tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49427827301123617102023-11-16T03:28:30.862-08:00White Mountain Photography NewsNews blog for White Mountain Photography / Susanne Weissenberger.Susanne Weissenbergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14409032657033124548noreply@blogger.comBlogger208125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942782730112361710.post-61188065085438430752019-04-29T02:03:00.001-07:002019-04-29T02:03:43.462-07:00Scotland Series - East Lothian and Scottish Borders<br />
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East of Edinburgh and North Berwick lies the beautiful East Lothian and further on, the Scottish Borders.<br />
As everywhere in Scotland there is so much to see and explore, it would probably fill multiple blogs.<br />
Here now only a few of my highlights from the last two trips to Scotland.<br />
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A short 5 kilometers east of North Berwick and directly opposite from Bass Rock lies Tantallon castle.</div>
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A formidable half ruin of a mid-14th-century fortress, unique for it's defense, as there is only one single wall protecting it on the land side. </div>
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The other three sides are protected by steep cliffs dropping down to the sea.<br />
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Parts of the castle are in really good condition, considering the age, and visitors can still safely climb up some of the towers and upper walkways.<br />
Some, one only can look at...<br />
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Here a view towards the castle from Seacliff Beach, showing the cliff location. The Royal Navy maintained a top secret research station here during World War 1.<br />
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Seacliff Beach itself is a hidden gem on the East Lothian Coast. Passing through a coin operated barrier, visitors reach a secluded beach. To the west two surprises await. The first is the amazing view of the castle as mentioned above, the second is an incredibly tiny harbour that has
been carved out of the rocks, known as Scottlands smallest harbour.<br />
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The entry channel to the harbor is only 3 meters wide, blasted out of the sandstone in 1890 with a steam engine and compressed air!<br />
The tiny harbor now gets rarely used for boats but more for diving and dive training instead. <br />
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Straight ahead, looking North, one has a formidable view towards Bass Rock,<br />
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and to the West, St. Baldred's boat, which is not really a boat but a dangerous rocky promontory, marked with a stone beacon surmounted by a cross. It is named after St. Baldred, an Irish Monk who has lived in this area in the 700th century.<br />
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I have to be honest, this next spot I would have missed wouldn't it have been for the bright yellow canola fields.<br />
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White Kirk, named after it's once white church, used to be on the pilgrims route from St, Andrews to Santiago de Compostela. It featured a holy well that unfortunately ran dry in the 19th century, due to agriculture intervention.<br />
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One of my favorite spots, St. Abbs, a small fishing village, lies further east in the Scottish Borders.<br />
I discovered this gem while searching for the lighthouse on St. Abbs Head.<br />
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From the village leads a bautifully rugged way to the light house.<br />
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St. Abbs is named after Æbbe, an abbess and noblewoman who later became a saint!<br />
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St. Abbs Head Lighthouse</div>
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A short walk north of the lighthouse, in a secluded bay, lies Pettico Wick Bay Abbs Rock. This bay provides a natural trap for salmon as they swim down the coast and the jetty was build to provide a landing spot for the fishing boats supplying the lighthouse.<br />
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On the way back to St. Abbs, I chose the inland path, following Mire Loch...ad'mire'ing the Scottish light!<br />
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Farther south into the Scottish Borders one can find the ancient walls of Melrose Abbey<br />
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Founded by Cistercian monks in the 1100s as a quiet place of prayer, this monastery became one of Scotlands wealthiest and most significant medieval abbeys.<br />
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<a href="https://www.historicenvironment.scot/" target="_blank">Historic Environment Scotland</a> does an amazing deed in keeping the abbey in shape.<br />
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My favorite part of course is the bagpipe playing pig...only in Scotland!<br />
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But the headstone are also to die for ;-)<br />
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On the way back to North Berwick and back in East Lothian, Preston Mills is not to be missed!<br />
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Famous now as one of the locations the Outlander series has been filmed, this mill offers a view into the milling history. Built in the 16th century the mill, powered by the river Tyne,was used until 1959 to produce oatmeal.<br />
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As I visited the inside of the mill, featuring the machinery of the last water driven mill in Scotland, was unfortunately already closed for the season. All the more reason to come back.<br />
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However, the sheer historic beauty of the mill was overwhelming by itself!<br />
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<br />Susanne Weissenbergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14409032657033124548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942782730112361710.post-17703144819036602102019-03-30T12:45:00.000-07:002019-03-31T10:54:39.855-07:00Mural March 2019<br />
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After walking the Mural Trail in Glasgow last fall, I'm totally
smitten by this form of art.<br />
Ever since, I'm looking for murals where
ever I travel. Since these murals are way to magnificent to hibernate on
my hard drive I thought I dedicate one month a year to show off some of
my favorites.<br />
And - Magnificent Mural March - was born!<br />
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And now after a month of a mural a day on Instagram and Facebook I put them here all together, starting with Glasgow:<br />
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Here we go, for the first one I chose a mural from one of my favorite artists - <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=156050971149586&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARDNQ9dTVfUodUinFKQIRY95e4RrwThWjUiAMJaWUJ7FUr-30diKl2zUx9eWb0N8CnKJQrSN7afT8rej%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/smuggraffiti/?__tn__=K-R&eid=ARDNQ9dTVfUodUinFKQIRY95e4RrwThWjUiAMJaWUJ7FUr-30diKl2zUx9eWb0N8CnKJQrSN7afT8rej&fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBUHphzrFodYB-EJwWJ3cW-fWmYnyof5ZBOkyib0NTj5ZP9EASGEmwHLuFYCUAWlMlZji41tUOKk0kWtmCTk1DhZNQKGC9DmHeTOpH85cL30B8t_9_MIuQlgiOZ1tbYdTRhFoXYO3t8HZTv-uSvp32v0DC4gUKYHyO8g0BJE694DSJzzAgYG_eT4iQwVXd6e20RrUDqioWz0h5qP846Z119UP9D5de9fUQ2XahCOrcJPd6Enli1YsXCQSVTX1nPXrHbtMgdkKoWymeH03KNSStCP_HcqzI7qyZV_7gL_cVyARldd6ibRVOCAQgqSZYUMxJjdCrerKW0MItkkfM6">Smug</a>, Sam Bates from Australia<br />
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Although not officially named, it's said that this mural on Glasgow's High Street depicts St. Mungo, Glasgow's patron saint:<br />
“One bird was hit and fell to the ground. The boys ran away. Mungo
ran too, but he ran to the fallen bird. Picking it up he smoothed and
caressed its feathers and prayed over it. After a little while it
revived and flew away. Perhaps it was only stunned. The villagers called
it a miracle and so it was that a small boy should want to help a
fallen bird in trouble.”<br />
Quoted from The Beloved St. Mungo (1989).<br />
The mural was finished in February 2016<br />
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This next amazing mural <b>‘Fellow Glasgow Residents’</b>, also by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/smugone/?hl=en" target="_blank">Smug</a> is so detailed that I decided to break it up into multiple smaller sections.<br />
The mural on the wall overlooking a car park on Glasgow’s Ingram Street
shows all kind of urban wild life found in or around Glasgow. Featuring
SMUG’s signature robin and squirrel and many more. Wonderfully executed
with lots of little details! <br />
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Amazing how the light seems to come through, right?<br />
Gives the saying ‘hole in the wall’ a completely new dimension...<br />
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Well, hello Squirrel!<br />
In part three fall seems to give way to winter...<br />
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Now why would the squirrel be so scared?<br />
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That's why ;-)<br />
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And here the last one from Smug, another fantastic, multiple stories high mural: <br />
<b>‘Honey, I shrunk the kids....Sorry’</b>.<br />
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What an amazing artist! If you want to find out more about Smug, see him paint and hear about his art check out this cool you tube video:<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFZN5XQYy9w&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">"Spraying Bricks"</a><br />
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This 7- story high mural pictured below, located at the Strathclyde University in Glasgow, is
part of the 200 m long <b>‘Wonderwall’ </b>honoring the people of the
University and their many achievements!<br />
I left the park garage ramps in the image to give some perspective!<br />
Mind boggling, isn’t it?<br />
Artwork by <a href="https://www.artpistol.co.uk/" target="_blank">Art Pistol</a> with <a href="http://globalstreetart.com/rogueone" target="_blank">Rouge-One</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Artist/EJEK-645912252138303/" target="_blank">Ejek</a> <br />
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<b>Billy Connolly!</b><br />
This fifty foot high mural on Glasgow’s Osborne
Street is executed by <a href="http://globalstreetart.com/rogueone" target="_blank">Rogue-One</a> after an orginal painting by John
Byrne. It is part of a three piece portrait series that was showcased in
a special BBC Scotland programme on the occasion of Billy Connolly’s
75th Birthday (Billy Connolly/Portrait of a lifetime) around the UK and
now is displayed in the People’s Palace.<br />
Glasgow born world famous Comedian and Musician Billy Connolly, started his professional life a<span class="text_exposed_show">s
welder in Glasgow’s shipyards before he became a folk singer and
comedian. John Byrne was the artist who designed his first album
sleeves! <br /> Billy Connolly will also be the Grand Marshall at this
years <a href="http://nyctartanweek.org/" target="_blank">Tartan Day Parade in NYC</a>, which will take place on April 6th, 2019.</span><br />
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A mural of a different kind by renowned Australian street artist <a href="https://www.stormiemills.com/" target="_blank">Stormie Mills</a><br />
This is the Glaswegian version of his <b>‘Lost Giant’</b> series, wearing a
scarf with the Glasgow tartan. Entering Sauchiehall Lane this mural is
somewhere between a haunting and a fascinating landmark. <br />
I hope to see more of Stormie Mills Lost Giants in the future!!<br />
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I had posted <a href="https://robertsonfineart.com/collections/james-klinge" target="_blank">James Klinges</a> <b>"Study of a Woman in Black"</b> for the International Women's Day on March 8th<br />
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No matter if James Klinge portraits depict a woman or a tiger, the expressions on his portraits are exceptional! <b>"Tiger Spirit"</b> has become an icon on Glasgow's Clyde Street.<br />
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<b>"The most economical taxi"</b><br />
...wouldn't it be nice if taxis in Glasgow, or anywhere, would float? <br />
Another fine artwork by....just look at the license plate ;-)<span class="_47e3 _5mfr" title="wink emoticon"><span aria-hidden="true" class="_7oe"></span></span><br />
A detail that is not quite obvious, only if you look really close:<br />
the
background wall is painted, the artist wanted a brick wall as
background, so he painted one!<br />
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This concludes the murals from Glasgow,<br />
let's move on to Calgary with:<br />
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<b>ᓲᐦᑳᑎᓯᐃᐧᐣ - sôhkâtisiwin - Strenght-Power</b><span class="text_exposed_show"><br /><br /> And the first of three portraits that I'll show here painted by <a href="https://www.ashop.ca/kevin-ledo" target="_blank">Kevin Ledo</a>.<br /><br /> This portrait depicts traditional Cree dancer Angela Gladue,
created after a photograph from Calgary photographer <a href="https://www.candiceward.ca/" target="_blank">Candice Ward</a>.</span><br />
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<b>Fortes et Liber</b><br />
<b>Free and Strong</b><br />
By <a href="https://faith47.com/" target="_blank">Faith47</a><br />
For a change here a more monochrome mural.<span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> But as expressive as can be nonetheless!<br /><br />
I love the message, the expression on the cougars face and especially
the decision to put both, message and cougar in the heart of downtown
Calgary!!</span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show">More to come from this very talented South African artist!</span><br />
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Bright, bold geometric patterns and shapes transformed into nature
scenes. That’s how I would describe Mateusz Naperialski’s murals.<br />
Very different from all the other murals, but no less intriguing. I really recommend checking out his website <a href="http://www.gustofwindstudio.com/" target="_blank">Gust of Wind Studio!</a></div>
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Mythical, whimsical, vibrant!<br />
A mural that will keep you exploring within by Calgary based artist <a href="http://katiegreenartist.com/" target="_blank">Katie Green.</a><br />
Also an artist I hope to see more of in Calgary!<br />
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This concludes the Calgary murals and before I hop to Montreal here a mural that also deserves mentioning even if it's not in a big city!<br />
A horse, of course!<br />
Created by local Ktunaxa Nation artist <a href="http://www.pjgilhuly.com/" target="_blank">PJ Gilhuly</a> together with her daughter Lyla Gilhuly, it embellishes the entrance to Cranbrook’s downtown.<br />
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<b>‘Norma and the Blue Herons’</b><br />
This fantastic 4-story mural by <a href="https://tristaneaton.com/" target="_blank"> </a><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=108533029310213&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARBYZvbHGvA-GIVdwI1JmwoJ2js-MIYyh82I9zKiMpMCX4h_lYqmZFY_ZbaDkSfez84biXdpqFLwn-o8%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.blogger.com/null">Tristan Eaton</a> is depicting Montreal born Norma Shearer, one of the first Canadian actresses to win an Oscar in the 1930’s.<br />
