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Seems like we’ve got another Chinook here in Calgary. I went out for a walk, - didn’t want to miss a chance to marvel at my favorite ’spectacle’ the Mother Nature is staging every now and then in our area.

At some times we are lucky enough to see Chinook Arch while in the air..

.. like in this one: we flew an approach to Calgary from the West, and a flight path angle was sort of following the sloped Chinook Arch ceiling, - it was kinda cool to see these ‘grandiose’ cloud structures hanging up there, above your head.

But everybody knows Chinook is also associated with quite a strong wind, for, - by physical nature, - exactly the wind it is - a katabatic wind blowing from the slopes of mountains.

One thing about photographing Chinook: you can catch a terrific still view of cloud forms on your camera, but it is going to be a bit of challenge to convey an idea of motion, a ‘visual idea of wind’, - if you don’t have a camcorder

See, what kind of solution I found for this:

Click on the image!

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It was not very exciting a gray morning today, but anyway,- at some moment of it I looked outside, and thought, ‘Gee, what’s wrong with the calender? Is that all right we’ve got the May 24th today? Or, am I still dreaming?’

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I got up early this morning, and found myself to be in a good mood for an ‘inspirational’ walk ‘around the block’. Here, in the Discovery Ridge area we are lucky to have a terrific net of walking paths. Besides, a quick glance through the window assured me the weather’s going to be good. As I put my cloths on and laced the shoes up, eager for my little outing, it occurred to me: I didn’t feel to be in a need for a ritual morning bust-up, usually served by a cup of coffee! Get dressed quickly, grab your camera, - and here we go! Read the rest of this entry »