As I've got back into the editing mood recently after moving and finally having a nice place to edit I thought I'd start a thread with random photos taken in Canada.
I moved here just over a year ago and will have various photos from mostly Alberta. Some I like, some will just be documenting photos... you can decide which are which...
First a few random wildlife ones. I haven't been out nearly enough, but managed to stumble across a few animals when out and about...
A nice white tailed deer in June
A female bighorn in September - I cant help smile at these photos. The first just looks like she has been caught in the vegetable patch scoffing her face and the second like she really likes the 'flower'.
Pikas. I've only seen these guys once, and had the wrong lens. In the spring/summer now I know where they are I'm going to be taking lots more these little critters.
And an Elk taken just before the first snowfall. I've seen loads, but mostly when travelling somewhere and/or when it's too dark to get a proper photo. I stumbles across this guy when I started trying to catch a Coyote walking up the railway line. After failing miserably to catch up with that I saw the elk instead, and slowly made my way towards him before a train that was coming got between us.
And a couple of less exciting animals from my garden
The black squirrels aren't native to this part of Canada, and are I believe a mutated version of the Greys. Just like the Greys in the UK they outcompete the reds. We have both in our garden, but the black is the one we see the most regularly. The reds do love running around on the telegraph and electric wires though, in summer they spend a lot of time taking pinecones back and forward on their wiry paths.
Some birds
The Chickadee - not sure if they are related to the tit family but they look just like a Coal tit
The Bluejay. We have a couple of these that visit our garden as well. I haven't yet managed to get a decent photo in the garden though. This is at a friends.
The Red Winged Blackbird - are around in summer and basically take over any marshy area. Another thing I stumbled across randomly and something else on my list for more shooting next summer!
and the less showy female
Anyway, that's a start. Load more of other stuff to come.
I moved here just over a year ago and will have various photos from mostly Alberta. Some I like, some will just be documenting photos... you can decide which are which...
First a few random wildlife ones. I haven't been out nearly enough, but managed to stumble across a few animals when out and about...
A nice white tailed deer in June
A female bighorn in September - I cant help smile at these photos. The first just looks like she has been caught in the vegetable patch scoffing her face and the second like she really likes the 'flower'.
Pikas. I've only seen these guys once, and had the wrong lens. In the spring/summer now I know where they are I'm going to be taking lots more these little critters.
And an Elk taken just before the first snowfall. I've seen loads, but mostly when travelling somewhere and/or when it's too dark to get a proper photo. I stumbles across this guy when I started trying to catch a Coyote walking up the railway line. After failing miserably to catch up with that I saw the elk instead, and slowly made my way towards him before a train that was coming got between us.
And a couple of less exciting animals from my garden
The black squirrels aren't native to this part of Canada, and are I believe a mutated version of the Greys. Just like the Greys in the UK they outcompete the reds. We have both in our garden, but the black is the one we see the most regularly. The reds do love running around on the telegraph and electric wires though, in summer they spend a lot of time taking pinecones back and forward on their wiry paths.
Some birds
The Chickadee - not sure if they are related to the tit family but they look just like a Coal tit
The Bluejay. We have a couple of these that visit our garden as well. I haven't yet managed to get a decent photo in the garden though. This is at a friends.
The Red Winged Blackbird - are around in summer and basically take over any marshy area. Another thing I stumbled across randomly and something else on my list for more shooting next summer!
and the less showy female
Anyway, that's a start. Load more of other stuff to come.
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I was born there and lived there till I was 9 and I've been back over there a number of times although only twice since I took up photography. I've never been out to the west end before but it's definitely on a to do list!
It's not like they don't have distinctive calls either.. Same with Marmots, apparently all over the place but so far only one - on a scree slope at lake Louise, and having been back to that slope twice since I haven't seen it. Luck of the draw with animals I guess.
