Calgary Nose Hill Walk

Calgary Nose Hill Walk

81mm | 1/250s -0.33eV f/4.5 | ISO 100 – Nikon Picture Control: Silence(Tip: to fit image to screen, click image.  click outside image to return) It was a beautiful April day, oh wait, it is only March 2! After a week of very warm temperatures, most of the snow...
Searching for the Snowy Owl

Searching for the Snowy Owl

420mm (digital crop=1300mm) | 1/2000s | f/7.1 | ISO 400 It’s already the end of February 2025 and we have just finished a month of cold weather (-15C to -30C). The chinook wind finally blew in a few days ago with temperatures above zero Celsius and the snow is now...
Winter Wonderland

Winter Wonderland

102mm | 1/160s | f/5.6 | ISO 100 Welcome to a winter wonderland in Didsbury, Alberta, Canada. A new article here is well overdue. I started the photo blog with plans to post new articles and photos monthly, but life and my photography passion ran out of steam. A few...
Final Spike Steam Tour 1930’s Steam Locomotive Chase

Final Spike Steam Tour 1930’s Steam Locomotive Chase

300mm | 1/320s | f/8 | ISO 720 To celebrate the 2021 merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern railways, a historic tour was created featuring the Empress 2816 – the first steam locomotive to traverse Canada, the United States, and Mexico. The idea of...
Restored 1930’s Hudson-type Steam Locomotive

Restored 1930’s Hudson-type Steam Locomotive

70mm | 1/250s | f/8 | ISO 100 I had just happened to spot a news story about this restored steam locomotive that was going to depart Calgary on a grand adventure to Mexico. The special journey has been created by Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) to celebrate the...