Canada Gallery 2012
All Photos Copyright © 2012 Henning Umland
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These pictures were made during a four-week trip through southern British Columbia and adjacent parts of Alberta in June/Juli 2012. The landscapes in these parts of Canada are nothing but magnificient - coasts (BC only), lakes, rivers, woods, and mountains without end. Splendor sine occasu. Particularly BC has a lot of water, including that coming from above (there must be a reason for the lush vegetation and the many rainforests). Having a raincoat handy may be a good idea.
Canada has also rich cultural resources, and I was impressed with cities like the multiethnic Vancouver and the more traditional Victoria. The Canadians proved to be friendly people who are always willing to help when a tourist gets stuck with some problem.
The photos were made with a Nikon Coolpix P 7100 and processed with Adobe DNG Converter 6.6 (running under Linux with WINE 1.4), Rawtherapee 3.0, Gimp 2.6, and Imagemagick (a powerful command-line tool). On the whole, the P 7100 proved to be a capable camera (RAW mode, manual controls, good zoom lens). However, nothing can beat the much larger image sensor of a single-lens reflex camera. After reading enthusiastic test reports about the P 7100, I was probably a little too optimistic. Afterwards, processing the images turned out to be a constant struggle to suppress noise without sacrificing too much detail.
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Kootenay River, Kootenay National Park, BC
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Snow-Covered Mountains, Kootenay National Park, BC
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Kootenay Valley & Mitchell Range, Kootenay National Park, BC
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Columbia River after Rainstorm, Revelstoke, BC
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Okanagan Lake, BC
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Kelowna and Okanagan Lake, BC
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Beach, Penticton, Okanagan Lake, BC
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St. Ann's Church near Hedley (Hwy 3), BC
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Fraser River near Hope, BC
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Coal Harbour seen from Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC
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Canada Place, Convention Center, Lookout Tower, Vancouver, BC
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Brockton Point Lighthouse, Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC
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Downtown Vancouver with English Bay, seen from Lookout Tower
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Canada Place, Downtown Vancouver, BC
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Steam Clock, Gastown District, Vancouver, BC
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Burrard Bridge seen from Granville Island, Vancouver, BC
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English Bay, Vancouver, BC
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View from Grouse Mountain, North Vancouver, BC
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Inner Harbour with Parliament Building, Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC
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Roof of Empress Hotel with Flag, Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC
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Floating Houses, Fisherman's Wharf, Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC
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Sailboats, Dusk, Fisherman's Wharf, Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC
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Figurehead, Fisherman's Wharf, Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC
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Clock, The Bay Centre, Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC
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Craigdarroch Castle, Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC
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Fisgard Lighthouse seen from Coburg Peninsula, near Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC
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Rocks and Surf, Cox Bay, near Tofino, Vancouver Island, BC
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Lennard Lighthouse seen from Cox Bay, near Tofino, Vancouver Island, BC
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Florencia Bay, near Tofino, Vancouver Island, BC
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Driftwood, Florencia Bay, near Tofino, Vancouver Island, BC
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Coast near Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, BC
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Rainforest, Schooner Cove Trail, near Tofino, Vancouver Island, BC
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Schooner Cove near Tofino, Vancouver Island, BC
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Driftwood, Schooner Cove near Tofino, Vancouver Island, BC
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Seaweed, Schooner Cove near Tofino, Vancouver Island, BC
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Combers Beach, near Tofino, Vancouver Island, BC
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Strait of Georgia, Vancouver Island, BC
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Fishing Boats, Strait of Georgia, Vancouver Island, BC
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Discovery Passage (separating Quadra Island from Vancouver Island)
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Boats, Rebecca Spit, Quadra Island, BC
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Driftwood, Rebecca Spit, Quadra Island, BC
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Beach, Rebecca Spit, Quadra Island, BC
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Lighthouse, Quadra Island, BC
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Another Rainforest, Elk Falls Provincial Park near Campbell River, Vancouver Island, BC
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Elk Falls near Campbell River, Vancouver Island, BC
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Historic Houses, Telegraph Cove, Vancouver Island, BC
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Inside Passage (I), BC
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Inside Passage (II), BC
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Inside Passage (III), BC
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Inside Passage (IV), BC
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Inside Passage, Approaching Prince Rupert, BC
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Mariner Monument, Prince Rupert, BC
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Skeena River seen from Hwy 16, BC
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Blooming Meadow near Smithers, BC
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Downtown Historic Barkerville, BC
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Church, Historic Barkerville, BC
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Saloon, Historic Barkerville, BC
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Moose River seen from Highway 16, BC
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Mount Robson, BC (near Jasper)
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Maligne Canyon, Jasper National Park, AB
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Maligne River, Jasper National Park, AB
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Medicine Lake, Jasper National Park, AB
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Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park, AB
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Spirit Island, Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park, AB
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Athabasca Falls, Jasper National Park, AB
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Athabasca Falls, Jasper National Park, AB
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Sunwapta Falls, Jasper National Park, AB
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Sunwapta River, Jasper National Park, AB
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Athabasca Glacier seen from Hwy 93 (Icefields Parkway), Jasper National Park, AB
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Andromeda Glacier, Columbia Icefield, Jasper National Park, AB
This glacier can be seen in the upper left quadrant of the preceding photo.
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Moraine Lake (I), Banff National Park, AB
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Moraine Lake (II), Banff National Park, AB
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Lake Louise, Banff National Park, AB
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Takakkaw Falls, Yoho National Park, AB
Takakkaw Falls not only impressed me by sheer height (free-falling part approx. 250 m) but also by the local microclimate. The free-falling water takes large quantities of entrapped air with it. At the base of the falls, this air, cooled and moisturized, is released and forms a strong wind blowing away from the cliff. This wind and the fine droplets of water it carries can still be felt several hundred meters away from the falls.
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River downstream of Takakkaw Falls, Yoho National Park, AB
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Emerald Lake, Yoho National Park, AB
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Castle Mountain, Banff National Park, AB
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Johnston Creek, Johnston Canyon, Banff National Park, AB
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Tunnel Mountain, Banff, AB
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Bow River with Hoodoos, near Banff, AB
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Minnewanka Lake near Banff, AB
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Two Jack Lake near Banff, AB
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Mount Rundle, Banff, AB
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Bow River & Mt. Rundle, Banff, AB
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Stairs, Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, AB
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