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Writing On Stone Provincial Park


Writing On Stone Provincial Park
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Copyright: Janice Smith (lovenature) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 837 W: 62 N: 1284] (4578)
Genre: Landscapes
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-06-22
Categories: River
Camera: Canon 30D, Canon EFS 17-85 IS USM
Exposure: f/5.0, 1/500 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-07-10 20:22
Viewed: 487
Points: 22
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Writing On Stone Provincial Park

The Milk River flows by the campground at Writing On Stone. The campground in this image is in the trees to the left of the river. An oasis in the middle of the Canadian Prairie.

Writing On Stone has the greatest concentration of rock art created by the Plains People in North America. The area has numerous archaeological sites and a Northwest Mounted Police Post that was built in 1873. It also has one of the largest protected areas in the Alberta Provincial Park system. The park draws a significant amount of animals because of it's coulee environments.

The park is 4400 acres and the elevation is 925 metres. The annual precipitation is 330 mm. The maximum and minimum temperatures are 41 degrees C and -43 degrees C.

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Hi Janice
Another great shot of this beautiful landscape.
Very well done!!
TFS
Tom

Hello Janice,
Interesting light with great color and detail.
Good settings for a handheld shot with nice sharpness also.
Well composed, it looks like you had a good vantage point to shoot this from too..
OK, I won't be so hard on myself :)
Howard

Hello Janice,
Very beautiful rock pattern indeed!
great pov with the awesome golden sunlight over this beautiful landscape!
I loved the colour so much
well done
cheers
Tony

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  • Art_R Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 201 W: 16 N: 483] (1995)
  • [2008-07-10 21:46]

Hi Janice , nice landscape , I like the high ground point of view , and the shadow / light boundary portraying the setting sun :-) , a good composition with nice color and a very interesting place , I sure am looking forward to finding myself there :-) I bet there is so much to explore ...

thanks for sharing this scene
regards
Art

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  • Jamesp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1305 W: 0 N: 5107] (15234)
  • [2008-07-10 22:40]

Hi Janice

Great view of these hoodoo formations. I also like the sinuous form of the river. Well seen and captured.

James

Hallo Janice
Thanks for sharing this beautiful landscape with us. There is such a lot to appreciate in this image. It indeed looks like an oasis. I think one can sit at the top of the rocks and just forget about anything and everybody for at least a few hours. One can really see far into the distance and the air is open and clear. It has such a relaxing feeling to it. The water stream really looks inviting and refreshing. The shapes and sizes of the rock formations is super and well displayed. A lovely display of various aspects of nature in one. Thanks for sharing this scenery.
Kind regards.
Anna

Splendido paesaggio, eccellenti POV e DOF, perfetta esposizione con un'ottima resa dei colori sia in ombra che in luce, ottima definizione dei dettagli. Grazie e complimenti. Ciao Maurizio

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  • eng55 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 474 W: 3 N: 474] (1475)
  • [2008-07-11 6:47]

Hi Janice,
I'll be back for critique.
Thanks for posting.

I do wonder how it got its name, the milk river!If you remember, somewhere, in the Old Testament, when Moses is about to die, he sends a few folks to the promised land, and they come back saying its a land where milk and honey flows!
A splended shot, and I get that scene playing when i see this shot, janice!
Goldy

what a fabulous scene, nice colors and good exposure control, looks like a difficult scene to capture, those foreground rocks are very interesting

I seem to have missed a number of your posts Janice. The light in this one is really nice. I like the shape of the water leading into the scene. The rocks are so interesting. Another option to try might be to crop out the sky ... all the interesting part of the image is in the mid and fore grounds. Maybe also crop a bit off the left side to keep the photo ratio. I think it would put more emphasis on that great foreground rock and then the water too. Just a thought.

TFS
Evelynn ; )

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