Desert Wine Country Photo

Photographer’s Note

Osoyoos lies in the interior of B.C., at the south end of the Okanagan Lake Valley. This is the premier fruit and wine area of the province. Osoyoos has the only desert in Canada, enjoys the highest temperatures, and has the warmest lakes.

Fruit growing began in the early 1900's. Cherries, plums, apricots, grapes and even bananas are grown here. The warm lake is noted for windsurfing, water-skiing, and parasailing.

There are many rattlesnakes in the hills, so hikers must be careful. Much of the desert area has been converted to vineyards as well as fruit crops as a result of extensive irrigation. This area, extending up the Okanagan Valley, supplies much of the tree fruits for Vancouver. Wines from the region, particularly white wines, are winning an increasing number of awards internationally, though the primary market is still Canada.

weswang, ravish, jjbach, elihesamian, Tue, mumek, singuanti, annagrace has marked this note useful

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jjbach (9111) 2005-04-20 2:27

Very nice landscape composition John. The place seems wonderful and you captured very well. Very nice perspective and point of view. Well done

Regards John

ravish (140) 2005-04-20 2:42

hi john,
a very good shot of a good place with good POV but i feel the photo lacks a bit of clarity especially the upper part of the photo(the sky and the mountains),dont you think so?i feel the composition is great and the lake has been captured well without a doubt though,i would have preferred a more close-up view of the lake with the mountains.
i have done a workshop on your photo in B&W just to enhance the clarity a bit and to remove a bit of noise.
regards,
ravish.

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elihesamian (26091) 2005-04-20 6:26

Yes,it's very beautiful,John!
great POV and composition is very nice,well worked,but as friends said,a pity about quality,WS from Ravish is good for you,but colors are beautiful for eyes,I like both:)

Thanks for sharing,John!

Regards
M

Graal (58720) 2005-04-20 7:18

Great place, beautiful view. Nice colours and composition. I like it.
Regards,
Aleksander

alvaraalto (5303) 2005-04-20 7:35

Hi John,
Interesting note and picture of this landscape. I prefer the coloured version.
groet Rob

weswang (18223) 2005-04-20 11:02

Hi John, This is a special place. Before seeing your picture, I did not know that there is a desert in Canada. The colorful picture has well captured the yellow desert, the green plants, the blue lake and the mountain. The blue sky with white cloud has made this picture cheerful. A very nice grand view of the special area. Well done and thanks for sharing.

alexlie (5359) 2005-04-20 13:05

Hi John!
Good composed view. The place is wonderful. I like it.
Regards.

Tue (25608) 2005-04-20 18:09

Beautiful landscape with the lake and the mounatain. Nice colours too, well done! :-D

mumek (17506) 2005-04-20 20:33

Good evening John!
Very peaceful, charming landscape.Great view at the lake and the mountains.Thanks for sharing.The note is very informative.
ziggy

singuanti (15240) 2005-04-20 22:35

Hi John. Again a very nice shot. I'm guessing this is from a scan again. I can tell it was very nice originally but some loss is to be expected. I must say that workshop is very nice but may be too contrasted. At any rate I love the colors and composition. Very impressive work John!

Fis2 (46395) 2005-04-21 15:37

Hi John!
Good photo, super colours and contrast.Nicely composed landscape.
Regards
Krzysztof

danyy (69447) 2005-04-24 4:05

Bonjour John,
Une photo qui manque un peu de netteté, mais les couleurs et a beauté de ce paysage compensent largement.
C'est un panorama très bien proportionné, l'ffet d'un excellent cadrage.
Compliments.
Daniel.

annagrace (2463) 2005-06-16 16:46

I didn't know there were rattlesnakes in Canada!

I really like how the break in the clouds lit up the little hill in front of you. The colors are spectacular.

Do you ever shoot digital? It seems so many of your spectacular photos have a bit of noise that I would guess come from scanning.

Awesome post, John!

danielswalsh (13330) 2005-07-25 22:40

Another nice shot John;

The composition and the colors are what drew me to this photo. Most people I speak to are quite srurprised when I tell them about Canada's deserts.

I'm curious as to what type of camera you were using for some of your older shots John?

Cheers!
- Dan

Henryk_Bilor (20371) 2006-01-08 14:39