Winter’s Wraith-like Wisps

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Woodsmoke Wisps - Fort Vermilion Alberta

Woodsmoke Wisps – Fort Vermilion Alberta

Late on a November Saturday afternoon, wraith-like, wisps of wood smoke drift over winter’s fallow field near Fort Vermilion. A homestead’s woodstove produces an intense dry heat, welcome warmth in the midst of a cold, Alberta winter. The day, a first opportunity to work with a new prime lens, a Canon 50mm – f/1.4 lens; my wife has encouraged me to begin my work with it. The image is one of the first images with the lens.

Listening to – Coldplay’s Mylo Xyloto, In My Place, Major Minus and Yellow.

Quote to Inspire – “The photograph is completely abstracted from life, yet it looks like life. That is what has always excited me about photography.” – Richard Kalvar

8 thoughts on “Winter’s Wraith-like Wisps

    1. Hey there, Maralee:

      Me, too – the smoke … perhaps because it’s moving or because there’s an element of suspension where things ought not to be … something’s there adding to the beauty.

      Lumens … 🙂

    1. Hi Laurie:

      It’s neat to read that the image has the ability to involve you in that cold, cool day. I’m aiming try a couple of things with our Christmas tree and its reflection to see what might work.

      Thanks for looking in. 🙂

    1. Hello Robyn:

      Thank you for your kind words. Here, colours of a colder November or early December Saturday afternoon reveal a backdrop of the sun setting in late afternoon, a farmer’s field and trees near what is Alberta’s oldest settlement – Fort Vermilion, I return to this image, regularly.

      Take care … 😉

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