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I added a little bit of noise and a slight yellow tint to the B&W version of... http://workster.gfxartist.com/artworks/167685 workster Photography / Nature This male Wood Duck showed off his colours at a local bird sanctuary. http://workster.gfxartist.com/artworks/167318 workster Photography / Nature This is from a different day but the same location as my previous deer photo "Deer Breath". Nature was generous once again. http://workster.gfxartist.com/artworks/166733 workster Photography / Nature In March I drove from Calgary to Fernie to visit my sister and ski for the day http://www.skifernie.com . It's a 3 hour drive so I left early, hoping to be on the ski hill by 9:30 or 10:00. Since skiing was my first priority I passed some nice scenery without stopping to take... http://workster.gfxartist.com/artworks/166340 workster Photography / Nature My first Golden Eagle sighting! I didn't get the whole eagle into this picture and the light on its face could be better. The focus isn't that great and the post processing required to bring out this amount of detail is a little too much. I have another very nice photo of this... http://workster.gfxartist.com/artworks/166174 workster Photography / Nature This was taken on March 30. We have 15 cm of fresh snow on the ground today (it's April 19!!) with snow in the forecast for the next three days and below freezing termperatures for the next week. The snow looks beautiful but.... Larger version provided. http://workster.gfxartist.com/artworks/165809 workster Photography / Nature I was out in one of my local parks early this morning but, for the most part, the light was very disappointing - grey and cloudy with too little light for wildlife shots. Then the sun broke through the clouds and shone on a small group of deer for a few minutes. I concentrated on this one... http://workster.gfxartist.com/artworks/165588 workster Photography / Nature I woke yesterday morning to a couple of inches of fresh snow on the ground. I grabbed my camera and headed to a local bird sanctuary where I spotted this Richardson's Ground Squirrel (aka gopher) when it came out of a hole in the ground. By late afternoon the snow had all melted. http://workster.gfxartist.com/artworks/165276 workster Photography / Uncategorized Coming home after a weekend of skiing. There's obviously not much snow on the prairies but there's lots in the mountains where it counts. HDR - 3 exposures from one RAW file. EDIT - The original has been replaced by a slightly darker version. http://workster.gfxartist.com/artworks/165003 workster Photography / Nature The is a female Orange-breasted Bunting that I saw in Mexico. These buntings are not found in Canada or the United States so it was a treat to see them. The females have some striking colours but the males are shockingly colourful. Unfortunately the males had a knack for staying just outside... http://workster.gfxartist.com/artworks/164565 workster Photography / Nature Taken on vacation in Mexico shortly after Beach Pail Warrior #1 by   workster . Last year I took Surf's Up on the same beach. This year the waves were much bigger. There were times when the breaking waves were too big for safe swimming and I told my kids that they had... http://workster.gfxartist.com/artworks/164158 workster Photography / Figure On Tuesday I returned from a two week vacation in Mexico. The weather was warm and sunny so my family and I spent a lot of time at the beach (of course). This little girl was playing further down the beach and her silhouette, backlit by the glimmer of sunshine on the water caught my attention. http://workster.gfxartist.com/artworks/164156 workster Photography / Figure Gronk the grounds-keeper takes pride in his work. He's responsible for maintaining cleanliness in the area just below "Upper Falls", a waterfall that is the highlight of the Johnston Falls hiking trail in Banff National Park. When human hikers arrive in his district,... http://workster.gfxartist.com/artworks/163148 workster Photography / Nature This bird is a Bohemian Waxwing. In Calgary they are a winter bird that spends the summer north of us. This one is in a mountain ash tree - the mountain ash berries are one of their favourite food sources. (Sometimes the berries are fermented on the tree and the birds get drunk.) Bohemain... http://workster.gfxartist.com/artworks/163039