(Photo: Melissa Alves/Can Geo Photo Club)
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Our Photo of the Month goes to photographer Melissa Alves for this beautiful side profile shot of a barred owl. The use of negative space, captured with a shallow depth of field, works to bring the subject to the foreground and reduces background distractions. Sharp focus and colour also play into the success of this image, as the viewer's attention is drawn towards the owl's eye. |
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Photos of the Week for the month of July
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Other photos we featured in July included a beautiful shot of a mule deer buck in Saskatchewan captured by Monique Liggins and an adorable gosling photographed by Jadene Grimmon. 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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Melissa Hafting on the healing power of birds
Melissa Hafting is an ecologist, photographer, activist and birding guide who is working to bring people together and show how birdwatching can help people deal with grief. In her new photo book, Dare to Bird: Exploring the Joy and Healing Power of Birds, Hafting takes readers on a photographic journey celebrating the wonder of birds.
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| A veery (a type of thrush) perches in Peachland, B.C. The veery gets its name from the ethereal call it makes, which is a descending “veer.” |
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| | An adult tufted puffin flies over my young birders and me during a pelagic trip in Tofino, B.C. |
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| A close-up of a Mallard drake in Vancouver, B.C. It is a very common bird in the area but beautiful nonetheless. |
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| | A Savannah Sparrow sings from its perch in the grasslands of Quilchena, B.C. |
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| In an exclusive interview, Canadian Geographic sat down with Hafting to discuss her successful career as a birder, inspiring young birders, how she has used birding to cope with mental health issues and more. |
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