Elbow Valley Revisited

I just love the Elbow River Valley.  It was the first place where I caught my photographic bug in 2009.   It is here where you can get up close with the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains that can been seen to the west of Calgary. I woke up at 4:30 am to get out for the 5:47 am sunrise that magically came down the valley and lit up the peaks. Used the Canon TS-E 24mm L II lens, tilted to get best apparent DOF.  

I do wish I had a z-pro filter holder to use a polarizer, but I guess I will have to wait until the fall when Cokin gets back into business.

Road to Mt. Kidd

I was recently back to Calgary with my wife and with new addition to my family Olivia. I tried my first tilt shift panorama with the Canon TS-E 24mm L II lens. This technique was inspired by Darwin Wiggett, who has taught me some amazing landscape photography techniques. I adjusted the tilt of the lens to get the most DOF and then took two exposures shifted up and down. Merged together in Adobe Photoshop Photomerge.

Goodbye Calgary......

Well today marks a new chapter for the lives of my wife and I as we embark on our new adventure in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area.  For the last week we have been living out of a hotel in downtown Calgary and have seen some crappy May snowfalls that I will not miss at all.  Here is a panorama HDR shot from my hotel room.

©Matt Graham 2010 - Goodbye Calgary