We’ve had great moonlight for the past couple of nights, with the full moon yesterday, January 26th. I took the opportunity to take a few pictures last night and again this evening. Last evening, I went to Quarry Lake Park to gain an unobstructed view of the mountains on the south side of the valley….
Category: Skies and Clouds
Lenticular Clouds
Today, like many recent days was a good day for photography. Bright sunny skies, moderate temperature and some nice snow cover. My neighbour, Stu Hamilton and I had planned to go out late in the afternoon with the hope of getting a nice sunset on the Three Sisters. Our planned destination was the Bow River…
Star Trails
I’ve been intrigued by star trail photography for some time. What do I mean? Star trail photography is using a long exposure of a clear, starlit sky to produce streaks (trails) caused by the relative movement of the stars as the earth rotates. By aiming the camera at the North Star (Polaris), the pattern is…
Canmore Sunset
Today’s blog posting is a very simple one, a single photograph. I took this picture about a week ago from our back deck. It caught my eye at the time, a brilliant sunset but I didn’t think much about it. A friend’s comment inspired me to take a second look at it and I realized…
Misty May
We get most of our annual rainfall in May and June. That can be a bit tiresome at times, but it does produce some nice photographic opportunities when the low lying clouds envelope the mountain tops. Often, when the clouds disperse, we’ll see a fresh mantle of snow left behind. Not enduring snow but it’s…