https://neilfisher.com/home daily 1.0 2025-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555097511619-G2U2YHSLJR9L7A7UBFTP/barkleysoundneilfisher.jpg neilfisher.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555099659852-F09DE6C7BZW0F5YEVQMI/20160730+-+dark+sky+rin+-+neilfisher.jpg neilfisher.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555115818581-CETT21YKYZHK7WII44OB/Media+Banner+Neil+Fisher.jpg neilfisher.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555370024643-NU0LVGMMNZMQAF0D0ZVD/20170709+-+Burrowing+Owlets+%281%29+-+NeilFisher.jpg neilfisher.com We’re taught the basics of owl behaviour at a young age: they’re nocturnal, constantly ask “who?” and are incapable of sharing tootsie pops. However, burrowing owls aren’t like most owls. These owls use daylight for hunting big juicy ground dwelling insects. Their vocalizations aren’t typical halloween hoots, rather they’re high pitched hisses or coos. One particular hiss emulates a rattlesnake rattling in an attempt to deter predators. Finally, where other owls live and nest in trees, the burrowing owl chooses open prairies and treeless grasslands – and in Canada there aren’t many of these grassland ecosystems remaining. Over the past three decades more than 90% of the Canadian burrowing owl population have vanished. Fewer than 800 breeding pairs remain across Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and British Columbia. EXIF 1/4000sec f/8.0 ISO 320 400mm July 9th 2017 6:04 Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1577494308334-9XDNDNO6KVVYHAAHFJJT/20170604+-+Greater+Short-horned+Lizard+-+NeilFisher.jpg neilfisher.com Throughout the animal kingdom there are a variety of animals that have bizarre methods of deterring predators: squid eject clouds of ink, skunks exude clouds of stank, and sea cucumbers eviscerate their internal organs. But even stranger is the defense mechanism of the greater short-horned lizard. No bigger than the palm of your hand, this miniature dinosaur lives in Canada’s very own Jurassic park. Sadly, just like the dinosaurs 65 million years before it, extinction is a real possibility for the greater short-horned lizard. Learn more. EXIF 1/200sec f/16.0 ISO 200 100mm May 7th 2015 17:16 Grasslands National Park, SK. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555370085176-R2JWT6PSOT7XNGQ5RNEF/20160730+-+Thunderstorm+-+NeilFisher.jpg neilfisher.com “I shall be telling this with a sigh. Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference”. - Robert Frost Of course there are occasions when the road less travelled is less travelled for a reason. While exploring Grasslands National Park I was confronted by this menacing storm and promptly decided to not continue down this road. EXIF 0.5sec f/9.0 ISO 50 16mm July 30th 2016 17:53 Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555370117807-LV3QVZXEAY2FZBASX8C9/20170624+-+Evening+Bison+Bull+%283%29+-+NeilFisher.jpg neilfisher.com North America’s largest mammal may appear to be nothing more than gigantic lumbering cows as they calmly graze and meander across open plains, but if needed they can effortlessly outrun a person and reach speeds of sixty-five kilometres per hour. Attempts to domesticate bison in the early 20th century had little success and they were described as having “wild and ungovernable tempers”. An 800 kilogram bison can launch itself two metres vertically. In Yellowstone National Park between 1980 and 1999 more than three times as many people were injured by bison than both black and brown bears combined – the former coming into contact with seventy-nine people. Though ultimately bison are a prey species and when faced with fight or flight – it’s as if they magically sprout wings. EXIF 1/320sec f/5.6 ISO 500 215mm July 6th 2015 20:58 Grasslands National Park, SK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555370159488-9MC48R4XWS3Z1BCVVKGO/20170907+-+Golden+Eagle+%281%29+-+NeilFisher.jpg neilfisher.com Larietta the golden eagle was found as a juvenile, unable to fly and in poor body condition suggesting she wasn’t eating. On arrival at the Western College Of Veterinary Medicine Veterinary Medical Centre she was very weak and suspected to be suffering from West Nile Virus. She was placed in the care of WEAMS where she made a complete recovery and even provided a blood transfusion to a great horned owl patient. One of the largest, fastest and nimblest raptors of North America - the golden eagle is a fearsome predator. They typically hunt rabbits, hares, ground squirrels and prairie dogs, however they’re also able to prey upon relatively large animals, such as cranes, wild ungulates and domestic livestock. As their primary prey species don’t usually ingest pesticides, the golden eagle was lucky to avoid the harmful impacts of DDT and other egg thinning chemicals prior to their ban in the 1980’s. However, they’ve faced occasional persecution from ranchers fearing the eagles would prey on their livestock. Golden eagles are monogamous and may stay with their mate for many years or even for life - while nesting, pairs will actively defend territories upwards of 150 square kilometres. Learn more. EXIF 1/160sec f/9.0 ISO 100 35mm September 7th 2017 16:53 Western College Of Veterinary Medicine, SK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555370216177-5G1R0CAM91H6Z6BGHINM/20150712+-+Canola+Rainbow+Storm+-+NeilFisher.jpg neilfisher.com As if the intense yellow of blooming canola fields wasn’t impressive enough, the added contrast of the approaching ominous storm clouds certainly made this a roadside photo too great to pass up. Somewhere between Rosetown and Swift Current along highway 4, numerous storm cells made their way across the sky, dragging their shadows along the landscape below. Canada produces on average 17 tonnes of canola annually, with Saskatchewan contributing around 47%. Canola has many end uses, such as fuel, ink for printing, fertilizer, high-protein livestock feed, and of course salad dressing. EXIF 1/160sec f/8.0 ISO 400 70mm July 12th 2015 20:25 Stewart