Dear Reader (2025-12-11 – post simultaneously to FB)
The other day I wrote about how I think of my photography in terms of 2 large pursuits. There is practice and there are projects. Projects have two possible outcomes. Projects become either exhibitions or an extended series of posts. Projects are multi-month undertakings. As the 2025 projects are now complete and it will be a while before you hear anything about the next projects, you and I are back to practice.
Yesterday (2025-11-10), Keith ( https://keithcartmellphotography.blogspot.com/2025/12/calgary-and-bow-in-long-exposure.html) and I went for an enjoyable wander along the Bow River (Calgary) looking for reflections and whatever else caught our attention. In winter the Bow is at its lowest, which means that there are some perspectives available that are not normally accessible. When winter is at its coldest the river can be nearly frozen over. At this time of year there is still some open water filled with flowing clumps of ice.
All these images are single exposures without any ICM.
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My photos from the ramble are here. https://keithcartmellphotography.blogspot.com/2025/12/calgary-and-bow-in-long-exposure.html
Thanks Keith and I have updated the post accordingly.
The ramble was fun. I think we were both lucky to have got across that snow covered rock field near the skipping stone bridge without twisting an ankle or falling over. I was so tuned into looking for black and white images, that it’s a bit jarring to see how much colour was available.
1-A nice abstract. It’s a peaceful soothing image.
2-This one would be interesting to see rotated 180 degrees, so the building is on the left and the receding triangle is pointing left. Hmmm. Or maybe just swapped left to right. I’ve often found that reflection images get more interesting when the perspective is swapped.
3-I quite like this. It’s like there are three layers to it.
5 and 6. Like you I had a couple goes at the train reflections. They show up much better in colour and with a short exposure time.