(Photo: Dan Sedran/Can Geo Photo Club)
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In the world of photography, colour is a fundamental element that plays a crucial role in determining the tone of an image. It can convey emotion, create mood and capture the viewer’s attention while simultaneously bringing an image to life. Professional photographers understand the power of colour and use it strategically to enhance their work. For example, in this image of a pheasant captured by Dan Sedran, the contrasting colours of red and green create a dynamic visual that stood out amongst many other submissions to the Can Geo Photo Club. By understanding colour theory principles like complementary colours, analogous colours and contrasting hues, photographers can create visually appealing compositions that draw the viewer's eye to specific elements within the frame. Warm colours like reds, oranges and yellows can evoke feelings of warmth and energy, while cool colours such as blues and greens can bring about a sense of calmness or serenity. In essence, mastery of colour in photography is an essential skill for professional photographers looking to create impactful and visually stunning images. |
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Photos of the Week for the month of May
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Other photos we featured in May included an adorable red squirrel captured by Nicole Watson and a vibrant scarlet tanager photographed by Teesha Sylvester. Each Monday, our editors choose a new Photo of the Week to feature as the cover photo on our Facebook and X accounts. We share it on Instagram, too!
Want to see your photo featured? Be sure to join and upload to our Photo Club. |
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We love when you tag us on Instagram using #ShareCanGeo. Here are a few of our recent favourites.
Click on each picture to be brought to the photographer’s Instagram page!
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Can Geo EXCLUSIVE
Photographs from our latest episode of Here & There, a Canadian Geographic Travel podcast |
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| A polar bear mother and her cub feed on a whale carcass on an island just off Hebron in the ancient Inuit homeland of the Torngat Mountains in Northern Labrador. (Photo: Braeden King braedenking.com) |
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Our trusty 60s-era Twin Otter fires up for a flight to the Torngat Mountains National Park in Northern Labrador that will feel not unlike passing through the looking glass. Azure skies and the bright red plane wing contrast a lacework of rivers, estuaries and coastal mountains below.
Slowly, the land begins, almost rising up beneath us as we approach Canada’s tallest mountains east of the Rockies. Forests begin to disappear, revealing bald, ancient rock, craggy and striated by glaciers long gone. Icebergs appear along the shore, the size of a city block. The weather is good. So somewhere north of Nain, our pilot delivers on a promise to fly low, keeping an eye out for polar bears. And minutes later, there she is — a mother leading her cub over a rocky mound of an island that seems just afloat in the North Atlantic. Though teeming with wildlife of far-northern climes, this natural wonderland below is still nowhere near the most compelling reason to come here. In this very special episode, we find out what is.
Photography by Liz Beatty |
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| Our Twin Otter flight over Canada's tallest mountains east of the Rockies, en route to the Torngat Mountains National Park in Northern Labrador. Below, some of the oldest rock on earth. |
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| | Captain Willie heading to North Arm. |
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| Inuk park staffer Stephanie (left) guts and prepares her catch for our lunch in North Arm, deep into this national park, wholly run by Northern Labrador Inuit. |
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| | Casting for our Arctic char lunch in North Arm. About 10 fish are gutted and on an open fire in about 15 minutes. |
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| Inuk Elder and Ambassador Sophie Keelan outside the church at Hebron. |
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| | Inuk Elder and Ambassador Joe, waits for us on the steps of the church at Hebron. |
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| Inuk Bear Guard and Ambassador Maria, and our feast in North Arm. |
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| | Bear Guard Joe leads us through an active archeological dig, heading back from a hike to an inland lake and waterfall in North Arm. |
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| On our helicopter ride back to basecamp from North Arm, Kyle, our pilot takes us up to lofty tablelands overlooking North Arm — from where we've just come. Look closely and you'll see a white trail in the water — that's The Safe Passage, the boat that just took us into the park. |
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| | Inuit Elder and Ambassador Gus, shows us the sanctuary of the church. |
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The 2024 Canadian Wildlife Photography of the Year competition is open!
Get your cameras ready because our immensely popular Canadian Wildlife Photography of the Year competition is back!
This year, we are giving away $10,000 in cash prizes, including a grand prize of $5,000 to one individual deserving of the title Canadian Wildlife Photographer of the Year! As always, we’re looking for your best shots of wildlife in Canada — plus non-animal wildlife! Enter into one of four categories for your chance to win the category prize of $1,000. The Canadian Wildlife Photographer of the Year will be selected from among entries to all four categories. Visit the competition website to read the full list of rules.
The categories Things with wings: We’re looking for birds and bees — plus butterflies, bats, bugs and more. If it flies through the air, it belongs in this category. Aquatic life: From tide pools to ponds, rivers to oceans, water is teeming with — and essential to — life. We want to see your best shots of fishes and kelp fronds, whales and wading birds. Terrestrial life: From iconic predators like bears and wolves to majestic and elusive ungulates like moose and caribou to common-yet-charismatic mammals like foxes and squirrels, we’re looking for great images of Canada’s diverse land animals — and the habitats they depend on.
Flora and fungi: Interest in plants, trees, lichens and fungi is mushrooming (see what we did there?). We’re looking for creative shots revealing non-animal wildlife and the roles they play in their respective ecosystems. The competition closes on July 31, 2024, so don't delay! |
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