Often enough these go together, creating a spooky atmosphere. Not this time, though. Going out with a bunch of fellow photographers to the Pinawa Dam was a hoot, far from spooky.
Pinawa Dam is the oldest hydro electric dam built in this climate. It lasted for about 50 years, until it passed the torch to a bigger hydro electric station a few kilometres away.
In 1850, Reverend W.H. Taylor was instructed by the Bishop of Rupert's Land, The Right Reverend David Anderson, to establish a church for the settlement expanding westward along the banks of the Assiniboine River.
On June 8, 1853 the cornerstone of the new church was laid and by the end of the year the large log building was completed. Located on high ground, this site was chosen for its association in the minds of the settlers with shelter and deliverance from
First off, let me say that this is not a rant or flame war on the use or not of High Dynamic Range (hdr). Hdr has its place in photography and it is hard to think that today could be without it. After all, today’s cameras almost all support a function called bracketing. Something we did manually on yesterday’s film cameras.
Bracketing was a fairly expensive business if you were shooting for yourself as an amateur. Even more, amateurs would need bracketing more than
The Devils Punchbowl in the Spirit Sands is magical place. It is a fairly exhausting trek to get there. Once you’re there, you want to stay, but you know that you’ll have to get ready to move again.
But before we leave, let’s go and take a closer look.
In southern Manitoba there is a desert. It’s not a real desert according to international standards, but it’s pretty dry year-round. Only in winter does it see some moisture. That’s also what disqualifies it from being a real desert.
On the far end of the Spirit Sands there is a spring with fresh water, flowing eventually into the river pictured above.