Rural landscapes: resting in the winter field
TRACTOR AND FARMSTEAD NEAR LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA
Loved the snow-draped ancient tractor I encountered near the road, but what to do about the red barn in the background? The solution was to go with a very shallow depth of field so the barn would complement, rather than compete with the tractor for your attention. The angled afternoon sunshine made the scene even better!
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Natural landscapes: walking the winter road
BOW VALLEY PARKWAY, BANFF NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
I was blessed to encounter a very snowy landscape when I drove this western Canadian road. Sunshine would have been ideal, but the soft, even lighting worked very well for this self-portrait. I set the timer on my camera, then ran to this spot a half-dozen times to ensure I was in the best possible place for a satisfying composition.
As there was almost no colour beyond what I was wearing, it was a no-brainer to keep me in colour and convert the rest of the scene to black-and-white.
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Natural landscapes: winter in the forest
BIG HILL SPRINGS PROVINCIAL PARK, ALBERTA
This western Canadian park, about a half-hour’s drive from my Calgary home, is one of my favourite places to visit. No matter what the weather, the water is always flowing, the forest is always delightful and I always come away with a few “keeper” images.
On this morning, it was bitterly cold, but I dressed for the weather and was blessed to encounter intimate scenes like this. There was very little colour in the forest, so I planned all along to create a black-and-white version to highlight the drama. Nevertheless, here’s a link to the colour version: https://bit.ly/BigHillSpringsCreek
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Natural landscapes: flowing through the cold winter
AMISWKI RIVER, YOHO NATIONAL PARK, BRITISH COLUMBIA
The weather, sadly, was thoroughly overcast, but the snowy trees still made for some good photo possibilities. The key, usually, was to keep the bland grey sky out of the picture. That’s what I did here, capturing what I hope is a classic Canadian Rocky Mountain scene. Merry Christmas!
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Rural landscapes: beauty under a winter sky
PRAIRIE FARM BUILDINGS, STARLAND COUNTY, ALBERTA
Phew! What a blessing it was to witness this silent, peaceful western Canadian landscape. I ignored the cold and did my best to capture it in a compelling way. Was I successful?
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Natural landscapes: the alpine sunset
LAST LIGHT ON THE MITCHELL RANGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA
Kootenay National Park, in this western Canadian province, is a favourite place to make pictures. I was blessed to be there in late afternoon, way back in 2013, to isolate this peak with the last light of a winter day.
The park was created in 1920 as part of an agreement between the province of British Columbia and the Canadian government to build a highway in exchange for title to a strip of land, approximately eight kilometres on either side of the route.
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Rural landscapes: under the prairie traffic
CROWSNEST RIVER BRIDGE, LUNDBRECK, ALBERTA
Lundbreck Falls is a much-visited natural attraction in the south end of this western Canadian province. After walking a path into the canyon below the falls, I turned my attention to the opposite direction, where a bridge soared over the river.
The scene needed something extra to make it compelling, so I put myself into the photo. During processing, I created a version with every colour eliminated except red. This is the fascinating result.
Nikon D7100, tripod, polarizing filter, graduated density (darkening) filter on the sky above the bridge
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Urban landscapes: the lights of rush hour
MORNING LIGHT TRAILS, CALGARY, ALBERTA
I stood at the corner of 8th Avenue and Centre Street in this western Canadian city, making long exposure pictures of traffic as it zoomed south while chatting with a friendly construction worker at an adjacent work site.
Then a fire truck roared by with lights blazing. I knew as I made the 15-second exposure that it would be the best of my photos from this spot. And I was right.
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Rural landscapes: at peace with the snow
ANCIENT TRUCK IN A WINTER WORLD, ROCKY VIEW COUNTY, ALBERTA
It was -17c when I ventured out to find beautiful winter scenes like this on the prairies of western Canada. I wore two sets of gloves and they were barely enough to withstand the cold. Still, it was worth it to photograph this old truck and other scenes. There was little colour to be had and I was thinking black-and-white even as I made the picture.
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Natural landscapes: the fabulousness of frost
A COLD DAWN AT SOUTH GLENMORE PARK, CALGARY, ALBERTA
During a visit to this western Canadian park, I spent all kinds of time slowly walking around and inspecting the frosty ground to see what might make a compelling picture. I believe this frosty berry, combined with a very shallow depth of field, qualifies. Do you agree?
