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Gary Nylander 🇨🇦

@gary-nylander.bsky.social

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I want my work to celebrate nature's beauty without embellishment or exaggeration and to depict nature as I saw it. Fine art photographer & retired photojournalist. Located in Kelowna, B.C., Canada. My website: www.garynylander.com

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Gary Nylander 🇨🇦 @gary-nylander.bsky.social · Jan 17

Here is my updated website, Landscape and Still Life galleries for 2023 & 2024. The new cover photo is from Lismer Beach, Vancouver Island. My website link is here: www.garynylander.com Photography© by Gary Nylander.
#artphotography #photography #canadianartphotographer

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Gary Nylander 🇨🇦 @gary-nylander.bsky.social · 18h

Thank you, Emilie.

Gary Nylander 🇨🇦 @gary-nylander.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a big camera to work with but is fun when the lighting and scenery all line up!

Gary Nylander 🇨🇦 @gary-nylander.bsky.social · 1d

From my archives. Clouds over Summerland (No. 2), British Columbia, Canada, summer 2005. www.garynylander.com #artphotography #canada #artist #photography #EastCoastKin #G+Circle #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ClassicMono #smArtist #ArtYear

I made this photograph as clouds formed over the Summerland area near Okanagan Lake, British Columbia, Canada. Summer 2005. The photo was taken with a Tachihara 8x10 view camera and a 270mm lens.

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Gary Nylander 🇨🇦 @gary-nylander.bsky.social · 1d

That’s great that your dad uses his walker to water plants. My dad used his walker to water plants not too long before he passed away.

Gary Nylander 🇨🇦 @gary-nylander.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you, Sasi.

Gary Nylander 🇨🇦 @gary-nylander.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you, Greg!

Gary Nylander 🇨🇦 @gary-nylander.bsky.social · 3d

My early landscape work. Storm clouds over Naramata (No. 1), British Columbia, Canada, summer 2005. www.garynylander.com #artphotography #canada #artist #photography #EastCoastKin #G+Circle #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ClassicMono #smArtist #ArtYear

I made this photograph from the Summerland side of Okanagan Lake, as a storm cloud drifted over Naramata. British Columbia, Canada. Summer 2005. The photo was taken with a Tachihara 8x10 view camera and a 270mm lens.

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Gary Nylander 🇨🇦 @gary-nylander.bsky.social · 6d

My early landscape work. Saturna Island (No. 14), British Columbia, Canada, October 2005. www.garynylander.com #artphotography #canada #artist #photography #EastCoastKin #G+Circle #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ClassicMono #smArtist #ArtYear

Sandstone rock formations on Saturna Island, British Columbia, Canada. October 2005. The photo was taken with a Tachihara 8x10 view camera and a 270mm lens.

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Gary Nylander 🇨🇦 @gary-nylander.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you, Jaycee.

Gary Nylander 🇨🇦 @gary-nylander.bsky.social · 10d

It’s good to have perseverance and dedication, as k recall he seemed to take it in stride like an everyday thing to do.

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Gary Nylander 🇨🇦 @gary-nylander.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks Jaycee!

Gary Nylander 🇨🇦 @gary-nylander.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you, Jaycee.

Gary Nylander 🇨🇦 @gary-nylander.bsky.social · 10d

Mist and fog (No. 39), Hope, B.C., Canada. Photograph© by Gary Nylander. www.garynylander.com #landscapephotography #artphotography #canada #artist #photography #EastCoastKin #G+Circle #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ClassicMono #smArtist

Mist and fog envelop a cliffside of a mountain near the town of Hope, B.C., January 2025. Nikon D850 and 300mm lens.

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Gary Nylander 🇨🇦 @gary-nylander.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you, Martin.

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Gellatly Nut Farm (No. 661), West Kelowna, B.C., Canada. Photograph© by Gary Nylander. www.garynylander.com #landscapephotography #artphotography #canada #artist #photography #EastCoastKin #G+Circle #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ClassicMono #smArtist

Looking up at the leaves of one of the nut farm trees. September 2025. Leica M246 and a 50mm Elmar lens.

