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Early Fall Colour It started a few weeks ago with subtle changes and now the evidence is everywhere here in Southern Ontario. Autumn is a wonderful time for photography, bringing changes to the scenery almost daily.
The image I present here is from a photo trek to Belfountain on the weekend. While there were examples of more intense orange and red colours almost everywhere, I chose this from the first official weekend of Fall 2010. The yellows appearing while fresh greens remain speaks to me of early fall.
I expect to make a large number of images capturing the colours over the coming days. Come back here each week and you can see what I've been up to and where I have been.
DJE
dog fight ?
Photographing an event such as The Tiger Boys Annual Air Day can present a number of challenges and a number of opportunities. There were a several vintage aircraft on display and executing regular take-off, landings and fly-bys at the small local airport. The event provided great access to the to the aircraft, pilots and airport grounds.
The challenge for me was to make an image that presented a subject in period context. It can be difficult to eliminate the background elements that give away the present day scenario. I had considered paying to take a ride in one of the open-cockpit aircraft to get a similar image. As it turned out, I was able to get in position on the ground to align 2 aircraft and get this image. I'm pleased with the result ... even though someone may think that I get too close to the action.
lol
DJE
roadside morning
Making images on my previous trip to Manitoulin was easy compared to this one. The scenery and subject matter from Winnipeg to Kenora to Fort Frances to Red Lake and back is wonderful ... mostly the weather just sucked ! My expectations were high with the opening leg of my trip conducted in the best weather I would see. Sunset viewed from the 9th floor restaurant of the Best Western, Lakeside Hotel, Kenora on the first day was fabulous, but I was spent and the camera was in the room ... so much for the best chance for an image I would have.
This image is from the second leg of the trip, from Kenora to Fort Frances. I started out on Thursday morning and was able to catch a few images of mist on some of the many lakes as I drove 17 east then 71 south. There is a roadside pull-off just south of Rushing River Provincial Park where I stopped to make a few images including this one. A little adjustment in LR and some help from Topaz Adjust and it's almost acceptable.
DJE
roadside reflection scene (SE of Sudbury on Hwy 17)
Whitefish Falls (on Hwy 6 south of Espanola)
DJE
A recent business trip took me to Northern Ontario and ultimately Manitoulin Island where I had been only once before, many years ago. I decided to stay an extra day to use up some vacation time touring the area and making time for photography along the way. As luck would have it the weather was not exactly what I had hoped for but it cooperated enough for me to get some images from the trip.
An exhibition at the McMichael Gallery in Kleinburg ON, that I mentioned in a previous blog entry, provided an opportunity to view some photographs of the magnificent scenery of the La Cloche Mountains depicted in many iconic Canadian paintings by artists such as A. J. Casson. The most beautiful areas are only accessible by hiking or canoe. I did manage to get some scenic landscape shots to whet my appetite. This images is taken just off Highway 6 on the Willisville Road on the way to Little Current. I can only imagine what the view would be like from the adjacent peak.
La Cloche Scenery
I'll see if I can get some other images from the trip up in a mid-week post.
DJE
Early Fall Colour
