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Weather is getting colder as Winter is near. Temperature in Vancouver is dropping fast and looks like snow will be here very soon too! Before the snow gets here, these are some of the photos from my October trip to Alberta. It was cold, but great to see some scenery that I;ve been before. And this time was covered with snow!! Hope you enjoy!
An aerial panorama taken on a sunny afternoon. With the cold temperature, my drone is likely estimated -10 degree celsius in the air as my car showing it was -6 degree celsius. And the battery was just going extremely fast as well… After I took some video footage over the lake. I used the last bit of battery to complete this panorama. And I’m glad I did!! 😀
A fine day along highway 11 in Alberta with a higher view of the North Saskatchewan River. It is a glacier-fed river that flows from the Canadian Rockies to central Saskatchewan!
Ever since my first time visited this waterfalls, I’ve been thinking it will be very cool to shoot it when there are snow covering it or maybe even under the starry night sky. Last year, I visited it in deep Winter and the waterfalls was completely frozen. So I made my trip this October and try again. The scene was lovely and refreshing. But it was quite a journey…
First, have to snowshoe on a rocky with light snow section uphill. And that put a lot of scratches on it… Distance wasn’t long at all, for just few hundred meters. But need be very careful with on each step trying not to destroy the fresh snow where I have to set my composition. And I have to say it wasn’t easy to find a composition out of this chaotic beauty. And not to mention that with a 14mm lens on my camera, I’ll have to stand right inside the water to frame the shot. I was pretty excited that I finally gave a try to this scene and was taking the shot that was in my head for a very long time. It was great until step in about half a feet of water and started feeling my boots is leaking from the back of my left foot… And decided to get out of the water and head back down. Also won’t be making any plan to come back at night. At least not the upper part of this waterfalls!
It’s been a while since last post with some aerial photo. Let’s show some of the new one from my recent trip to Rockies. But no, these are not from the Rockies. They are from the Cariboo Regional District taken on my way back home. It was a magical day passing through many beautiful places covered with fresh snow.
Usually it takes quite a bit of work to be able to photography some fresh snow. I mean like waiting for a snowy night and have a good weather day to be able to get out to take photo. And at the same time worry if the road condition is okay to drive on…. Not to mention you have to wake up early to get to the location before sunrise. I’m talking about way way earlier in order to beat everyone that wanted to go to that location.
But with this scene, I was so happy to found this at a sunset time without anyone stepping on the snow. Well…. that would have to be somewhere a bit off the beaten path!! 🙂 Not the best sky for a dramatic sunset as there isn’t any cloud at all… But still got some good color tint in the sky!
Hope you enjoy!
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Just got back from a trip to have a first taste of the Winter. I’ve heard about the first blanket of snow in the Canadian Rockies happen in October of each year. and that would be the best time to visit and photography the Canadian Rockies in white. So it was my very first time solo trip car camping in the cold. I didn’t expect it was that cold. Luckily I bought enough clothes and camping gear to kept myself warm.
But before I share some of the photo from the Canadian Rockies, I would like to share some of them on my way back to Vancouver as weather shifting from Winter back into Falls. And as title of the post said, A Blend of Seasons!
An Aerial Experience of PNE After Snow!
PNE – Pacific National Exhibition Hastings Park in Vancouver is a playland open only during the Summer. Park remains closed through out the year except Halloween and some special events. And in Vancouver, snowing happen a few times a year and in most cases, they all melted the next day. And snow in the city are not too common in Vancouver either. So I took the opportunity to get out and shot some snow scene of this park after a snow storm hit Vancouver. Hope you enjoy it!
We all can use some good lights at the moment. Hope you enjoy!
Nice walk in the snow!!