Valley, Saskatchewan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555370254106-3USXMN1XW7UTDDUALRGQ/20130905+-+Golden+Hour+Inverts+-+NeilFisher.jpg neilfisher.com Sunset during low tide at Green Point in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. Barnacles and mussels battle for turf, while ochre stars prey upon those with a loose grip. The tide begins to crawl towards the forest and regain its hold on the beach. Green sea anemones wait patiently for the returning nutrient rich Pacific Ocean. The last of the sun’s rays reach across the wet sand drenching the shore in a warm orange hue. EXIF 1/15sec f/8.0 ISO 100 16mm September 5th 2013 19:15 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555383135226-V97QNGU7XCX4I5ZTFZUV/20060725+-+Purple+Sea+Urchin+-+NeilFisher.jpg neilfisher.com Any closer and you’ll need a bandaid or two. An intimate look at a purple sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) looks very much like a pin cushion and feel much the same. Amongst the long purple spines of the urchin are retractable tube feet and small pincers, called pedicellariae. Centered on the underside of the urchin are five toothlike plates, called Aristotle's lantern, and surround the urchins mouth. It can use its teeth to bore holes in rocks, creating a hideaway of sorts - though sometimes an urchin may grow too large for the hole its dug and become stuck for life. EXIF 1/13sec f/8.0 ISO 200 50mm July 25th 2006 9:32 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555370383037-N73TE5S8C5FP0ZU9N7NC/20101015+-+Sockeye+Salmon+-+NeilFisher.jpg neilfisher.com Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), live for an average of 4 – 5 years and at the end of their life they return to the river or stream they hatched in to spawn. When spawning the sockeye’s colouration becomes a strong red and males develop a hooked jaw and humped back. The Adams River sockeye run, the largest salmon run in North America, today and in the past, faces countless threats to their existence. 1913 saw a rockslide at Hell’s Gate caused by railway construction. The slide completely blocked the river; luckily with rising water narrow channels opened allowing upstream access for the spawning sockeye. The years following saw the construction of a dam in the upper Adams River. From time to time, the dam released large amounts of water to push felled timber logs downriver. These logs would speed downriver scouring and gouging the river bottom, unearthing and killing many salmon eggs. Between the controlled floods, water levels would drop so low; the riverbed would dry, exposing and killing millions of salmon eggs. Fortunately the log runs stopped in 1922 and by the mid 1930’s an agreement between Canada and United States secured salmon stocks and their spawning grounds. EXIF 1/100sec f/8.0 ISO 800 16mm October 15th 2010 12:46 Adams River, BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1686844756978-DISEZS11OKKRZH8K2KC9/20220311+-+Steller+Sealions+Mara+Rock+-+Neil+Fisher.jpg neilfisher.com Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) hauled out on Mara Rocks. Barkley Sound, just south of Uculet, provides a resting area for hundreds of migrating Steller. Males are significantly larger than females, weighing in at around 1100kg in the peak of their mating rut; females usually only reach an average of 300 kg in weight. The Steller’s population has been unexplainably declining over a massive part of their range in Alaska. Since 1970 over 70% of the Alaskan population has disappeared, as a result they have been listed under the American Endangered Species Act. Along the British Columbian coast, sea lions are frequently becoming entangled in marine debris. A joint effort between Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Centre targets entangled sea lions and proactively works to sedate and remove entanglements. (Photo captured by remote aircraft under Fisheries and Oceans Canada licence XMMS 2 2018) EXIF 1/60 f/2.8 ISO 100 28mm March 10, 2022 14:12 Barkley Sound, BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1577494480828-U8T51B0W02CQOQU2258O/20050824+-+Humpback+Whale+Breaching+NeilFisher.jpg neilfisher.com The trumpeting exhale breaks the silence and immediately all eyes onboard spot the arching dorsal ridge protruding above the water. Raising its massive flukes above the water, the leviathan gracefully slips back beneath the surface, dragging a trail of kelp back to the depths. The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is often called a cosmopolitan species as they are found in almost all of the world’s oceans. The number of humpbacks in the north Pacific has seen a remarkable recovery over the past 40 years. They were hunted commercially until 1966 at which point it was estimated that fewer than 1400 remained. However, today the humpbacks of the north Pacific number upwards of 20,000. Every year the humpbacks make a monumental migration from Hawaii, Mexico, and Southern Asia to feeding areas in the north; California, British Columbia, Alaska and Russia. EXIF 1/2000sec f/6.3 ISO 400 150mm August 24th 2005 12:44 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555370481756-EMDUU71N85521FLEHMOY/20130904+-+Fluorescing+Anemone+-+NeilFisher.jpg neilfisher.com Walking the rugged shores along the west coast of Vancouver Island is an experience bound to ignite a few questions. Like why are green sea anemones green? Well to answer that question, it first must be understood that it’s not just the anemone that’s green. Rather, there is algae living inside the anemone. The stinging cells of the anemone’s tentacles provide protection for the algae which in turn provides both oxygen and sugar for the anemone. Seems like a pretty good trade off for both parties. Even more impressive is what happens when a green sea anemone is exposed to a black light. Through a combination of blue light and a yellow filter the anemones fluoresce. An excitation filter is placed over a powerful flash, and a yellow filter is attached the camera lens to reveal the fluorescent algae living within the anemone. This photo is taken mid day under direct sunlight in one of the many tide pools of Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. EXIF 1/100sec f/13.0 ISO 200 100mm September 4th 2013 10:34 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555381912987-DRINS1ZIZSL1LDHZ6321/20171012+-+Sharp-shinned+Hawk+%281%29+-+NeilFisher.jpg neilfisher.com Deloras the sharp-shinned hawk was found near Gull Lake, Saskatchewan in distress and unable to fly. Upon admission to the WCVM Veterinary Medical Centre she was underweight and diagnosed with a fracture of her ulna (one of the bones in the wing). She was place in the care of WEAMS allowing her ulna to heal before being released. Female sharp-shinned hawks are roughly one-third larger than males, which subsequently allows them to hunt considerably larger prey items. As nestlings, the hawks feed first upon small prey delivered by their father and transition as they develop to larger prey caught by their mother. Before handing over an entire meal to their partner or nestlings, adult sharp-shinned hawks will usually remove and eat the head. These miniature hawks have talons not unlike that of a cat’s claw and will use their elongated toes impale and immobilize prey. EXIF 1/200sec f/8.0 ISO100 100mm October 12th 2017 17:32 Western College Of Veterinary Medicine, SK. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555381964102-UE2KZ9244XNMHJISCT6O/20150525+-+Leopard+Frog+On+Green+-+NeilFisher.jpg neilfisher.com The northern leopard frog was once the most abundant and widespread frog species in North America. However, through a combination of ecological factors, such as pollution, deforestation, water acidity, and collection for educational dissections and their tasty legs - the Canadian prairie population of northern leopard frog is listed as "threatened" by COSEWIC. Further west the Rocky Mountain population of northern leopard frogs isn't doing any better and is listed as "endangered". It's not easy being green and a simple way to help the northern leopard frog is to use natural, chemical free methods of pest and weed control - it's also better for us in the long run. They feed upon anything that fits in their mouth and sit perfectly still waiting to ambush any meal that crosses their path. Common prey items include beetles, ants, flies, worms, smaller frogs, and occasionally a bird or two. EXIF 1/320sec f/4.0 ISO 100 100mm May 25th 2015 16:15 Chief Whitecap Park, SK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1602002425883-UVG0G6SQJGP6F2RE9N9Z/20200419+-+Western+Trillium+Patch+-+NeilFisher.jpg neilfisher.com The western trillium (Trillium ovatum) grows among the Coast Ranges from British Columbia to Monterey, California - and prefers the dappled shade of damp forests and lowlands. Growing from 20 to 45 centimetres in height, this perennial’s distinctive three broad, ovate leaves make for easy identification. The trillium’s brilliant white flower and golden anthers attract a variety of pollinating insects - and often fade to a pink-red as the bloom ages. Trillium seeds exhibit a unique form of dormancy known as deep double morphophysiological dormancy - they require two winters and one summer to conclude their dormancy break. The duration required to reach maturity, or flowering, ranges from four to twenty years - it’s this lengthy maturation period that sees the trillium protected by law in British Columbia. EXIF 1/100sec f/2.8 ISO 100 16mm April 19, 2020 17:01 Mundy Park, BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555382054368-WIH7RFTIO2656CIV0X46/20130329+-+Pacific+Tailed+Frog+-+NeilFisher.jpg neilfisher.com Pacific Tailed Frog (Ascaphus truei). Although it may look like metamorphous leftovers - the tail is actually the manly bits, a 'copulatpry organ', that's used to fertilize a female's eggs internally. If the tailed frog reproduced using typical frog external fertilization, the fast moving water that they lay their eggs in would quickly wash away the male's sperm, leaving most eggs unfertilized. So the tailed frog's little tail may look unevolved or like a piece of tadpole after thought, but it's actually a habitat specific piece of anatomy. EXIF 1/160 sec f/22.0 ISO 400 100mm March 29th 2013 13:50 Squamish, BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555382122690-SICEYYD2LJ6OZVUENQNP/20150112+-+PANP+Bison+Tree+Framed+-+NeilFisher.jpg neilfisher.com Crawling through the snow, pushing the camera and tripod ahead foot by foot, while constantly watching the herd makes for slow going. After roughly an hour of crawling, the adrenaline wears off and Mr. Bladder begins begging for attention. An anatomical gender advantage comes to the rescue and a casual roll and momentary pause solves the issue. Stomach pressed to the knee deep snow, and with wind chill the temperature is approaching -30°C. Now within a hundred metres, every unintentional noise interrupts chewing and raises a head or two. It’s been roughly two hours in this prone position and it soon becomes obvious the game of hide and seek is over. You’re being stared down by a 800 kilogram bison whose horns measure over a foot in length. He is no more than forty metres directly in front of you – and there are fifty or so of his best buds with him too. Who wouldn’t want to simply lay here for as long as possible and enjoy the majesty of these massive animals? EXIF 1/800sec f/6.3 ISO 400 400mm January 12th 2015 13:10 Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555382184432-5OTIW9OF3J4P4IBEJZYJ/20160828+-+Great+Sandhills+-+NeilFisher.jpg neilfisher.com In southwestern Saskatchewan is a massive beach, so beautiful that it doesn't need an ocean. The Great Sandhills is a protected area and home to one of the biggest active sand dunes in Canada. They’re also habitat for over 150 bird species, plenty of native plants and many unique mammals - like the Ord’s kangaroo rat. EXIF 1/160sec f/8.0 ISO 100 35mm September 28th 2016 16:52 Great Sandhills, Saskatchewan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555382216360-4SWLOMF1EUSTHL16PXM3/20120820+-+Pacific+Giant+Salamander+2+-+NeilFisher.jpg neilfisher.com Growing to lengths of 35cm the Pacific Giant Salamander (Dicamptodon tenebrosus) is the