A stormy fall evening at the Majorville Medicine Wheel in southern Alberta. I took this photo many years ago, using a Pentax 645 medium-format camera with a 45mm lens and Fuji Velvia transparency film. The wind was blowing so hard, I literally had to hold down my tripod with both hands so it would not blow over in the wind. Even though this was not a really long exposure, the grass in the foreground was still blurred.
The thing that really makes this photo stand out is the intense, vivid colours in the sky as the sun was setting below the edge of a chinook arch. I've been back to the medicine wheel site many times over the years, but I have never seen conditions like repeated - definitely a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
This image was recently selected by Ducks Unlimited Canada to accompany an article on the great conservation work they have been doing in the area of the Majorville Medicine Wheel.
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| Majorville Medicine Wheel, Alberta |
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