There is a really interesting write up about Tristan Eaton and the making of this mural on the <a href="https://muralfestival.com/en/tristan-eaton-is-bringing-his-pop-imagery-to-murals-artist-series/" target="_blank">Montreal Mural Festiva</a>l website, followed by a short video, I highly recommend checking it out!<br />
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Remember the cougar mural from Calgary further up?<br />
The same artist, Faith47, created this wonderful mural below.<br />
<b>LA PUISSANCE PSYCHIQUE DES ANIMAUX - THE PSYCHIC POWER OF ANIMALS </b><br />
touches a string deep inside.<br />
As I saw it the first time, I got lost in it and almost forgot to
photograph it. Please click on it to see it in a bigger size, it is so
worth it.<br />
Since it was created on the occasion of the 2015 Montreal
Mural festival it is already a bit weathered, nevertheless, this almost
enhances the tranquil quality of the mural.<span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> Just stunning!! ... and of course, I totally agree with her statement!</span><br />
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And here a really playful mural, an amazing street corner created by Waxhead.<br />
<b>‘Untitled’</b>, I suppose as all art by this talented artist. <br />
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If you want to know more about Waxhead, his artistic career and where his alias is coming from follow this link to the <a href="https://muralfestival.com/en/studio-visit-waxhead/?fbclid=IwAR0crSa0e7B7QABxmeA_jh9CapYsO5Cf3XftAuLF2vbGZTnzlZBgtHmp_Lw" target="_blank">Montreal Mural Festival</a> page.<br />
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Melancholy...this mural by <a href="https://www.ashop.ca/dodo-ose" target="_blank">Dodo Ose</a> is not only visual art, it is also poetry.<br />
Dodo Ose is part of the <a href="https://www.ashop.ca/" target="_blank">ASHOP Crew</a> Collective, an Montreal based group of talented mural artists.<br />
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The next two portrait murals are from <a href="https://www.ashop.ca/kevin-ledo" target="_blank">Kevin Ledo</a>, the same artist who painted the traditional Cree dancer portrait in Calgary.<br />
The first one, <b>‘Portrait of Mary Socktish’</b> was painted on the occassion for the 2014 Mural Festival from an old photo of a Hupa tribe woman.<br />
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This second one, a portrait of <b>Leonard Cohen</b>. <br />
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This 9-story tribute to Leonard Cohen, on the occasion of the 2017 Mural Festival, was created by <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=104875759576140&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARAgaLnxlvs1Nlrm5V5n_JZDxyrDfPzyFJIskSLHiSUoe28W6wSVsjrDXyDTNX9vvrDdAVwUrXaIKakf%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/kevinledoart/?__tn__=K-R&eid=ARAgaLnxlvs1Nlrm5V5n_JZDxyrDfPzyFJIskSLHiSUoe28W6wSVsjrDXyDTNX9vvrDdAVwUrXaIKakf&fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBPMX1FzQpg9ReWGNc8Uz80NPPK3LgFSLFK0lz1F3nbz5gPwZpU8G9r0LSOM-CvhhpjOS8kmohluK1xKjI3a6s3WWc3RKbOYTvBDWHYz_gk1lDYcmt2528fHIRBgLkR_BHppibD5Yet4mmoDZuDXuBCQfA538EqVcIaeROeNWSimaXDBSid4yc2oO1yW2qNF544yu3l8YH_Xz6sJEBqfZUb4WmMZRwAREn753iUNPZoY-hNpbZv2QvgxElhoxOflBrYxTvaCkPSpvJ26OfuJOWPpyXSLJfXiu6B9ywd9qoBSgFjuhqIc_iRE_ERMK6vfkO7fj8U2uSlWnh95I3A">Kevin Ledo</a> to honor the poet and song writer who passed away in 2016.<br />
Born and raised in Montreal, Leonard Cohen studied at McGill University before becoming a writer and musician.<br />
<a href="https://muralfestival.com/en/kevin-ledos-9-storey-tribute-to-leonard-cohen/?fbclid=IwAR3qmaIDfbKQe37I59COzq_71YSdA0xCFflnyCfkEVbkOrpDCpvSAN56Lb4" target="_blank">Montreal Mural</a> has a great video about the making of this mural,<br />
It’s well worth watching!!!<br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show">It is fascinating to see different
murals, painted in 2014, 2017 and 2018 from the same artist...what changes,
what stays the same.<br /> All three portraits feature are very personal facial expressions, however the painting style is quite
different in each of them.</span><br />
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<b>‘Corazon vico’ - ‘Heart Alive’</b><br />
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A stunning mural by <a href="http://saner.com.mx/" target="_blank">Saner</a>!<br />
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In the artists words:’ A piece inspired by the beauty of life and nature in the cycles that open and close.’<br />
It might especially appeal to me as I’m also working in the
(Veterinary) medicine field but anyone loving nature will appreciate the
intricate detail of this wonderful mural!</div>
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<b>‘The Lumberjack and the Lynx’</b><br />
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A stunning, vibrant mural by the Montreal based art collective Clandestino, <a href="https://www.shalakattack.com/" target="_blank">Shalack Attack</a> and <a href="http://www.brunosmoky.com/" target="_blank">Bruno Smoky</a><br />
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And another colorful and super cheerful mural, this time from <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=318921553819&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARCIPKIDmfg7V6wvLxCzAtCEbzggtmxT0yAv5IMfJPZCRbmWsFn5f1jl2puAJTIxE5bhP22T2ZLj_bnl%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/buffmonster/?__tn__=K-R&eid=ARCIPKIDmfg7V6wvLxCzAtCEbzggtmxT0yAv5IMfJPZCRbmWsFn5f1jl2puAJTIxE5bhP22T2ZLj_bnl&fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBp2dzJgVDZz56bQuZRXBd0u3S930JGEprehI3eIGM5KkPU10hpkuaqAfS6sc4NAHmhfNoBP-AdY1eSlu5j6LNa6-hZAV6O9ZUspJExxxYWu29NLxOOBGs9Dnxazbbm1HeIxoAqYl3nncHBC5XPU4hmAzlwD_pUPgA_7ufpb2m_wr5F9XTw5snzw8c4SzI0DH9zFJqeIaEJdj1ayhynT7k-m58viG0IZfmfQvK1CcSpJFJDaojUSzPmWnPMBekygntnVUxbH3Dal2bd4mZwGxBKI2gCBEEAiMWPm_5RjY2zKjpXmq56k1jLtxpcGGfB0W8Uqk8ORQSvUCxkLqXN">Buff Monster</a>, a NYC based artist who in his own words ‘uses bright colors, bold lines and funny characters to make the world sweeter’!<br />
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<b>'Looking Back'</b><br />
As an old Roy Lichtenstein fan, this mural by British street artist Dean Stockton, aka <a href="http://www.dface.co.uk/" target="_blank">D*Face</a> is one of my favorites.<br />
D*Face started his career over 15 years ago by posting hand drawn stickers all over the streets of London for unsuspecting by-passers to stumble upon.<br />
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Stunning Sci-Fi ish Portrait mural by Mexican artist <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=332663986809691&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARAWZT5Fno4NW7q5-h0JXOxQ-O1VkobnbQdXGhVqsqaXKtcnlDNs1XaPUm6Pgeemdmy4313Kp5EmXQ9n%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="http://smitheone.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Smithe</a>!<br />
Human or machine?<br />
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<b>The ‘Graffiti(ng) Granny’ </b><br />
A super cool mural on Montreal's St Laurent Blvd.<br />
You are never too old!<br />
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Created by <a href="https://www.ashop.ca/" target="_blank">ASHOP</a>, an
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After two fantastic journeys to Scotland, and a third one right around the corner, I thought it's time to show some of the images I have captured.<br />
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Let's start with North Berwick!<br />
A lovely sea side gem of a town, where I was fortunate to stay for a few weeks last fall.<br />
As you can see on the map, North Berwick is close to Edinburgh (easy to reach with the train) and lies right on the Firth of Forth.<br />
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North Berwick (pronounce<i>d Northbarrick</i>) means 'barley farmstead' in old English and hints at the fertile area surrounding it. The busy little town attracts vacationers since the 12th century, when pilgrims came here to worship the shrine of St. Andrews, which is still visible in the harbour.<br />
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North Berwick is beautifully decked out with flower arrangements which often earns the town rankings in the yearly Britain in Bloom competition.<br />
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High Street is home to a fine assortment of shops, bars & cafes. <br />
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My personal favorite watering hole was the <a href="https://www.steampunkcoffee.co.uk/" target="_blank">Steampunk Coffee Roasters </a></div>
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But joking aside, Steampunk serves excellent coffee in a very unique and lovingly restored old steel framed ware house. And as the name suggests Steampunk roasts it's own tasty coffee!</div>
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Wait, it gets even better, (almost) every Friday from 5-7 pm the <a href="https://www.thebigblu.co.uk/" target="_blank">Big Blu Pizza Van</a> stops here, serving heavenly pizza!</div>
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Right opposite to the Steampunk lies, within the Kirk Ports, <a href="https://www.johngraycentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/leaflet.pdf" target="_blank">the 'picturesque ruin" of the second St. Andrews Kirk of North Berwick</a>...yes, North Berwick has actually 3 St. Andrews churches...<br />
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Picturesque indeed, especially in the early evening sun.<br />
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Well camouflaged...can you spot the inhabitant of this rustic stonewall from 1658?<br />
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At low tide nothing beats the beaches that stretch east and west from North Berwick. I had many good runs here. Below shows the little island of Fidra. Robert Louis Stevenson, a Scottish novelist and travel writer, was a frequent guest at North Berwick and it's beaches. It is said that he based his map of 'Treasure Island' on the shape of Fidra.<br />
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Landward you see the highest point of the area, the North Berwick Law, a volcanic plug bearing ruins going back as far as the Iron Age<br />
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Below a map to illustrate where the different landmarks are.</div>
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From the top of the Law one has an exceptional view over the Firth of Forth, Craighleith island, the town and<br />
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Since 1709, a bow made from whale bones stands proud at the top. Due to safety issues the original whale bones have been removed and replaced with fiberglass replicas in 2008.<br />
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The harbor is another popular hangout among visitors, with it's main attraction the <a href="https://seabird.org/index.php" target="_blank">Scottish Seabird Centre. </a><br />
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The adorable lifeboat house....the captain is watching you..<br />
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A fellow photographer patiently looks out over the Firth of Forth. He is really persevering as I met him every single time I went down to the harbor!<br />
In the background you can see a part of the first and oldest St. Andrews Kirk also called the Old St. Andrews Kirk.<br />
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So, what is the patient gentleman looking at? He is lookink at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_Rock" target="_blank">Bass Rock</a>, the world’s largest northern gannet colony. Indeed the bird takes its Latin name, Sula Bassana, from this very island.<br />
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And not only is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_Rock" target="_blank">Bass Rock</a> a landmark, ex-prison and bird paradise it is also extremely photogenic, I think!<br />
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At any time of the day...or night<br />
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Last but not least, meet Jonathan, whose wake up calls were very reliable and impossible to miss<br />
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I hope you enjoyed my impressions of North Berwick. This charming town has of course much more to offer, but these were my personal highlights. For the golf enthusiasts I should mention that North Berwick is also home to two fantastic seaside golf links.<br />
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Fuer meine deutschen Leser, meine Freundin Claudia hat einen tollen Golf Blog ueber diese Plaetze geschrieben: <a href="https://claudiasgolfblog1.wordpress.com/2019/01/15/meine-1-golfreise-welcome-to-scotland/?fbclid=IwAR09Uaf0F230UB8PF_uyTNjFkyldLOKTh50ak-4RZ3Nv1Ekz3egeDYrtGtY" target="_blank">Meine 1. Golfreise</a>Susanne Weissenbergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14409032657033124548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942782730112361710.post-70009369195113083582019-01-31T14:43:00.000-08:002019-01-31T14:43:02.800-08:00Ice Magic 2019<br />
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Time for the magnificent, stunning and mind blowing ice sculptures of the Ice Magic 2019 </div>
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This year marks the 25th anniversary of the ice festival being held at the <a href="https://www.fairmont.com/lake-louise/?cmpid=google_cll_search-branded-canada_branded-e-revsh&s_kwcid=TC|1025556|fairmont%20lake%20louise||S|e|170299894231&gclid=Cj0KCQiA1sriBRD-ARIsABYdwwFpEarUn6asQwtzznY6HmEryA3ffI8oQddd0ycTihJ_yRrSLHV3mxQaAmE4EALw_wcB" target="_blank">Fairmont Chateau</a>
on the shore of Lake Louise. And as every year the sculptures did not
disappoint. For me it seems just so impossible to carve something that
beautiful and delicate out of blocks of ice. The carvers also had to
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For more information on the rules and regulations of Ice Magic please see my "<a href="http://whitemountainphotography.blogspot.com/2017/01/" target="_blank">As cold as Ice blog"</a> where I describe in detail what the artists have to accomplish.<br />
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First Place, Carver's Choice & People's Choice this year: "Ice Queen Treasures" made by Team Ledus - Karlis Ile and Maija Puncule from Lativa</h4>
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An incredible delicate sculpture...just amazing!</div>
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Remember the <a href="http://whitemountainphotography.blogspot.com/2017/01/" target="_blank">mammoth</a> two years ago? It was created by Team Ledus </div>
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Second Place: "Sun Dance" by Team Sakha - Stepanov and Alexey Andreev from Russia </h4>
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Team Sakha always captivates it's audience with dazzling sculptures and has won multiple awards in the years I'm traveling to Lake Louise to photograph Ice Magic, my favorite being the <a href="http://whitemountainphotography.blogspot.com/2017/01/" target="_blank">"Guardian"</a> in 2017<br />
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Third Place: "Plumber's Nightmare" by Team Rusty and Steve - Rusty Cox and Steve Buzak from Canada</h4>
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One wonders, how they came up with this idea? If it wouldn't have been called a plumber's nightmare, I would have guessed it's a hint towards Canada's oil pipes. And, I'm relatively sure these two artists have young children...the 'men' on the pipes look rather closely like little Lego figures, don't you think?<br />
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The sculpture had lot's of detail!<br />
