mountains – D’Arcy Norman dot net https://darcynorman.net no more band-aids Wed, 24 Aug 2016 23:21:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://darcynorman.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/crankforpeace3-552f33a1v1_site_icon-32x32.png mountains – D’Arcy Norman dot net https://darcynorman.net 32 32 1067019 chinook arch from home https://darcynorman.net/2014/12/06/chinook-arch-from-home/ Sat, 06 Dec 2014 22:45:00 +0000 http://darcynorman.net/?p=19110 IMG 3002

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]]> 17799 quick ride to cochrane https://darcynorman.net/2012/08/30/quick-ride-to-cochrane/ Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:11:37 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=12322 For my morning ride, I headed west on 1A to Cochrane, to take on the epic hill. Beautiful morning for a ride…

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That dip in the middle is the Cochrane hill. About 200m of elevation over just 3km. It’s a fun climb 🙂

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]]> 10778 photo friday – banff gate https://darcynorman.net/2011/12/16/photo-friday-banff-gate/ Sat, 17 Dec 2011 03:52:30 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=8376 Continue reading "photo friday – banff gate"]]> A few years ago, we headed into the mountains to spend a few days at a cabin with family. It’s a development built on top of the remains of a failed ski resort on Pigeon Mountain, overlooking the Bow Valley. The weather was pretty crappy for much of the stay, but I was drawn to the way the clouds and wisps played along the crags. I think these peaks are Windtower and The Rimwall, forming the south part of the famous Three Sisters overlooking Canmore.

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I wound up shooting a few hundred photos of the mountains while we were there, fascinated by the changes in light and shadow, and the motion of the clouds through the peaks. In most of the photos, the colour was so subdued that it was almost black and white – but I added a proper black and white filter in Aperture to help bring out the details in the rocks.

This photo was taken using my Canon XT and 70-300mm lens at 300mm, handheld. There’s some softness in the image due to the crappy lens and motion of hand-holding.

Next time I spend some time there, I’ll try to do some time-lapse videos. Amazing stuff, and close to home.

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]]> 8376 barrier lake autumn hike https://darcynorman.net/2011/10/10/barrier-lake-autumn-hike/ Tue, 11 Oct 2011 03:03:29 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=7606 Continue reading "barrier lake autumn hike"]]> We headed west today, for what seems to be a Thanksgiving tradition – an easy family hike in the mountains. We stopped at the Barrier Lake ecology research station, which is now part of the University of Calgary campus. The site was originally a military camp, used as an internment facility and later a prisoner of war camp during world war II. Evan was pretty blown away that this camp even exists, and even moreso after learning some of the history. After exploring the research station path, we went across the highway to check out Barrier Dam, and the lake. Definitely not an unattractive region, especially with autumn colours.

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]]> 7606 cowboy country https://darcynorman.net/2011/07/09/cowboy-country/ Sun, 10 Jul 2011 03:47:10 +0000 http://mindfulseeing.com/?p=3533 Cowboy country

we headed south of the city to visit the Millarville farmer’s market. the foothills to the west, bumping into the Rockies, are not ugly.

]]> 7348 paul, kevin and chris at summit https://darcynorman.net/2011/06/11/paul-kevin-and-chris-at-summit/ Sat, 11 Jun 2011 20:27:19 +0000 http://mindfulseeing.com/?p=3445 2011 06 11 paul kevin and chris at summit

after climbing on the bikes for just over an hour, we reached the summit of the highwood pass – the highest paved road in canada. lots of snow still up there.

]]> 7320 bowmont spring https://darcynorman.net/2011/05/17/bowmont-spring/ Wed, 18 May 2011 01:25:23 +0000 http://mindfulseeing.com/?p=3367 2011 05 17 bowmont spring

the green is coming. riding along the river valley is awesome this time of year.

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in a few hours, I’ll be flying over those rocks, to hang out in Vancouver for a few days.

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