Nature
Kasia Sokulska
Can't Wait!

The snow is mostly gone, here on the prairies, but it will be some weeks before we see greenery and flowers blooming. I can’t wait! It has been a long winter and I sure could use a bit of color. Late spring or early summer images are great for it because all is fresh and green is bright and not dimmed by dust of late summer days.

Can't Wait!
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Kasia Sokulska
Fall Aurora

We are lucky here in Alberta, because some nights are full of light show. We had a couple of gorgeous Aurora showing last fall and I have managed to capture some shots without leaving the city.

Fall Aurora
Nature
Kasia Sokulska
Not Ready for Winter Images Yet...

I know, I know it is winter and everybody posts winter photography, but I am not ready for it yet. I see it outside my window every day, so I want to see something warm, colorful and pretty. Hope you are in need of this as well.

Not Ready for Winter Images Yet...
Nature
Kasia Sokulska
How Summer Began

It has been a while since I’ve posted anything about Elk Island National Park. So, I think, it is time for some lovely sunset from the beginning of summer, when all was green, flowers were blooming and days were warm and long.

How Summer Began
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Kasia Sokulska
In The Woods

It’s wintery outside. With colder weather and short days I find myself thinking of summer. Summer visits to forest, here in Alberta, are one of my favorites ways to spend a weekend.

In The Woods

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Beauty of ... Pollution?

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It was brutally cold last Sunday when we ventured, before dawn, outside the city hoping for a nice sunrise.  The temperatures were steadily dropping while we were driving away from Edmonton and by the time we reached our destination it was -30 degree Celsius. It was a blessing that there was barely any wind because it felt very cold and we were very happy to be able to take a break in a warm vehicle every 5 minutes or so.. But it was well worth it! We were rewarded with a beautiful sunrise, full of colors and great clouds - a rarity this winter.  What I found fascinating, though while staring at the sky, was the the industrial installations that were surrounding us looked quite amazing against such sky and the light of raising sun was making them even more interesting and, dare I say, beautiful.  All that smoke highlighted by the low sun just added to already interesting and dramatic sky.  It is rather strange to use term "beauty" in the same sentence as industry, smoke and pollution, but judge for yourself. I guess, in a certain light, almost everything is beautiful ;D.. Hope you are going to enjoy this set of pictures from our frozen, beautiful prairies during winter sunrise. Have a wonderful weekend, everybody!! Kasia

 

 

DPC Olympics week 3

So submission time for week 3 challenges is upon us. The challenges were Blurry Mess and Pollution. Our team was comparing Blurry Messes all weak. I must say that it is not as easy as you think. Not only does the picture has to be a blurry mess, but also it has to be interesting. I figured there is going to be a lot abstract photos submitted for this challenge. Pollution on the other hand, I thought was a little easier. A very good friend of mine, acquired some authentic Russian military gas masks (when I asked him why, he replied for scaring neighbors!), so I borrowed one of them and shot this photo:

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My first thoughts were to actually visit a city garbage dump, but that did not turn out to be easy. So I piled some of our garbage on the deck, had Konrad put on the mask and some rubber gloves, and play on the deck. He was really enjoying himself. Even wanted to wear the gas mask to school.
Blurry Mess pictures came out ok, but not the greatest:

Color paint

Flower paint

Blurry Flower

I think I will be submitting for the Pollution challenge. Might stand a better chance, since there are twice as many blurry messes submitted as pollution. Comments?