time to walk to the opposite end of the lake in time to capture a dramatically cloudy dawn. That’s the famed Chateau Lake Louise in the distance. Surprisingly, there wasn’t much colour in this scene, so I opted to increase the drama by creating and showing you a monotone version.
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Urban landscapes: as the new day dawns
SUNRISE AT OSHAWA HARBOUR, ONTARIO
I was blessed to visit this port east of Toronto when two freighters were docked, providing lots of creative opportunities as sunrise beckoned. See the ring-billed gull perched on one of the streetlights? Just a little added bonus. 🙂
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Urban landscapes: the gentle city sunrise
DAWN AT CANADA PLACE, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
The starting and finishing terminal for cruise ships doing Alaska trips is a gorgeous architectural marvel. The building’s exterior is covered by fabric roofs resembling sails. The challenge is to capture the sails in a way that’s more than a cellphone snapshot. How did I do here?
Nikon D90, tripod
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Urban landscapes: cruising into the harbour
THE ROYAL PRINCESS, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
During a visit to this gorgeous west coast city, I was up early to photograph the sunrise. Seeing this cruise ship slowly coming into the harbour was a blessing and I had time to line up a decent foreground to complement the ship and sky.
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Rural landscapes: in the grip of harvest season
HAY ROLLS AND DISTANT MOUNTAINS, WEST OF CALGARY, ALBERTA
I saw these hay rolls while driving to the Canadian Rockies and decided they would make a good composition. I made some without the fence, but I like how the fence adds to the overall rural feel – while subtly echoing the line of mountains along the horizon. There was an electrical box along the fence that disrupted the feel of the scene, so I removed it using Photoshop Elements.
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Rural landscapes: the geography of a wall
ANCIENT DOOR, KIRKCALDY, ALBERTA
The side of a long-closed general store in this tiny prairie hamlet (population: 12!) yielded all kinds of interesting creative possibilities. I’m a sucker for weathered walls and doors; the only question here was whether to include the sky. I think I made the right decision. Agree?
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