Photo of the Week 2026-08-10

 

Sitting inside relaxing after dinner the other evening, I looked over my shoulder and noticed a prominent magenta hue cast over the water. As you might expect, I grabbed a camera and strolled down to the shoreline where I found clouds in the eastern sky lit up in opposition to the setting sun.

 

' shore sky and sunset ' 

There was an unsettling feel to it as I worked the shoreline, shooting in east, south and west directions. The strong magenta cast in the south and east is not often encountered at sunset. This colour was reflected down onto the water and shoreline rock contributing to the odd feel present at the time. The foreground rock took on an almost sinister look against the warm sunset colour in the distance.

 

DJE 

Photo of the Week 2026-08-03

 

Last week, we were invited to dinner at our friend's cottage at the very SW tip of the Bruce Peninsula. I've always known that the view of sunset from there would be amazing. Until this occasion, my timing had not been right. With dinner done, we retired to the deck for some wonderful conversation until someone said ... "hey look at the sunset" ... and I was off to grab the camera bag.

 

As I arrived, the ladies were already at the shore, in conversation down on the rock and I heard "where's Doug?", and "over here", "the view is from here" and the like. 

 

' Flying in a V '

I started working the shoreline with the 14-35 wide angle zoom using some rocks and trees as foreground elements before swapping it out for the 24-105 thinking I wanted a little more reach to bring Russel Island more prominent in the frame. 

 

As it turned out, my preferred compositions were made at 24mm from a spot a little further west along the shore. The 1/50 sec shutter speed left the gull blurry from it's motion and mine as I perched a bit precariously on the rock ledge at water's edge.  

 

DJE 

Photo of the Week 2026-07-27

 

In search of a source image to work on for last week's 'POW', I found some previously overlooked shots from my time inside Saint Peter’s Basilica. The structure is incredibly ornate and impressive, even from a non-religious perspective. The architectural lines, arches, domes and details adorned with magnificent works of art are a sight to behold.

 

A trip down memory lane sparked by over 1500 images captured during our 2013 trip has me again considering that book that that I've threatened to publish as a memento of the wonderful time we had. At very least, I should get back to printing and run some of them off and mount them in frames around the house ... 

 

... hmmmmm, well for now, here are the shots from St. Peter's that I referred to at the outset. The interior lighting was low compared to the bright sunshine outside, making for a scene with wide dynamic range. I chose to expose for a darker, dramatic feel while still capturing some of the shadow details.

 

... Oh and I was messing around with white balance in post to cool down what was a very warm scene. Looking to match colour tomes with the darker chosen exposure level. Just to mess about, I created a third version of each file by overlaying the warm/cold version and used a diagonal mask to reveal part of each.

' Arches & Domes '

 

' Domes & Arches '

 

 

Comments, thoughts, questions welcomed. 
 

DJE 

Photo of the Week 2026-07-20

 

I've been intrigued by some impressionistic images created by combining Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) and multiple-exposure techniques, either 'in camera' or simulated in post processing. In particular I wanted to experiment using scenes that include people as a focal point.

 

' Couple in the Colonnade '

So I turned to the archive and found a source image of this couple holding hands for a stoll along the Colonnade from a 2013 visit to The Vatican. The effects were simulated in post, quite successfully I feel.

 

DJE 

Photo of the Week 2026-07-13

 

Down with a summer 'crud' cold, photographic activities have been limited this past week. Catalogue organization and processing some images from the archive along with listening to some online programming has been the limit for me. I did dig out a vintage (nearly 20 year old) digicam after being inspired by some discussion in a podcast I listened to. There seems to be a fledgling resurgence of their popularity and I have 2 in particular that I want to get out and shoot with out of curiosity of what I may be able to create with them. More on that in coming weeks.

 

For now, here's an image from almost 10 years ago that again caught my eye while digging through the library ...

 

' mimicry '

So often, I find the sky mimicking the land and waters below ... 

 

DJE