We had some beautiful winter weather yesterday, a bit on the cool side about -18 deg C. but no wind. There was a light dusting of fresh snow and some frost on the trees. I took a few pictures in early evening and have chosen to post a couple here today. The first is a…
Author: shotsbyp
Vermilion Lakes in Winter
I went on a brief photo excursion in Banff NP this afternoon. The temperature was a balmy 4 deg C and the skies partly cloudy. Can’t pass up that kind of weather at this time of year! I was joined by Howie Dingle and we spent a leisurely couple of hours along Highway 1A and…
Neighbourhood Walk
I noticed some particularly interesting cloud patterns this afternoon, so I went out for a walk around the neighbourhood, camera in hand. I found a number of interesting picture choices and I’m posting a few of them today. Taken near the entrance to our neighbourhood. I chose this photo because I like the light filtering…
The Blue-Gold Polarizer
Or, perhaps I should say the dreaded blue-gold polarizer. I’m talking about a polarizing filter used on a camera lens that works much like polarizing sunglasses. A polarizing filter generally does two things, it cuts glare (useful when photographing water or snow in bright sunlight) and it saturates or intensifies colours. The blue-gold polarizer is…
Pine Creek Bridge
I continue to work through the raw files from the trip to Zion NP. A lot of photographs! Today I’m posting a shot from our second day in the park, a photo of Pine Creek Bridge. It’s a beautiful stone structure and I was able to get down into the creek itself to photograph the…