Oh how a theatre production cuts into photography time! Now that "Twelve Angry Jurors" has been up and down, I finally had a day for photography. Being December in Calgary, that meant a fresh dump of huge amounts of snow and frigid temperatures. Two days after our second major snow storm of the season (wait it isn't even Winter yet), the sun came out and the fresh smooth snow was too enticing a visual to resist even though the temperature was a brisk -16C.
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| iPhone 5 Selfie by the Footbridge |
So I packed up the Nikon D7100, a fresh battery, clean media card and an 18-105mm Nikkor lens and braved the elements. I decided to revisit Fish Creek and get the same shot of the footbridge that I got back in September. The Mustang doesn't like the slick roads but the entrance to Fish Creek had been ploughed well. I parked the car as the only car in the lot and trudged through the deep snow to the creek. I followed deer tracks and they were the only disturbances in the fresh snow.
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| Snow Shadow - processed in B&W |
Even though it was only 3pm the sun was very low on the horizon and I took advantage of the angle to get a "shadow selfie" in the snow.
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| Fish Creek Footbridge in Winter |
Getting to the local I shot the footbridge in the Fall was a bit of a challenge as the rocks were covered in snow and ice. I went further down the creek and found a place where I wouldn't break through the ice. The water was still flowing briskly under the ice even at -16C! I shot the image above and used a coloured pencil process on the image using Alien Skin Snap Art 3.0.
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| Fish Creek Under Snow |
The view down the creek in the other direction was quite amazing as well. The water is running in the foreground. It just can't be seen in the image as it was directly in front and below these trees with a four or five foot drop to the creek bed.
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| Midnapore Snowscape |
There was plenty of snow covered scenery. This shot really cried out for a slightly sepia toned black and white treatment courtesy of OnOne Perfect Effects Black and White filters and a bit of tweaking in Lightroom.
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| Winter Sunset |
On the way back to the car the sun was really declining in the south (hardly even west). The 18mm wide angle really enhances the long shadows in this sunset.
