Beaver Dam
Uploaded: February 16, 2010
BACKWOODS OF BANFF ALBERTA
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May and June Are
"Springtime Runoff"
Months
IN THE CANADIAN ROCKIES.
Many Area's Fill With Melted Snow Waters
Forming Ponds And Fast Running Waterways.
Streams Form Like This One
AND THE BEAVERS HAVE THEIR FUN!
By August These Waterways Are Dried Up.
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TV 1/200, AV 2.8
(DDR) Frac - 0607
Exif: F Number: 5.8, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/200 seconds, Flash: did not fire, auto mode, FocalLength: 17.30 mm, Model: Canon PowerShot SD800 IS
Avril Young February 16, 2010
beautiful work...awesome capture of these logs floating in the dam..Great capture and DD work Laura! #1239303Ann Coates February 16, 2010
This is gorgeous Laura. Love the colours. #8385609Laura E. Swan February 16, 2010
Thank you ladies! This spot is a favorite of mine. Lots of wild life in this area. Last time we saw several elk and a fox!-Laura
THANK YOU also to all else who might visit B4 I return. Very tired tonight. #8385627
Dick W. Wyatt February 16, 2010
Great colors and work.Looks hard. #8385634
Brett Dolsen February 16, 2010
Beautifull composition and treatment Laura!!So good to hear about the Beavers! #8385638Barbara Waldoch February 16, 2010
Beautiful work, Laura! #8385674Paul E. Earl February 16, 2010
Love to see these in the wild. Terrific image, Swanee #8385696Stephen Zacker February 16, 2010
Has a peaceful feeling to it #8385796Jeff Robinson February 16, 2010
Terrific capture and effects Laura - Looks like a great place to be! Jeff #8385834Michelle Alton February 16, 2010
Beautifully composed, and the colors are lovely in their other-worldliness. #8385874Courtenay Vanderbilt February 16, 2010
Wonderful comp and effects, Laura! #8386017Ron McEwan February 16, 2010
Another beauty Laura, I guess July there isn't any run off. Only at the glaciers right? #8386308Renata Gusciora February 16, 2010
Fabulous nature capture,Laura!Greatly composed with fabulous effects and framing! #8386502Monnie Ryan February 16, 2010
This one is especially beautiful with the filter, Laura! Well done! #8386591Tiia Vissak February 16, 2010
a cool image! #8386675Laura E. Swan February 16, 2010
Good morning Dick, Brett, Barbara, Paul, Steve, Jeff, Michelle, Courtenay, Ron, Renata, Monnie and Tiia!So nice to arrive to read your comments. So glad you like this one. :)
Dick, it was a little difficult with this one. The fractalius filter has so many adjustment sliders and I had to circle the gambit to find just the spot I liked.
This really is a special place to me. It's off into the "boonies" beyond the famous Banff Springs golf course. No one knows about this utility road really (Tourist's and buses certainly do not!) so it's fun to take visitors there or to go myself. The wild life find tranquility there and so do we! :)
Ron, in July, this spot goes from a flood zone into a creek. But never fear, You will still see water when you get here. Bow Falls and Johnston's Canyon will delight you! (Plus others).
Do you guys remember "SKULL RIDGE" from my Halloween series? That image was taken in this same area B4 the road turns to dirt.
Brett, we have lots of beaver here. They stay private like this however. They are Canada's animal symbol.
I so much enjoyed sharing this one with you. Thank you all for stopping by!
-Laura
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Douglas Pignet February 16, 2010
Beautiful find and capture, great dd work as well. #8387116Maria Warren February 16, 2010
sis. this is beautiful the colors are great (((hugs)))♥♥♥ #8387164John Connolly February 16, 2010
A beautiful scene well captured Laura! It is good to hear the beavers are thriving and not on the endangered list!Graham Robards February 16, 2010
Excellent PatShelly A. Van Camp February 16, 2010
Beautiful capture and love the effects!! #8387712Tammy Espino February 16, 2010
Outstanding!!! Where are the little beavers hiding? You find giant bears and no beaver? :) #8387823Laura E. Swan February 16, 2010
Hi Doug, Maria, John, Mr. Tree :), Big Sis, Shelly and Tammy!I sure appreciate you support!!! You guys are the best.
I am having internet troubles tonight. Better figure it out while I can!
Hope to be back soon! Eek!
-Laura #8387853
Laura L. Gonzales February 16, 2010
Hello Laura my friend!!! I love the colors, comp and light! And the filter really brings out the texture in the tree bark!! You are soooo good at this! I haven't been able to figure this effect out yet with my program! I can see why this is one of your favorite spots!! Have a fabulous day!!! Laura:) #8387892Tommy E. Burgess February 16, 2010
Very beautiful capture Laura!! The colors, light, detail, effects and composition all look wonderful. Beautiful work as always! #8388051Christine Lobsinger February 16, 2010
Beautiful Laura, simply beautiful..LOVE THESE COLOURS...
very eye pleasing work!!!
CHRIS
SMILING #8388056
Laura E. Swan February 16, 2010
You guys sure know how to lift me up! Thanks so much!Chrissy, seems I have to go to *BC* to see BEAVERS! They are EVERYWHERE there. Especially in the Okanagan. Near the Lake. TONS. IN TOWN EVEN! I see Dams here in Alberta but never a BEAVER yet that I can remember. I wonder if they are aggressive?
I am sure the parks dept people have seen them. SOMEBODY is building those pretty dams! HA! (And it better not be BOY SCOUTS playing tricks!)
Thank again Laura Lee, Tommy and Chris!
-Laura
Laura L. Are you useing PSE7? #8388072
Robert K. Bemus February 17, 2010
Beautiful comp, color and effects, Laura!!Laura E. Swan February 17, 2010
Wow! Neat to hear, Robert!!! Thanks for your input!!!-Laura #8388181
Mary K. Robison February 17, 2010
Wow! This is one of your best Fractalius images yet, Pom!Laura E. Swan February 17, 2010
Oh Mary, if you could only hear the running water here! It sounded amazing. You are right. A picnic and walk...There are boulders here and there in that area too. They would be great for sitting on!Thanks so much!
-Laura #8388218
Annette Carr February 17, 2010
First, I am going to congratulate you on such an excellent capture! WTG :) Second, WOW, the PS work you did is terrific. Your art knows no limits. #8390651Laura E. Swan February 17, 2010
Thanks Annette! You are so kind to me and my work!!! :) Fun to have you stopping in!-Laura #8390701
Ujjwal Mukherjee February 17, 2010
Lovely treatment, very well composed too,Laura! #8390741Ellen Hodges February 18, 2010
The composition and effects are gorgeous, Laura!! #8390995Stephen Zacker February 20, 2010
I can just hear the water. Those Dam beavers :-) #8402146Laura E. Swan February 20, 2010
Hi Ujjwal! Thank you! :) !!!*
Hi Ellen! I love composing. Balance is and proportion are so important! I appreciate you guys noticing! Thanks lady!
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Hi Steve...Er, um...Don't you mean "Those Beaver dams?" Hee hee! Thanks for the fun comment and visit! The water DID sound delightful. It always does, too!
-Laura #8402763
Karen Kessler February 24, 2010
How refreshing! I like your frame, too! #8413696Laura E. Swan February 24, 2010
Kalena! Hi Sis! You do? I made it myself! :) I took my finger and smudged it all around the edges...or SOMETHING like that!Thanks for visiting me and my image.
-Lala #8413844
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