Howie Dingle and I set out early this morning for one of our favourite photo locations, Bow Lake. We arrived in time for sunrise and were rewarded with clear skies and great light. Bow Lake is about 1-1/2 hours northwest of Canmore, along the Icefields Parkway between Lake Louise and Jasper. I’ve posted the following…
Category: Wildlife
Mother Grizzly and Cub
Early Saturday morning and I’m off for a photo excursion with friends Howie and Joanne. They’re back from Nova Scotia where they spend most of the summer. We decided to photograph some scenery and hopefully some wildflowers in the lower Kananaskis area, including the Highwood Pass. This is bear country, so I brought a telephoto…
Bear Safari
Each summer, we do excursions in the Canmore area to photograph the wildlife. The focus is bears but we do see many other animals and enjoy photographing them as well. We had an outing yesterday, Rolande and myself accompanied by our friend Tammy Howell, an enthusiastic wildlife photographer. We were very fortunate to see two…
Black Bear Family
We were driving through Kootenay National Park on our way to Radium, B.C. when we came upon a mother black bear and her two cubs. It was early morning, about 8:00 am, a good time of day to spot bears. Kudos to Rolande for sighting them. They were grazing along the edge of the forest…
Whitetail on the Run
We were traveling to Radium, B.C. when we spotted two whitetail deer grazing along the side of the road. Not an unusual site in Kootenay National Park. We pulled over to take some pictures, always in the hope we’ll get something different. One deer noticed us first, did the usual still poses and then meandered…