From a couple nights ago. It was amazing. Photo does not do justice.

Next time a tripod and manual focus will be part of the routine.

The whole scene happens so fast and you really have to be ready.

Seven frame blend transitioning from nautical twilight to sunrise.

7:41am-9:08am

Sunrise: 8:51am

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There's a quiet that comes, with the first snowfall. The city sounds muffled as the lazy soft drift of snowflakes frosts the chaos in a cozy and welcoming blanket.

It brings forth memories of childhood and the excitement, the moments of watching the first snowfall from your own adult window and a contentment that fuels the souls as each snowflake brings forth a new memory of days past.

She keeps low when we pass. I think she thinks she is invisible. Pretty sure she is nesting. Heavy snow this morning in YEG.

Is spring really on its way?

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We went for a drive after dinner. Looking for bird activity.

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first night shot with the Viltrox 40mm/2.5. a bit cold at -20 but worked out oke.

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This refinery has legs. Often called the world’s most travelled refinery, the Strathcona refinery has made its way through hill and valley, war and peace, and through the ebbs and flows of Canada’s oil industry.

When the company discovered oil in Leduc in 1947, Alberta’s oil industry began to happen. The refinery made its way from Whitehorse on barges, trucks, rail and ice-roads to find its final home on the outskirts of Edmonton.

Today, a more modern version of the refinery provides products for Canada and the Northern U.S., and is one of the most safe, reliable and profitable refineries in North America.

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Ice sculpture at the Fort Edmonton Winter Market. Lots of vendors selling everything from cider, French baking, jewelry and Christmas gift ideas. Indoors and outside. Lucky us the weather was a balmy -4!

Boeing 737-7CT

Edmonton (YEG) to Vancouver (YVR),

Flight time; 1:10,

Flying over, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada,

Approaching, Vancouver International airport,

Taken from my car while stopped on the side of River Road, Richmond

my first attempt to do a "Night/Day" photo. it's actually 4 shots over a 1 hour period ... I had to get up anyway at 3:45 AM to bring someone to the airport so decided to try to get a shot like this. Have seen way better ones (better/more gradual) so another early day coming up ...sometime 😄

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Took a chance shooting the aurora from within the city to hopefully show the aurora over the cityscape.

taken with an "old" camera 😄

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1989 Volvo 740 GLE auto estate.

Supplied by Harston Motors (Volvo).

Last Oilers game played at Rexall Place. Next regular season game will be played at Rogers Place.

Crawling into Tofield before the sharp turn north onto RR190 aka 834.

Ben's coyote patrol of Blackmud Creek is over.

We met and fell for this sweet pup this weekend. She spent the day with us yesterday. She was perfectly behaved with the cats, was calm and gentle, really the best dog! So today we apply to adopt her. Our very own Alberta Special.💕

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Big Lake Interpretive Trail, Sturgeon County, AB, Canada.

7D2 and 400/5.6L + 1.4x | 1/640 sec., f/10, ISO 1000; handheld.

Love how this guy did a big stretch to sing and attract its mate.

Enjoy!

Car

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The view out my hotel room window last night in Edmonton. A few minutes later all hell broke loose with torrential rain and crazy winds.

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and the supermoon

Sitting on bench along the North Saskatchewan River at night.

Ice-District towers in downtown YEG 😄

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Post storm sunset in Edmonton ,ab

YEG at work - Walterdale Bridge being constructed. Still think too bad that they did not leave the "old" bridge for foot/bike crossing. 😮

2-shot stitched

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Lightning strikes south of YEG and Leduc this evening.

Excavating a nest hole in a mountain ash tree. It boggles the mind that a tiny bird with a small beak can do this

trying out the 3.2 megapixels Pentax Optio 33WR in YEG. stitched a few shots and noticed if you remove the SD card (in the battery compartment) the whole camera is resetting itself. Hence the 2003 EXIF info. Guessing the image transfer should be done in camera via USB. Annoying, glad I didn't pay $349.95 on 2003 😄

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SMC Pentax-A 50mm F1:1.2

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Driving around in those Back-lanes (alleys) one finds the most "interesting" stuff ... mainly discarded stuff... who cares? looks like they don't! 😢

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Probably the most beautiful moment of the day.

The sun's light was drilling through the towers. And then noticed the intense glow thrown off the ATB Financial tower. Unreal. Another HDR image, merged using Photomatix

Another one of those Scorpio oddities. Originally photographed for being what I thought was a base model (wheel trims on a Ghia?).

Unloved when first released and still the butt of many jokes today, the 'wide-mouth frog' is destined to do a vanishing act in the near future - I've read a lot of Scorpio engines find their way into sporting Sierras too.

HML: Ford Scorpio Ghia 16v, 40 taxed, 49 SORN.