The planet Mars has become the latest subject in our long line of iconic OS paper maps. The one-off map, created using NASA open data and made to a 1:4,000,000 scale, is made to see if our style of mapping has potential for future Mars missions.
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One of the easy-to-photograph mountain wildlife species, but I no longer live in marmot country, so I greet every encounter with new appreciation. This one was living high in a rockpile near Mt. Edith Cavell, in Jasper National Park, Alberta. Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2015 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
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I kept working to simplify my compositions; all forests are a challenge because they are very visually complex. Leaning out over the water on an old fallen tree, tripod legs firmly planted, I was able to eliminate all the tangled growth surrounding these slender, golden branches.
Oddly, the lens that worked best for this session was my cheapest - and possibly sharpest - the 50mm f/1.8. In the old days, it was the standard lens that came with almost any camera. It was all I had to shoot with in 1964, and I'd dream of long telephotos. Funny to find myself reaching for it so often, now that I have pretty much everything I need.
Jasper National Park, Alberta. Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2015 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
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The last day of 2015 dawned cold and clear: -24 Celsius, but rising. I spotted this Porcupine a couple hundred yards from the road, and hiked across the sagebrush flats to get closer. It had been gnawing and stripping bark from twigs - must be a rodent thing. While I thrashed around through dense thickets to find a semi-clear shooting lane, my spiny subject appeared indifferent.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan. Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2015 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
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