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Among the clouds at Wedge Pond
I was up in Kananaskis a few days ago to explore the recently opened stretch of Highway 40 up to the Highwood Pass. Leaving home in the dark, I arrived at Wedge Pond just as light was creeping into...
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Sunrise over the Trans-Canada Highway
A co-operative cloud anchored itself just above the horizon as dawn broke west of Calgary. I set up in the dark on the Jumping Pound overpass with my camera and tripod. When the sunlight started to...
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Fall sunrise at McDonald Lake
I drove up to Apgar, a small village in Glacier National Park, this morning. I arrived at the southern edge of Lake McDonald in the dark and headed past the sleeping townsite for the rocky beach. The...
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Broken tree sunrise
Autumn is a great season for sunrises in the prairies around Calgary. The clouds at dawn can be spectacular. Last week, I was in Springbank and the sky was beautiful. The interesting silhouettes...
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Calm on the lake
Canon 5DIII camera with a Canon 24-105mm lens at 47mm: 13.0 seconds at f/11 on ISO 800 When I was in Glacier National Park in Montana, one of the mornings offered up a great sunrise. I shared a couple...
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Cotton Candy
Fuji X100S: 1/30 of a second at f/8 on ISO 800 I couldn’t help but think of the carnival ground food staple when I was photographing at dawn a couple of days ago.Filed under: Alberta, Landscapes,...
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Mexican dawn in Los Cabos
Bobbi and I are in Cabo san Lucas with our children for a nice break from winter. We left just before a heavy blizzard so we were lucky with the timing. The mornings have been spectacular here as we...
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A few mornings off Punta Cabeza De Ballena
Canon 5DIII + 24-105mm f/4 lens at 24mm: 8 seconds at f/16 on ISO 200 When we were in Los Cabos last week, we stayed just off the water near Punta Cabeza De Ballena which is east of Cabo San Lucas....
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A calm morning at Elbow Falls
I went up to Elbow Falls last weekend and ice-covered all but a sliver of the river and most of the waterfall too. With the warm days since then, I wanted to see how this beautiful spot looked now....
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The sun’s fire in the trees
(Please click on the image if you would like to view a higher resolution version) A hazy sky created deep, rich hues in the rising sun and the morning sky. A beautiful scene to watch unfold as the day...
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Wedge Pond Mists
With the early snows of the past week, I was eager to get into the mountains to see how things looked up there this weekend. I went up to Wedge Pond which sits below Mount Kidd in Kananaskis. This...
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A bull at sunrise
Canon 5DIII and 24mm lens: 1/25th of a second on f/11 and ISO 800 The early morning sky was beautiful this morning. I stopped for a while to watch the clouds move from the pinks and purples to the...
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Autumn sunrise on the prairie
I enjoyed taking a little time earlier in the week to watch a sunrise from a range road on the prairie just west of Calgary. Autumn brings with it layers of clouds which often stretch across the...
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Daybreak over Banff
I watched the sky brighten above the Banff from Norquay Meadow. The moon lit the mountain a little while the townsite’s lights glowed in the valley below.Filed under: Banff National Park,...
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Sunrise from the Fawn Hills
The autumn weather in the foothills west of Calgary is unpredictable with snow, sun, wind and rain all possible on any given day. The clouds conjured up at this time of the year can be fantastic and...
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Happy Hallowe’en!
I hope everyone who is out and about this evening has a fun, and appropriately scary, time. This scene was waiting for me as a drove along the prairies towards Calgary this morning.Filed under:...
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On a cold clear morning…
This strange cloud and a few stragglers lit up brilliantly ahead of the rising sun. I was driving east towards Calgary and stopped for a few minutes to watch what looked more like a stack of cotton...
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El Tule Sunrise
During our stay in Los Cabos last month, each day started with beautiful mornings as the sun rose out of the Sea of Cortez. This stretch of coastline between San José del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas has...
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Morning fishermen
Along the coast in Los Cabos, I often came across fishermen casting among the rocks before sunrise. We would exchange greetings on passing by but they, like me, seemed intent on what they were about...
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A Cabo dawn on the rocks
When we were in Los Cabos last December, we were able to enjoy beautiful sunrises almost every day. This morning’s dawn was a favourite and I was out early to catch the sun rising out of the Sea of...
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