Earlier this week I took an afternoon walk. I traveled some of the pathways through the woods near our home, one of them leading me along Canmore Creek. The creek remains largely open, despite the winter temperatures and I was able to get a few pleasing photographs. The first one I’ve included today is a…
Author: shotsbyp
Holiday Scenes
In the course of our Mediterranean cruise last June, I took over 3000 photographs. I continue to go through them and occasionally find ones that I overlooked initially. Today I’m going to share a few that I have resurrected and chosen to post because I quite like them. I begin with a picture of another…
Snowshoe Hike to Watridge Lake
This weekend I had the pleasure of getting out into the mountains, accompanied by nine friends for a hike on snowshoes. I hadn’t been snowshoeing for a very long time and wasn’t certain what to expect. Our destination was Watridge Lake, a round-trip of 7.2 km (4.5 mi) from the trailhead at Mount Shark. By hiking standards…
Ice and Moving Water
While photographing the glorious skies pictured in yesterday’s blog, Lenticular Clouds I did not fail to notice some interesting patterns in the ice bordering the river. I was a little surprised to see open water at this time of the year at this particular location, the Bow River Flats. The water in this area is…
Lenticular Clouds
Today, like many recent days was a good day for photography. Bright sunny skies, moderate temperature and some nice snow cover. My neighbour, Stu Hamilton and I had planned to go out late in the afternoon with the hope of getting a nice sunset on the Three Sisters. Our planned destination was the Bow River…