Earlier this week, I participated in a photographic excursion with fellow members of the Canmore Camera Club. We left town early on a beautiful sunny morning, destined for the Highwood Pass, about 100 km (63 mi.) distant in Kananaskis Country. Our primary purpose was to photograph wildflowers, but we were also able to get some…
Category: Floral
Favourites from this Week
I had a very busy week, photographically. I’m still working on some material from a trip to Utah, to be posted in a later blog. In the interim, I wish to share two very interesting shots I captured this week. The first was taken on the way home from the Utah trip, where we over-nighted…
Spring in the Desert
It’s Springtime in the Sonoran Desert. The flowers and the cacti come alive with colour again, as they do every April. Spring has been a little later than usual this year, but it’s definitely here and we’ll continue to see the vibrant colours emerge. My first shot is a close-up of a cluster of small…
Cascade Meadow
Wildfires in the area have created a lot of smoke, making it difficult to photograph in the area. The main source of the smoke is an area of Kootenay and Banff National Parks, about 50 km (30 mi.) to our west. One evening last week, I took advantage of clearer skies to visit a location known…
Springtime in Arizona
Spring made its official arrival about 2-1/2 weeks ago. The usual signs of the season are appearing, most evidently in the blooming of the desert flora. We have a garden in the back of our home, mostly inherited from the previous owners. It’s a small oasis etched from the surrounding desert, containing a mix of…