Wild Tiger Lilly in Jasper

I enjoy flowers in my garden at home and enjoy them even more when I realize what domesticated flowers look like.  This is a wild Tiger Lilly in Jasper.  Our garden varieties are cared for and replanted and fed and..... 

In nature, the same flower thrives.  It does look different; however, seeing it in a see of green is nicer than my cultured soil at home.

I took several shots with my 70 -200 mm lens; however, I found this was the one with the best composition.

Ground Squirrel in Jasper

The advantage of shooting in high resolution and RAW is the ability to crop.  This image is a crop from less than 25% of the original image.  

Glowing Cone Coals

This was exciting to take.  There was a pile of Douglas Fir cones near our campfire pit in Willingdon Beach, Powell River this July.  Throwing them into the fire the initially burned; however, they stayed as formed cones for a long time.

To get this shot, I had to take several shots with different shutter speeds.  I also tried with flash and you could see in that image that they were actually ashen coloured.  When the fire finally died down, these cones were completely ash.

Butterfly in Jasper

Using my 70 - 200 mm Nikor lens, I was able to zoom in on this butterfly in Jasper.  I took several shots; however, this was the best focused.  It is always challenging to get animals to sit still long enough to get a good focus as well as decide on aperture / shutter speeds.

Strong Legged Tree

This amazing tree looked like it was leaning over with outstretched legs on Lac Beauvert, Jasper.  I did also take this shot as two images but have not spliced them together yet to get a different perspective.

Racoon sleeping in a tree

While camping in Willingdon Beach, Powell River this July, this racoon was scampering around.  That same evening we watched it climb the tree and begin to sleep with hands and feet on different branches.  

The lighting was poor so we used a flashlight in on the tree which woke it up.  It was cute to catch it yawning.

I don't often do night photography as lighting is tricky with just a flash on the camera.  Using the flashlight allowed the camera to focus as well.

Overlooking lac beauvert

This was a fun photo from the lawns of Jasper Park Lodge.  When I first saw these chairs, I thought of Google.  It is amazing their branding can be activated by simple colours.