First Spring Hike

Bryan and I went hiking this weekend in the hills down by Old Fort. We found some crocuses up and discovered some of the hills ripped up for a massive sand/gravel pit. This picture doesn't nearly show the scope of it, and some of the woods we'd hiked through were marked off for further destruction.

Crow in the Graveyard

I watched The Nature of Things episode about crows last week. They're really intelligent creatures. They can recognize and remember a particular human face after just one encounter, and they speak two different dialects. Pretty cool.

Frosty Ivy

Mushrooms

At Elk Island Park, Alberta.

Foggy Sunday Morning

One great thing about Fort St. John is that when it's foggy, it lasts a looong time. I had hours to run around and take fog pictures on the back roads.

Oh Deer

I can't believe how close this doe let me get to her. She just went on eating and mostly ignored me. Unfortunately most of my shots were not sharp, as I didn't think to increase the ISO. Duh. I guess I'm still used to shooting film. Near Old Fort.

Winter Leaves

I discovered that in cold weather, breathing on your lens makes a quick soft focus filter. I was really wishing for snowshoes or cross-country ski while hiking through a foot of fresh snow at Beaton Park to take pictures. It was kind of cool though; the only tracks in the snow were animal tracks, and it was a beautiful day.

For Mom

Fishing at Sundown

A pond in Rock Lake Provincial Park near Grand Cache, AB.

Raindrops

An oldie, but one of my favourites. From Grandma's backyard.

Forest of Light

I've been wanting to experiment more with camera movement for awhile now. It's interesting how different each image is, and the results are so unpredictable. This on is my favorite of the set.

I Like Impressionism

Near "Frozen John" toboggan hill in Fort St. John.

An "Amy" photo

Corey saw this and said "That's an Amy photo". I don't really intend to always shoot dead stuff, or garbage, or rusted, rotten things. It just ends up that way.

I shot this flower when it was fresh as well, but I ended up liking this one better. I like the subtlety of the tones and patterns of the veins in the petals.

I'm now officially a Mac person (instead of a wannabe with a Mac sticker on my PC). I'm amazed every time it just WORKS. I got Lightroom, and this is my first experimentation with it (this photo makes use of the clarity and vibrance adjustments). Although I'm missing the way IMatch lets you categorize your photos in a hierarchical structure pleasing to any neurotic organizer rather than a cloud of keywords, I am loving Lightroom's editing features. Looks like I won't even have to touch Photoshop for most of my editing.