largest salamander in British Columbia. The larvae are completely aquatic and can reach 12-13cm in length. Some larvae, known as Neotenes, develop reproductive maturity yet retain larval physiology and also grow to 35cm in size and remain totally aquatic. Adults are primarily terrestrial foragers, and will prey upon anything it can overpower and fit in its mouth – anything from beetles, spiders, and slugs to shrews, mice, and even other salamanders. In British Columbia the pacific giant salamander faces extensive habitat loss due to timber harvesting and development. The salamander larvae require cold shaded streams with un-silted pools to develop. Even the cleanest logging practices or any disturbance can cause turbidity in the water making it unsuitable for the larvae. Once fully developed adults don’t disperse far from where they’re born, making the recovery of this species even more challenging. EXIF 1/125sec f/16.0 ISO 100 100mm August 19th 2012 Chilliwack, BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555382250002-KBF8KHLXGFXCNCY7K7DC/20130914+-+Sun+Tipped+Mount+Peever+-+NeilFisher.jpg neilfisher.com As the sun crawls above the horizon Mount Peever is slowly painted with a great orange hue. The perfectly clear water of Isaac reveal the millions of smooth pebbles that line the shore. The warm lake water mixing with the cool morning air create an eerie mist that creeps across the surface. Mount Peever has an elevation of roughly 1838 metres. EXIF 0.4sec f/9.0 ISO 50 21mm September 14th 2014 7:07 Bowron Lake Provincial Park, BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555382289306-VKRS5S5LEI2F9LJOO8AO/20161108+-+Saw-whet+Owl+%282%29+-+NeilFisher.jpg neilfisher.com Meet Carl, an adorable northern saw-whet owl, who was admitted to the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) Veterinary Medical Centre. He was unable to fly and showed evidence of head trauma, damage to the right eye, and an infection. The Wild and Exotic Animal Medicine Society (WEAMS) is a non-profit organization operated by student volunteers at the WCVM and they aided in Carl’s care. After three weeks of treatment with antibiotics, pain relievers, and anti-inflammatory medications, Carl was released back into the wild. The northern saw-whet owl is one of the most common owls in the forests of North America, but it’s also highly nocturnal and seldom seen. It’s believed the northern saw-whet owl was named for it’s call sounding similar to a saw being sharpened on a whetting stone. They grow no taller than twenty centimeters and weigh to a hefty 150 grams. EXIF 1/160 sec f/9.0 ISO 100 100mm November 8th 2016 18:10 Saskatoon, SK. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555382333848-YYS5SCG58TDHJQI4TWD8/20140804+-+Lions+Gate+Bridge+-+NeilFisher.jpg neilfisher.com Completed in November 1939 by the Guinness family (of Irish beer fame), the bridge was later sold to the province in 1963. In 1986 the Guinness family, as a gift to Vancouver, installed decorative lights on the cross making it a distinct night time landmark. These massive 100-watt mercury vapour bulbs were replaced in 2009 with LED lights reducing the bridges’ power consumption by 90%. The bridge spans 473 metres and stands 111 metres tall. EXIF 30.0sec f/10.0 ISO 50 16mm August 4th 2014 21:23 West Vancouver, BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555382709165-3PRABP5HSNP0GZG3TZDF/20150416+-+Fish+Creek+Auroras+-+NeilFisher.jpg neilfisher.com It’s not just a photo of the northern lights, is a photo of the northern lights taken on a parcel of land soaked in blood and history. Fish Creek, Saskatchewan is roughly 100 kilometres north of Saskatoon and is well known for the Battle of Touronds Coulée - fought way back on April 24th, 1885. The Métis under the command of Gabriel Dumont, Cree, and Dakota First Nations handed the advancing North West Field Force a crushing defeat. However, their victory only delayed the Canadian military’s advance on Batoche. Two weeks after the battle at Fish Creek the North West Field Force, led by Frederick Middleton, captured the small town of Batoche and the following month Louis Riel surrendered. The church in Fish Creek was initially constructed in 1901, reduced to ashes in 1920 and the current structure was built the same year. EXIF 30.0sec f/2.8 ISO 800 16mm April 16th 2015 01:31 Fish Creek, Saskatchewan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555382734100-QVUOJ2IX2AS7GY3SX8OS/20160320+-+Ridge+Line+Bison+-+NeilFisher.jpg neilfisher.com Bison have dynamic social groupings that change with the seasons. Bulls are found with a small number of other bulls or are often completely solitary. They only join larger herds of cows and young sexually immature males during breeding season in the summer. I watched this bull graze along the top of this ridge for over an hour. On occasion he would rest and seemingly gaze out over the valley below him. They’re such massive and powerful animals that dwarf even the landscape they inhabit and yet I find them so peaceful to watch. EXIF 1/1600sec f/8.0 ISO 400 400mm March 20th 2016 17:07 Grasslands National Park, SK. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555451096696-5CFC6WMJVUV2OVMZ6YFG/IMG_0906.jpg neilfisher.com Be it a lifetime of deer or elk walking the same route, a dried creek bed, or even a fallen tree - sometime the best paths in life are the ones placed there by Mother Nature. Sometimes they're only a few feet in length, others are more than a kilometre - either way, these paths offer a perspective typically unseen, challenges typically not encountered, and a sense of connectedness typically not experienced. EXIF 0.8sec f/11.0 ISO 100 16mm April 20th 2013 12:16 Squamish, BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555451124565-7MG7S6204S2S0U9H2Y34/IMG_1273.jpg neilfisher.com The Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) is easily identified by the rooster tail it creates while swimming along the water surface at speeds up to 55 kilometres per hour. Growing to lengths of 2.4 metres and weighing up to 220 kilograms the Dall's porpoise has a lifespan