28-DEC-2008
old fashioned vignette
...photographing through a cardboard tube!
24-DEC-2008
The Wonder of Christmas
The first Christmas
....wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas with your families and friends
22-DEC-2008
christmas hearts
lights on a christmas tree
15-DEC-2008
Frosted
-26C...sun...open river fog
nature does the rest!!
09-DEC-2008
diamond necklaces
...ice formations around rocks in the river...
artist...nature!
04-DEC-2008
Graffiti
...under a bridge abutment on a late afternoon winter day
04-DEC-2008
east wind
-17C winter morning with an east wind looking south over the skyline at sunrise
29-OCT-2008
Reflections of a 'Snow Eater'
The chinook winds are a unique phenomenon along the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains. They are usually accompanied by a band of clear sky extending in a linear pattern with a defined cloud edge adjacent.
It can provide some breathtaking and dramatic lighting, clouds and colours.
For more information see
http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/chinook.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinook_wind
or an colourful photo by Pbase artist Gary Hebert
http://www.pbase.com/image/33980504
30-SEP-2008
morning colours
...nothing quite like awaking on a sailboat early in the morning and watching the crimson/orange sky change to blue..
from our sailboat trip to the San Juan Islands in September.
16-NOV-2008
mesh
...and a little fresh snow and bokeh background
13-NOV-2008
~"Look to the Heavens"
...sometimes when life is difficult...
...sometimes when we do not understand
...or we feel helpless
...we search for reasons or answers to restore our faith
...to make miracles happen
...sometimes...
05-NOV-2008
sensuality
...wine flutes
...curvaceous forms with HEARTS
...hot colours
...created with a lensbaby2 and heart aperture insert
Palais de arts & sciences
photos from June of 2007 and 2008...
Had a dinner banquet in the Hemispheric...the blueish eye shaped building on the right
...for more on these amazing buildings see
http://www.pbase.com/rogerleblanc/museum_of_arts_and_sciences
04-NOV-2008
a sunrise calm before the storm
...looks like winter is grasping at the door..
...forecast is for snow flurries tonight...
23-OCT-2008
stubborn survivor
...soft background colours from dried and fallen leaves washed with brilliant afternoon autumn sun along the river banks...
...green tangles of stubborn grass refusing to let life vanish into the clutches of winter's grasp!
22-OCT-2008
Pink Rocky Sunrise
...pink sky in the morning...
you know the rest..
17-OCT-2008
Next years life
...seeds against the painted sunrise this morning
03-OCT-2008
~~Imperfections~~
...in a 'PERFECT' world...
15-OCT-2008
frosty window
...early morning frost patterns on the car window
...the setting full moon bokeh above
29-SEP-2008
True Blue
for a video of my recent sailing photos wee
12-OCT-2008
like fallen leaves
...money just keeps falling...
09-OCT-2008
Autumn Reflections
Crowsnest Lake, Alberta
...on the border of BC off Highway #3
30-SEP-2008
~~~~Reflections~~~
...contrasts...
...in light and form
...sun reflections with ripples on the water
...light and dark
...patterns and shapes
...underexposed but interesting
Location: Sucia Island State Park, San Juan Islands, Washington State, USA
01-OCT-2008
Valdez
...solitude
...waking to foghorns
...quiet...mysterious...damp...
...enhancing objects by hiding others
~~~morning fog~~~~
...casting a spell over the harbor and for our anxious expectations to our last day of sailing
location: Lopez Island Resort, San Juan Islands, Washington State
30-SEP-2008
The Admiral's Coffee Whitener
...morning sailing ritual for Admiral Billy...
03-OCT-2008
colours and shapes
...changing leaf colours
...reflections of light....
...strong shapes on textured bokeh background!!!
survived my fabulous sailing trip in the US San Juan Islands
...photos to be posted soon!
