What a spring for flooding! This image goes back a few years when British Columbia was experiencing very high rainfalls. I can't remember the year just now, but it was probably about a fifteen years ago or so. This normally tiny creek just south of Wells Gray Provincial Park near Vavenby, was roaring after a week of heavy rain. This small creek entered the North Thompson River just behind me as I made this image. I recall the river being extremely high and Laura and I could here huge boulders, being pushed along in the turbulence, slamming into a massive rock in the middle of the river.[Zone VI 4x5, 210mm Schneider Repro-Claron, Tri-X]

I grew up looking at this scene at Verdant Valley, about 10 miles ENE of Drumheller, Alberta. While watching the clouds shadows moving across the grain fields, I noticed the nice overlapping shapes of shaded and sunlit areas. The
Wintering Hills are in the background.
[Canon 10D, 28-135mm]
I know it's been a long time since I posted. I apologize for that. My computer is sorrowfully done it's duty and packed it in. I cannot work on images for the time being, so I have pulled a scan out of the archives. I made this image two years ago near the Tolman Bridge along the Red Deer river.
[Anba Ikeda 4x5, Fujinon 125mm, Velvia 100F]
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