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As with most of the sculptures, the night shots bring out the detail much better than the day photography.<br />
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The following three sculptures have not been placed, however they are beautiful nevertheless.<br />
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Team Elegant Dream - Don Lowing USA and Mowafak Nema Irac<br />
Unfortunately I couldn't find a name for this artwork...maybe "The Hunter"? <br />
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Also without a name this sculpture from Team Russian Bears - by Eduard Ponomarenka and Valeriy Batalov from...Russia.<br />
Team Russian Bear won second place in 2017 with their amazing sculpture <a href="http://whitemountainphotography.blogspot.com/2017/01/" target="_blank">"Ancestral"</a><br />
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My favorite 'not placed' sculpture however was "Time Waits For No Body" by Team CRA/KEN - Ken Harper, Canada and Craig McConnell, USA<br />
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The execution was very vivid and of course the Dali Clock is an eye-catcher. What I REALLY like though is they provided an explanation to their sculpture! I wish this would be provided for all of the sculptures!!!<br />
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Without this explanation I would not have been able to appreciate it as much!<br />
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In addition to the BIG Ice Sculpture competition, there was a second, smaller competition going on, called: "One Carver, One Hour, One Block"<br />
This rocking horse with wings made the second place n the competition but the first place in my heart. Again, unfortunately no explanation or even name of the artwork or the artist...<br />
I see it as the rocking horse of possibilities. If you are young, the sky is your limit, with this rocking horse you can fly where ever you want to!<br />
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<br />Susanne Weissenbergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14409032657033124548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942782730112361710.post-42652215204693363692018-03-30T11:11:00.000-07:002018-03-30T11:23:13.634-07:00Spring is here, or is it?<br />
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Most years, but not every year, for the short period of 7 to 10 days the
swans are stopping by here in Southern BC during their spring migration<br />
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Returning from their wintering habitat and on their way to their breeding grounds farther north.<br />
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For us a sign that spring can't be that far away anymore....even if the
first images I was able to take of them this year were photographed in a
howling snow storm.<br />
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Most of these swans are Tundra Swans. Tundra swans are the most abundant
swans in North America. They breed on the coastal plains of Alaska and
Northern Canada but spend the winter as far south as California's
Central Valley.<br />
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There are two subspecies of the Tundra swan, the so called whistling
swan with a smaller yellow patch at the proximal part of it's beak and
the Bewick swan (named after an English illustrator who first captured
this swan on paper) with a much bigger yellow plate.<br />
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I believe the Tundra swans that stop by here to be whistling swans, as
they only have a small yellow patch. The movie below makes it easy to
understand how they got their name.<br />
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While observing the swans I noticed, that lots of ground feeding swans were accompanied by a few ducks and as soon as the swan would come up, the ducks went down. I guess they profit off what the swan had stirred up.<br />
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The Tundra swans leave their wintering site usually around Mid March to arrive at their breeding habitat by Mid May,<br />
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To my surprise and delight, for the first time this year, I also saw
Trumpeter swans. I first noticed that there were a few swans that seemed
to be way bigger than the others. Zooming in on them I saw that they
don't have the yellow patch. This may or may not be an indication as
there are Tundra swans that don't have them but then I heard I heard a
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Trumpeter swans are the heaviest birds that are native to North
America, They weigh between 15 - 30 lbs and have a wingspan up to 3
m! Trumpeter swans almost faced extintion.. In 1930 there were only
70 swans left in the wild, around the Hot springs of Yellowstone
National Park.<br />
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the trumpeter
swan was hunted
heavily, for game or meat
and for their quills and feathers. The Hudson's Bay Company alone
captured thousands of swans annually with a total of 17,671 swans killed
between 1853 and 1877...<br />
Thanks to reintroduction and habitat
restoration today the numbers are up to an estimated 46000 birds. The
reintroduced Trumpeter swans though don't seem to migrate....which means
that the swans that stop by here are from some wild gen pool!<br />
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Tundra swans coming out of the water for pruning and rest </div>
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Mrs. and Mr Common Merganser are also enjoying an evening swim </div>
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As elegant as swans look while on the water, their getting in and out of flight looks a bit prehistoric.<br />
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Nevertheless they are flying thousands of kilometers each year, and very soon they will be off, flying farther north....<br />
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...I will miss their whistling and trumpeting....until next spring! <br />
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...was the theme for the 2018 International Ice Carving Competition in Lake Louise.<br />
And photography played quite the role this time as the ten teams could choose their favorite photograph from the many that have been taken over the years capturing the beauty of the Banff National Park. They then had exactly 34 hours to create their personal masterpiece.<br />
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As every year, it blows my mind how detailed and creative these ice carvings are.<br />
This year though, almost a week went by after the competition finished that I had a chance to visit Lake Louise. Wind and weather, or better, snow and weather, had taken their toll. One of the sculptures had already disappeared, others showed quite some damage.<br />
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This piece of art I will call "Aurora" as it had no official title, but the inspiring photo shows the aurora. On second thought, I might have called it "Le Petit Prince" or "B 612"!<br />
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Beautifully executed and painstakingly hard to photograph...<br />
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This years Ice Sculpture Competition was at the same time the Canada Cup of Ice Carving which is hosted by a different site each year. The creators of "Aurora", Team Samuel and Michal from France/Poland, won the Cup last year in Ottawa.<br />
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Another favorite of mine was the "Eskimo Chieftain" by Team Ice Kingdom from China.<br />
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Ever wondered why it is called the blue hour? The sun had long set, but the light was still lingering as snow was falling in steady fine flakes.<br />
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With total darkness though and the proper illumination the sculpture really shows its full splendor.<br />
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"Aurora" was my favorite sculpture of all, but this one comes in as a close second.<br />
Horse, of course....for those of you who know me.<br />
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Created by the Baisas Brothers from the Philippines "Catch me if you can" won a very deserved 3rd place this year.<br />
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Team Sakha from Russia carved my favorite sculpture of <a href="http://whitemountainphotography.blogspot.ca/2017/01/" target="_blank">last years competition</a>, "The Guardian". This year they won 2nd place and the People's Choice Award for their "Fun" carving.<br />
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To give a better appreciation for the sculpture I will include the sketch here.<br />
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Fun indeed!</div>
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Last but not least, the winner of this years competition:<br />
"Moonlight Meeting" by Team US EH!!, from, you guessed it, the US and Canada.<br />
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Wildly stunning! </div>
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<br />Susanne Weissenbergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14409032657033124548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942782730112361710.post-43950046082948979282018-01-24T19:13:00.000-08:002018-01-24T19:13:14.586-08:00Black & White Is The New Color<br />
Since the beginning of photography in the early 1800s, photographers were eager to be able to photograph in color. Since 1935 color photography became more and more main stream.<br />
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Starting with high saturation slide films like the Fujichrome Velvia and others, color photography took on a new dimension. Photos were as colorful as nature itself...sometimes even more so. In the era of Photoshop color-reality seems to be rather an interpretation of the artist than pure documentation.<br />
I love color and I love Photoshop, but lately I feel the urge to take a step back and focus more on other elements that make a good photo.<br />
Composition, texture, detail, depth of field to name a few. <br />
Will I be able to create as good and impressive photos if I forgo color?<br />
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With this question in mind I promised myself to post at least one blog per month in 2018 that is dedicated to Black & White photography.<br />
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As you can see, I allow myself a splash of color here and there...<br />
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These images were taken at a nearby vacant ranch. I feel very fortunate to have obtained the permission to wander there and to take images.<br />
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The ranch is stunning, but my love goes to this absolute amazing former dairy barn.<br />
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A log barn with incredible charm! <br />
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Another one of my favorite items on the ranch...<br />
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<br />Susanne Weissenbergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14409032657033124548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942782730112361710.post-86791642882595901462017-12-24T12:44:00.002-08:002017-12-24T14:02:50.099-08:00Happy Holidays!The Holiday Train came to town!<br />
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Since 1999 the annual CP Holiday Train is traveling through Canada and parts of the US during the holiday time to raise awareness and money for local foodbanks.<br />
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This year, for the first time, I caught it.<br />
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Not really knowing what to expect I waited anxiously, standing on the Fort Steele bridge, for the train to come through.<br />
And stood there, and stood there.....and stood there. In the distance I saw colorful lights reflecting in the low clouds...but still no train. Another holiday train hunter arrived, Randy form Delaware, he had followed the train since Lethbridge and was positive the train was to arrive soon. Well, it was another 20 min, by that time I had taken out my camera battery to avoid it draining completely from the cold and my fingers were ice cold.<br />
But then the train finally made it<br />
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and it was well worth the wait!<br />
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My location had not been optimal, but as soon as the train had passed through Fort Steele, I hopped back in the car, loving the seat warmers once again, and headed for Cranbrook, where the train was to stop for a while.<br />
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Finding a parking spot in Cranbrook was quite the challenge, as lot's and lot's of people, despite the late hour, came to watch the train and Alan Doyle performing.<br />
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Here I had time to look at the train a bit closer and was amazed how lovingly and detail oriented the train cars were decorated.<br />
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<i>"A typical Holiday Train event goes something like this: the train
arrives and pulls to a safe stop in front of the crowd. The stage door
lowers and the band opens with its first song. After that, a brief
presentation takes place with local food bank officials and other
dignitaries. Once complete, the band resumes performing a mix of
traditional and modern holiday-themed songs. The whole event lasts
about 30 minutes. Once the band plays its farewell song, the stage door
closes, and the train heads off to the next stop.</i>" (1)<br />
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<i>"As part of Canada 150, CP and the Canada 150 Federal Secretariat
partnered to promote the Holiday Train and the conclusion of the
sesquicentennial celebrations." </i>(2) This car lit up in different sections, so I took a long exposure to show it in it's whole glory.<br />
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By now the <i>"19<sup>th</sup> annual Canadian Pacific (CP) Holiday Train has
completed another successful tour across North America, raising more
than just spirits this holiday season. While final numbers are still
being calculated, more than C$1.5 million and 300,000 pounds of food
have been raised for local food banks and food shelves. </i><br />
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Holiday Train has now raised more than $14.5 million and 4.3 million
pounds of food since its inaugural journey back in 1999." </i><br />
This was a short but sweet holiday event and I will make sure to look out for the 2018 schedule and plan my shooting locations a bit better.<br />
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While searching for a parking spot I noticed that Cranbrook downtown was decked out for the holidays too, with some unique lights!<br />
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the Christmas tree at the end of Baker Street</div>
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some intense decoration at "Candy Cane Lane"</div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">300km of Arctic wilderness. <br />More than
100 highly skilled sled dogs with a group of ordinary people voted
in by you.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And I
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Why would I want to do something as crazy as that? </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Well....for one it would be a once in a lifetime adventure. And by experiencing and sharing this polar journey I want to inspire women, all women – but especially my
generation – to DREAM BIG.
