It was mostly cloudy, but some light started to come through to highlight the Crowfoot Glacier. I spent about half an hour on a very windy morning taking various pictures of the glaciers. Zooming in and zooming out to get the pictures I wanted.
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Amar
The moon setting over Cascade Mtn one cold winter morning. It was a clear blue sky, the mountain covered with snow was lit up by the morning light. For about ten minutes I waited and watched the moon set. Taking pictures when the moon was just about to go behind the mountain.
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Amar
It seem like a distance memory when it looked like winter wonderland in the Canadian Rockies, when everything was covered with snow. The attached picture was taken last month of the frozen Hector Lake in the distance. all covered with snow, surrounded by peaks and forest. Soon after the picture was taken, the temperatures went up, for the lows and the highs. Most of the snow has gone from the trees, the mountains are little more exposed and for the lake, it still has ice and snow but if this weather pattern continues, the water might be opening earlier than normal. Time will tell, for now I have the pictures to remind me what winter looked like at the start of this season.
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Amar
I was out there on a not so cold morning, waiting for the sunrise by the Vermilion Lakes. It was bit windy, but I had the clouds and was waiting for the bright colours. Not all, but some of the clouds started showing the warm colours of a sunrise. I grabbed the pictures before the wind really picked up. Afterward I was off for a small hike.
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Amar
I had a little hike walking along Lake Minnewanka's shore, came across broken up ice. After exploring it for a while I found a place to take a picture on a warm February afternoon. In this case it was the happy winter blues.
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Amar
There are few animals on most visitors list to see when visiting the national parks in the mountains, bears, wolves are always on the top, but moose are not far behind. The amount of times I'm out there I do get to see my share, since there are not as many as elk and deer, I'm always happy to see a moose. In this case a mother and a calf were trying to cross the road, being middle of the a sunny day there was some traffic on the road. So few of us decided to stop the traffic so the two could cross safely. No one minded stopping, not everyday a visitor to the park gets to see a moose from the comfort of their vehicle, let along two. Some took pictures while others enjoyed the beautiful view like the two boys in the vehicle.
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Amar
I was back along the Bow River taking pictures of Castle Mtn. Walking along the shores looking for a spot to take the pictures, I stopped when I came across untouched snow on top of ice that forms on and side of the river each year.
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Amar
One of the wolf pup that lives in Banff National Park, tough part for anyone born in the wild is getting to age one. He is only few months away from that, if he does, then he will be helping the next generation do the same.
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Amar
Next Saturday evening I will giving a slideshow presentation of some of the pictures I took in 2015. Each year is always little different, from what is out there and what I come across, and 2015 was no exception. The weather played a role, as did the wildfires and lack of food for the bears affected where they went to find food and in turn how many I came across. But as long as you can get out, there will always be something to see and to take pictures of. I'll be sharing pictures and the stores to go along with them. Here is the information if you are able to make it out:
Photo Moments of 2015
Cave and Basin NHS
Saturday Feb. 6
7 pm to 9pm
Senior $3.40
Adult $3.90
Youth $1.90
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Amar
This picture was taken few weeks back after a small snow storm went through the valley. Since then we have been getting relatively warm weather and most moose have lost their antlers. Here the adult male looks as if he is in a cotton field, standing out and even more so when the sun reached the valley's bottom.
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Amar
I was hoping to catch the Northern Lights, but the bright moon light played a role keeping the lights intensity down. Instead I came back with a night picture of Mount Rundle and Fairholme Rage lit up by the moon and a bonus, Jupiter in the night sky.
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Amar
I find white-tailed deer get spooked quite easily, when they are in a open meadow, not a problem. But when run through heavy vegetation I'm always afraid they will hurt themselves, so if I see them before they see me, I give them a heads up. In this case there were two front of me. They looked at me, stared and then went back to eating, repeated that few times before moving away. They did not go far, I walked to where they were spotted and I could see them in the deep snow looking back at me from about 40 meters. Then they decided to run, tails raised, one by one jumping thorough the snow, I got the picture of the second deer just as she was about to land.
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Amar
Moose calf born last spring, staying close to its very protective mother. This young male will stay with its mother for about a year before it has to move on, the mother will give birth and start the process of raising a calf again.
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Amar
Two Ravens keeping company during a cold morning, surrounded by snow they studded out. From a distance I was trying to figure out what it was, but as I got closer it became clear. A bird that seems to find a way to survey no matter the weather.
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Amar
The alpha female gray wolf had walked up the slope and found a place to rest, soon after the alpha male followed with their pups. They went higher up then the female, pups stopped but the male kept going further. After few minutes the male came back near the pups and started howling, joined by the female where she was resting. Then the excited pups joined in, the excitement in the pups increased when the saw their mother walking up to them. They could not wait for her to reach them, all three pups in excitement started running toward their mother. Almost being knocked over as she was greeted by her pups
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Amar
I was returning from the North part of Banff National Park, looking at the sky and seeing clouds, I realized I should not be ending my day until I got sunset pictures. I had few options for locations, in the end I decided it was going to be Castle Mtn. Got to the Bow River and started to look for still water to get the reflection. Only thing I could locate was this small spot, got my camera low to the ground and started to shoot.
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Amar
This is a close-up of a wild alpha female gray wolf, she and her best friend the alpha male share the responsibilities of looking after their pack and the place they call home. They like to rest during the day and hunt when daylight is not providing a advantage to their prey. Are always on the move, to mark their territory but also looking for food. If they are able to bring down a adult elk or a moose, they will hang until the kill is consumed over few days. There is one other time the pack or part of a pack stays in one area, it's when the alpha female is giving birth. She will control the den site and be very protective of the pups, even from the members of her own pack. So it's no wonder the pups form a very special bond with their mother, a bond that continues beyond the weeks spent in and around the den.
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Amar
While standing near Lake Minnewanka I looked toward the west and saw the moon setting behind Cascade Mountain. Quickly I got the picture before it was fully set.
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Amar
A bull moose taking a break from his breakfast, to look toward to me. Just like the way he is looking at me, perhaps I'm humanizing him. Who I'm kidding, I have a habit of doing that.
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Amar
This is last bear I saw in 2015 and one of the last picture I took of a bear before they were all in bed for the winter and lucky for me it was grizzly 122, the "boss". Another hour and half of daylight was left, it started to snow and he was moving at his very efficient slow pace. Snow was collecting on his head and back, no chance of it melting, his fur is a very good insulator of heat. He was a busy bear during the mating season and very well his family could expand by few cubs this year. In June I came across him following a female, a female who had bad luck with her last two sets of cubs, could 2016 be her year. We will all have to wait until spring to find out, for now he is sleeping and when he wakes up he will be about hundred pound lighter and will want to add that weight back on and more.
Until next moment,
Amar