of roughly 13 years. They feed upon small schooling fish, cephalopods and deep water fish - feeding usually takes place at night as their prey comes closer towards the surface. Hybridization between Dall's porpoise and harbour porpoise has been well documented in the North Pacific. These hybrids typically hold the body shape, size and behavioural characteristics of the Dall's porpoise, but their colouration is more like that of the harbour porpoise. EXIF 1/80sec f/5.0 ISO 100 70mm September 13th 2007 13:27 Telegraph Cove, BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555382842577-23UFT4DBTVC0FF1ZFM0N/20130902+-+Western+Sandpipers+-+NeilFisher.jpg neilfisher.com A number of western sandpipers (Calidris mauri) search of food along the broken surf. They one of the most abundant shorebirds in North American though have a fairly constrained breeding range in western Alaska. Both parents incubate a clutch of, on average four eggs, for 21 days. Young are tended to by males, until they're able to fly at roughly 19 days of age. When not breeding the western sandpiper searches shorelines for small crustaceans, mollusks, marine worms and other marine invertebrates. EXIF 1/5000sec f/2.8 ISO 400 200mm September 2nd 2013 19:38 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555383050290-QGEHGI95WHN72N0QY5RI/20150721+-+Ferruginous+Hawk+Headshot+-+NeilFisher.jpg neilfisher.com Prior to the near extinction of bison, these hawks often constructed their nest from bison bones and wool. Despite my experience capturing this photo, these hawks are typically very secretive and wary of people. They’ll improvise while nesting and use power poles, farm buildings, abandoned farm machinery, haystacks as well as trees, cliffs and the ground. For an hour, with stomach flat to the ground, I crawl towards the unalarmed young bird. Inch by inch, until I’m within only a few feet of the hawk. Not wanting to stress the massive bird, I snap a handful of photos and proceed to back away as slowly as I approached. Never have I been so close to such a magnificent wild bird of prey and it’s an experience I’ll forever appreciate. EXIF 1/1250 sec f/4.0 ISO 400 200mm July 21st 2015 12:42 Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555383073646-GS8V8H57TMVUX9EF86VC/20150816+-+American+Toad+-+NeilFisher.jpg neilfisher.com The American toad (Bufo [Anaxyrus] americanus) is a rather sizeable amphibian, topping out at around eleven centimetres in length and devouring more than a thousand insects every day. Unlike the majority of toads that wait for prey and then pounce on it, the carnivorous American toad can shoot out its sticky tongue to catch a meal. The toad’s skin changes colour depending on temperature, humidity and stress and the bumpy warts contain a poisonous milky fluid, giving them great protection against many predators. The average lifespan for a wild American toad is less than a year, though occasionally they can reach upwards of ten years and have reached thirty-six years in human care. EXIF 1/250sec f/16.0 ISO 200 100mm August 16th 2015 20:31 Lac Maskinongé. Quebec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555383099510-IYESNQS29VM85QD916AB/20170516+-+Fort+Livingstone+Garter+Snakes+%283%29+-+NeilFisher.jpg neilfisher.com A gathering of this many snakes is not a common occurrence and only takes place in a handful of special sites in North America. The red-sided garter snake is the most northerly living reptile in the western hemisphere and must endure winter temperatures below fifty degrees Celsius. In order to survive the harsh cold, the snakes hibernate well below the frost line – in subterranean dens called hibernaculums. In geologically-unique regions, such as here in eastern Saskatchewan and the more well known Narcisse site in Manitoba, there are a very limited number of dens and all the snakes living in the surrounding area are forced to gather in one or two hibernaculums. EXIF 1/100sec f/4.0 ISO 400 16mm May 20th 2017 9:59 Fort Livingstone National Historic Site, SK. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555100514864-Y9ICSY3KQTUG93LNQ5WL/downarrowwhite.png neilfisher.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555099352960-PRD31ZHJ2KS0O2W5W9DK/neilfisher.jpg neilfisher.com Winter's grip takes hold after spending an afternoon photographing the aurora borealis in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut. 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Snakes Of Fort Livingstone EXIF 1/200sec f/7.1 ISO400 100mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555263239699-NJZCWHERE4EYV445TVQP/20170516+-+Fort+Livingstone+Garter+Snakes+%282%29+-+NeilFisher.jpg blog - Snakes Of Fort Livingstone EXIF 1/50sec f/4.0 ISO100 16mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555263278475-3UYBG28T5TANQKEAN3HH/20170516+-+Fort+Livingstone+Garter+Snakes+%283%29+-+NeilFisher.jpg blog - Snakes Of Fort Livingstone EXIF 1/100sec f/40.0 ISO400 16mm https://neilfisher.com/blog/photography-in-extreme-cold monthly 0.5 2020-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1590506121824-ZB25NJ71R2ZD69OHFRM9/Battery+Versus+Temperature.jpg blog - Photography In Extreme Cold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1558284576231-KC57CK2O2UIEPDCFKZ4P/20170129+-+Homestead+Seasons+-+NeilFisher.jpg blog - Photography In Extreme Cold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1558284596768-HURH92FR55M2XZ03HZF4/20160221+-+Diefenbaker+Spire+-+NeilFisher.jpg blog - Photography In Extreme Cold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1558284556484-AC8OST04BEYPE4JATG0S/20161217+-+Frozen+Grass+-+NeilFisher.jpg blog - Photography In Extreme Cold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1558284683978-4Z80264U50CAK9XRAXDS/20150112+-+PANP+Bison+Tree+Framed+-+NeilFisher.jpg blog - Photography In Extreme Cold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1558284703892-G6GQJR0MNYGY666U7C1Q/20160123+-+Bison+Line+-+NeilFisher.jpg blog - Photography In Extreme Cold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1558284670183-YFC14N5Z49H09R95351M/20190224+-Contrasting+Snowy+Forest+-+NeilFisher.jpg