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">To go outside and experience and appreciate nature and adventure</span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It’s a shout out to all of you out there – mothers,
grandmothers, business-women, wives, entrepreneurs – who think
they’re too old, not fit or brave enough.
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">With the right equipment, the right knowledge and a big dose of
passion - WE CAN DO IT!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In order to apply I had to submit a video....not my strongest point but with the help of friends and family, especially Mika who put it all together, we made it happen....see for yourself:</span></span><br />
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Susanne Weissenbergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14409032657033124548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942782730112361710.post-48946517655450172532017-10-30T20:14:00.000-07:002017-10-30T20:14:16.374-07:00Fabulous Fall Hikes<br />
Early fall is an absolutely amazing time here in the Canadian Rockies. The mosquitoes have gone, as have most of the tourists; the temperatures are not sweltering hot anymore but range from freezing at night to a balmy warm, perfect hiking temperature during the day.<br />
But best of all are the colors!!!<br />
In early fall the colors just explode...and whenever I can find a willing hiking companion, I'm<br />
'gone hiking'.<br />
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Here a few of my favorites:<br />
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Bugaboo National Park is always a gorgeous hike , but the fall colors just give it that extra touch.<br />
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Although I did the hike this summer, I took these images last fall while hiking with friends from Germany and Tomi.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">When my friend Monika arrived for her this years journey to the Canadian Rockies we just lucked out on the weather and the fall colors...as hot and dry as the summer might have been, this fall was unprecedented in regards to color!</span></span><br />
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We headed up to Banff National Park for the larches and were not disappointed.<br />
Coming from the Plain of the Six Glaciers we descended to Lake Agnes via the Big Honeycomb.<br />
What a view...<br />
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On the short hike down from Lake Agnes to Lake Louise you get a peek of the glacial moraine leading into Lake Louise.<br />
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Not yet completely discouraged by the totally insane amount of tourists this year in the park, we headed out to hike Larch Valley the following day.<br />
Well, if we had known what to expect just to get there, we might have decided otherwise....<br />
Since the parking lot at Moraine Lake, where the trail head for Larch Valley is located, only holds about 120 cars, the park administration closed it for anyone coming after 7 am. One has to park at the Lake Louise overflow parking lot and then take a (school)bus up to Moraine Lake. The bus runs every 15 min, so that alone didn't sound too bad. BUT what we hadn't counted on was that we had to stand in line for 45 min to get on the bus....well, I had always wanted to ride a school bus.<br />
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Once we were there though and tried our best to ignore the hundreds of other hikers, we were rewarded by a beautiful hike, stunning views and unbelievable fall colors.<br />
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After all, it was worth braving the masses!<br />
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After this near traumatic tourist overload experience Monika and I craved for a more serene, quiet hike. Following a recommendation from <a href="http://www.janicestrong.com/" target="_blank">Janice Strong</a>, we checked out Brewer Creek the following week; a beautiful hike in the Purcell Mountains.<br />
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Parts of the trail were already snow covered, but this just added to the beauty!<br />
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After the fist incline, a wide meadow opens and a 360 view of the area rewards the hiker.<br />
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One more incline and one reaches a plateau with three tarns, about 1km from each other.<br />
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And, except for two other hikers, nobody else on the trails! For next fall I will go with what Goethe recommended:<br />
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Wow, only a few topics have made so many headlines than the recent solar eclipse.<br />
And for a good reason, it sure was a rare natural phenomenon.<br />
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The internet is overflowing with spectacular images, unfortunately also with spectacularly fake images.<br />
As I was discussing this with another photographer friend, the question arises, where does <i>fake</i> start and where does <i>real</i> end.<br />
Almost all images one can see of the recent eclipse went through photoshop in one way or another, for a good reason as I will explain later.<br />
The last partial eclipse I was fortunate enough to photograph was in May 2012 and the timing was much better as this eclipse happened later in the afternoon when the sun was lower in the sky.<br />
All three of these photos are a single shot using multiple neutral density filters at the same time.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Partial eclipse over the Pacific Ocean, California May 2012</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Partial eclipse over the Pacific Ocean, California May 2012</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Partial eclipse over the Pacific Ocean, California May 2012</span></div>
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This time the challenge was that the eclipse happened around noon, when the sun is the highest in the sky, the smallest and the brightest....<br />
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First I debated if I should drive south, into the path of the total eclipse. In hindsight, I think I should have, but at the time I just didn't want to deal with traffic jams and photographers fighting for the best view points.<br />
So I cruised around here, even thought of going to Lake Louise, scouting out different places the week before. Lake Louise was not in the right path of the sun and also was, as the rest of the park, rather smokey. I found a lovely place directly on the bank of the Kootenay River and decided - that's the spot.<br />
Since one doesn't photograph a solar eclipse every day, some planning was required.<br />
Luckily I had already ordered solar filters for my lenses, as I knew neutral density filters wouldn't do it this time. The rest was a bit of photo - math, composition, bracketing and, yup, Photoshop.<br />
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I had two cameras set up, one with a wide-angle lens, as I wanted to show the eclipse in it's entity<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Kootenay Eclipse</span></div>
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and a camera with a 600 mm lens to get the sun close and intimate.<br />
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Obviously neither of these images are a single image.....<br />
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The 'Kootenay Eclipse' is a combination of a photo that I took of the scene before the sun moved in but already with the solar filter attached:<br />
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and multiple images that I took every 10 minutes from start to end of the eclipse, with the solar filter attached.<br />
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You see only black? Double click on the image to enlarge it and you will see the dot, which is the eclipsed sun (in the same stage as the zoom image below). Why such a strong filter: if you enlarge the image, you will see that even with this filter the sun is almost too bright. Without a filter it would be just a bright, blinding dot, like this:<br />
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For the same reason you had to wear solar glasses in order to see the eclipse.<br />
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On the computer I combined all of the eclipse images with the original scenery image and blended them together in a way that the lighter parts show....and the 'Kootenay Eclipse' was the result.<br />
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Why is the sun so small you wonder, since there are thousands of images out there with scenery and a much bigger sun? Well, I combined images that were shot with the same settings, as in composition and size, to reflect what actually happened but you couldn't see with naked eyes.<br />
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I could have taken the images from my telephoto lens and put them into the scenic shot:<br />
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Much more dramatic, eh? And I didn't even take any care in combining them, as I wanted to make sure everybody notices, that this image is 'not real'.<br />
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But of course I wanted to photograph some closer up images of the sun, too. Hence the zoom lens.<br />
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Here I also took images of the eclipse every 10 minutes, each image looking like this one:<br />
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All of these images I combined to one big collage that shows the progress of the eclipse, resulting in the "Eclipse Collage". The orange cast on the sun is a result of the filter I used.</div>
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Now, where does real end and fake start? The answer is very subjective, as photography is an art form and art is free. However, photography also is kind of documentary or at least is perceived as such. Hence, if one puts a zoomed in eclipsed sun image into a wide-angle scene, it's fake, as it does not reflect what actually occurred in nature. Of course it is still art and mostly brilliantly done, but...</div>
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<br />Susanne Weissenbergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14409032657033124548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942782730112361710.post-56435432308521203172017-07-29T18:38:00.002-07:002017-07-31T20:45:55.795-07:00Wildies<span class="_rte__content-wrapper" id="w0-w0-description-description__rte-2[0]"><br /></span>
<span class="_rte__content-wrapper" id="w0-w0-description-description__rte-2[0]">I was thrilled as <a href="http://www.truenorthfineimages.com/" target="_blank">my friend Debra Garside</a> invited me to join and co-lead her Wild Horses workshop last month in Sundre, Alberta. Not only is Debra an amazing horse photographer, please check out her work on the <a href="http://www.truenorthfineimages.com/sable-island/" target="_blank">Sable Island Horses</a>, she also is a horse woman inside and out! Thus she can read horses better than any photographer I know, which is invaluable when photographing WILD horses.</span>
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Being almost a local to the area where the wild horses roam led Debra to many outings and photo session with them, hence she knew where to find them...another big plus.<br />
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Although I did know all this, the actual workshop exceeded my expectations by far. Had I hoped for maybe one or two encounters during the three days, we actually had so many I couldn't keep track.<br />
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We could see all kinds of behavior, some all understood, some were more subtle, then Debra would explain to the participants what was actually going on. Except the stallion in the above maybe, most horses were so clean and shiny as if someone had just groomed them with show shine...amazing!<br />
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Now you are probably wondering, just as I did, how "wild" are these horses? Runaways from the sixties, more feral than wild? Far from it! The first round of genetic testing revealed that these horses could be more closely related to the Mongolian Horse.<br />
Let's go a bit into the natural history of horses in North America. I would like to quote an article from the <span class="bold_and_Italics">June 2013 issue of Canadian Horse Journal:</span><br />
<span class="bold_and_Italics">"</span><i>The first equids appeared about 56 million years ago in North
America. Over millions of years they went through vast changes as they
adapted to profoundly altering climates and habitats. Species arose,
disappeared, or merged with others. Ultimately, the genus of the modern
horse Equus (which also includes asses and zebras) appeared in the
fossil record some four million years ago and gave rise to a branch of
caballine (true) horses that appeared about two million years ago.
