Today's photo is a simple shot of an orange flower I saw at the Calgary Zoo when we went there last July. This was taken in the Enmax Conservatory along with a number of other plants. Of course, I have no idea what the flower is called, as I didn't photograph the label next to it. Lesson learned – when shooting clearly labelled subjects, also take a shot of the label for future reference.
A couple of months ago, we took the kids to the Calgary Zoo and wandered around for an afternoon. With camera in hand, I took the opportunity to try shooting some of the plants and animals. I hadn't been there in many many years, so some of the exhibits were either new or just new-to-me. One area I didn't remember was the butterfly room and it certainly provided a lot of opportunity for some nice shots such as this one:
In fact, this was one of the many favourite shots from that day, so I ended up ordering a print of it on canvas from the folks over at 44 Wide. It arrived last week and it looks great!
A brief thunder storm rolled through our neighbourhood last night pelting us with some heavy rain and pea-to-grape-sized hail. Here are a couple of shots of the neat clouds as they were leaving our area.
We pause from the shots taken in B.C. to bring you some photos from the Calgary Stampede last week. For those unfamiliar with it, it's a western-themed carnival/fair/expo type of event. There's all kinds of things happening during this, including rodeos, chuckwagon races, concerts, and other performances. Of course, there's also the midway fairgrounds where there are innumerable food vendors, rides, games, and far too many opportunities to spend money.
Stampede Ferris Wheel IMG_9364
As I mentioned in our previous post, I was fortunate enough this year to finally be able to attend the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo after having missed it for many years. Now, one expects to spend a fair bit of cash when attending something like this (which I did), but I do regret not having budgeted a little bit extra, especially for geeky toys and figurines, because there was just so much I wanted to buy.
Here's a shot of the few things I did get.. A flat-bottomed dice bag from Dragon Chow, a knitted Jayne hat keychain from the Alberta Browncoats (sadly, they were out of the actual hats and were furiously knitting more right at their booth), and some Dungeons & Dragons related buttons from WereGeek:
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Date: 2012/05/12
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