 Colour and sun patches on mountain ridge This weekend I’m going through photos that I’ve taken in the last year or so as I prepare for this year’s Goldbar sale (see previous post for details). It’s great looking back at these photos, remembering the times I was out to capture them, and realizing that it’s been far too long since I’ve updated my website to share some of these with you. So, perhaps for the next few posts I’ll show you some of the images I have particularly enjoyed re-discovering as a teaser for the website updates I’m currently working on (shouldn’t be too long now…).
I took this photograph while hiking the Sulphur Skyline trail in Jasper National Park. It’s a shorter hike, with pretty steep (and constant) elevation gain, and the view from the top is incredible. This one is from the way back down (easier to think about making photographs once the pulse has slowed down a little), looking southeast I believe–which would make this either Utopia Mountain or Mount O’Hagan. Does anybody know for sure? Besides the view, the best thing about this hike is that the trailhead is a few hundred meters from the Miette hotsprings–definitely a great way to end a day of climbing, I would certainly recommend it next time you’re in Jasper.
 Light frost on aspen sapling Here’s another photo from my recent early morning walk at Whitemud Ravine. This photo is much more monochromatic than the one I posted yesterday, and perhaps captures the cold, frosty feel of the morning better. I made this photograph perhaps twenty minutes after the last photo, but this sapling was shaded in behind some large white spruce trees which are visible in the background. What do you think? Do you prefer this one or the previous, more colourful photo? I always appreciate the feedback, you can just click the “Leave a comment” link below–Thanks!
Just a quick note to let you know that I’ll be at the Gold Bar community art & craft sale from 10 am to 4 pm on Saturday, the 21st of November (’09) (here’s a map to the hall). I’d love to have you drop by to say hi (six hours can go pretty slow with no one to talk to), and I’ll have a selection of prints and cards for sale as well. Hope to see you there!
This morning I went out early to Whitemud ravine. It has been a long time since I’ve been there for sunrise, and I’d forgotten how long it takes after the “official” sunrise for the light to reach the bottom of the ravine. In the meantime, I enjoyed the chilly late-autumn air and the little bit of frost on the bare willows and aspen saplings (and I froze my fingertips for the first time of the season). After walking most of the morning without finding much to photograph, I found the sun finally reaching down onto this frost-covered willow and alder thicket. I had to balance on a fallen stem to get the right perspective for this shot (shooting downwards, so the bright sky wouldn’t blow out the top of the photo).
Hi! Thanks for having a look at my personal photography journal.
I hope to regularly post new photographs that I’m excited to share with you before I can incorporate them into my more formal galleries. These will be photographs that either taken recently, or sometimes, photographs that I’ve recently processed (or re-processed). I’ll usually add a short description of where, when, or why I took each photo, and sometimes ask for feedback on things I’m trying out.
I’ll always welcome any comments or questions you may have about any of the images–you can either leave me a comment on one of the entries, or contact me directly.
I hope you enjoy these images, and please check back often to see what I’ve been up to.
‘all the best
Jonathan
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