Did you know sunlight was spectacularly unfair? The evening light hits some branches practically making them glow while others are left in relative darkness. I think the contrast brings the photo to life. It’s also fundamentally unfair because the light left some branches to be the boring contrasting elements of the photo and not the… Continue Reading
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Human activity must give deer a good laugh now and then, but especially in the winter. The deer are busy trying to survive in the snow – looking for food and a safe place to rest while keeping a constant lookout for predators, including humans. Meanwhile, all around them, humans are demonstrating all sorts of… Continue Reading
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The way some people describe winter on the Canadian prairies, you’d think it was like looking out of an igloo desperately waiting for spring. I hear complaining all the time. It’s too cold! I have to shovel too much snow! We only get four months of bad snowmobiling weather! People fly away to tropical locations… Continue Reading
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These big, beautiful buffalo had no trouble roaming around in my head. So why weren’t they roaming around Elk Island National Park? “Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam,” kept running through my head from the moment we decided to go to the park. Somehow I had triggered childhood memories of the opening… Continue Reading
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Animal tracks are mysteries – pieces of an intriguing puzzle just waiting to be solved. If you know what you’re looking for, animal tracks can provide all sorts of wonderful clues to help recreate the story of what happened. The serious flaw in my animal track mysteries is that they have some missing parts. Lots… Continue Reading
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I can’t remember another winter when I got stuck twice with my truck and fell through the ice while hiking. While these events all happened on photography outings, they didn’t help me get a single photo. I could argue that these strange incidents really weren’t my fault. It would be a spirited performance. A strong… Continue Reading

