Results tagged “Manitoba” from Wallbridge Photography

Hey everyone, another Highlight Photo of the Week for you, but first I want to mention once again that the WoW community has banded together to hold a Child's Play charity auction in celebration of the in game holiday Children's Week. Dwight Wallbridge Photography has donated an 8x10 matte print of a photo in this collection of the winners choosing, dependent on model release if the winner chooses one of a person. Dwight Wallbridge Production's podcast All Things Azeroth has also donated a one episode sponsorship of the show. These have a combined value of about $95 USD, and both right now can be had for less than half that! Check out the auction, and help raise money to help kids.

Now, to the highlight. This week I am going back over a year ago. I was working at AAA Alarms, and our only windows faced the sunset, but most of the summer it was always too far one side or the other. When I finally got my replacement DSLR, the Rebel XT, I went photo happy. This is one I caught right near the end of the day in late January, and then the sky turned a beautiful orange as it was tinged by the suns glow. One of many I took out that window in that winter, but still a great time in my photography when I was once again looking through the lens and reimagining the world.

More can be seen in the Best of the Best gallery, but below you will find one of the highlights of the group.


Sunset over Frozen Manitoba

In deciding this weeks Highlight photo, I went back to look at what I have covered. I have covered cars, skylines, and people, but overall what gets the most comment on the sites I see, is the animals. I first did a photo of an Amur Leopard from the Assiniboine Zoo, then I moved on to my sister's Cocker Spaniel named Misty. Both got me kind and generous comments. This time I decided to go back to the fall of 2006, when I took a trip to a place called Lester Beach, jsut outside of Winnipeg. The visit was to see some friends, but was worthwhile in so many other ways. I got some awesome nature shots, like this weeks highlight, and some great sunset over water photos.

This weeks shot is even more spectacular because it was hand held with no flash, only the sunlight shining in through the tree tops. The dragonfly was just sitting there, on this stalk of grass, and thankfully did not flee as I moved in close enough to get a shot of him with my 55-200 at full zoom. To this day, it's one of my early shots I am most proud of for the skill it took. More can be seen in the Best of the Best Gallery, but below you will find one of the highlights of the group.



No, he's not pinned there, he's just being really cooperative with my needs as a photographer. If only all models had it's capacity for patience!