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Gary Nylander 🇨🇦 @gary-nylander.bsky.social · 17d

Sun Peaks Village area (No. 648), near Kamloops, B.C., Canada. Photograph© by Gary Nylander. www.garynylander.com #landscapephotography #artphotography #canada #artist #photography #EastCoastKin #G+Circle #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ClassicMono #smArtist

A fallen along McGillivary Creek near the village of Sun Peaks Resort. I made this photo while on a walkabout before he start of the Alpenglow Arts Festival. August 2025. Leica M246 and a 50mm Elmar lens.

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Gary Nylander 🇨🇦 @gary-nylander.bsky.social · 19d

Thank you, Michelle!

Gary Nylander 🇨🇦 @gary-nylander.bsky.social · 19d

Sun Peaks Village area (No. 644), near Kamloops, B.C., Canada. Photograph© by Gary Nylander. www.garynylander.com #landscapephotography #artphotography #canada #artist #photography #EastCoastKin #G+Circle #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ClassicMono #smArtist

Along the Family Man Trail at Sun Peaks Resort. I made this photo while on a walkabout before he start of the Alpenglow Arts Festival. August 2025. Leica M246 and a 50mm Elmar lens.

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Gary Nylander 🇨🇦 @gary-nylander.bsky.social · 20d

Fallen trees along McGillivary Creek (No. 643), Sun Peaks Resort near Kamloops, B.C., Canada. Photograph© by Gary Nylander. www.garynylander.com #landscapephotography #artphotography #canada #artist #photography #EastCoastKin #G+Circle #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ClassicMono #smArtist

A mass of tangled trees along McGillivary Creek near the village of Sun Peaks Resort. I made this photo while on a walkabout before he start of the Alpenglow Arts Festival. August 2025. Leica M246 and a 50mm Elmar lens.

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Gary Nylander 🇨🇦 @gary-nylander.bsky.social · 21d

Thank you!

Gary Nylander 🇨🇦 @gary-nylander.bsky.social · 21d

A work in progress! Sometimes when I post here I mention it the ALT info what camera or lens I used to make the photo.

Gary Nylander 🇨🇦 @gary-nylander.bsky.social · 21d

Thanks for your feedback, Mark. It’s been fun using this camera and I hope to make some more interesting images.

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Gary Nylander 🇨🇦 @gary-nylander.bsky.social · 21d

Puzzle-like texture of a Ponderosa pine tree (No. 630), along the old KVR line near Penticton, B.C., Canada. Photograph© by Gary Nylander. www.garynylander.com #landscapephotography #artphotography #canada #artist #photography #EastCoastKin #G+Circle #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ClassicMono #smArtist

A close-up of a ponderosa pine tree along the old KVR line north of the Adra tunnel near Chute Lake Lodge. August 2025. Leica M246 and a 50mm Elmar lens.

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Gary Nylander 🇨🇦 @gary-nylander.bsky.social · 21d

Model: Carolina (No. 537) August 2025. Near Vernon, B.C., Canada. Photograph©by Gary Nylander. www.garynylander.com
#fineartnude #artisticnudephoto #figurenude #artmodel #nudemodel #artphotography #ClassicMono #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #G+Circle

Model: Carolina, beside a small creek near Vernon, B.C., August 2025.

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Gary Nylander 🇨🇦 @gary-nylander.bsky.social · 22d

Ponderosa pine tree (No. 624), Kalamalka Lake area near Vernon, B.C., Canada. Photograph© by Gary Nylander. www.garynylander.com #landscapephotography #artphotography #canada #artist #photography #EastCoastKin #G+Circle #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ClassicMono #smArtist

A ponderosa pine tree with Kalamalka Lake in the background. August 2025. Leica M246 and a 50mm Elmar lens.

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