Lee Svoboda

Last week I spotted this ordinarily unremarkable scene when just the right hint of delicious backlight was starting to appear, and well, you can see how gorgeous it made those bushes and weeds look!
Thought I’d save it to share on the first day of Autumn with you all.

Remnants of a waterfall splashing down the rock face deep in the West Coast wilds of British Columbia

Broke the rules and went chasing waterfalls.

Night sky filled with stars and the Milky Way surrounds a feminine figure posed like a dancer on the earth below, with lake water reflecting cabin lights along the shore.

Dancing with the Milky Way

Night time view of a star filled sky- stars sparkling like diamonds above a tree-scalloped border

Starlight Starbright

A night sky scene featuring the Milky Way shining brightly over a lakeshore

MidSummer Nights kinda rule.

Landscape detail featuring fireweed and tall grasses swaying in the summer breeze

Seasonal cover photo update ✨

Just a flower, but not just a flower. Resilient. Force of Nature. Hardy. Hearty.
Because there is no other choice. 💙

Sunset at the seashore, with caramel coloured light and lazy swirls of ocean lapping at the sand

Caramel Sunset

One December evening far far away, not really that long ago, but you know, a while ago.

A snowy landscape contrasts against bare red willow branches with a red fox seated on the snow observing the observer

The Watch

A beautiful red fox calmly watches the world pass by

Thank you 💙 This one got made into a biiiiig canvas- I always love looking at it

Those clouds!! What a gorgeous scene

A landscape scene shows the wide open Canadian prairie with green plains, scant trees and a massive cloud system rolling towards the viewer

Land of the Living Skies

Near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 🇨🇦

Image of an open field with yard lights in the distance. The sky is completely filled in with dancing Aurora Borealis display. This was made in the first hour of the Spring Equinox 2021

It’s Spring! ✨💚✨

Celebrating with an Aurora image captured on the Spring Equinox in 2021. It dazzled and filled the entire sky overhead, making me wish for a lens even wider than the 16-28mm I was using.

There’s much more snow to melt this year… a good thing.

Golden hour at sunset shining over a city street with cars stopped for red lights and a man walks his bicycle across the lanes

When a golden light was holding off the darkness as hard as it could.

Five years ago this week as the world entered lockdown.

Thank you so much for your kind words. They’re appreciated

Thank you so much!

A lone tree covered in frost stands against a cool toned blue sky with a contrasty snow covered foreground

Happy #BlueskyMonday!

We’re almost at the end of the cold weather season here on the Canadian prairie, but as usual we’re getting a little reminder winter isn’t quite done with us yet, with a bit of snow appearing overnight.

I really enjoyed encountering this frosty scene one January day

A lone climber makes their way across the biggest sand dune in the world, Big Daddy, Deadvlei, Namibia, Africa

I went to the place that never in a million years would I have thought possible to experience… Africa. I read about it, pored over pictures of it as a kid in the Canadian North, and it was incredible. The land, the wildlife, the people… just so wonderful.
Happy to share this view for #Stunday

Image of a pileated woodpecker clinging to the base of a tree nestled in tall dead spring grass

Out for a boot around the countryside last spring, Dale pulled over for a biobreak, pointing out my window at a perfectly positioned angle as he finished braking and putting the truck in park- like he’d always intended for me to have this view as he did other things. Jedi moments are a thing.

A landscape/seascape off the northwest coast of Ireland. Sunlit waves crashing against rugged cliffs are highlighted

Let’s head over to Ballintoy, Ireland for #scape day, aye?
On the other side of this point was where some filming was done for Game of Thrones.

A ground level view of the pool forming from the distant waterfall, with boulders and stones surrounding the pool. A mountain stands on the horizon with mist hovering over the valley.

Scotland again, for #throwbackthursday, with an echo of yesterday’s waterfall.
I adored how full of texture this place was, so atmospheric and ethereal.

Image of a rocky, mossy, mountainous landscape, with the focus on a waterfall and pool of water. A figure rests and admires the scene before her.

Back to Scotland today, with a self portrait at The Fairy Pools on the Isle of Skye, for #waterfallwednesday. Scotland felt like home 💙

Beautiful place for a hike

Amazing!! So much to look at!

Thank you so much 💙

Image of the dry clay pan at Deadvlei, Namibia. Hexagonal shapes surrounded by massive sand dunes and immense blue sky

Image of human figures walking towards the fossilized trees at Deadvlei, Namibia, surrounded by immense sand dunes

Image of the bare desert with a lone tree in the distance, and immense sand dunes of the Sossusvlei, Namibia-area

For #blueskymonday I selected these images made on the trip of a lifetime to Namibia, Africa. We adventured to the area known as Deadvlei to see the oldest sand dunes in the world, climb Big Daddy, and generally be in awe of the fossilized trees that have stood for hundreds or thousands of years.

Beautifully made!

So lovely! I don’t doubt you felt restored in that moment

Spectacular!

Alllllll the drama!