One of the highlights of our recent holiday in Newfoundland was Gros Morne National Park, a world heritage site located on the west coast. The park takes its name from Newfoundland’s second-highest mountain peak (at 806 m or 2,644 ft) located within the park. Its French meaning is “large mountain standing alone,” or more literally “great sombre.” The…
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Avalon Peninsula
During our recent stay in St. John’s we took the opportunity to visit parts of the Avalon Peninsula, a large peninsula that makes up the southeast portion of the island of Newfoundland. We traveled the eastern coast as far south as Witless Bay and ventured out on the Baccalieu Trail on the Northern Point of the peninsula….
Waiparous
Yesterday morning, the clouds cleared and I took the opportunity to get out and enjoy the outdoors. And possibly take some photographs. I returned to a location I had visited a number of years ago, about an hour’s drive north and east of Canmore, Waiparous Village. My main interest was Waiparous Creek and the Ghost…
Summer Scenes
We recently hosted my brother, Bruce and his wife, Joan in Canmore. We spent some time visiting the area and of course, photographing some of the magnificent scenery of the Canadian Rockies. I have two photos to share with you today that really appeal to me. The first was taken at Elbow Lake, in Kananaskis…
Long Exposures
Long exposure photographs are simply ones with lengthy shutter openings (several seconds to several minutes). The technique is to use a tripod to ensure there is no camera movement whatsoever and to gather the light on the sensor over a long period of time. It’s easy at night; there isn’t much light so it takes…