What a great weekend! I managed to get out again to do some photography for the second successive day. Our warm spell continues and it is difficult to forgo the opportunities. We got off to a slow start as the day began quite overcast with snow flurries. It was windy and the forecast was not…
Author: shotsbyp
Working on the Railroad
Many iconic scenes from the Canadian Rockies feature the railroad. Building of the transcontinental railroad was a seminal event in Canadian history and its construction through the Rockies one of the great engineering feats of its time. Its builders, Donald Smith, Cornelius Van Horne, Lord Mount Stephen and many others are historical figures and its…
Minnewanka Loop
This afternoon I went for a drive in Banff National Park, following the Minnewanka Loop. This road is a circuit up to Lake Minnewanka, just north of the Town of Banff. I stopped at a number of locations to shoot some mountain scenes. My first two pictures feature the picturesque Mount Inglismaldie. The first was taken near the…
NIght Shots
Today, I’m posting a few pictures taken at night time over the past few weeks. The first few pictures were taken earlier this week, a day before the full moon. I simply wandered around our neighbourhood to get these pictures, taking advantage of the light you can only get from a full moon. I’ve included…
Kicking Horse River
In the course of our visit to Emerald Lake Lodge, I had the opportunity to do some snow-shoeing with friends, Gail and Paul. Our trek began at the Natural Bridge, a stone arch spanning a waterfall in the Kicking Horse River. Not much to see there, the waterfall was frozen over and covered with snow. The water…