Once upon a time …

… in the badlands of Alberta … Cee’s Black and White challenge: Large subjects Continue reading Once upon a time …

Lynne AyersJuly 15, 2015July 15, 20151 Comment

Odd Couple 13: The Hikers

My Odd couple series Badlands of Alberta The original for those that like to see my editing choices Continue reading Odd Couple 13: The Hikers

Lynne AyersApril 3, 2015April 3, 2015Leave a comment

Fine Art Photography

Photo Editing: Artistically speaking

I wanted to see if I could make this into an image with a more artistic feel to it; to see what I could accomplish without using one of the one-click apps that convert photos to oils or watercolour.So I brought up the details and liked what was happening in the sky and the branches of the tree. I adjusted the colour in the sky I added … Continue reading Photo Editing: Artistically speaking

Lynne AyersMarch 1, 2015March 1, 20156 Comments

Challenges, Travel Theme Challenge

Visual Quotations 64: Horizon

“The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.” – Christopher McCandless Ailsa’s travel theme is: Horizons Continue reading Visual Quotations 64: Horizon

Lynne AyersAugust 21, 2014November 10, 201512 Comments

Fine Art Photography

Room

Nothing says ‘room’ quite like the open prairie. Click to enlarge Alberta, Canada The Weekly Photo Challenge is: Room Continue reading Room

Lynne AyersJune 6, 2014June 6, 201422 Comments

Black and white, Photography

Nature in Black and White

Continue reading Nature in Black and White

Lynne AyersOctober 9, 2013October 9, 20139 Comments

Black and white, Visual Quotations

Visual Quotations 21: Beginning

“He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to.” – Harry Emerson Fosdick Policeman’s Point, Medicine Hat, Alberta There is a new challenge on the horizon. Ese’s Voice is sponsoring a Shoot and Quote each Sunday. Her choice, for this her first week is: Beginning Continue reading Visual Quotations 21: Beginning

Lynne AyersAugust 18, 2013January 4, 201416 Comments

Sunday Post

The Canadian Prairie

To Canadians, the Prairies means Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta – 138,997 sq miles … to give scale, England is 50,346 square miles. The population of the three provinces is 5,886,906 … the population of England is 53,013,000.

Alberta prairie and big sky

Primary industries include agriculture (wheat, barley, oats) and cattle and sheep ranching – sheep ranching, that surprised me. Canada is the world’s third largest exporter of wheat (behind the US and … France? (businessinsider.com) – that’s a surprise too. We export on average 20 million tonnes, or about 21% of the world market. (wiki.answers.com), primarily to China, Japan, Iran, South Korea and … US? (businessinsider.com). Apparently they export more than we do and then import from us … go figure.

hay bales on Alberta prairie