Today I visited the Albion Falls in Hamilton, Ontario. I was guided by my brother, Bruce and his wife Joan, residents of nearby Burlington. I learned of these very pretty falls from pictures I had seen at online photo posting sites. I was attracted by the beauty of the falls and welcomed the opportunity to…
Category: Water
Panther Falls Revisited
Earlier this year, I included a picture of Panther Falls in a post entitled “Winter Magic”. The falls were frozen at the time, so they looked like a giant icicle, rather than a waterfall. Remember it? Today, I returned to the falls, accompanied by friend and fellow photographer, Bob Bear. I took today’s pictures from…
Fury at the Base of the Falls
This is the base of Takakka Falls, located in Yoho National Park, near Field, B.C. Its highest point is 384m (1260 ft) from its base, making it the second-highest officially measured waterfall in western Canada, after Della Falls on Vancouver Island. However its true “free-fall” is only 254m (833 ft). The photo was taken from…
Playing with Exposure
Last weekend I was accompanied on a short trip to Field B.C. by Rolande and our daughter, Jaime. One of our stops was at the Natural Bridge, located just north of Field along the Emerald Lake Road. Natural Bridge is an impressive natural rock formation that spans the flow of the Kicking Horse River, where…
Crystal Clear Water
Today’s trip took us to the Livingstone Falls Recreation Area in a remote area of southwest Alberta. I was accompanied by Tammy Howell and Bob Bear, travelling south and east through Kananaskis Country and then taking the Highwood Trail south to our destination. It was very much an exploratory trip, not having been there before….