blog - Photography In Extreme Cold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1558284106184-EJ4XVGNOFFNEN93UZ06M/White+Blance+In+Winter.jpg blog - Photography In Extreme Cold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1558284779167-GUO9CGNWAOVERIXBN7M3/DSC_7524_b.jpg blog - Photography In Extreme Cold https://neilfisher.com/blog/canon-eos-5d-mark-iv-review monthly 0.5 2020-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555462462570-NE5Y8BGNW5N97HJOA9OF/image-asset.jpeg blog - Canon EOS 5D mark IV Review https://neilfisher.com/blog/greater-short-horned-lizard monthly 0.5 2020-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555268426506-6I2TBF8EDVJ8S7NVLC22/20160511+-+Greater+short-horned+lizard+%281%29+-+NeilFisher.jpg blog - Greater Short-horned Lizard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555268501458-KUHQAS1QFTFTL5VC6EKD/20160511+-+Greater+short-horned+lizard+%284%29+-+NeilFisher.jpg blog - Greater Short-horned Lizard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555268699987-H1ILPFG7RCKZEGAWT4AN/IMG_2459.jpg blog - Greater Short-horned Lizard The compact flash card sitting beside this tiny lizard measures 43mm by 36mm. EXIF 1/125sec f/13.0 ISO100 100mm 18:03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555268810055-043PZ5DC3J1U76AQJRZB/20160511+-+Greater+short-horned+lizard+%283%29+-+NeilFisher.jpg blog - Greater Short-horned Lizard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555269105030-L3ZXLXC7JTOSPZ0KUZ2W/20170604+-+Greater+Short-horned+Lizard+%284%29+-+NeilFisher.jpg blog - Greater Short-horned Lizard EXIF 1/80 sec f/9.0 ISO160 100mm https://neilfisher.com/blog/burrowingowls monthly 0.5 2020-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555459818486-POAG2BLGLJ0YX8A0K6IG/20170709+-+Burrowing+Owlets+%281%29+-+NeilFisher.jpg blog - Burrowing Owls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555460001175-ITWCWRYHVYEQCY14S5F7/image-asset.jpeg blog - Burrowing Owls Females lays between 6 to 12 eggs and incubates them for roughly 26 days. The male hunts However, it’s incredibly rare that the male is able to provide enough food for all his offspring and many young succumb to starvation - typically only three to five chicks per brood will survive. EXIF 1/250sec f/9.0 ISO400 16mm 18:35 June 22, 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555460326070-6O4O2XLKQ9VNWERNKH6T/IMG_8561.jpg blog - Burrowing Owls The radiating warmth of roadway asphalt heated by the relentless summer sun attracts hoards of insects. Burrowing owls searching for an easy meal are often drawn towards insect covered roads and become fatalities of speeding cars. EXIF 1/800sec f/8.0 ISO400 400mm 17:29 June 23rd, 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555461042610-65XU5V6GECCA1CJ9WFHR/20170807+-+Burrowing+Owl+-+NeilFisher.jpg blog - Burrowing Owls An adult male burrowing owl must provide food for his mate, his chicks and himself. A single owl family can eat 1,800 rodents and 7,000 insects in a summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555461148482-5T51HLK0WJJ16T8GFYPT/20150730+-+Burrowing+Owl+Feather+-+NeilFisher.jpg blog - Burrowing Owls Revisiting burrows to watch young owls develop is amazing. However, during one visit I happened upon an unfortunate sight - a large pile of young owl feathers. EXIF 1/200sec f/14.0 ISO100 100mm July 24th, 2015 https://neilfisher.com/blog/the-three-amigos-and-steve monthly 0.5 2019-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555459318331-5LU02I3ODPQ5MMI6M2TO/20160409+-+Sunset+Bison+-+NeilFisher.jpg blog - The Three Amigos And Steve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555459361928-D8RPA2LHGUOK27O86DLH/image-asset.jpeg blog - The Three Amigos And Steve North America’s largest mammal may appear to be nothing more than gigantic lumbering cows as they calmly graze and meander across open plains, but if needed they can effortlessly outrun a person and reach speeds of sixty-five kilometres per hour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555459388118-3F6F15FE5YPTUR5NGJ3T/image-asset.jpeg blog - The Three Amigos And Steve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555459426826-KYV3UBG0KR5F7N5OJM1A/image-asset.jpeg blog - The Three Amigos And Steve In 1888 there were only eight bison remaining in Canada. Today there are an estimated 600,000 bison worldwide, of which, only 3% are considered “non-commercial” and can be found ranging throughout national parks of both the United States and Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555459463312-RR6DDGT6Z3ZOLJ0A680R/image-asset.jpeg blog - The Three Amigos And Steve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555459492826-08BWCTKWQAT263G2YDWL/image-asset.jpeg blog - The Three Amigos And Steve https://neilfisher.com/blog/bisonbisonbison monthly 0.5 2022-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555458025869-QSOCELSTUS8XF3PO8365/20150112+-+PANP+Bison+Tree+Framed+-+NeilFisher.jpg blog - Bison bison bison Bison gave the First Peoples of the great plains all the necessities of survival - from food, clothing, shelter and tools. It's no wonder the bison is held in such high reverence by these people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555458139228-1TOPNXQAUEAFPCZKKJQ2/20150112+-+PANP+Bison+Face+-+NeilFisher.jpg blog - Bison bison bison The bison's dense, scruffy coat is so well insulated that snow can collect on its back without melting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555458221024-UDGJZPL6S930MRWZUKXS/20150112+-+PANP+Bison+-+NeilFisher.jpg blog - Bison bison bison The plains bison (bison bison bison) can be distinguished from the wood bison (bison bison athabascae) by their flat back, whereas the wood bison has a large centered hump. The plains bison also has a more developed beard and “throat mane” than the wood bison. