My New Website!

Hi All,

Below are some photos of the fireworks I fired off in my yard to commemorate the launching of my new website.
It has been a lot of work, and more is required, but it has been a fun ride, and great learning experience.
It is a Stock/E-commerce site with lots of photos for viewing. it also has a keyword search, so folks can type in a word/words of an image they are looking for.

Feel free to browse around it, and to drop me a line.

http://www.garymurray.ca/

Cheers,
Gary.

After The Fall

Hi All!

Just got back from another trip at Keji. It was a great few days that included snow one morning.
With most of the leaves having already finished their life cycle for the year, one had to look elsewhere for images. It was to be an exercise in seeing, but wildlife encounters abound, and kept me hopping.

The days were warm, the nights below freezing with plenty of stars to gaze at. Winter camping presents a few more challenges like water freezing in water bottles, and frozen bristles on toothbrushes.

It was all worth it though, with lots of shooting, and some much needed tent time.

enjoy,
Gary.


All Images made with Canon 5D camera, and 70-200mm, and 300mm Lenses.


Water reflected at Mill Falls.





Tree Tunks and leaves, by Grafton Lake.





Porcupine,





White Tail Deer Portrait.





Ruffed Grouse.





Eastern Coyote.

Autumn Splendor

Hi All,

Kejimkujik National Park in Southwestern Nova Scotia put on quite a show last weekend in respect to fall colours. The Red Maples were at their peak and photo op's were everywhere, even reflected in the water, one of my favorite ways to shoot them.

It was a great time camping out in the backcountry, and after a long day's shooting to sit by a campfire and see a blanket of stars overhead that looked like they were close enough to touch. Add in the wind blowing through the crowns of the trees, (which Native legend says is the whispers of the spirits of their departed), and Nirvana was reached.

All images made with a Canon EOS 5D, and 17-40 mm, 70-200mm, and 300mm Canon L series lenses. Polarizer, and Warming filters by B&W.

Red Maples reflected in Mill Falls.






Fall colour on the Mersey River.







Maple leaves on the forest floor.




White Tail Deer.




Stormy clouds over Kejimkujik Lake.



Enjoy,
Gary.
http://www.garymurray.ca/

Gore!

Hi All,

I volunteered at, and photographed a Mountain Bike race in Gore Nova Scotia. About 70 people of all ages braved the 29 Degree Celcius temperatures. It was another fine event put on by Bicycles Plus with much of the heavy lifting being done by Geoff, and Tom of B.P.
It was a different, but still cool part of cycling after the last few road type events.

All photos made with a Canon 5D, Canon 70-2oomm f4L Lens, and B&W Circular Polarizer.

As always, I have tons more images from the event, and as usual will be happy to provide prints to anyone who may be interested in them.

Cheers,
Gary.

Tour De Wentworth

Hey There!

The latest post, hot off the press is from this past weekend's Tour De Wentworth. It is an event hosted by Bicycles Plus - my club :-).

It is a 2 stage race held in the picturesque Wentworth Valley of Nova Scotia. . The first stage was a Time Trial, where the riders go all out for a short distace, and a road race of longer distances (distances vary from event to event). The overall winner is the person with the best combined times. Classes are normally broken down by age, and gender.

Sunday, the day of the event was smoking hot, with a strong headwind for the riders on the way back. As I was melting on the sidelines, it made me appreciate what the racers must have been going through in the saddle.

As a sidebar- I tried to show a human element to the race. Competiton aside, we are all people out to have fun and test ourselves, and improve as athletes while balancing the realities of life.

I have also included a flower image (albeit an impressionistic one), because no cycling race is complete without them. And a mtn biking picture, as Ski Wentworth was open and shuttling riders for downhilling which looked like a blast. I just found my next assignment!

Cheers,
Gary.

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Time Trial.

















The Race

Time Trial

Hi All,

The latest adventure on my "vision" quest was photographing the Time Trial hosted by the largest cycling Club in Atlantic Canada, Bicycles Plus in Bedford Nova Scotia. It also just happens to be the club I am in, as a newly minted roadie.
It was a club event, that offered plenty of photo opportunities, and was a ton of fun to watch. The day went off without a hitch, and everyone gave their all, thanks to the organizers and volunteers. They gave up their time to make sure everyone had a safe and awesome experience.

The sport of cycling lends itself to photography with lots of action, sweet bikes, brightly coloured jerseys, And I hear the odd crash.


Cheers,
Gary.


All Images shown, taken with a Canon 5D, 300mm F4 Image Stabilized Lens, 1.4 Teleconverter, and a B&W Polarizer Filter.

Kejimkujik National Park.

Hi All,

I spent 4 days this past weekend with family at "Keji".
The trip, and weather was awesome with photo ops everywhere you looked. Keji is known for it's canoeing, and this is the 100th anniversary of "The Tent Dwellers", a classic novel about a 1908 fishing trip in the area by four people.

It is also the site for the endangered Blanding's Turtle, and a recovery program is ongoing in an attempt to re-establish the species. I cheated on the image of the baby Blanding's, shooting it through an aquarium at the Visitors centre.

The Mersey River meanders through the park, and one can't help but slow down to the river's pace while there.

On every trip made there, I come away with different images, a testament to all the park has to offer.

Enjoy,
Gary.



Keji entrance, taken with a Canon 5D, 17-40mm f4L lens, and B&W Circular Polarizer, Manfrotto Tripod.




Baby Blandings Turtle shot through aquarium glass , Canon 5D, 300mm F4L IS lens, Manfrotto Tripod.



Brook and grass, Grafton Lake, Canon 5D, 70-200mm F4L Lens, B&W Circular Polarizer, Manfrotto Tripod.



Trees and ferns along the Mersey Rver,Canon 5D, 17-40mm F4L Lens, B&W Circular Polarizer, Manfrotto Tripod.



Foam on water, Mill Falls. Canon 5D, 300mm F4L IS Lens, B&W Circular Polarizer, Manfrotto Tripod.


Ferns along the Mersey River, Canon 5D, 17-40mm F4L Lens. B&W Circular Polarizer, Manfrotto Tripod.


Pink Lady Slipper, Beech Grove. Canon 5D, 300mm F4L IS Lens, 1.4 T.C., B&W Circular Polarizer, Manfrotto Tripod.


White Tail Buck, Canon 5D, 300 F4L IS Lens, 1.4 T.C.


White tail buck eating, Canon 5D, 300f4L IS Lens, 1.4 T.C.

Regatta, Part 2

Hi All,

I had so many images from yesterday's regatta, I decided to add some more!
The Lighthouse is on Deadman's Island where deserters from the British Navy were reputed to have been hung around the 16th century. (or so legend goes).


All images taken with a Canon 5D, 300 F4 IS Lens, 1.4 TC, and B&W Polarizer filter.



















Cheers,
Gary