Open Space by laurentye

Open Space

Another day trip to Calgary. This time instead of taking a picture in the city, I took this while pulled over on the side of the highway. One of the things I love about Alberta is the feeling of lots of space when you're out of the cities.

* what I need to remember next time: I'm so use to using such a large aperture for all my still life pictures (since I'm addicted to my 50mm f/1.8 lens) that I seem to forget that I can actually change it to something a bit more suitable for landscapes.
Nice open view, great sky and clouds with no buildings to get in the way.
May 4th, 2011  
@hjbenson Thanks Harry, sometimes I just love views without buildings, telephone poles, etc. nice to be out of the city sometimes.
May 4th, 2011  
Lauren, this is really pretty! I love the clouds in it!!
May 4th, 2011  
Oh, I LOVE this! You've captured the sky beautifully!
May 4th, 2011  
Love the wide open spaces and big sky! Great photo.
May 4th, 2011  
This is really great in its simplicity. I've been to Alberta (including a short trip to Calgary) in the days before I was really into photography. I really regret not having my photographer's head on whilst there so I guess I'll just have to visit again. Not a great hardship.
May 4th, 2011  
Beautiful landscape! :)
May 5th, 2011  
Nice landscape. Looks like you could see for miles and miles.
May 5th, 2011  
@scooter thanks so much! the clouds were one of the reasons I liked this too :)

@rbobh69 thanks Bob, really appreciate it!

@kalexa thanks for the comment, yeah I sometimes just love the feeling of space after being in the city

@richjane77 lol yes of course you should visit Alberta again! I use to not think too much about Alberta. I thought that the only thing it had to offer were the mountains, but now I am seeing so much more!

@karens68 thanks Karen :)

@webfoot thank you Paul, it did have that feeling to me too!
May 5th, 2011  
It does look like the landscape could go on forever! Nice picture!
May 5th, 2011  
@pilots_wife thank you for the kind comment!
May 5th, 2011  
amazing view:)
May 5th, 2011  
Great landscape photo! The sky looks so blue and I like the broken fence!
May 5th, 2011  
Lovely!!
May 5th, 2011  
No snow? Congrats! I thought AB was still getting the stuff. Lovely prairie scene.
May 5th, 2011  
this reminds me so much of where i live :) I am so blessed that this is what i see everyday...i love it :)
this is a gorgeous shot! i love the falling apart fence and those fluffy clouds in the bright sky! nice lauren :D
May 5th, 2011  
@rynce thanks for looking and commenting :)
May 5th, 2011  
@fernbaugh thank you, the fence is one of the things I liked too :)
@bill_d thanks Bill!
May 5th, 2011  
@jgoldrup Janna I think we may finally be done with it, lol.
May 5th, 2011  
@kdimagery Kd we are very lucky I think, starting to really appreciate Alberta
May 5th, 2011  
Nod
Simply beautiful. Love the cloud.
May 5th, 2011  
@viranod thank you :)
May 5th, 2011  
I like the broken fence line.
May 5th, 2011  
Very nice. The broken fence does it for me too.
May 5th, 2011  
Beautiful landscape photo! And thanks for your comment on my photo from yesterday :))
May 5th, 2011  
Beautiful!
May 5th, 2011  
Gorgeous sky and composition!
May 5th, 2011  
Well I love this one Lauren the blue skies & clouds in particular. I lke the fence the way it is positioned in the frame & also the tree line in the distance. This combined with the bright sky with the dull ground although I like the ground colours a lot. Hope you had a great day there & I love this landscape.
May 5th, 2011  
love big sky country scenes a fav
May 5th, 2011  
i love alberta's SPACE too. great shot! :)
May 5th, 2011  
@alia_801 @bobg @sabrinaromahn @jendee3 @cfitzgerald @spthorne @peterauliciems @ilovephoto

Hey guys, I appreciate the nice comments by each of you. I know everyone is busy and that it takes time to view and comment so I appreciate it. was just reading the disscussion board and I saw the debate about thanking (which I saw awhile back too) so now not sure whether to thank or not thank??? like everyone, i love recieving nice comments and so feel I should thank, but i also don't want to irritate anyone. hmmm???
well, anyway, thank you!
May 6th, 2011  
@peterauliciems oh i forgot to say i was really excited to see you fav'd this :D thank you for that!
May 6th, 2011  
What a great capture! Love the sky and the fence running through!
May 6th, 2011  
@laurentye i am so torn after reading that discussion too! i would never be irritated by someone saying "thanks" but maybe that's just me? so thank you for thanking me lol and you're welcome haha
May 6th, 2011  
@slang thank you i really appreciate your comment
May 6th, 2011  
@ilovephoto yes i'm still pondering what to do, lol! i'm not at all bothered by recieving thanks, but i'm also not bothered if someone doesn't thank me, lol. glad i'm not the only one torn on the issue!
May 6th, 2011  
great shot
May 8th, 2011  
Seems vast and sweeping ... nice shot
May 8th, 2011  
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