Photography
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The Short list
A short while back I received an email from Canadian Geographic advising of a special wildlife issue coming out. This issue would use photos from selected photographers who had entered their photo contests and were short listed. The problem was the email (actually there were two) were sufficiently vague that it was difficult to tell
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A limit
I wonder if there is a theoretical limit to the number of photos of icebergs, fog and the St George's Society Cliffs one can post before the audience becomes over-satiated? While I was taking this photo Leah and the others were picking blueberries. When I went to get them I took the opportunity to
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More than one way to skin an inuksuk
I do think that inuksuit are way overdone, as in over exposed. I mean, hell, even Hay River (that most arctic of locales) has one. But, they are photogenic. There is just something about stones placed by people that is visually appealing. Witness Stonehenge, and other henges. Old tent rings can be found scattered over
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Polar Bear
There was supposedly a Polar Bear hanging out at that small island off the far point the day I took this picture. I really just wanted to post some nice late night sky, calm water and ice photos, but I'm still stinging from the criticism that I throw up too many photos without something to
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Toned
I'm not big on most of my photos processed as HDR (High Dynamic Range). Although there are several that I like. Out of the over 9000 images I've taken since I bought the DSLR I've kept thirty-three HDR images. There are some great photographers up here who use it quite often to great effect, but
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At the cusp of darkness
This is near midnight in the shadows of the hills, with low clouds obscuring the Sun. This first photo is underexposed a stop to bring out the colour, and I lightened the little patch of fog to highlight it. If you look really closely you can see the family of Red-throated Loons tucked in at
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Light and Shadow
We're in that time of magical light, and every day the scenery changes. Here are a couple of shots of the late night sun on King George and Adam's Sound.