Photo of the Week 2010-11-29

I've been living with this image for a week now and it still captivates my imagination. There is something about it that draws me in, the muted tones, the contrast of branches with a dusting of snow, their texture as they reach out as if animated, or ...

... is it the memory of a peaceful walk where I could hear the silence of a first snowfall ?

prelude to winter


I think I'm going to print this and hang on the wall for a while to see if my enjoyment of the image lasts.

DJE

Photo of the Week 2010-11-22

This week it's a pair of images. Mostly because I can't decide between images from two separate outings over the weekend.

A friend and I attended the Rally of the Tall Pines in Bancroft ON on Saturday. I had high expectations of getting an image of one of the top class Rally cars coming off one of the jumps but we didn't manage to find the right location. I did however, capture several of the top cars in full 4-wheel drift around tight corners ...

Subaru Slide


Back at home Sunday morning, a hike on the Guelph Radial Trail started out just as snow crystals began coming down in one of the first snowfalls of the year, transforming the ground with a dusting of white ...

morning's dusting


DJE

Photo of the Week 2010-11-15

misty mount


I stood beside the road and watched this horse and it's companions in the fog, early on a recent fall morning . The intensity of the mist would diminish and intensify in slow moving waves as it responded to the gentle breeze. The feeling was surreal ... the scene fading in and out in front of my eyes.

DJE

Liquid - Photo Friday Challenge 2010-11-12

reflecting back


I'm going to try something different here and attempt to post a photo each week for the Photo Friday challenge. I'm hopeful that the need to come up with an image on a specific subject will push me to plan some images as opposed to just taking what a location gives me. As I get started, I may be drawing on my library of images to select entries.

Above is my submission for the current challenge ..... LIQUID

DJE

Photo of the Week 2010-11-08

fall pleasures


I've been sitting on this image for a bit and decided that today's photo of the week was the perfect time to break it out.

Lynn loves taking trail walks when the cool fall weather arrives. As a matter of fact she loves to walk trails just about any time of the year but the heat and the bugs together in summer make her wish for the coming of fall. Even better is when she takes Murphy our now 2yr old Wheaten Terrier and lets me tag along.

A few weeks back we explored a "new" trail for us and were treated with magnificent sunlight streaming through the yellows and greens of fall foliage. I have attempted to recreate the feeling of that day by processing this image (with the Portrait Smooth preset in Topaz Adjust 4 for those interested) to represent the blur and glare I experienced while squinting into the sun to watch M'Lady and her dog take in the splendor.

Happy Birthday Sweets.
XO

DJE