I’ve been working on some photo files from my recent trip to Sedona. I really like this scene taken along Oak Creek, just after sunrise. I’ve re-worked the image and achieved a look that I like, one that I think closely represents what I saw that morning. I liked it enough to post it by…
Category: Water
At the Beach
Yesterday, I went out to do some photography with friend and photographer, Stewart Hamilton in Banff National Park. After checking out a few places, we settled in at the Castle Mountain bridge on the Bow River to take some cool (literally) shots. We ventured down to the “beach”, where we took advantage of the early…
Vermilion Crossing and Vermilion Lakes
This is a post featuring two photo locales that share the same name but are not associated in any way. Vermilion Crossing is a location on the Kootenay River at a point where the river crosses Highway 93, in the Kootenay Valley of British Columbia. It is in the Kootenay National Park about 120 km (75 miles)…
Wapta Falls
Wapta Falls is located near the west end gate of Yoho National Park in British Columbia, the largest waterfall on the Kicking Horse River. The name stems from a Nakoda Indian word meaning “river”. The waterfall is accessed relatively easily via a 30 minute hike from the trailhead near the Trans Canada Highway. Together with Stewart…
Orton Effect
The Orton Effect, is a photography technique which blends two completely different photos of the same scene, resulting in a distinctive mix of high and low detail areas within the same photo. It was originated by photographer Michael Orton in the mid 1980’s. The original technique was to overlay two or more images of an identical scene with…