22-SEP-2008
Autumn rain
...a storm
...dark clouds and rain
...some reflections of sky and a setting sun
...all help make fallen leaves on a wood deck so interesting...
...and of course using my Lensbaby and a touch underexposed all helps as well!
24-SEP-2008
prairie fence
...this field caught my eye on my drive home from Edmonton yesterday afternoon..
spent a good time photographing fences, hayrolls, moody skies....
this one was taken just to the west of QE2 Highway by Ponoka, Alberta
15-JUL-2008
canola farm
sorry, this is an old photo from my archives
caught this little gem off the highway west of Bowden
late afternoon summer storm...rich, full field of YELLOW canola...
...quaint farm buildings and grain silos against a woodlot...
can it get any better than this?
21-SEP-2008
something's interesting
Little Loewen on his 1 month birthday!
19-SEP-2008
family of 7
A picturesque little farm field and sheds off Highway 11, heading west from Red Deer
My first thought was to enrich the beautiful grasslands and grain and sky colours...
The colours and image were really beautiful.
...but the colours detracted from the focus of my photo...
...the numerous, deteriorating and weathered farm buildings with their distinct hard edge forms
...contrasting against the soft edged cut fields in the foreground and the texture of the fields in the background!!!
Hence the choice for Black & White treatment!
17-AUG-2008
droplet bokeh
...after a thunderstorm with the sun setting in the background
10-AUG-2008
~~just hanging out...;D
Mount Indefatigable, Kananaskis Country,
Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada
http://www.geocities.com/truedino/indefat.htm
24-JUL-2008
hands
...hand bokeh in the trees!!!
Cathedral of Valencia bridge detail
The Cathedral as seen today in Valencia was started about 1261/62 AD and has had a number of modification, and additions since that time.
Originally built on the site of a previous temple during Roman times dedicated to the Goddess Diana. After the Romans, the Moors replaced the Diana Temple with a Mosque. Then, when James I of Aragon took the city from the Moors in 1238 he converted the Mosque into a christian church.
04-AUG-2008
........nature's painting.........
27-JUL-2008
solitary
...found this little gem in an alpine meadow today!!!
20-JUL-2008
~~WOOF !!!!
viggo with that intense eye contact he is known for!!!
fields of gold
...the canola fields south of Edmonton
28-JUN-2008
CAMPEONES DE EUROPA
Last night Spain won the Eurocope against Germany in the final match!!!
Lots of partying, fireworks and happiness!!
Congrats!!
Fireworks with Lensbaby
31-MAR-2008
child's play
...kids playing on a palm trunk in the Mekong River near Chau Doc, Vietnam
02-APR-2008
Incense
Thien Hau Temple, Saigon, Vietnam
22-APR-2008
April Icicles
...might as well photograph them...
really strange cold weather for April!!!
just hanging off the roof gutters...
19-APR-2008
Rocky Mountain Spring
...believe it or not it snowed all weekend with highs of only around -6C...
...go figure>>>>
16-APR-2008
Secret of Male Longevity
...on a neighbourhood sign for a flower shop
16-MAR-2008
Sharing a memory together
looking out over the Andaman Sea, part of the Indian Ocean near Khao Lok, north of Phuket on the west coast of Thailand
20-MAR-2008
HEELS
So pretty...but how many heels does she lose?????
21-MAR-2008
orange
one of the children from the local fishing village in a boat
Ha Long Bay, Vietnam
24-FEB-2008
winging
...as the sun sets over the Gulf of Mexico...
29-JAN-2008
City on fire
-30 C does amazing things to a skyline
24-JAN-2008
Surreal
~ winter fog over the prairie at sunrise ~
30-OCT-2007
Afternoon stroll
A couple taking a stroll ship in Toronto's harbour
27-DEC-2007
SKIIS
from our recent cross country ski trip to Kananaskis
if you have the time...please look at my first video creation at:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=rd85sd1Zyoo
WISHING EVERYONE A HAPPY & PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!!!!
