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k-country hike | film

Heath OFee — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 14:00:25 +0000

Last month I went for a hike with a couple dudes I’ve been friends with for over 25 years – crazy. Our plan was to hike Mt. Burke, but when we got to the turn off the highway the bridge across the river was closed due to damage from the summer floods. So we did what any adventurer would do – found the nearest pullout on the highway, picked a hill and walked as far up it as we could.

Obviously, we threw rocks into the river once we got back down.

All photos shot with a Contax G2 on Fuji film.

moraine, louise, and agnes

Heath OFee — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 14:30:11 +0000

I paid a visit to a few of the most popular lakes in Banff National Park last week.

I love our Canadian Rockies.

antelope canyon light beam

Heath OFee — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:58:28 +0000

It was an absolute pleasure to be able to see these amazing light beams shining into Antelope Canyon when I was there. Truly a once in a lifetime trip – I hope I managed to do this place justice.

Alberta Bound

Heath OFee — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:10:06 +0000

This is arguably the most random smattering of images I’ve ever posted together. And I kinda like it.

I spent a good amount of time in 2011 travelling to various places around my home province of Alberta, and this is a small sampling of images from a few of my fave locations. Enjoy the randomness.

Waterton

Heath OFee — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:10:32 +0000

I decided to go back through the images I shot last fall in Waterton Lakes National Park to see if I could put together a couple more posts – and I think I was successful. While most of these images probably don’t warrant an entire post to themselves, taken as a set they really show off some of the beauty to be seen in the park. I’d love to be able to get back out to this amazing spot this coming summer as the lakes are absolutely stunning.

The Desert

Heath OFee — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:12:22 +0000

Another small set from Joshua Tree National Park:

Good Times

Heath OFee — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:10:17 +0000

This will be the first of a few collage posts of images from my time in southern California. All but one of the photos in this post are from Joshua Tree National Park – the one exception is the orange tree which is in my inlaws’ backyard in Indio.

Mike Olbinski and Chris DeAngelis get a starring role in one photo each, and the last frame shows the whole crew walking amongst the Joshua trees.

Equipment:
– Canon EOS 5D Mark II
– Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L
– Canon 50mm f/1.4

Cracking Up

Heath OFee — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:10:55 +0000

When Rick Young turned off the highway and led us down a long dirt road towards the Salton Sea that ran next to an orange orchard, I wasn’t entirely sure that the location would work out. But as it turned out, this portion of the beach had some amazing photo ops and the six of us who made it down there each came away with some keepers.

A spent a good chunk of my time on this section of shoreline shooting towards the lake, but when I spotted this cracked earth and the mountains in the background I switched things up and shot in the opposite direction. I’m glad I did because as soon as I saw this long exposure on the LCD, I knew I had my shot of the day. Thanks for dragging us down that dirt road, Rick!

Equipment:
– Canon EOS 5D Mark II
– Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L
– B+W 77mm 10 stop ND Filter

Maui – IV

Heath OFee — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:10:16 +0000

The fourth instalment in my Maui collection. Such great memories from this trip

We stopped quite a few times along the road to Hana to see if we could find some of the waterfalls described in our guidebook. This bamboo forest was along one of the first and most exciting hikes we took to find a set of secluded falls. It was muddy, humid, and slightly dangerous – so it was SUPER fun

Waterfalls. There are plenty of those in the rainforest along the road to Hana. These are just a few that we were able to see.

We were lucky enough to be able to take a 1-hour helicopter ride during our time in Maui. This shot was taken just as we came through the clouds on the way to the top of the Haleakala crater. Such a cool sight.

One day I drove myself from Kihei all the way along the west and north coastal roads to central Maui. Parts of this road were only just wide enough for a single vehicle, so it was a pretty fun drive.

Taking this shot with the fisheye exaggerates how wide this road was. In reality, it’s a single lane, 180 degree blind uphill corner. Awesomeness.

This wreck was in my guidebook, but you really have to see it to believe it. I had to hike a good 300 yards off the road and through two fences to get to this destroyed vehicle on the coastal cliffs. Your guess is as good as mine as to how it got there.

A sunset on our beach.

A view of the rugged volcanic coastline on the far southwest tip of Maui. You can’t tell, but the wind was ridiculously strong here – I was wiping salt spray off my lenses all morning.

For some reason this view reminded me of a scene straight from Africa. Felt like I could have been on a safari.

The cliffs on the northwest coast of Maui were amazing. Such fantastic views.

I think I may have enough images for one more Maui post like this. Hope you’re not getting sick of these yet!

Equipment:
– Canon EOS 5D Mark II
– Canon Fisheye EF 15mm f/2.8
– Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L

Maui – III

Heath OFee — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:33:43 +0000

Another instalment of Maui images today. Unfortunately, I haven’t got time to give the brief descriptions of each photo as I’ve done for the past two.

Hope you enjoy the scenery!