winter

Lunar Spirits The transition between evening and the darkness of the night has special light properties. It is not dark yet but the daylight is vanishing quickly, and the spirits of the night are waking up. It was long after the sunset when I took this photo, but beautiful light kept me...

We all need a little cool down this summer. ~14º F when I took this (luckily no wind).

This trip was full of extremes. It came about without any significant amount of planning and happened around the shortest and the coldest time of the year. I went to the farthest North part of Canada where you can still drive. This photo shows mountains near the Artic Circle at around 1pm. As...

One of my favourite locations in the world for photography, Death Valley’s amazing landscapes are without equal anywhere in the World: what makes the Valley even more inspiring and photographically rewarding is the variety of very different landscapes and features concentrated in such a...

I had fun with this shot... Winter Silhouette by Zeph posted Apr 26, 2018 at 8:45 PM C&C Welcome

When I was planning the most recent winter trip to Canadian North I wasn’t exactly sure if it was the best idea, as I didn’t know what could be expected. However, the photographic conditions that I saw there fully compensated for all my initial doubts. Because my trip fell at the very end of the...

I had posted that color shot of Vernal Falls in Yosemite earlier in the week. I had a feeling I would like it in B&W perhaps more, and was also thinking that a vertical composition would be nice with this to help balance the pour off in the foreground with the falls in the background. All...

From a few weeks ago in Yosemite, after a fresh snowfall I decided to hike up to Vernal Falls and I was hoping to get a little different perspective on it. Where I shot this from would be impossible during the spring and summer, only in the later fall would the water be low enough to get out...

Hi guys, kinda busy lately, so i apologies for being absent for few weeks, on a positive note, i had few lucky (weather wise) sessions. Here is one taken at Palmachim Beach, i felt shooting some kinda icon, there were at least 10 photographers, usually its about 2-3, it felt kinda funny...

Yesterday I attempted to do some snowshoeing in RMNP. The wind was too much for my liking 30-50mph is not fun to be out in. However I did manage to get some shots while leaving.

Here are a couple more compositions from a twilight shoot at Emerald Lake in the Canadian Rockies. Any thoughts are welcome.

I debated whether I should save these for another waterfall Wednesday thread, but decided to post a bonus waterfall today instead. I shared my self portrait at the "trailhead" in the signs contest here. Normally Athabasca Canyon is filled wall to wall with beautiful turquoise water (example)...

If only there was some snow in Yosemite Valley I would be up there photographing, instead it's brown and barren so I have to dig in the archives to find some snow on the ground. This was kind of cool how the clouds being lit with color parted a bit to let a view in to the background clouds that...

This shallow cave (really just an indentation in the canyon wall) is off the main trail in Banff's Johnston Canyon and nicely frames this rock formation. Any thoughts are welcome.

I was skiing one of my favorite back-country areas near Stevens Pass WA yesterday. There was 10 inches of pretty good new snow on top of a supportive rain crust, but very little avalanche danger. The morning started off well (see picture) then I made a mistake dropping into a steep slot where I...

Here's a few from a lift at the Sunshine Ski Area in Banff. Not sure what forum is best, but I guess skiing is a sport!

After a wonderful week at a back-country ski lodge in the Selkirks (I'll do another post on that) I drove up along the Icefields Parkway for a few days of photography and skiing. It got down in the low teens at night, so I was glad to have two sleeping bags in my van. Back in my 20s I spent...

In this winter season, la Nina seems to have a profound influence on the West Coast of Canada. The snow conditions are already pretty good and local mountains bring excellent opportunities for winter photography. In this photo, I captured a scene that I was endowed with during one of the quick...

Seeing Kyle's image of Tenaya Lake reminded me of my image of El Capitan in the winter. I was standing in the Merced River taking this image when there was a backup on the adjacent road. People got out of their cars and were making comments on the crazy photographer standing in the river. I...

This was taken just before New Year's a few winters ago, in a year where Tioga Pass stayed open into January. This gave me the chance to shoot a winter sunset at Tenaya Lake, which is one of my favorite places. There were many pools of water on the ice, so I walked around until I find a...