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misty morning farmhouse
A regular weekend photo outing usually produces something to add to my photo library but approaching this past weekend I was skeptical with the forecast for wet rainy days. Thankfully the meteorologists were wrong ... can you believe it?
Plans were for a drive along back roads between home and Milton. With the fall colours having just started to show, I was hopeful that I might find a lone brilliant red tree in the midst of a green sea.
The outing began as darkness gave way to reveal light mist patches lingering in the still morning air. Travelling along the road just out of Arkell, a farmhouse tucked back low and off the road caught my eye and we turned around to park, get out and check it out. Frequently when I catch a glimpse of a scene like this, a closer look reveals distracting details that I did not originally notice, like hydro wires along the road or something in the background. No so this time.
I made several compositions of the farmhouse scene using trees or a bit of fence as a foreground, some including a bit of the grey overcast sky. It is the image above that most closely represents the scene that fist caught my attention. Wrapped in the thin mist of morning, the east facing stone wall catches the filtered light of morning's arrival.
So often it is that first instinctive composition that I prefer after making several alternates... and this time, it was also the first of several stops and locations that I shot. All in all, I'm please with the outcome.
DJE
Across to Chantry
Lynn wanted to take Murphy and explore the trails and beaches up around Southampton on Lake Huron this past weekend and of course it was an opportunity for some photography in a new area.
I find inspiration along the shores of the Great Lakes for my photography. This area was no exception. There are the sand beaches of Sauble with the kite surfing crowd and beach strollers, the marina and rock beach at Port Elgin and the shallow waters deepening to blue at Southampton.
For this week, I have chosen an image that I made shortly after arriving in Southampton. We found the formal beaches closed to dogs so we sought out a section of shoreline at the north edge of town with a view of Chantry Island that lies just off shore across relatively shallow water.
DJE
morning fours
While I was at Guelph Lake the other weekend, the morning sun rose over low cloud cover on the horizon, broke through to reflect off the surface of the water with two boats lined up for a practice run. I was struck by the serenity of scene and grabbed a couple of frames with a strong horizontal crop in mind.
A perfect addition to my Horizontal Element series.
DJE
morning gateway
A week in different surroundings with dramatic scenery like Vancouver Island can make it difficult to find interest in the scenery back home. Just getting out to shoot this past Saturday morning required some effort.
Meeting up with a friend to chat and catch up, we had no destination in mind, only a couple of vague ideas of where to shoot. While enjoying our usual from Tim's (coffee for me, tea for Alan) we noticed the sun starting to penetrate the clouds and headed off to a favourite spot of mine on the shore of Guelph Lake.
... serendipity rocks! The cloud cover was very interesting and changing rapidly as I stood on the shore watching the rowing club practice in the distance.
I have a landscape orientation version of this but it lacks the shore in the foreground with the rock in the reflected sky ... not as good an image IMO.
DJE
