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Not a great picture, but this was a very interesting looking blue jay. Long tail. Blue, black and white coloring.

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Lots going on in Waterton. It's a REALLY nice place. A small town nestled among some beautiful mountains, not yet over-developed like Jasper and Banff. Lots of cute hotels, shops, cabins, campgrounds, people walking/biking around, or pedaling surreys, with plenty of free parking, grassy fields, tennis and basketball courts. Probably a great place for a week-long family vacation. Met some VERY friendly people.

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History of Waterton

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Cameron Falls. Very scenic in white. I hear they sometimes turn pink from the mineral deposits. See: https://www.narcity.com/ca/on/toronto/travel/this-pink-waterfall-is-canadas-coolest-hidden-gem

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Waterton is a small valley surrounded by mountains

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Very extensive playground for the kids

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Mountains like this in every direction. Must be a great place for family hikes.

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Major construction project, overlooked by more mountains

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Crisp tree line, and stripes of color in the rock walls

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Rental cabins and campground

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Mostly RV's, not tents

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Can swim in Waterton Lake on warmer days, I suppose

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Pleasant tourist town, with gentle traffic and families pedalling along in surreys

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Brick sidewalks, pretty lighting, lots of shops and restaurants

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Fancy "Prince of Wales Hotel" on a plateau overlooking Waterton Lake

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How to capture what the eye sees with a camera? When I raise the camera up a little, to adjust its light sensor to the bright sky, I see beautiful sky, but dark hotel and hillside. But (see next slide)...

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When I lower the camera, to adjust its light sensor to the lake, hillside and hotel, the blue sky becomes white. Can't get the camera to capture both brightened foreground and blue (dimmed) sky in a single image. The human eye doesn't actually do much better, but it does it dynamically, not statically. It adjusts the light sensitivity to different parts of the scene as you move your eyes, and constructs one mental image that shows it all to best effect. See: https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/cameras-vs-human-eye.htm

My friend Ed Bacon tells me that some modern cameras and phones can achieve this effect via an HDR (High Dynamic Range) setting that instantly captures over-, under- and proper-exposures and then blends them into a single image with expanded dynamic range. I checked my Android Samsung phone and sure enough, it has an HDR mode. Nice! I should have used that for this picture. If only I'd known. See: https://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-use-hdr-android-173210