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John

@tigfx.bsky.social

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Loving retirement, learning about landscape photography, learning about woodwork, learning about life. First sixteen years living in Northern Ireland, settled and citizen in Canada. I appreciate both cultures accomplishments, decency and kindness.

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John @tigfx.bsky.social · 4d

Talbot Lake in Jasper Park Oct 2 2025. There was a fire here about 20 years ago.
#landscapephotography #Jasperpark #Alberta

Sunlight Aspen trees shining with their fall colours. The Rocky mountains in the background.

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John @tigfx.bsky.social · 6d

Athabasca River by Morro Slabs and Hwy 16 in Jasper Park Oct 1 2025. The fires last year were extensive around the town of Jasper. A few trails still have to be cleared before they are open again (such as the Valley of the Five Lakes).
#landscapephotography #JasperPark #Alberta

An uprooted log lays on a gravel bank in front of a turquoise river. The mountain slopes across the river are mostly burnt forest from last years wildfire with pristine forest in the far background.

John @tigfx.bsky.social · 8d

Mountain Ash in Edmonton Alberta's river valley
#landscapephotography #Edmonton #Alberta

Green yellow orange fall leaves of a mountain Ash. There are new red berries from this year and old black berries from last year still on the tree.

A mountain Ash tree with mostly orange leaves in the river valley. The far shore has many Aspen trees with their yellow leaves

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John @tigfx.bsky.social · 12d

Laurier Park in Edmonton Alberta at the end of September. There are no big native hardwood trees in Alberta. The river valley has Balsam Poplar, Aspen, Birch, Pines and Spruce. The trees mostly turn yellow with some orange. The bushes turn red.
#landscapephotography #Edmonton #Alberta

A trail through a wood with the Aspen and Poplar trees turning a bright yellow, a red bush is just around the corner.

A riverbank with bright yellow Aspen trees surrounded by Pine trees. The bushes by the shore are a deep red. The Dogwood and Squashberry and Guelder-rose bushes turn red. The Willow bushes are a silvery green.

John @tigfx.bsky.social · 15d

Wonderful shot, I have been there and didn't look around for such a great place to to take the photo. awesome

John @tigfx.bsky.social · 15d

Edmonton Alberta in the fall. This is taken from Gallagher Park shooting across the Cloverdale neighbourhood and the river to the downtown business district on a September evening.
#landscapephotography #Edmonton #Alberta

Under a orange sky at sunset the downtown buildings sit on top of a river valley. There is a neighbouhood in the foreground with fall colours on the Aspen trees and the 4 glass pyramids of the Muttart Conservatory.

John @tigfx.bsky.social · 16d

A trail to the river at Laurier Park, Edmonton Alberta.
#landscapephotography #Laurierpark #Edmonton #Alberta

Yellow Aspen trees by a trail entrance in the woods. Mountain ash on the right is still very green. Fallen brown leaves cover the ground.

John @tigfx.bsky.social · 18d

Talbot Lake in Jasper Park at peak colour. This area has been hit with fires and pine beetle and these Aspens have taken over the lakeshore hill.
#landscapephotography #Jasperpark #Talbotlake #Alberta

A lakeshore covered with bright yellow Aspen trees with some fir trees by the water. The distant mountains have fir trees on the rocky slopes.

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John @tigfx.bsky.social · 18d

Well thanks, I'll have to look it up and find out and get back to you. I should know more about it (excuses starting) but usually the whole river bank is covered in trees. The Edmonton/Devon Alberta area has oil and Natural gas and coal so it probably is from ancient lake deposits .

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John @tigfx.bsky.social · 20d

This is the North Saskatchewan River by Devon Alberta on the 20 th of September. The Aspen and Birch trees are turning yellow and the occasional orange, the dogwood bushes and ground plants can show reds.
#landscapephotography #Devon #Alberta

A river bank with Aspen and Birch trees turning yellow. The white mud of the area shows in the middle of the bank. A paddle boarder strains against the currant.

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John @tigfx.bsky.social · 26d

This is the Rundle mountains catching the morning light. They are between Banff town and Canmore, Alberta along the Trans Canada Highway One.
#landscapephotography #Rundle #Albertan #Canmore

Rocky Mountain view of morning light on snow capped cliffs above a forest of fir trees.

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John @tigfx.bsky.social · Sep 12

Foxtail barley at a field north of Edmonton, Alberta by Meadowview drive in St Albert. A very big field with what looks like great yield this year
#landscapephotography #Alberta #Foxtailbarley #StAlbert

A stony field with golden Barley ripening in the evening sun.

