Today we made a brief visit to the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix, an attraction we hadn’t been to for a few years. It was a pleasant return and we enjoyed the gardens at its best, the time of year when wildflowers and cacti are in bloom or about to bloom. I got a number…
Three Sisters
One of my favourite photos, the Three Sisters, Canmore’s iconic landmark. The photo was taken in the early morning from the north side of the Bow River. The still water enabled me to get the great reflection and the morning light cast a nice warm glow on the mountains and the trees. The Three Sisters…
Working with New Techniques
Today I am posting another picture from the West Fork. It’s not a picture that I overlooked in the previous post, but rather one that I am using to test some new Photoshop techniques. I’ll show and describe the photo first; for anyone interested in the techniques applied, read on after the picture. This picture…
Andean Panorama
Today’s photo was taken from the observation car of our train, the Andean Explorer as we traveled from Cusco to Lake Titicaca in the highlands of Peru. It was early evening and I really like the soft light and long shadows at that time of day. The railroad traverses very flat terrain, a valley between…