Icy Breath Of the Frost Dragon Acrylic Print

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At the Cave and Basin location in Banff, Alberta, there are some natural hot springs that are one of the historical attractions of this area of the Canadian West in the early days of the westward expansion of the railroad. The hot springs flow all year round. In the winter, warm water vapor rises from the flow and coats the trees and everything else nearby with fantastic & intricately detailed frost. Here, a pair of converging / diverging heavy tree branches looked to me like the outline of a dragon's head, complete with a blast of frosty breath from its nostrils. In a winter wonderland, there is a lot for the imagination to play with!

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All images uploaded to Fine Art America by Royce Howland are copyright © Royce Howland. All rights reserved. I am a photographer based in Calgary, Alberta. This places me amidst some of the most amazing terrain in the world, from the Canadian Rockies and prairies, to the northern Boreal forest and southern badlands. While I love to photograph around my own stomping grounds, I also enjoy traveling and have a particular attraction to the American Southwest and the UK. While my workflow is based on digital techniques, my goal is to produce an image that honors the photorealism of historical film photography, balanced with my own creative interpretation of the world. I call my work "Vivid Aspect Photography", and it is my goal to create...