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<i>Around the same time, some Equus species dispersed into Eurasia
across the Bering land bridge, and some return migrations back and forth
followed. But in North America, the caballine horses diversified into
separate species leading to the appearance of today’s modern horse Equus
caballus exclusively on this continent about 250,000 years ago. Over
millennia, a wide variety in size and type of the modern horse continued
to evolve throughout North America, and some populations migrated to
Asia and spread to Europe. </i><br />
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</i><i>But in North America, horses became the victim of the disappearance
of large mammals between 13,000 and 7600 years ago. Fossils of ancient
horses have been unearthed in the Dawson City area of the Yukon (Equus
lambei), a small caballoid horse carbon dated to 10,000 years ago, and
in southern Alberta (Equus conversidens), dated to 11,300 years ago and
killed by early hunters.</i>"(1)<br />
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It is believed that all the horses on the American Continent are descendants from the horses that the first Spaniards "reintroduced" in the early 1500.<br />
Hence one would expect that also the wild horses genetic findings would show the Spanish heritage. Finding genetic traits from Mongolian horses could mean, that the horse was NOT "extinct" and is truly a native wild animal of North America. Even if this can not be validated, even the "Spanish horse" would be a reintroduced wild species, as the wolf in Yellowstone or the bison in Banff.<br />
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Ok, and why would that matter? Well, as everywhere where nature and humankind are close together, there are opponents. In this case opponents that argue that the wild horses are "<i>feral, alien, or an invasive species. They [...]
overpopulate ranges, compete with wildlife and livestock for grass, and
impact tree regeneration and the health of habitats." </i>(1) and hence propose major culling of the wild horses.<i><br /></i><br />
If the genetic testing can proof that these horses are from Mongolian heritage or if one accepts that they are a reintroduced native species, the alien and invasive species argument is invalid and the wild horses would have to be treated as what they are: Native wild<i> </i>animals!<br />
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Two organizations are trying hard to promote and protect the wild horses in Alberta: The <a href="https://wildhorsesofalberta.com/" target="_blank">Wild Horses of Alberta Society (WHOAS)</a><i><b> </b></i>and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/helpalbertawildies/" target="_blank">Help Alberta Wildies</a>.<br />
On our third day of the workshop we visited the headquarters of WHOAS and met some of the leading volunteers and 'rescued' now geldings. The wildies most often come under fire when the young stallions leave the herd, or get driven out by the head stallion, and now are looking for company or mares to breed. Sometimes they then jump into domestic horse pastures and havoc breaks loose. Or they harass riders that happen to be the misfortune rider of a mare...<br />
Repeat offenders get caught and brought to WHOAS. Here they get gelded and handled, so that they can be adopted. This is not always easy as this post from Debra shows: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/debragarside/posts/1507569369264597" target="_blank">The true wild horse story of Cody</a><br />
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WHOAS also supports the wild horse mare contraception project, a long term study to show wild horse populations can be safely and humanely managed by 'birth-control'. WHOAS is a completely volunteer operated organization that relies on donations.....I know, I know...but this is a matter close to my heart and I saw how well the rescued horses were treated and handled. And I also know how much work even two horses make in our climate, not to think how many horses are at the WHOAS at any given time.<br />
You can donate via paypal...it doesn't get much easier ;-), just click here: <a href="https://wildhorsesofalberta.com/membershipdonation-form/" target="_blank">Donate to WHOAS</a><br />
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The cherry on the cake? We not only saw wild horses....we also ran into this Black Bear momma...<br />
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...and got almost run over by these curios Bighorn Sheep ewe's with their kids.<br />
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The sheep came running at us with what felt like 100 km/h, but as I slowly and cautiously stepped out of the car, kind of hiding behind the car door, they slowed down and one after the other came and checked me out, cautious and gentle, to the point where even my wide-angle lens couldn't handle it anymore.<br />
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I fell in love with this posing "newly-born", if you click on the photo to enlarge it, you will see that the shriveled up umbilical cord is still tangling from it's belly,<br />
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The light was most of the times rather challenging as horses are late risers and when they are tucked down they are a.) not so photogenic if you b.) find them at all. On the first evening though we got lucky and saw a herd in the last rays of the day.</div>
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<span class="_rte__content-wrapper" id="w0-w0-description-description__rte-2[0]">Best of all? Debra offers these amazing 3 day workshops ongoing. As I happen to know the next one will be around Mid-October. If you are interested, please shoot <a href="mailto:debbie.garside@gmail.com" target="_blank">Debra</a> an email and mention you read this blog.</span><br />
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<span class="_rte__content-wrapper" id="w0-w0-description-description__rte-2[0]">(1) <a href="https://www.horsejournals.com/canadian-wild-horses" target="_blank">The Canadian Horse Journal, June 2013 </a></span>Susanne Weissenbergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14409032657033124548noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942782730112361710.post-8239635532944707222017-06-30T17:17:00.000-07:002017-06-30T17:17:41.736-07:00The Kelpies!<br />
As a horse woman and art lover the visit to the Kelpies in Falkirk, near Edinburgh, was a must.<br />
But I truly believe this amazing sculpture boggles everybody's mind....<br />
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<b>The Location:</b><br />
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The Kelpies are part of a newly designed parkland, called the Helix, which connects 16 communities within the Falkirk area. The sculptures are a landmark at the eastern entrance to the Forth and
Clyde canal and a new canal extension built as part of The Helix park. To get a better idea of their unique location take a quick peak at the <a href="http://www.mayflower-engineering.co.uk/casestudies/helix-project/" target="_blank">Mayflower</a> website, their aerial image about the project gives you a good idea.<br />
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<b>The Vision:</b><br />
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The Kelpies are designed by the Scottish sculptor <a href="http://www.andyscottsculptor.com/artist/" target="_blank">Andy Scott</a>. With strong ties to the Falkirk area, <i>"Falkirk was my father's home town and that inherited
association to the town has been one of my driving inspirations. A
sense of deep personal legacy has informed my thinking from the
outset, with old family connections anchoring me to the
project." </i>(1) his artistic mind created the perfect sculpture to express his vision.<br />
Here in his own words:<br />
<i>"During the conceptual stages, I visualised the Kelpies as
monuments to the horse and a paean to the lost industries of the
Falkirk area and of Scotland."</i><br />
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</i><i>"The original concept of mythical water horses was a valid
starting point for the artistic development of the structures, but
from the original sketches of 2006 I deliberately styled the
sculptures as heavy horses. In early proposal documents I referred
to Clydesdales, Shires and Percherons, of the fabled equus
magnus of the northern countries." (1)</i><br />
In the end it were <a href="http://www.thehelix.co.uk/things-to-do/the-kelpies/construction/#.WVbhOVG1taR" target="_blank">two Clydesdale horses, Baron and Duke</a>, who stood model for the famous sculpture.<br />
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While photographing the sculpture near sunset I was fascinated about the many angles and views...if you look closely in the above image the horse is about to eat the moon, in the below image it looks like a dragon spitting fire. The light playing and reflecting on the steel plates lets you imagine the muscles playing in the horses neck and face.<br />
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<i>"The mosaic effect created by the flow
of the plates and the view through the openings capture the horses as
if in motion."</i> (2)</div>
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<b>What's in the name:</b><br />
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In the Scottish legend a Kelpie is a shape changing water spirit which haunts rivers and streams, mostly in the shape of a horse. They are wicked creatures who may appear as cute pony to lure children on their back, but once mounted the children were unable to get off and the Kelpie would drag them in the water and eat them!<br />
Well, no wonder Andy Scott preferred Clydesdales...<br />
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This sketch I photographed through the window of the giftstore at the park, which unfortunately was already closed. I would have loved to buy it. Click on it to see in in full size and see the relation of people to the sculpture! We were standing in front of the Kelpies and after having seen this sketch I almost was waiting for the moment they would stomp out of the water and run us over.<br />
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This image of the Kelpies under construction I photographed off a recycling bin. For a real insight of the construction of this massive statue I highly recommend watching the <a href="http://www.thehelix.co.uk/things-to-do/the-kelpies/construction/kelpies-time-lapse-video/#.WVaas1G1taQ" target="_blank">The Kelpies -Time Lapse</a> , it will give you goose bumps!<br />
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<li>the Kelpies were built in only 90 days (see time-lapse) starting in June 2013</li>
<li>they are 30 meters/98.4 feet high</li>
<li>the foundation consists of 1200 tonnes steel-reinforced concrete per head </li>
<li>each horse head weighs 300 tonnes</li>
<li>the sculpture is made with 928 unique steel-skin plates</li>
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<i>"The artistic intent of (the Kelpies) is built around a contemporary
sculptural monument. Water-borne, towering gateways into The Helix, the
Forth & Clyde canal and Scotland, translating the legacy of the
area into proud equine guardians."</i>
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During the evening and night the Kelpies are illuminated with ever changing colored light, which inspired me to create this poster.<br />
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Although we spent hours there, I can't wait to go back...after all they are Kelpies...they will lure me back.<br />
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Sources:<br />
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(1) <a href="http://www.thehelix.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Helix</a><br />
(2) <a href="http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/engineering-kelpies" target="_blank">Engineering the Kelpies</a><br />
<a href="http://www.andyscottsculptor.com/" target="_blank">Andy Scott Sculptor </a><br />
<a href="https://www.tatasteelconstruction.com/static_files/Tata%20Steel/content/Case%20Studies/Structures/Celsius%20355/NS_The%20Kelpies,%20Falkirk,%20Scotland/The%20Kelpies,%20Falkirk%20CS%20UK%20LR%20(lkd).pdf" target="_blank">Tata Steel, a case study</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mayflower-engineering.co.uk/casestudies/helix-project/" target="_blank">Mayflower Engineering </a><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kelpies" target="_blank">Wikipedia - Kelpies </a><br />
<a href="http://www.thehelix.co.uk/things-to-do/the-kelpies/construction/kelpies-time-lapse-video/#.WVbgTlG1taQ" target="_blank">Time Lapse</a>Susanne Weissenbergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14409032657033124548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942782730112361710.post-90377837738981056212017-05-29T20:05:00.000-07:002017-05-29T20:20:47.713-07:00Spectacular Scotland<br />
If you are following me on Facebook or Instagram you probably have read that I was positively running out of positive adjectives during this amazing dream trip through Scotland. Well, actually only through a small part of Scotland.<br />
Yes it was that good!<br />
Over 7000 images later I'm now facing the editing....which is part overwhelming and part great fun as I can relive the trip!<br />
There are more blogs to come, for sure one about Edinburgh, the Kelpies, the castles and maybe more.<br />
For now a few highlights, following the route we took:<br />
We flew into Edinburgh and stayed in Musselburgh, which gave us a good location to scout out East Lothian, Edinburgh, and, of course, some golf courses.<br />
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The Kelpies in Falkirk, absolutely stunning sculptures. </div>
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The Edinburgh Castle sits high above the town, here seen from Princess Garden</div>
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We spent two days wandering through Edinburgh, and could have easily spent many more. Again, I will go into more detail in an Edinburgh blog. If you ever want to photograph in Edinburgh, I highly recommend checking out Tom Foster's website: <a href="http://www.edinburghphotography.com/" target="_blank">Spectacular Edinburgh</a>. His website and Facebook/Instagram posts were a great inspiration!</div>
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From Edinburgh/Musselburgh we drove farther north to THE "birth place" of golf....<br />
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If I counted right, St. Andrews has 11 golf courses within a radius of a few kilometers.<br />
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As we finally arrived at our Stonehaven destination, the Dunnator castle, we found out that it was closed due to high winds. Some of the outbuildings in the castle area are covered with slate shingles. The wind had blown these shingles off before, so to be on the safe side, the castle had been closed. Makes me wonder though, how many days in the year it is actually open, since wind is more or less a given there.<br />
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From the Dunnottar castle we continued on to Inverness. Another good location to scout out the nearby attractions, as the Urquhart castle (above) and the Speyside distilleries.<br />
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From Inverness we headed to Dornoch, paying the Mermaid of the North a visit on the way. This girl was hard to find, surprisingly as she is truly beautiful.</div>
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If only all golf courses were this breath taking.</div>
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And the reward came the very next day: The heritage tour at the <a href="https://www.glenmorangie.com/us/our-stories" target="_blank">Glenmorangie Distillery</a>,<br />
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Wildlife and lighthouses are never far away in Scotland...<br />
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From Inverness we then headed towards the west coast, to a charming little town called Ullapool.</div>
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If you ever visit Ullapool, make sure you stay at the <a href="http://www.theceilidhplace.com/" target="_blank">Ceilidh Place</a>. Ceilidh stands for coming together, play music, sing, read and have a good time. And you will just have that as the restaurant offers the best coffee I had in Scotland, a great dinner menu, good music and...a bookstore.<br />
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Next on the agenda was the famous Eilean Donan castle, as we visited it in the afternoon we had rain, wind and low tide...as we came back for the night photography, the rain had just stopped, no wind and high tide....here just a teaser, more in the promised coming up castle blog.<br />
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Here a species I was surprised to not see more often, the Scottish highland cattle. When I found them they were either eating or sleeping and if you dare to call on them to get a front shot...they walk away...<br />
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Oban was our last stop before heading back to Edinburgh. A cute little, bustling port city.<br />
Obviously people here know how to travel....<br />
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...and how to live on the edge!</div>
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On the way back to Edinburgh we passed by Kilchurn Castle, another famous one...and indeed the only one where the rain persisted.<br />
