Photo of the Week 2026-06-29

 

' St. Lawrence Sunrise - L'Islet-sur-Mer '

On the way home from PEI, we stopped overnight in L'Islet-sur-Mer, a quaint Quebec village on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River not far from Quebec City.

Of course I had my phone with me for some photos while I was out on the course, but I also took a "proper" camera to take advantage of any special opportunities that arose. Up early on our day of departure, I grabbed the camera took a walk down to the wharf on the St. Lawrence River ...

 

I stepped off the break-wall to walk along the cocky shoreline. Moving east, just past the concrete wharf face, I saw a lone tree perched higher up on the riverbank and framed a shot with it back-lit by the warm clouded morning sky.

 

DJE 

Photo of the Week 2026-06-22

In addition to photography, golf is a passion of mine (though you wouldn't know it from my recent play) and it can be difficult combining both simultaneously, but when at such a picturesque location ...

 

' Crowbush Cove PEI '

 

' Crowbush Clubhouse '

' What, why do you get to hit from up there?!? ' 

' somebody must have hit a bomb '

' all carry '

          ' making the turn back to the clubhouse '

... you use the camera you have, which in my case was my phone.

DJE

Photo of the Week 2026-06-15

 

I was looking through my candidates for posting / processing and came across images from a 2023 golf trip to Grand Falls, New Brunswick. Given recent discussions of upcoming golf trips "out east", I was tempted to look deeper.

 

Grand Falls was flowing heavier in 2023 than I'd seen in previous visits. With the evening sun low in the sky providing back-light for the mist off the falls, I made a stops along the lookouts at the bridge and visitors centre during my walkabout.

' grand mist '

 

' flowing grand '

 

DJE 

Photo of the Week 2026-06-08

 

A little over a month ago, I met up with a couple of friends and visited a couple of locations on the Hamilton 'Doors Open' weekend back in May. Auchmar (photos available in this flickr Album) and The Cotton Factory (the subject of this post) were our chosen sites.

 

The Cotton Factory, former site of the Imperial Cotton Co. has been transformed into a creative industries complex, with space for workshops, studios for artists and office space for creative professionals. I found the 1900's brick facade full of personality and character to capture in the strong mid day sun. For my exterior shots I used the Canon R5 with a Sigma 35mm f/1/4 Art lens mounted via an EF to RF Kolari drop-in filter adapter (w/clear filter) and I thought it may be of interest to show the complete set to give an idea of what catches my eye at a location like this.

 

' green doors and shattered window '

' light and shadow '

' verte 'n valves '

' verte to go ' 

' blocked door '

' chimney stacked ' 

' traces of whitewash '

' getting from here to there '

' car in the courtyard '

So there you have it, The Cotton Factory exterior, at least some of it, through the eyes of DJE 

  

DJE 

Photo of the Week 2026-06-01

 

I'm enjoying the Sigma 105mm f/2.8 Macro I picked up a while back from a FB Marketplace listing. I'm not sure if the seller didn't realize what they had or if they just wanted to get rid of it ...  no matter, a win for me.

 

' a touch of pink '

The 105mm focal length, wide f/2.8 aperture and OS (Sigma's Optical Stabilization) make it easy to use, hand held and I've been taking advantage of the spring flowers blooming at the cottage, both in the garden and wild on the property.

 

Shallow Depth of Field, DoF, selective focus, bokeh, background blur are all photography terms that have returned to my vocabulary in recent days ...

 

DJE