A photo of the barley showing the size of the field.

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John @tigfx.bsky.social · Aug 24

Thank you

John @tigfx.bsky.social · Aug 20

I'm facing East again to catch the sunset light on the the clouds.
A wheat field west of Edmonton Alberta, south of Stony Plain.
#landscapephotography #Alberta

A landscape with a ripening wheat field, a fence and tree in the foreground. The clouds are lightly glowing yellow orange from the sunset.

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John @tigfx.bsky.social · Aug 7

I was driving past Red Deer, Alberta on Hwy 2 this long August weekend, there was fascinating sunset light on clouds in the East.
#landscapephotography #Alberta #RedDeer

A field of Canola with late stage yellow flowers. The clouds on the eastern horizon are glowing with sunset light from the West.

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John @tigfx.bsky.social · Jul 17

Found some Bunchberry flowers. They were right beside my campsite in Gregg lake provincial campground near Hinton Alberta in a low lying wooded area.
#landscapephotography #Alberta

Three white flowers growing in a mossy rich carpet of low green leaves.

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John @tigfx.bsky.social · Jul 16

Edmonton, Alberta on a stormy July evening
#landscapephotography #Edmonton #Alberta

Dark stormy skies above Edmonton city skyline lit up by sunshine while the valley trees are in shadow. There is a rainbow on the right side.

John @tigfx.bsky.social · Jul 14

Canola field near Carvel, Alberta. It's an hours drive west of Edmonton. The rain this year has been good so far for the crops and preventing wildfires around here. The ditch is lush with canola and grass and some purple flowers
#landscapephotography #Alberta #canolafield

A field of flowering canola, bright yellow with the ditch in front of the fence full of more canola and lush grass. The sky has dark rain clouds and light white clouds.

John @tigfx.bsky.social · Jul 6

Johnson Lake by Banff in Banff Park at sundown. Of course all the daytime clouds disappeared by sunset, but the mountains caught some alpenglow.
#landscapephotos #Johnsonlake #Banffpark #Alberta

A mirror calm Rocky Mountain lake at sunset, with the snow capped mountains reflected in the water. A reddish yellow evening light covers the snow on the top of the mountains.

John @tigfx.bsky.social · Jun 26

Mount Michener by Lake Abraham, Alberta, in June. Hard rain on Friday/Saturday, +3 at night, windy as usual, this photo is on the Monday.
#landscapephotography #Abrahamlake #MountMichener #Alberta

Tiny yellow flowers in the foreground on a rocky muddy lake bank. The turquoise lake has an almost symmetrical Rocky Mountain in the background with a little dusting of snow on the top.

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John @tigfx.bsky.social · Jun 25

Lake Minnewanka in Banff on the June 22 2025. 29$ C to camp in the national parks, no daily entrance fee. Rain and low cloud Saturday, Sunday was a beautiful day for spending time and hiking along the lake.
#landscapephotography #LakeMinnewanka #BanffPark #Alberta

The background is snow capped mountains with tree covered slopes in the front. A blue lake in the foreground has a tour boat traveling on to the distance.

John @tigfx.bsky.social · Jun 16

Skyline trail off the Maligne Road in Jasper Park, Alberta at the end of May 2025. That is Hwy 16 in the distance by the mountains. The trail has been cleared of all the fallen burnt logs, but the fire was just last year. Eerily quiet.
#landscapephotography #jasperpark #Alberta

Burnt landscape after a forest fire in the Rocky mountains. Snow capped mountains in the distance.

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John @tigfx.bsky.social · May 22

Yes, thanks

John @tigfx.bsky.social · May 19

Cherry, lilac and mayday trees on May 18 2025 in the High Park neighborhood of Edmonton Alberta. The flowering trees are magnificent this year, or maybe I have more time to wander around and appreciate them.
#Edmonton #cherryblossoms #Alberta #landscapephotography

Cherry trees in full bloom on a small patch of grass by a road, a bus stop in the distance. The trees have pink flowers on the upper branches and white flowers on the lower branches. The bigger tree on the right side is a mixture of the two coloured flowers.

A big lilac bush in full bloom in a back yard. The neglected fence is falling down on the grass and dandelions.

A mature cherry tree, lilac bush and a white flowering bush growing together on a boulevard by a back alley.

A mature cherry tree in full bloom, upper branches have pink flowers, lower branches have white flowers

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John @tigfx.bsky.social · May 13

Thank you, same to your photos.