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Back in Edinburgh, we had one more day to enjoy before we had to fly back home.<br />
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I travel quite a bit and I have to say these two weeks in Scotland were one of the best trip I ever had! </div>
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Hopefully you can enjoy and partake a wee bit in Scotland's splendor through my images, and as promised, there are some more detailed blogs already in the making.</div>
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Susanne Weissenbergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14409032657033124548noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942782730112361710.post-4293792880516347772017-04-14T22:55:00.003-07:002017-04-14T22:55:59.944-07:00Happy Spring - Happy EasterLast month it was all about seniors...this month it will be all about juniors.<br />
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With the arrival of spring also came the arrival of my new chicks.<br />
This year, I got some Lavender Orpingtons ( the grey chicks), a breed I always admired, as they are just beautiful birds. Turns out the chicks are equally photogenic.<br />
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That determined looking chick will be a Wynadotte once she is grown up.</div>
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The yellow little models are Chantecler chicks. Chanteclers are THE only pure Canadian chicken breed. No, they do not play hockey, they might like Tim Horton and they are for sure cold hardy!</div>
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My inner photographer had of course some photos in mind, but the well being of the chicks was my first priority. Surprisingly the chicks seemed not to mind at all, and posed quite nicely.<br />
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The Canadian version of a beach chick...</div>
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Unfortunately I could not understand what this chick whispered in the polar bears ear, while the other one snuggled right in.</div>
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So, you put an egg in the pot, keep it warm, don't water it, and after three weeks a little chick will grow, right?</div>
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And if you add peas to the mix you shall get chick peas!!</div>
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Flower girl</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>many eggs and a fabulous spring </b></span></div>
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...winter edition <br />
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We are all guilty of it: we take hundreds of photos of our puppy or kitten, lots of images during the active time of our pets, but almost none of our senior friends.<br />
And then, one day, they are inevitably gone and we wish we had a current picture or two.<br />
As a professional photographer I often hear these words of regret: "Oh, I wish we would have you come and take photos of Maxi while he was still alive".<br />
And I would have loved to do that, I even offer a 15% discount on all my pet sessions for senior animals (dogs and cats over 8 years old, horses over 15 years old).<br />
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Last month though I had the opportunity to photograph two wonderful mature dogs:<br />
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An almost 14 years old lady by the name of Lily:<br />
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For Lily we had planned an outside 'on location' session.</div>
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Originally we hoped for photos in the snow, but it was to hard and hazardous for Lily with the amount of snow we had.</div>
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Lily gave everything and it was heartwarming to see how much </div>
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And then there is Cesar:<br />
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A true gentle man! </div>
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Susanne Weissenbergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14409032657033124548noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942782730112361710.post-73717020506371112292017-02-26T21:00:00.000-08:002017-02-26T21:00:14.009-08:00Six more weeks of winter....Yup, you read this right, six more weeks of winter! And it's all Skipper's fault...;-)<br />
On February 2nd, ground(h)dog day, Skipper threw a long shadow and our fate was sealed....<br />
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Never would we have imagined, though, how much winter was about to come. It started the following Saturday with rather heavy snowfall.<br />
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As I was doing the dishes, I marveled how beautiful the amaryllis looked, reflecting a bit in the window, with the snow coming down in the background.<br />
By afternoon it got even worse. Glancing out of the window I saw Fin and Lexie contemplating what was happening. I was wondering what they told each other....maybe Fin told Lexie about his time in California? Times without this fluffy white stuff coming from the sky ;-)<br />
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Sunday came and went, and the snow never really stopped coming.<br />
This is what we woke up to Monday morning...<br />
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The chicken were not amused, and we actually had to shove the snow off the coop, in order to avoid damage.<br />
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Chaos everywhere....by the next morning the snow had finally stopped and things slowly returned to normal. As I pulled up to work that Tuesday morning I got greeted by a wonderful rising sun.<br />
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The animals are coping quite good with this extreme weather. The horses "grow" some icicles, <br />
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Leica thoroughly loves her first winter,<br />
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The cats carefully checking out the snow.<br />
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Another big dump of snow came the following weekend, breaking some records. Rumor had it that this was the biggest snowfall in the last 80 years.<br />
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But as soon as the sun is out, I have to say it's just outright gorgeous, no matter if you are on the Kimberley ski hill,<br />
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Black and white view of our backyard...<br />
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And this is the weather report from this evening....seems we are not done yet!<br />
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<br />Susanne Weissenbergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14409032657033124548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942782730112361710.post-82475773715033360682017-01-29T12:40:00.000-08:002017-01-29T12:40:56.123-08:00As Cold as Ice....Images from the International Ice Carving Competition at the Lake Louise Ice Magic Festival 2017<br />
After my not so successful attempt in photographing the ice sculptures at the Lake Louise Ice Magic Festival last year, due to weather and timing, I made sure I had enough time and opportunity to capture them in their full glory this year.<br />
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What a venue, what a location, what amazing art!<br />
Below the entry to the ice sculpture competition, framed by the majestic Rockies and Victoria glacier.<br />
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Every 3rd weekend in January ice carvers from all over the world meet
here to compete. Ten teams of two, that are specifically invited for this event, transform 15 300 lb blocks of ice
into a sculpture that represents a given competition motto.<br />
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motto, on the occasion of Canada's upcoming birthday:<br />
"Canada - True North"<br />
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The rules are hard, the ice is cold, the time is short...<br />
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Intrigued about what <a href="http://clinebellequipment.com/downloads/carving%20bl%20Ic%20maker%20cb300x2.pdf" target="_blank">"Clinebell" sculpting ice</a> is, I did some research, this is what I found on the companies website: <br />
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"Training Day" by Team Biasas won 1st place and the people's choice award this year. The brothers Antonio and Ross Biasas, from the Philippines, delivered an amazing piece of art. Unfortunately the sculpture was located in a spot where it was extremely difficult to photograph it properly. I tried my best but feel I could not do it justice. It shows in unbelievable detail a mother bear catching fish swimming in a river, with her cub on the shore trying to copy the mothers hunting habits, while being challenged by what I believe is an eagle. <br />
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From the single scales on the multiple fish to the bubbles in the water
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"Ancestral" by Team Russian Bears came in second.<br />
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The sculpture by Eduard Ponomarenka and Valeriy Batalov is very imposing and impressing<br />
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Team Jelgava made 3rd place with this monumental sculpture.<br />
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With "Memories of the North" Karlis Ile and Maija Puncule from Latvia created an epic piece of temporary art.<br />
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Looking at the sculpture from this angle one can indeed imagine how these majestic creatures roamed the area, they fit in just perfectly!<br />
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The Carvers Choice award went to another remarkable sculpture, "Lone Bison" by Team Ice Choppers. Even more remarkable that this was just a team of one, Don Lowing from the USA!<br />
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Again, a sculpture with lots of detail and meaning...<br />
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While I was strolling back and forth between the sculptures, I ran into this gentleman, a different kind of sculpture, but nevertheless, he caught my attention. Honoring the Canadian Pacific Railway Swiss guides centennial this statue is dedicated to the memory of the Swiss mountain guides and was put in place in October 1999. He didn't have an eye for the sculptures, though, his mind was on the mountains....<br />
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Back to the ice...apart from the winners there were more extraordinary sculptures that are worth mentioning.<br />
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"Northern Roots" from Team Scott & Kee, (Scott Harrison, USA and Kee Gawah, Sweden/Malaysia) depicting an imposing dream catcher, is another example of intricate and detailed craftsmanship.<br />
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The artists' statement about this artwork sure helps taking in the full meaning of the sculpture and the thought process behind it.<br />
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"Northern Descent" shows us one of Canada's' signature bird in an iconic way<br />
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Team Frozen Art, Dean Murray and Edwin Hutchison from the USA, absolutely living up to their team name!<br />
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I just had to play with light and detail on this one...<br />
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Last but surely not least, my favorite sculpture of the competition.<br />
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"The Guardian" by Team Sakha, Egor Stepanov and Alexey Andreev from Russia, Republic of Sakha. These two won the <a href="http://whitemountainphotography.blogspot.ca/2016_01_01_archive.html" target="_blank">Carver's Choice Award as well as the People's Choice Award last year with their sculpture " The Beloved Blue Shore". </a><br />
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Majestic, elegant and and just stunningly beautiful. <br />
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Tips for visiting the International Ice Carving Competition at the Lake Louise Ice Magic Festival:<br />
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During the actual competition one needs to buy tickets to visit the site, the tickets are available at the <a href="https://www.banfflakelouise.com/ice-magic-festival" target="_blank">Banff/Lake Louise website.</a><br />
If you are not a friend of crowds, just wait until about 5.30 on Sunday, or any time thereafter on the weekdays following the competition weekend. Entry is free and way less people are around....<br />
For twilight and night photography you will need a tripod!<br />
The sun hits the area only between about 10 am to 11.30 am during this time of the year. Visiting the ice carvings during an overcast day is rather frustrating, as they just don't show as well. If there is no sun in the forecast, go at night!<br />
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But I came prepared and the overcast wet weather had it's good sides.<br />
First of all it brings out the fall color.<br />
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Secondly, where there is rain there are puddles, big puddles....<br />
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The wolves loved to play in the water,<br />
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and once they settled, the calm water showed their amazing reflections.<br />
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Thirdly, I have so much fun with the wolves, no matter the weather!!<br />
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And finally, I have a valid reason to come back, right?Susanne Weissenbergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14409032657033124548noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942782730112361710.post-32361945966826278102016-11-27T17:27:00.001-08:002016-11-27T17:27:23.449-08:00Svalbard Part IIGood things come to those who wait....;-)<br />
It was quite a busy fall, but as promised, here part 2 of the Svalbard adventure:<br />
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The top map shows where about Svalbard is located and the bottom map shows our particular trip (the highlighted locations are the ones featured in this blog). Due to the very mild winter and an early and comparatively warm spring almost all of the ice was gone and we could circumnavigate the island.<br />
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For those of you who want a quick refresher to <a href="http://whitemountainphotography.blogspot.ca/2016_06_01_archive.html" target="_blank">Svalbard, Part I</a>, click <a href="http://whitemountainphotography.blogspot.ca/2016_06_01_archive.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Day six brought us to the area of Worsleyneset, where the exploration of Villa Oxford and an extended hike was planned. Finding an old hut called Villa Oxford certainly peaked my curiosity....A Norwegian hunter by the name of Hilmar Nøis built a few huts in the area, his first one was called the "Texas Bar". With this kind of wit he also put an old transport box to good use and built "Oxford Villa". The box originally carried airplane parts for an English expedition, with the goal to carry out the first aerial photography over this part of Svalbard. The leader of the expedition was George Binney from....Oxford! This hut was built in 1924 and it is in excellent condition.<br />
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Just as we had our first peaks around the hut, a very exciting radio call came in....there was a polar bear in the vicinity...<br />
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We followed the bear for most of the remaining morning. It was interesting to watch a bear so close and observe his behavior. A moving zodiac and the collar though were not the best conditions for stunning wildlife photography ;-)<br />
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As we left the ship, the weather did not look too promising, but this outing ended up being one of my favorite ones of the whole adventure.<br />
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Blue sky came through and illuminated the most amazing icebergs I've ever seen.<br />
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A bearded seal chillin' on an ice float.<br />
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Here a GIF of a "mini" calving of an iceberg, caught from a moving and rocking Zodiac as we were passing by.<br />
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...and amazing reflections!<br />
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As always, please click on the image to see them in more detail!<br />
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The following day the sea was a bit rough which worked out perfectly as we had planned to check out Sallyhamna on the east side of the Fair Haven strait, which was named so by 17th century whalers for it's convenient navigation conditions. Sallyhamna itself is a little bay protected by a peninsula, so the waters here were nice and calm.<br />
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The whalers have left the remains of their doings in the form of several blubber ovens and graves. This dwelling shown here was built by Waldemar Kræmer, who named the place after his wife Sally who joined him occasionally here.<br />
