The winds are sending the smoke from the largest wildfires in Washington State through the Bow Valley. I have been trying to get pictures of the Sun and the landscape as the smoke passes through. This images a sense of what the viability is like and the interesting landscapes the smoke s creating.
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Amar
This Northern Pygmy Owl bringing back food for the nestlings, it seems like a nestling from another bird's nest. When the owl gets close to the nest it calls out, when it hears the begging coming from the nest the adult goes toward it. When there is room in the nest it takes it and when there is not, the food is dropped of into the nest.
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Amar
No matter who you are in nature, there is always someone who is ahead of you. This Bald Eagle would normally be catching fish from the open waters, but this time the fish it wanted was in a small pool of water surrounded by trees. There was no way for it to fly in and grab one from the water, instead the eagle was hoping the four legged friend below, a young grizzly, would leave some scraps behind for it to pick up. It flew from one perch to another to get closer, then it saw an opportunity, it flew down but at the last minute with the risk too high, it flew out of danger. That's when this picture was taken. The eagle once again safely perched, waited for the next opportunity.
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Amar
Picture of Castle Mountain from a different view. Had to fight of mosquitoes to get the picture and then I had to make my way out of there before the storm in the distance reached me. All part of nature photography.
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Amar
The male Three-toed Woodpecker shoving food down the throat of a nestling. Its seem to be the only thing that gets the nestlings to stop the constant begging. If you happen to be in the area, the sound of the nestling will bring you right to the nest. Then find a spot as both parents bring back food.
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Amar
Just like us humans not all animals behave the same under similar situations. Whereas the sister of this female has no problem eating in the vicinity of humans, this grizzly leans toward the opposite. The first time I saw her this year was later part of day, away from the busy world. Her look and body indicated she did not want me to be there, I moved on. Few weeks later I was surprised to see her in a area that is considerably busy, but timing was on her side, it was too early for people to be around. She was startled by loud thunder caused by approaching storm, she snarled back and then quickly disappeared into the forest. As she grows older she will gain more confidence and become more comfortable with her surroundings, but still her and others should never be taken for granted.
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Amar
No luck with a picture of the meteor shower, but had some luck with star trails pictures. I was taking 15 second long pictures, hoping to catch one or two images with meteors. I got to see several but none made the frame of my pictures. So I decided to combine the 15 second images to make the one posted.
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Amar
I spotted this nest few weeks back as I was on a animals trail. Noticed a Willow Flycatcher fly out of a shrub, after half an hour passed I was walking back along the same route, same thing happened again near the same shrub. That's when I looked over the shrub and noticed I was looking down a Willow Flycatcher nest. I would let few days pass before paying a visit to the nest and only when I saw the adult was not near. This picture was taken about few days before all three fledged.
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I did not think the sky was going to light up with warm colours while I waited along Two Jack Lake, but it did just less then a minute before the wind took away the calm water. Luck was on my side.
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Amar
Always looking to take pictures of the Moon and for me a good picture of the Moon include the clouds. In this picture the clouds seem to give the Moon motion, even though the Moon is in motion in space, moving very fast around the Earth.
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For me its hard to sleep in, just wondering what I might be missing gets me up and gets me outside. So it always feels better just to get out there, and since I like taking pictures of everything that falls under nature, I rarely come home empty handed and always come back feeling better. It feels great just walking in the woods going to work and coming back from work, let along when taking picture of Northern Lights during the night and then deciding to stay out there to catch the sunrise at one of the most beautiful place in the world. That`s the effect of nature.
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Amar
A picture of grizzly looking away, for me she seems to have a calm look about her. The picture was taken after she took a break from eating fish and before going back to eat more.
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Amar
It was a good way to spend the morning, taking pictures of insects around the flowers. This one of the bumble bee approaching a flower of a fireweed was the best one from the morning.
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Amar
I was late heading home from work, looking forward to relaxing and eating. But I quickly forgot about food when I spotted this Barred Owl, it was time to grab few images. In this meeting the first few pictures I took were the keepers. The background was lit up with the setting sun, but the owl had its back turned to me, so I waited. Then for few seconds the owl looked toward me over its left shoulder, but the bonus was in its eye. A protective blue film covering showing, which the owls uses when flying through the woods and as a preventive measure against overly eager owlets.
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Amar
Was back at the Vermilion Lakes to take pictures of Mount Rundle during a sunrise. I never get tired of taking pictures there, knowing I will always come back with something I like. Most of the landscapes pictures I have taken there have been during the mornings. The calm water, Mount Rundle and colourful sky go well together, no exception the last time I was out there.
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Amar
The two nestlings get the mouth ready to recieve food brought by an adult. Had a chance one evening to watch this pileated family, it was not difficult to miss the nest. There was constant begging coming from the nestlings while adult went away to gather food. After few feeding I left the nest to look for other things to photograph.
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Amar
This picture was taken in the morning, fog over the meadow and a storm in the distance quickly moved over the valley. In most cases its theses small windows of opportunities between the weather events where I get the interesting pictures.
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Amar
The Great Gray Owl is one of the bigger owl found in the park, by size but not by weight. Even with its wingspan of 52 inches, it weighs in at only 2.4 pounds. The Great Gray Owl can be found year around in the park and no matter the season they are always a nice surprise when spotted. I got to see this one early one morning, hunting for food. It was difficult the get a good picture of it in flight with low early morning light. So I concentrated on getting a good picture of it while it was perched and turning it into black and white to show the focus on its eye.
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Amar
The male bring back dinner for the family, that includes the adult female and three nestlings. Waited half and hour, staying ready to take the picture on arrival of the adult male. The fish is small, with four mouths to feed, lot more of this fish will have to be caught.
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Amar
The animals in the park always get the right of way.
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Amar
