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The Calgary Stampede Parade, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
July 3, 2009 • Taken by Lorien
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Happy 4th of July to our fellow Americans who celebrate today. May your day be filled with love and joy! *s*
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Normally I don't like to take photos of strangers in the street. I (and this is me I'm talking about!) feel like this is a violation of their privacy. I wouldn't want to open Flickr one day and find my photo up there on someone's site. This kind of surprise would annoy me to no end.
Also, I'm not the type of person to approach strangers, let them know I want to take their photo and maybe put it on the net, and ask for their permission. So that's what I think/feel/do/not do. That's good for me. Let me shoot the landscape / urban scape, and I'm happy.
The guy in the photo was one of the people participating at the Calgary Stampede Parade yesterday. I imagine each one of them is well aware of the fact thousands of people are looking at them and taking photos. If they object to that, they wouldn't be out there, right? So in this case, it was easy for me to shoot people, especially when many of them were wearing costumes of the past - stuff that I like very much.
What do you think about it? If you'd like to share....
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Calgary Stampede Parade Marshal
At the Calgary Stampede, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
July 3, 2009 • Taken by Lorien
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The world famous Calgary Stampede - The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth - started this morning with the parade. Mike Holmes - Canada's most well known and trusted contractor from the TV show Holmes on homes - was chosen for the prestigious role as Parade Marshal.
From the Calgary Stampede site: "I've lived my life by the same values that the Calgary Stampede represents: Make a difference. Live with integrity. Make it right," says Holmes. "I truly believe in building a lasting future and restoring the dreams of the past, something the Stampede has been representing for almost a century."
If you're in the city for the next 10 days, or was here at Stampede time and you have photos to share, please go to our group Calgary Stampede at www.flickr.com/groups/calgarystampede/ and post them there. We'd love to see everything and anything Calgary Stampede. Yahoo!!!
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Lunch with a view
A view towards Waiparous Valley, The foothills, Alberta, Canada
July 1, 2009 • Taken by Joe
Canada Day seemed a perfect day to explore our piece of Canada some more, so we packed our picnic gear and went on the road again. Our general direction was the foothills of the Rockies, north west of Calgary.
(Our route for locals: Highway #1A From Calgary through Cochrane --> North on Highway #22 --> West on secondary 579 --> South on Highway #40 --> East on Highway #1A to Cochrane --> Calgary).
Secondary 579 goes in part up the foothills. It's a logging area, so not too many people get there for recreation. Most of our drive through the area we were alone on the road. It looked an untouched country in some parts, where in others we saw the signs of logging on the side of the bare hills.
The photo above was taken on our stop for lunch. We were alone for a while in this viewpoint towards the Waiparous Valley. Our timing was perfect because the blue skies were disappearing behind the clouds, and the wind started to blow wild.
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Canada Day 2009 - 142 years, and counting
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Flag photo: March 13, 2009 • Taken by Joe
Sunset photo: May 1, 2009 • Taken by Lorien
Happy Canada Day to all our Canadian Flickr friends, and all Canadians who might be passing through here. May your day be filled with what/whom you love the most. We're going to explore some more of our beautiful Alberta, and enjoy the fact we live in a most beautiful place. Hopefully, the weather will smile to us... and cooperate.
Being both immigrants (Joe is an old one, I'm a newer one), we've come to love and appreciate the country that opened up her arms and embraced us as her own. We will never forget our homelands, but we can't but love this beautiful land we now call home. Life is good here in Canada, wouldn't you agree? We're quite content.
Happy birthday, Canada. 142 years, and counting *s*.
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What's not to like?
Lower Kananaskis Lake, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada
June 27, 2009 • Taken by Joe
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This photo (another one from our day trip to K. country on Saturday) is a merged HDR of 3 bracketed photos. Joe didn't use the tripod on this one. The camera was sitting on a picnic table.
This place was perfect for a break. The picnic tables were situated right among the trees and bushes on shore, and there was only one other car parked at the parking lot. Few people were walking on the opposite shore, few were boating on the lake, but all in all - it was quiet, birds were happily chirping, and the wind was blowing over the water. Paradise on earth! *s*.
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