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.
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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?
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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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Natural landscapes: the glorious coast
WILD PACIFIC TRAIL, UCLUELET, VANCOUVER ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA
While my wife slept, I took my photography equipment and did my best to capture sunrise on this stunning part of Canada’s west coast. In this case, the sunny bushes at the bottom grabbed my attention; then it was a matter of getting the background just right. This is truly an incredible part of God’s cathedral. 🙂
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Natural landscapes: the intimate world
WILD GRASSES, KOOTENAY NATIONAL PARK, BRITISH COLUMBIA
Following up on a challenge from my wife to photograph something different than my usual landscapes, I scanned a field of wild mountain grass until seeing how one gently sloping sprout was beautifully illuminated.
From there it was a matter of deciding how much I wanted in focus. I think the results are pretty decent. Agree?
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Natural landscapes: water in the forest
SUMMER AT BOWNESS PARK,
CALGARY, ALBERTA
This urban park is super-busy in the summer, but I arrived before sunrise and was the first car in the parking lot. So I had the 30-hectare park to myself and enjoyed wandering along pathways and finding beautiful natural scenes like this.
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Urban landscapes: the moments before dawn
BOWNESS PARK, CALGARY, ALBERTA
I arrived well before dawn – the first car in the parking lot – and found this great spot to capture the approaching sunrise with a strong foreground. I used a flashlight to illuminate the flowers during a looong exposure.
Bowness Park was built before the First World War by John Hextall, a local land developer. It was constructed in the town of Bowness as a weekend retreat for nearby Calgarians.
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Natural landscapes: the boulder beach
VALENCIA BAY, VANCOUVER ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA
Encountering this beach for the first time in several visits to the west coast of Vancouver Island left me bug-eyed at all the creative possibilities. There were so many pools with boulders that it became a challenge to find the ones that were the most artistic. Here’s another picture from the same amazing morning: https://wp.me/p2ccTX-2dJ.
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Natural landscapes: on the path to new life
FIREWEED IN THE BURNT FOREST, KOOTENAY NATIONAL PARK, BRITISH COLUMBIA
Fireweed is a tall, showy wildflower that grows from sea level to the subalpine zone. A colourful sight in many parts of North America, fireweed thrives in open meadows, along streams, roadsides, and forest edges. In some places, this species is so abundant that it can carpet entire meadows with brilliant pink flowers.
The flower’s name stems from its ability to quickly colonize areas burned by fire. Many parts of this western Canadian mountain park were recently burned and this patch of fireweed was close enough to the road for me to carefully make my way to it and make pictures like this.
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Rural landscapes: a castle in the sand
DAWN AT SAUBLE BEACH,
BRUCE COUNTY, ONTARIO
Facing west, this resort area in central Canada is known for the glorious sunsets on Lake Huron. But as you can see, sunrise light (while less spectacular) is still pretty sweet. The added bonus is I had the beach all to myself and discovering this sand castle gave me the excuse to make this photo.
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Natural landscapes: welcoming the dawn
SASKATCHEWAN RIVER CROSSING, BANFF NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
I was up at about 3 a.m. in order to make the three-hour drive from my Calgary home to this glorious part of God’s cathedral and arrive in time for sunrise. As you can see, it was absolutely worth it. 🙂
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