Nikon D7100, tripod, 70-300 mm. zoom lens, fill-flash
Natural landscapes: enduring the beautiful cold
FROSTY AUTUMN LEAVES, COCHRANE, ALBERTA
The morning was cold enough to create and maintain frost on many trees and branches in this western Canadian community. So I wandered around with my photography equipment, looking for compelling examples and finding this. Pretty cool, eh? 🙂
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Rural landscapes: under the cold autumn sky
HAY ROLL AND SNOWY FIELD, ROCKY VIEW COUNTY, ALBERTA
A substantial November snowfall sent me out to find compelling landscapes. This scene, with the fenceposts flanking a hay roll, fit the bill. I just needed to darken the sky to make the picture truly eye-grabbing. Check out the colour version here: https://bit.ly/AutumnPrairies
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Urban landscapes: the silence of dawn worship
THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH
OF ST. COLMAN
COBH, IRISH REPUBLIC
Bad weather changed our cruise ship route and that turned out to be a great thing because it gave me another day on Irish soil.
I was up and off the ship at dawn with the goal of photographing this cathedral, which I had seen in so many Irish photos. To be able to get inside and have the place mostly to myself with an added bonus.
I needed a 20-second exposure to properly record this scene. The cathedral is relatively new, completed in 1919. The 300-foot steeple is the tallest in Ireland.
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Rural landscapes: frigid and fabulous!
PRAIRIE FARMSTEAD AT DAWN, NEAR BEISEKER, ALBERTA
I love heading out on freezing cold mornings to capture the prairies of this western Canadian province. The sense of peaceful solitude is truly sublime. That was certainly the case when I saw this silhouetted homestead. Very glad for the snow in the field, which prevented the bottom of the photo from going jet black.
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Rural landscapes: the peace of an autumn road
PRAIRIES AND MOUNTAINS NEAR PINCHER CREEK, ALBERTA
The southern part of this western Canadian province is one of the windiest places in the country and that was certainly the case on the blustery day I made this picture.
But as you can see, the dramatic sky made for a great scene, especially with the hay bales upon which to rest your eyes. Look carefully on the left side of the bales and you’ll see a train.
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Urban landscapes: following the light trails
OLD CITY HALL AND MACLEOD TRAIL TRAFFIC, CALGARY, ALBERTA
I knew this building was lit at night, so it was a matter of positioning myself to capture all the morning rush-hour traffic as it moved past.
It took several tries before I realized I should get as high as possible to capture the three lanes of traffic. This is a 15-second exposure, made just before 7 a.m. (check the clock on the building).
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Natural landscapes: seeing green in autumn
GLENDALOUGH FOREST, COUNTY WICKLOW, IRISH REPUBLIC
During our autumn visit to my favourite country, I was blessed to have some time at the beautiful natural and historic Glendalough monastic site south of Dublin. Stunning forest scenes like this greeted us on our walk and I found a few spots, like this, that were particularly photogenic.
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Natural landscapes: the beauty of fading autumn
BERRIES AND LEAVES, CALGARY, ALBERTA
An cold morning visit to South Glenmore Park, in this western Canadian city, yielded some decent sunrise pictures and also this — captured as I was slowly heading back to the car.
I loved the mix of brown and red and went for a shallow depth of field so the background would fade into a pleasing wash of gentle greys.
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Urban landscapes: the place of quiet contemplation
ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH, GREENOCK, SCOTLAND
My wife and I were in Greenock on a very rainy day, so it wasn’t very comfortable being outside. Thankfully, we found two beautiful old churches to visit and dry off. This is one of them.
This church is relatively new, completed in 1878. We were greeted by very friendly church volunteers who let me go wherever I wanted with my camera.
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Urban landscapes: when autumn turns wintery
SNOWY MORNING IN DOWNTOWN CALGARY, ALBERTA
I was blessed to have time to wander around the downtown of this western Canadian city, recording the beauty of an overnight autumn snowfall. There was almost no colour in this scene, so it was an easy decision to show it to you in black and white.
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