The hut is built on top of an old blubber oven with a whaler's grave inside...shudder!!<br />
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Beautiful turquoise icebergs took our attention away from blubber ovens and graves, and let us, at least for periods at a time, forget, that icy rain was hitting us from the side...<br />
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Barnacle Goose were quite oblivious to the weather.<br />
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After a hearty lunch we were out again, this time to visit Smeerenburg..."Blubber town"...<br />
Smeerenburg was was one of the largest and is now one of the best known whaling stations. At it's peak around the 1620's, seven Dutch companies and one Danish company with up to 200 men stayed at Smeerenburg during the short summer months. Smeerenburg is also the the site of the first, intentional, wintering of Europeans on Svalbard. . A guard of seven men succesfully wintered here from 1633 to 1634, the very following year though, none of the seven guards survived...<br />
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Wind and weather took away most of the dwellings, but some artifacts are remarkably well preserved.<br />
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For me the best part of the landing was, that we could head out for an extended walk, which gave ample opportunity for macro photography, away from blubber ovens and a grim whaling history.<br />
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Two huts and lots of artifacts are telling a story typical for Spitzbergens' mining "gold rush". Between 1910 and 1913, the NEC (Northern Exploration Company) invested a lot of money in trail mining here, in the hope to find large quantities of high-grade marble.</div>
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And they found marble, but in such a low quality, that it was not worthwhile to exploit it. In this time though up to 70! men worked and lived there during the summer months. hence it is one of the most extensive sites of cultural heritage in Svalbard.<br />
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Later Ny London was used by overwintering hunters and trappers. Now it is taken care of and used by the scientists and people from across the bay, Ny Alesund, for scientific and recreational purposes.<br />
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We also witnessed two juvenile reindeer playing, they were so immersed in their playing that they didn't even mind us.<br />
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In the afternoon we went on a Zodiac cruise to the 14th July Glacier, named by afore mentioned Duke Albert I. of Monaco. He also mapped this area and took the liberty to name a few places in his favor. This glacier is named after Bastille Day, a national French holiday.<br />
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Huge Kittiwakes and Guillemot colonies fertilized the tundra around the mountain and a surprisingly dense and versatile vegetation is thriving here through the mild summer months.<br />
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Maps: Courtesy of One Ocean Expeditions</div>
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All my historical and geological references are from Rolf Stange's book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Spitsbergen-Svalbard-Complete-Archipelago-2012-06-07/dp/B01HC9T598/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1480295384&sr=8-6&keywords=rolf+stange" target="_blank">Spitsbergen - Svalbard</a>, which is available in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Spitsbergen-Svalbard-Complete-Archipelago-2012-06-07/dp/B01HC9T598/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1480295384&sr=8-6&keywords=rolf+stange" target="_blank">English</a> as well as in <a href="https://www.amazon.de/Spitzbergen-Svalbard-Wissenswertes-rund-arktische-Inselgruppe/dp/3937903127/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1480295311&sr=8-4&keywords=rolf+stange" target="_blank">German</a>. This is THE comprehensive book for anyone interested in Svalbard!</div>
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A very good read is also Christiane Ritter's book "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Woman-Polar-Night-Christiane-Ritter/dp/1602231001/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480294914&sr=8-1&keywords=christiane+ritter" target="_blank">A Woman in the Polar Night</a>" by an Austrian painter Christiane Ritter, who spent a whole year (1933/34) in a hut on Spitzbergen's north coast together with her husband and another companion. Well written and spell binding! </div>
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Für meine deutschen Freunde, am besten im Orginal lesen: <a href="https://www.amazon.de/Eine-Frau-erlebt-die-Polarnacht/dp/3548372848/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480295248&sr=8-1&keywords=eine+frau+erlebt+die+polarnacht" target="_blank">"Eine Frau erlebt die Polarnacht"</a>. </div>
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I'm not sure if I felt excited, anxious, scared or nervous...probably a mix of all of the above. </div>
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The main purpose of this trip was to get Mika settled, to get the last remaining questions answered and to eventually say good-bye. </div>
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But aside of this, we also wanted to explore the city.</div>
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The following blog is by no means a complete Montreal city tour, it is more a collection of the highlights we explored.</div>
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On our first day in Montreal the weather was rather uncooperative, rainy, windy and warm. Humid east coast weather Mika will have to get used to. Nevertheless we had a blast.</div>
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First on our list, since it was just around the corner from our hotel, was the Basilique Notre-Dame.</div>
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There is so much history in Montreal. Before we even approached the basilique we had a close look at the fountain,</div>
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and then stood in line to see the famous inside.<br />
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The blue background and the many stars made from real gold give an almost unreal feeling of depth.<br />
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Saturated from so much splendor we wandered around the small, old alleys until we stumbled upon a sculpture...<br />
Called "The illuminated Crowd" this sculpture is one of Montreal's most photographed landmark. The special weather resistant material looks a bit like butter, so Mika nicknamed it right away "The Butter Sculpture". It is a bit of a disturbing sculpture, as the pictured people in the front are "illuminated" and the farther one goes towards the end,<br />
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people seem to be less illuminated, some seem to wriggle in pain, some
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While wandering through Montreal we saw lots of hybrid and electric cars and a quite extensive infrastructure with "electric gas stations", but also a more affordable clean energy solution for quick transportation. Rental bikes! You can rent them for an hour, half a day or a whole day. You rent it at one place and return it at any rental venue of your choice. Super idea and the bikes looked really well maintained.</div>
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Chateau Ramezay was built in the 18th century as a
prestigious residence for Claude de Ramezay, governor of Quebec. It was the first building in Québec to be
classified a historic monument and was selected by a team of experts, in collaboration with UNESCO, as one of the 1001 historic sites you must see before you die!<br />
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We postponed visiting this museum and decided to keep strolling and window shopping...here a shop window I just could not pass...<br />
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Some magnificent street art<br />
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and more art at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Though we just looked through the foyer and headed towards the underground mall.<br />
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Art everywhere in Montreal,<br />
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Totally exhausted we made it back to our hotel, and caught the right moment to see one of the fire displays at the La Joute fountain, the Palais des Congress with it's colored glass front in the background. <br />
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The next day was mostly McGill oriented. Mika moved into his residence and we took care of all the logistic and formal tasks. Done with this we still had part of the afternoon to explore. We started with a late lunch at the observatory of the skyscraper at the Place Ville Marie. This newly renovated observatory and restaurant offers an amazing 360 view over the city and some delicious food!.<br />
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Restored we took a short metro ride to Quartier Latin and Le Village.<br />
Le Village is a whole urban district dedicated to all gay people. The 'boules roses' that cover the main street, Rue Ste. Catherine, go hand in hand with the cheerful vibe one finds there.<br />
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Even the signs are pink ;-)<br />
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Passing the Chapelle Notre Dame-de-Lourdes in beautiful late afternoon light we headed up<br />
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Rue Denise. This summer decorated with blue umbrellas. I have not quite figured out the meaning of the umbrellas but saw images of yellow and red umbrellas spanned over the Rue Denis on the internet....one mystery I need to uncover....<br />
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One of the reasons we wanted to stroll Rue Denise was to see this major mural, picturing parts of the 'Le Refus Global' a manifest from the late 1960's that the CBC calls: "one of the most important and controversial artistic and social documents in modern Quebec society". The authors and artists of the manifest are eternalized by the red birds in the mural. <br />
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Further up Rue Denis we reached the Carre St. Louise.<br />
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Unfortunately the sun was about to sink and I had not too much light left. But this is one of my favorite spots so far in Montreal. The Carre is surrounded by lovely and well maintained Victorian houses<br />
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and in the middle stands an old stone gazebo which is transformed into an ice cream and coffee place.<br />
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The picture above is so Montreal....people reading in the last light of the day, kids playing peek-a-boo and an older lady sitting there with her pink bike, how awesome is this?<br />
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Hard to top this, but the following day did just that. While waiting in line for a taxi the evening we arrived, I had seen an ad for a 18th century market on the coming weekend. I researched this and found out the the market was just around the corner. So, after our obligatory croissant breakfast we went to check it out.<br />
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Along the Place Royal many different wooden stalls had been built and vendors dressed up in 18th century clothing offered goods in line with the times.</div>
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Together with maps from Montreal and vicinity at the times<br />
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the whole market had a wonderful authentic flair. When you closed your eyes and just listened to the voices mingled with the music one could really imagine to be back in the 18th century.<br />
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Adjacent to the Place Royale is the Museum Pointe-a-Calliere, and this bill board of an ongoing exhibition caught my eyes...<br />
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This tower is part of the museum and we wondered if we would be able to get to the top.<br />
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Yes, we could and from up there we had a great view over the market and<br />
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the old port.<br />
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Before we even got to the horse exhibition we got drawn into the underground of the museum which was built on original parts of the old city.<br />
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Being a harbour city Montreal was on the front line of epidemics.... this "news" illustration from 1875 shows the grim former day scare.<br />
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After this quick side trip to Montreal's history we finally enjoyed the horse exhibition. Amazing objects of art, all around the horse, collected by Emile Hermes.<br />
The absolute highlight - Pegasus!<br />
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Susanne Weissenbergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14409032657033124548noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942782730112361710.post-69019131328974968282016-07-31T14:44:00.000-07:002016-08-01T13:38:54.472-07:00Keep Jumbo wild........because it is sooo beautiful as it is and we really do not need another ski-resort!!<br />
Soon after we moved to the East Kootenays we heard about the long ongoing debate over the Jumbo valley. Developers would like to see a year round ski resort, everybody else would like to keep it wild. Curious about the valley I always wanted to hike it. But from where we live it's an almost 3 hour drive to the trail head, and two of these 3 hours are on a gravel road....<br />
Then we saw <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNRYgn7T2C4" target="_blank">Jumbo Wild</a> last winter, a documentary about the fight over the valley, and I knew I had to go see Jumbo valley come summer!<br />
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Two weeks ago that day had come, four girls went up the mountain! It was Leica's first big hike and Lexie, as a seasoned hiking dog, took advantage of every water we passed to drink and cool off her paws.<br />
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It was one of these spectacular summer days, not too hot, and a few clouds overhead produced this really nice Kodak-chrome light.<br />
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The further we went up the more stunning the views became<br />
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Soon we had reached the jumbo hut. Originally we had planned to stop here, have lunch and then return. But there was one more "knoll" (as seen to the right in the image below) and we were wondering how the views would be from up there....<br />
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That last part was rather steep, especially on an empty stomach, but so worth it!<br />
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Floral mountain views...above Pasqueflower seeds heads, below Indian Paintbrush and Subalpine Buttercups</div>
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Once we reached the top, the view literally took our breath away. Below an almost 360 view from the summit. Two other hiking parties were up there, a mother-son team from Squamish, BC and a experienced hiking couple. We briefly exchanged a few words before the couple headed off. Baffled I found out later, in a conversation with the Squamish lady, that I finally had met and talked to nobody else then Janice Strong! The author of my trusty hiking guide " <a href="http://janicestrong.com/htmlFiles/MountainFootsteps2.htm" target="_blank">Mountain Footsteps</a>".</div>
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While I was busy taking photos, Monika had started her well earned lunch. My growling stomach made sure that I joined her rather quickly.<br />
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It always surprises me how plants survive these harsh mountain conditions. These little gems flourished in the wind shadow of a big rock.<br />
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Slowly we started our way back....the dogs were rested and seemed not to be tired at all.<br />
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The flower girls....<br />
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While I was crawling around to photograph the wildflowers, Monika and Leica chilled on the rocks.<br />
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...and Lexie in the water...<br />
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The final steps back down to the trail head follow a little waterfall...fairy tale surroundings...<br />
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If time and location allows, go hike this extremely beautiful area.<br />
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The permit of the original planned resort expired last year and the government did not renew it. This is a major step towards the protection of Jumbo Valley but not yet a final victory. The developers have not given up and are working now on a down scaled version of the resort. For more info <a href="http://whitemountainphotography.blogspot.ca/2015/10/octobers-conservation-tip.html" target="_blank">click here.</a><br />