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555458469736-D8H4EP6YJN0BSM4X99S9/image-asset.jpeg blog - Bison bison bison You wouldn’t know it by these tracks, but fifty bison moving in single file, following in each other’s foot steps passed through here. And bison don’t only walk, they can also fly. Parks Canada flew 30 wood bison from the Elk Island herd to Russia as part of an international conservation project. https://neilfisher.com/blog/athabasca-glacier monthly 0.5 2019-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555456698196-KS0SA6RZPGNFDSIX1U9R/20140501+-+Athabasca+Glacier+-+NeilFisher.jpg blog - Athabasca Glacier Comprised of 34 individual photos, this image has a resolution of 16215 x 5255 EXIF 1/1000sec f/8.0 ISO100 35mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555456762374-FAFJHKW3QTQZVC3L76BL/image-asset.jpeg blog - Athabasca Glacier Mount Athabasca EXIF 1/320sec f/8.0 ISO100 35mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555456857047-40P4ZKP8GD2AC50M26YA/IMG_8955_b.jpg blog - Athabasca Glacier The glacier was here in 1992" EXIF 1/200sec f/8.0 ISO100 16mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555457014904-4P1X6C0SNS5IUF8KC4JM/IMG_8889_b.jpg blog - Athabasca Glacier Along the Athabasca Park Way looking east. EXIF 1/500sec f/8.0 ISO200 200mm https://neilfisher.com/blog/the-badlands monthly 0.5 2019-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555365185842-YPTQNVAZ7DIZX0K6GG54/IMG_8751_b.jpg blog - The Badlands Hoodoo's in Horsethief Canyon. EXIF 1/1000 f/5.0 ISO200 142mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555365323039-V0D8NESBZ85XVDG1W7XX/image-asset.jpeg blog - The Badlands Horseshoe Canyon at sunset. EXIF 1/100sec f/4.0 ISO640 35mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555365420286-50N4BEZAXATY35JJIVDZ/image-asset.jpeg blog - The Badlands EXIF 1/80sec f/4.0 ISO100 16mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555365581143-O8DN3YRBEVITJURIH4VZ/IMG_8227_b.jpg blog - The Badlands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555365631642-FLKDXTOO4RA8TYBSZX4B/image-asset.jpeg blog - The Badlands Plains Prickly-pear Cactus (Opuntia polyacantha) EXIF 1/125sec f/7.1 ISO100 16mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555365711879-B10QM2TISC0QB8LZQU8O/20140429+-+Horseshoe+Canyon+-+NeilFisher.jpg blog - The Badlands This photo of Horseshoe Canyon is comprised of 64 individual photos. EXIF 1/800 f/8.0 ISO400 102mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555365875898-ZRSYWGZ37MZPEJJC5AGR/20140430+-+Horsethief+Canyon+3+-+NeilFisher.jpg blog - The Badlands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555365941499-G4IRYGC6BYLCVPH5J4S2/20140430+-+Horsethief+Canyon+-+NeilFisher.jpg blog - The Badlands This photo of Horsethief Canyon is comprised of 28 individual photos. EXIF 1/320sec f/6.3 ISO100 110mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555366032663-KLRYWVYBJ5674XK5D9ZM/IMG_8122.jpg blog - The Badlands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555366203932-SHNYITSM1SPAYITTBOBT/image-asset.jpeg blog - The Badlands Prairie Crocus (Anemone patens) EXIF 1/200sec f/20.0 ISO200 100mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555366349196-BL6M161YF7EUUVJEUWB8/IMG_7776_b.jpg blog - The Badlands Boreal chorus frog (Pseudacris maculata) EXIF 1/160sec f/11.0 ISO200 100mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555366682152-GVGIDP2UY4CCA7OHCUL8/IMG_8476_b.jpg blog - The Badlands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555366721410-HIUTKD5ILWILCOB71V7K/IMG_8427_b.jpg blog - The Badlands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555366746812-RC8WZV6FMORZG91RYLJ0/20140429+-+Grasshopper+-+NeilFisher.jpg blog - The Badlands https://neilfisher.com/blog/west-coastin monthly 0.5 2019-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555363946785-VUAE7M9YASXF5FOHCIBK/IMG_3706_b.jpg blog - West Coastin' This image is comprised of two photos horizontally stitched, both used the same capture settings. EXIF 1.3sec f/8.0 ISO100 35mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555361931644-PGQXHNTRC0FZ1VBUQC22/20130905+-+Golden+Hour+Inverts+%282%29+-+NeilFisher.jpg blog - West Coastin' Looking south west from Green Point towards Sea Lion Rocks the low setting sun provided a great balance of highlights and lowlight for this photo. The evening's low tide revealed countless purple and orange ochre sea stars and just as many green and pink tipped anemones. EXIF 1/200sec f/4.0 ISO200 16mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555363821446-SERWK1E8JWCSAO7G8WR1/image-asset.jpeg blog - West Coastin' Here are a group of black oyster catchers in flight off the shore of Box Island. Ranging from the Aleutian Islands in Alaska to the coast of Baja California, these birds never stray far from shore and typically favour quieter embayments with rocky shoreline. They forage in the intertidal zone, munching on small marine invertebrates; particularly molluscs such as mussels, limpets, and chitons. EXIF 1/2500sec f/2.8 ISO400 200mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555363692112-REZM4412BBRV5DPYQIMF/image-asset.jpeg blog - West Coastin' With the beach in the background the colours of the purple and orange ochre sea stars are enhanced by the low light of the setting sun. The top of this rock in encrusted by both goose neck barnacles and California mussels. The low tide made it possible to explore parts of Green Point typically underwater. EXIF 1/15sec f/8.0 ISO100 16mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555363624152-PJ9NVJAU0FRPHN02REQF/image-asset.jpeg blog - West Coastin' Laying on the sand long past sunset provides a great spot for stargazing without any light pollution. Here, the Milky Way stretches into the lush rainforest along the coast. EXIF 30sec f/2.8 ISO 1600 16mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555363225014-2MHMMWJJ70QUFB5LUWFK/20130904+-+Fluorescing+Anemone+-+NeilFisher.jpg blog - West Coastin' A green sea anemone fluoresces using a combination of blue light and a yellow filter. An excitation filter is placed over a flash fired off camera at full power, and a yellow filter is attached to a macro lens to reveal the fluorescent algae living within the anemone. Here's the exact same anemone under the white light of the sun. Thanks goes out to Charles Mazel at NightSea.com for