Grasslands National Park is located in southwest Saskatchewan, just north of the Montana border. I ventured there last week, accompanied by friend and photographer, Bob Bear. It’s a 7-hour drive from Canmore, so we spent a couple of days there, blessed by magnificent autumn weather. The nearest community is Val Marie, SK, a village of 140…
Category: Wildlife
A Few Butterflies
Today’s is a very simple post. Just some shots taken at Butterfly Wonderland in the course of a recent visit by my daughter Jaime’s family, including Andrew and two young grandsons. These shots were all taken hand held using a macro lens, set to allow me to get in very close to these intriguing creatures. Here is a…
Butterflies
Yesterday, I made a return visit to Butterfly Wonderland, a local attraction featuring 3000 butterflies in a climate controlled atrium. They offer many interesting exhibits, but I’m happy just to stroll around the atrium in search of photographic moments. One of my reasons for going yesterday was to experiment with a recently acquired macro lens. Macro photography…
Bighorn Sheep
Yesterday, I was showing the scenery of Alberta to our visitors, Jennifer and Raymond Desjardins when we came across some bighorn sheep, patrolling Highway 40 in Kananaskis Country. Never shy, two rams were strolling down the middle of the road, oblivious to the traffic they were delaying. Exercising a little patience, we managed to get a…