I urge you to watch the movie, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNRYgn7T2C4" target="_blank">Jumbo Wild</a>, and/or sign the <a href="https://secure.wildsight.ca/jumbo" target="_blank">petition</a> for the protection of this valley!<br />
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Link to movie trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNRYgn7T2C4 <br />
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Link to sign the petition: https://secure.wildsight.ca/jumbo<br />
<br />Susanne Weissenbergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14409032657033124548noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942782730112361710.post-49285284057153562642016-06-30T14:40:00.001-07:002016-11-26T21:09:12.321-08:00Svalbard, Part 1I can't recall into how many questioning eyes I looked after answering the question where I would travel to: Svalbard???? Where or what is that?<br />
Well, Svalbard is an island archipelago north of Norway and east of Greenland. It is under Norwegian jurisdiction but does not belong to the Schengen area.<br />
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If you have read Philip Pullman's Golden Compass, Svalbard is the home of Iorek Byrnison and the armored bears.<br />
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After some looong plane rides, I finally arrived in Longyearbyn, Svalbards "capital", located on the main island called Spitsbergen. Only a thousand kilometers away from the North pole!<br />
As the snow had just melted and new snow is expected from August on, there are no trees or any vegetation as we know it. There are lots of mosses and lichens though and a few tundra flowers here and there.<br />
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Longyearbyn was founded by and named after John Munro Longyear, an US
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During the short summer Longyearbyn develops into a flourishing tourist town which offers almost everything a cruise traveler might need and else. My favorite hang-out, the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Fruene-As-116855955081446/" target="_blank">Fruene</a> cafe, not only serves an excellent coffee it also is home of the most northern "Sjokoladeri".<br />
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To make the post not too long, I split the journey into two parts, the highlighted section shows the part of the expedition I will cover in this blog.<br />
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One thing I did not take into consideration was the constant daylight. During the height of summer the lowest position of the sun is about equal to our early evening sun...it never disappears below the horizon. Although still quite exhausted I couldn't get myself to go to bed...I could miss out on something, right?<br />
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And I was not alone on deck photographing this arctic paradise.<br />
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Around 11.30 pm on the first evening, I assume the sun reached it's lowest and, together with the light cloud cover, produced a wonderful coppery color on the water.<br />
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I don't recall when I went to bed, but it was rather late, or let's say rather early<br />
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Brepollen and Burgerbukta were our destinations the following day.<br />
Magnificent glaciers and an abundance of birds in Brepollen.....<br />
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Our main transportation away from the ship, the trusty zodiac.<br />
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The Svalbard area experienced a very mild winter and an early and comparatively warm spring. Most of the sea ice was already gone and with it one of the main attractions, the polar bear. Our expedition leader decided it would be worth a try and chase the ice. In addition to that, a huge storm front had come up and heading north would be the fastest way to escape the rolling sea. hence we spent day 3 at sea, a very rolling sea...<br />
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All were relieved as we entered calmer waters on the morning of the fourth day, and we had found the ice!<br />
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Unfortunately it was already too broken up for the polar bears. Nevertheless, we saw four bears, two males and a mom with her cub, on the distant shore.<br />
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On day 5 we set foot on land again atTorellneset, a known walrus hang-out. Before we even saw the walruses, arctic terns had already announced our arrival.<br />
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I'm not sure who watched who...the walruses sure were curious about these funny stick figures walking all around.<br />
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Some took the opportunity to stretch their legs and went on a hike with one of our guides.<br />
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The afternoon we spent at Alkefjellet, an immense rockwall harbouring 60.000 breeding pairs of the Bruennich's Guilemot, also known as thick-billed murre.<br />
I wish I could have taken a video, just to make you experience the noise and atmosphere around this rookery. Imagine almost a quarter million birds (120.000 adults plus about two hatchlings per breeding pair), perched on a precariously steep rock wall, constantly flying away or coming back and of course communicating at all times.<br />
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Close up of some neighborly dispute<br />
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The end of the rock wall was covered with yet another magnificent glacier<br />
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The evening ended with an outside BBQ,,,yup, BBQ in the Arctic with a once in a lifetime view.<br />
The next day would bring us even farther north.....<br />
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Did we find more ice? And polar bears? What about reindeer?<br />
I am already working on part 2 of the Svalbard journey which will answer all these questions.....<br />
<br />Susanne Weissenbergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14409032657033124548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942782730112361710.post-5916160202467182012016-05-29T20:18:00.000-07:002016-05-29T20:18:12.420-07:00LeicaPlease welcome our new puppy: Leica!<br />
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All of you in Germany, I can see your smile...what a fitting name for a photographers dog, right...;-)<br />
We were thinking about another dog for quite a while, but the right one had not crossed our path, until two weeks ago.<br />
I spontaneously fell in love with her and the rest of the family followed suit. We adopted her from the SPCA and did not regret it for a moment.<br />
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After a quick bout of jealousy Lexie has accepted her fully and the two of them spend a good part of the day playing together. Skipper loves her, but sometimes she is just a bit too much for him.<br />
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Here Leica wanted to drink out of the creek but slipped accidentally in the creek. As you can see at the splashing water, Lexie did not hesitate a second to come to the rescue....<br />
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Leica learned already to sit still for photos, well mostly that is...<br />
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No fancy dog breed description this time, since we really don't know what's in the mix.<br />
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We looking forward to watching her grow up and are curious how she will turn out.<br />
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Thank you to my trusty assistant, Mika, who not only can read my photographic mind, but also took on the hardship of working with a puppy!<br />
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<br />Susanne Weissenbergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14409032657033124548noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942782730112361710.post-70063235146800622462016-04-29T14:00:00.000-07:002016-04-29T14:00:47.574-07:00Just Polar BearsAs promised in the previous post here now: Just polar bears!<br />
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Polar bears are declared "vulnerable" by the <a href="http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22823/0" target="_blank">IUCN</a>. Before going into the details of why polar bear populations are on the edge, let's have a look at the polar bears biology.<br />
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Polar bears are marine mammals whose main diet are seals, especially the ringed seal. To hunt the ringed seal they need the sea water to be frozen over as they mainly prey on the young seals that are not yet in the water but in little ice caves. Hence their habitats are on or close to the sea. There are 19 sub populations with about 2/3s of them in Canada.<br />
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Polar bears mate in late April/May. Since there are not always males around to mate, the female polar bear has a so-called "induced" ovulation. This means she only ovulates when there is enough stimulation through a present male. This clever biological trick prevents a waste of eggs. Male and female stay together for a few days, frequently mating...just to make sure...;-).<br />
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After the mating period they part and both continue to hunt for survival. At this point the fertile egg(s) do not yet develop, they "just stay put", another smart move of nature called delayed implantation. In September/October then, the female polar bear looks for a den. Depending on the area, they either dig their dens into snow drifts or, as on the more southerly situated Hudson Bay, they actually dig their dens into the soil. It is not uncommon that they reuse old dens.<br />
Now the development of the fertilized eggs starts and the cubs are born usually in late December or early January. Most polar bears give birth to two cubs,<br />
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The above image is from a trip a few years back. As you can see, the cub in the middle is significantly smaller. His or her chance of survival is slim...Scientists assume that depending on the body condition of the female an according number of cubs develop to assure the best possible survival rate of the cubs later on. <br />
The cubs are born with closed eyes, a very thin layer of fur and almost immobile hind legs, weighing only about 500 grams, roughly a pound. Thanks to the high fat content of the polar bears milk though they grow rapidly and by the time they leave the den they are a very active bundle of 10 to 15 kg.<br />
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Once they exit the den for the first time, they usually stick a few days around the den to acclimate the cubs to <span style="font-size: small;">their new environment. Then they head off to the Hudson Bay as the mom is by now super hungry. The
Hudson Bay females are basically without food from September to March
the following year, having given birth and nursing all the while. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The cubs usually stay with their mom for about 2 1/2
years. </span>In his book "Polar Bears" Ian Stirling writes that most of the Hudson Bay cubs only stay with
mom for 1 1/2 years. They are not sure why, theories are that there
are more seals to hunt so that even the smaller bears could possibly
hunt or at least scavenge on whats left by older bears, or that
the ice is softer due to a more southern location and even smaller
bears would be heavy enough to break through the ice to get to the young seals. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The survival rate of the cubs seems to be somewhere between 43% and 65%. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Once the cubs leave mom, she might mate right away. Most females
have their first cubs when they around 6 years. Male bears are
mature at the same age, but since competition is strong, the males
usually have to get older and stronger before they might get a
chance to mate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">How do we know all this? A lot of data especially on newborns, their weight and appearance, are collected from zoos. All other research is painstakingly done by researchers in the field. As I experienced myself, working under these cold conditions is no easy task. And the area to cover is immense. With the help of monitoring collars, biologists and other researchers could trace a few animals and collect data this way. As you can see these collars are massive! As we photographed that female polar bear we had long discussions about these collars. Sure, from the photography standpoint they are a nuisance, and more importantly what is the bears opinion on that? Do we really need them?</span><br />
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Tough question...this is was the ICUN writes about it: <i>"Although scientific studies have concluded that the long-term effects of
capturing and collaring polar bears are minimal (Ramsay and Stirling
1986, Messier 2000, Thiemann et al. 2013, Rode et al.
2014a), some local groups nevertheless consider these techniques
disrespectful or harmful to the animals. As a result, population
inventory and ecological studies have been delayed or not permitted. On
the other hand, alternative research techniques such as aerial surveys
and genetic biopsy capture-recapture methods were designed and
implemented. Reduced monitoring will constrain governments’ ability to
assess sustainability of harvest especially if abundance is estimated
from aerial surveys which cannot provide data on vital rates (Aars et al. 2009, Stapleton et al. 2014)" </i><br />
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Let's switch from biology to conservation...<br />
We all have heard that polar bears are in peril. Some scientists are more optimistic than others but the consensus is clear, the populations are declining.<br />
Global warming or climate change as you will, has probably the most negative influence on the polar bear population. For example, over the last 30 years the sea ice in the Hudson Bay has declined 22%, meaning the time the Hudson Bay is frozen and giving the polar bears access to their hunting grounds is 22% shorter than 30 years ago...resulting in a direct correlation decline of the Hudson Bay population of about the same 22%. Scientists estimate that polar bears need at least 7 months of arctic ice to sufficiently hunt. <i>"An annual ice-free period of ≥5 months is likely to lead to extended
fasting, which is predicted to lead to increased reproductive failure
and starvation (Molnár et al. 2011, 2014a, Robbins et al. 2012b)." </i><br />
Again different studies have different outcomes, but this threshold could be reached as soon as in the next thirty years. <br />
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With the climate change other problems are on the rise, too. Parasites and pathogens that were not able to survive before might now be able to get a hold on polar bears. Especially if these are already weakened by food scarcity.<br />
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An already existing problem is the pollution of our oceans. Most of the pollutants are lipophil, which in this case means they are binding to fat in the body. Disastrous for an animal whose main diet consists of fat, as many of these pollutants are known to cause disruption of the hormone regulation and suppress the immune system.<br />
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On top of this already present pollution, with the sea ice melting now
also new possible pollution threats await the polar bear. Formerly
inaccessible areas might be developed for pipelines etc and ship traffic
might significantly increase, happily polluting away... <br />
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<i>"Polar Bears are often attracted by the smells and sound associated with
human activity. Polar Bears are known to ingest plastic, styrofoam, lead
acid batteries, tin cans, oil, and other hazardous materials with
lethal consequences in some cases (Lunn and Stirling 1985, Amstrup et al. 1989, Derocher and Stirling 1991). Another concern is that seals covered in oil may be a major source of oil to polar bears."</i><br />
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Sorry, I could have just shown you the images of these incredible and cute or lets say incredibly cute bears.<br />
But I am on a mission, by raising awareness I want to help saving this planet and all it's incredible fauna and flora...<br />
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<u><b>Sources:</b></u><br />
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"Polar Bears" by Ian Stirling , The University of Michigan Press, 2005<br />
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<a href="http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22823/0" target="_blank">IUCN Redlist</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/status-and-threats/polar-bear-status-report" target="_blank">Polar Bears International </a><br />
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JoAnne Simerson, Animal Behavior Consultant<br />
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