Category Archives: FolioA

Ian Andvaag A35 submission

by Ian Andvaag

Ferruginous Hawk Nest

I found this nest on a hike called “The Valley of 1000 Devils” in the East Block of Grasslands National Park. Hiking in the back-country is nice as you cant point your camera in nearly any direction without including any sign of human development. The English transliteration of the Latin scientific name for this bird is “Royal Buzzard” — surely Saskatchewan’s most impressive grassland bird.  Here it has used some bones to construct its nest. I wish I had a half stop less exposure here.

 

Narrow Hills Esker View

This one is a bit sad for me. I took this shot in Narrow Hills Provincial Park. It was a bit smoky the year I took this photo from forest fires further north — you can see the lack of contrast in the distance. (You can also see a blurry log in the foreground due to insufficient DOF, but try not to focus on that too much!) Well, during the summer of 2025, a large fraction of the park was burned in a forest fire, including this area. I guess it might be kinda interesting to go back and take some photographs after the fire.

 

Alley After Spring Storm

Back Alley Fence After Storm

Sorry for the two similar views, but I’d like to get your feedback. After a spring storm, the clouds cleared right around sunset and there was some really wild light. I was totally overcome by the atmosphere that I found myself immersed in. There were lots of wonderful wet reflective surfaces and great textures highlighted by the low angle of the sun peeking out from the clouds. I knew I only had a few minutes before the sun set, but I didn’t know where to point my camera. I was just around my house in a suburban environment and the neighborhood is rather photographically uninspiring ). I knew I had to try to shoot something in 3D, so I grabbed my TL-120 and ventured down the alley. I’m curious if you’ve ever found yourself in a similar situation. How would you approach shooting this situation? Do you see any potential compositions in these two slides that I overlooked?

 

Cheers and thanks for the many wonderful images this round!

Lake Superior Ice (near Duluth)

by Linda Nygren

This was taken with a “tuned” Sputnik, along Lake Superior on Minnesota’s “North Shore” a few years back. Although Lake Superior does not freeze over entirely in winter (unlike smaller bodies of water with less wave action), there are typically areas in protected bays that will freeze over for a time. These ice sheets then “break up” periodically and the ice plates pile up near the shore, as seen here. The sound during the breakup is incredible, although I have not had a chance to observe in recent years. Hearing the sounds prior to the breakup when the water motion causes a sort of “belching” under the ice is also  quite an experience.

 

 

Seattle Space Needle behind Ferris wheel

by Jim Harp

Photographed with twin YashicaMat 124s. I got some nice images with this rig, it was great for slight hypers like this one. Unfortunately I never figured out how to get both shutters to fire consistently and always had a few wasted shots on any pair of rolls.

Provia 100F pushed one stop. I believe this was a four second exposure at f16.