the excitation filter. EXIF 1/100 f/13.0 ISO200 100mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555363132896-JVZTM6CEI8IFC0OPTRWF/20130902+-+Golden+Shoreline+-+NeilFisher.jpg blog - West Coastin' A photo of nothing in particular. The warm colour temperature of the setting sun cast along the rocks of Green Point allowed for some great dynamic range in this photo. EXIF 1/80sec f/2.8 ISO200 200mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555363024774-2WXREKZXFGWAP621JB9U/20130902+-+Mirrored+Sunset+-+NeilFisher.jpg blog - West Coastin' Looking west from Green Point towards Box Island and utilized a circular polarizer. EXIF 1/8sec f/8.0 ISO100 16mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555363054556-7LVRAASZU6DGDT8Z7BRG/20130902+-+Western+Sandpipers+-+NeilFisher.jpg blog - West Coastin' A number of Western sandpipers dodge the waves rolling up the beach as they search for food. The setting sun provided a warm back light for this photo, making for great silhouettes. EXIF 1/5000 sec f/2.8 ISO400 200mm https://neilfisher.com/blog/black-tusk monthly 0.5 2019-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555284318050-N7P10VCW6AQWR18MAXJ0/20130811+-+Black+Tusk+2+-+NeilFisher.jpg blog - Black Tusk EXIF 1/640 sec f/8.0 ISO200 35mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555284276697-9SW77KZTM7U9TCGS9MJA/image-asset.jpeg blog - Black Tusk EXIF 1/400 sec f/8.0 ISO100 25mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555284116612-7RM8DCIM0RG35636TYF7/IMG_2943.jpg blog - Black Tusk EXIF 1/1000 sec f/4.0 ISO100 160mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555284094692-2C7A3JJQSAQQ1VVMP8EB/20130811+-+Taylor+Meadows+-+NeilFisher.jpg blog - Black Tusk EXIF 1/800 f/4.0 ISO200 70mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555284171174-YDHB2PCPJH7YF35KNDPM/20130811+-+Garibaldi+Lake.jpg blog - Black Tusk EXIF 1/320 sec f/4.0 ISO100 70mm https://neilfisher.com/blog/bowron-lake-provincial-park monthly 0.5 2019-04-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555285101113-51IR2C9MJBYH3JT3GJZF/IMG_3804-Pano.jpg blog - Bowron Lake Provincial Park Four photos stitched together looking south down the main arm of Isaac, taken from in the canoe where the two arms intersect. The most predominant rocky peaky on the right side of the lake is Mount Faulkner, low in the centre are the Caribou Mountains, the far left rocky peak is Mount Amos Bowman, and to the right of Mount Amos Bowman is Vixen Peak. EXIF 1/400 f/4.0 ISO200 70mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555285403243-4I5I15K7RGJCIOJ78ILI/image-asset.jpeg blog - Bowron Lake Provincial Park As the sun crawls above the horizon Mount Peever is slowly painted with a great orange hue. The perfectly clear water of Isaac reveal the millions of smooth pebbles that line the shore. The warm lake water mixing with the cool morning air create an eerie mist that creeps across the surface. EXIF 0.4sec f/9.0 ISO50 21mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555285642499-S7I7FGVWFF9Z5NINHD3I/IMG_4189.jpg blog - Bowron Lake Provincial Park McLeary is fed by the Isaac River and then empties in the Caribou River, meaning the water surface is never completely still. In order to create a smooth water surface for the moon's reflection, this photo needed a full six second exposure. The mountains in the back ground are as follows, from right to left: Ishpa Mountain Insignia Peak, Insignia S5, Insignia, E4, Symbol Peak, and Levi Peak. EXIF 6sec f/5.0 ISO100 16mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555285877325-LT5HDK3QTSSJPSBVRJ9R/IMG_4272.jpg blog - Bowron Lake Provincial Park The silted water of the Caribou River empties into Lanezi turning the water a greyish green, prefect for reflections. The mountains on either side of Lanezi are scarred by numerous avalanche gullies and huge swaths of burnt trees. Using a circular polarizer for this photo give the sky a strong blue colour and helps cut down on the harsh reflections of the sun. EXIF 1/160sec f/8.0 ISO200 16mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555286177901-86G4FWCZCN0IYQLCTEA2/IMG_4388.jpg blog - Bowron Lake Provincial Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555286981593-1JDN5OPD8C3WK18NSLL4/image-asset.jpeg blog - Bowron Lake Provincial Park At the east end of Indianpoint is a substantial marshy area. Throughout the marsh you can find beaver lodges and dams, moose tracks in mud, as well as birds and ducks everywhere. This photos is looking east towards the painful portage between Indianpoint and Isaac. EXIF 1/100sec f/8.0 ISO200 16mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555286840760-MZ8QP2P2GRMPABZ3T7AD/IMG_4352.jpg blog - Bowron Lake Provincial Park A canoe makes its way from Rum Lake into Unna as the setting sun baths the land in a golden light. In the background Kaza Mountain is seen on the right and Mount Hughes on the Left. EXIF 1/100sec f/8.0 ISO200 35mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555286856898-VD589H72X5FHO1V8YTSJ/IMG_3939.jpg blog - Bowron Lake Provincial Park The first night was spent on the east shore of Isaac and the sunrise over Mount Peeve was amazing to say the least. There wasn't even the slightest whisper of wind and the reflections of the lake were perfect. EXIF 1.3sec f/5.0 ISO50 16mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555286875003-P3YVFKLU6EH0FSSVW853/IMG_4328.jpg blog - Bowron Lake Provincial Park Looking north east from Unna towards Kaza Mountain the tree line in the foreground is somewhat marred by the pine beetle kill. Here's a second wider photo of Kaza Mountain with the moon peaking between a few clouds. EXIF 1/320sec f/5.0 ISO200 200mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cafd1ccaadd34394488de2a/1555286897399-EHU4KTKG2KD9HSIUMLGU/IMG_4412.jpg blog - Bowron Lake Provincial Park This soaking wet immature bald eagle sat very relaxed on its perch for quite some time. This photo was taken using a focal length of 200mm and isn't cropped, which should give some understanding of how relaxed this bird was. 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