Recent Galleries

Gallery 1: Intro & Round-up Country : The Sheep River Provincial Park, east of Turner Valley is a stunningly beautiful region of foothills that features rolling hills, mountains, deep gorges and stunning vistas.  During summer the Province leases land for grazing to a group of ranchers.  This series of 3 galleries contains pictures from the fall round-up including photos of the park and our ride back to Calgary.

There were perhaps 30 or more ranchers bringing in the cattle, carrying on Alberta's rich ranching history.  Due to the steep hills, rugged land and forest, quads do not work to round up the herd as has become popular in much of the ranching community.  The round-up involves horses and riders as it did for decades in the past.  Although I didn't get to take photographs of the round up of the cattle, they were brought back to a central location where over a few days, the cattle were separated by ownership into several pens and then taken to their respective ranches for the winter.  

Our days spent photographing this event not only gave us a glimpse of the past, but we got to meet a group of amazing people.  I want to pass on my thanks for the opportunity and patience of these folks in allowing us to experience this piece of Alberta's history.

This FIRST GALLERY in the series contains photos of this beautiful land and abundant wildlife. Included are pictures of a one-antler moose, a great gray owl, the Sheep River and Falls and the landscape from foothills in the east to the mountains in the west.

Gallery 1: Intro & Round-up Country

bestofnature

The Sheep River Provincial Park, east of Turner Valley is a stunningly ...

Updated: Nov 30, 2012 5:21pm PST

Colorado Foliage Fall 2012 :

Colorado Foliage Fall 2012

Jonathan Birnkrant

Updated: Nov 29, 2012 7:25pm PST

Maui, Hawaii :

Maui, Hawaii

kimberlybarry

Updated: Nov 20, 2012 10:48am PST

Mammals, Marsupials and Monotremes 2012 :

Mammals, Marsupials and Monotremes 2012

Lindiwe

Updated: Nov 04, 2012 6:31pm PST

National Parks : Pictures taken from National Parks

National Parks

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Pictures taken from National Parks

Updated: Nov 04, 2012 2:47pm PST

LANDSCAPES~NATURE :

LANDSCAPES~NATURE

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Updated: Oct 30, 2012 7:42am PST

Mixed Orientation : Located just north of Las Vegas, Nevada, Valley Of Fire State Park offers a wide variety of unusual and picturesque landscape. We were fortunate enough to find a slot canyon, unique formations making up the "Fire Wave" and even a hawk who first posed and then flew for our picture-taking enjoyment.

Mixed Orientation

JGNatureScapes

Located just north of Las Vegas, Nevada, Valley Of Fire State Park off ...

Updated: Oct 27, 2012 12:34pm PST

Panoramas : Vistas

Panoramas

JGNatureScapes

Vistas

Updated: Oct 25, 2012 7:29pm PST

Panoramas : Truly our national treasures, these are places to be visited at every opportunity.

Panoramas

JGNatureScapes

Truly our national treasures, these are places to be visited at every ...

Updated: Oct 25, 2012 7:28pm PST

Birds :

Birds

ShootingDistance

Updated: Oct 12, 2012 1:08am PST