Photo of the Week 2025-10-13

 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING ! 

 

I spent some time with family over the weekend, in the wonderful setting at Revolves Farms, where autumn has made colourful scenes ...

 

' fall colour outside a window '

The "timber-frame" is a great place to sit and watch morning arrive at Revolve Farms. With sun rising above the eastern treeline, it spills onto treetops outside the window of a favourite seat. Sipping morning coffee and getting the day started with this view is something special.   

 

DJE 

Photo of the Week 2025-10-06

 

Mornings in the forest are absolutely magical ...

 

' light to a stump '

' light to a trunk '

... with sunlight penetrating through breaks in the canopy.

 

DJE 

Photo of the Week 2025-09-29

 

For a walkabout in 'The Ward' area of Guelph with members of the Guelph Photographers Guild, I decided to limit myself to the 50mm focal length, shooting at as wide an aperture as camera shutter speed would allow. I had envisioned some images with sharp foregrounds and focus falling off quickly to providing a suggestion of what lay further away.

 

The gear I chose was my Canon R5 with Sigma 50mm f/1.4 Art mounted via the Kolari drop-in filter adapter and clear filter, though I could have used a variable ND, I chose not to. I also had a Canon New F-1 film body with Canon FDn 50mm f/1.2 lens, loaded with a trial roll of Harman Phoenix II colour film ISO 200. The ISO 200 rating and top shutter speed of 1/2000s did not allow me to shoot wide open for the majority of the exposures I made and the roll is still in camera with exposures remaining so those image will likely show up in the weeks ahead.

 

" Guilders at Allan's Mill '

' Grasses at Metalworks '

' vines on fence '

I made a number of other shots where shallow DoF was not possible or suit the scene. These will likely make an appearance on my social media streams in the coming days so keep an eye out there if you are interested.

 

DJE 

Photo of the Week 2025-09-22

 

One very calm, peaceful, serene early morning on Hay Bay, Lake Huron ...

 

' sublimmetry '

After spending considerable time working the shoreline rock as foreground, I tuned to look across the bay to see this symmetrical reflection of the clouds on sill water. 

 

I'm often compelled to capture a considerable number of images when I encounter a captivating scene. Then later while editing, have difficulty selecting just one ... and another series is born. Such was the case with this shoot one morning along the shoreline at the cottage. You can see them on my flickr stream beginning with this image.

 

DJE 

Photo of the Week 2025-09-15

Cameras go with me most places, and yes even on a golf trip to New Brunswick. An earlier trip offered more fall colour and I took time for more photography, visiting Grand Falls, and checking out other locations. This trip, nursing a back issue that had the potential to have me on the sidelines watching my golf buddies, I focused on a rehab regimen and shot very few images ...

 

' NB Camp Morning '

 ... and most of those were around the 'camp' (cottage to us back in Ontario) while I was shuffling about early in the mornings trying to get loose . One morning, after coffee I went for a stroll outside and noticed the sun streaming through an opening in the trees to warm the trunk of a tree. There was steam coming off the tree so I grabbed a camera and worked a composition to capture the scene.

 

DJE