Day 326 - Living Room

f/4.5 | 1/8 sec | 9mm

Day 325 - Still Night in the City

f/5 | 1/6 sec | 82mm

Day 324 - Hyrdoline

Between Elk Lakes Cabin and Elk Pass.

f/13 | 1/640 sec | 18mm

Day 323 - Lower Elk Lake

f/10 | 1/400 sec | 26mm

Day 322 - Elk Lakes Cabin

Super comfy sleeping loft after 11.5km of snowshoeing in (with a detour to West Elk Pass). The guys took the custodian's room downstairs.

f/3.5 | 1/60 sec | 18mm

Day 321 - Half Bottle

f/5 | 1/60 sec | 65mm

Day 320 - Fire

f/5 | 1/100 sec | 32mm

Day 319 - Gear Check

I'm wondering if it's actually possible to pull off the West Coast Trail with a 60L backpack. This pile does not include tent, stove, or food yet. 

f/3.5 | 1/8 sec | 20mm

Day 318 - Stones in Sand

f/5.3 | 1/25 sec | 120mm

Day 317 - Christmasy

f/4.2 | 1/8 sec | 35mm

Day 316 - Potato Pancakes

f/4.5 | 1/20 sec | 40mm

Day 315 - Nighttime Reading

f/4 | 1/13 sec | 32mm

Day 314 - Remember

f/4 | 1/40 sec | 29mm

Day 313 - Plant

Got one more real plant, which reminded me of a mini bamboo.

f/5.6 | 1/20 sec | 16mm

Day 312 - Spin

f/3.5 | 1/50 sec | 20mm

Day 311 - Out of Context

f/3.5 | 1/10 sec | 18mm

Day 310 - West of Calgary

Ridge Road, west of Jumpingpound Road.

f/10 | 1/400 sec | 18mm

Day 309 - West of Banff

f/14 | 1/800 sec | 35mm

Bonus Photo

This would normally have been my photo of the day, but it wasn't taken with my Nikon D5000. Skiing towards Temple on Moraine Lake Road.

f/2.4 | 1/2208 sec | 4mm

Day 308 - U of C Downtown

This is probably the nicest-looking parkade in the city (left 2/3 of photo).

f/5.3 | 1/100 sec | 95mm

Day 307 - A Tent!

I won the MEC TGV tent for a collection of three photos, including that from Day 225 - Abbot Hut.  The tent has been discontinued, but from the information I have found online, it's a two person, four season tent.  The Lightfield is an upgraded version if it.

f/3.5 | 1/8 sec | 20mm

Day 306 - Absolut

A photo of my sparkly lamp ... really.

f/5.6 | 1/160 sec | 150mm

Day 305 - San Francisco

f/5.3 | 1/25 sec | 120mm

Month 10 in Review - October

This has been the second month that some of my images have been rquested for advertising purposes, this time by the Alpine Club of Canada. That has been exciting! What has been less than exciting, though, have been my consistently late evening photos throughout this month. Often I'll remember by 10pm that I need a photo, hence all the photos of stuff on my desk. I want to change that for November and take more decent outdoor shots again. Two more months to go: I need to slow down, take fewer snapshots, and bump up quality!

Some stats for October:

• Favourite photo: Day 291 - iLove
• Least favourite photo: Day 297 - Cozy
• Most challenging photo to take: Day 285 - Holt's
• Most creative photo: Day 285 - Holt's
• Most used Photoshop edits: crop, sponge (saturate)
• Number of photos taken this month: ~315
• Number of days on which I wouldn't have taken a photo if I didn't have to for this: 25/31
• How I feel about this project: Getting close to the end of the year.  I can't believe that I've made it beyond 300 days.

Which is your favourite photo from October?

Day 304 - Trick or Treat

f/3.8 | 1/4 sec | 22mm

Day 303 - The Elusively Perfect Home

I have an itch for a place with a small yard with firepit, more storage, and a proper laundry room.

f/4 | 1/60 sec | 22mm

Day 302 - Highwood River at Odlum

Picked this for my daily photo as I loved this spot.  I feel like I'm cheating a bit as this photo wasn't taken with my Nikon D5000 - and I had set up this blog to learn how to use that camera.

f/2.4 | 1/175 sec | 4mm

So, to clear my conscience (can't cheat after over 300 days of sticking with this blog), I took a photo of my post-hike treat.

f/4.5 | 1/40 sec | 42mm

Day 301 - Ski Wax

Bought cross-country skis today :-).

f/5.3 | 1/40 sec | 95mm

Day 300 - Cross-Country

Last winter I started thinking about taking up cross-country skiing.  Now I'm thinking this winter may be it.

f/4.5 | 1/30 sec | 46mm

Day 299 - Chilly Sunset

f/4 | 1/60 sec | 18mm

Day 298 - International Space Station

A couple of summers back we stayed up late to see the ISS race across the sky for a few seconds. Today I see it come into view on my SkyView app.

f/5 | 1/15 sec | 75mm

Day 297 - Cozy

These are my cozy hut backpacking slippers - a souvenir from Hilo.

f/4.8 | 1/13 sec | 52mm

Day 296 - iTunes

I spent the last three hours trying to synch iTunes with my iPhone to remove duplicate songs. No luck yet. No fan of iTunes tonight.

f/4 | 1/60 sec | 22mm

Day 295 - Isola Peak

This was the last splash of colour before the blizzard.

f/7.1 | 1/200 sec | 20mm

Day 294 - More Time at MEC

I was so good staying away from there for a month. Now I got the down sweater that I've been drolling over for a year.

f/3.8 | 1/30 sec | 22mm

Day 293 - Fresh Stuff and an Older Banana

f/4 | 1/5 sec | 26mm