Photo of the Week 2012-09-24

Low water levels across the area provided easier access to some locations than one might normally encounter.

the other side of the bridge

Such was the case for this weeks image from "the other side of the bridge". The Irvine River joins the Grand in Elora just downstream of Elora Mill. Access to the Irvine gorge is easy via a steep staircase accessible from James St. The objective this weekend was to explore the upstream section of the gorge beyond the David Street Bridge as far a possible by hiking along the riverbanks without getting our feet soaked.

The weather was overcast and raining intermittently making for hazy, low contrast conditions with no detail in the sky to add interest to the scene. Undeterred we proceeded upstream for more than an hour, picking our way across slippery rock and ledges until we could go not farther without standing in ankle to knee deep water. The round trip took just under three hours including all the time taken for photography and we calculated only travelling a few kilometres at best.

Although not one of the most photographically productive outings I've made, it answered the question "what's up there?" and provided a new perspective of the David Street Bridge.

DJE

Photo of the Week 2012-09-17

one morning on the way to work ...

one morning on the way to work ...

 ... of course on this day I happened to be working on Manitoulin Island and when sunrise came to burn off the mist, I was there with camera in hand.

Manitoulin Island is becoming a favourite spot to go for photography. As a matter of fact, I'll be there again in a few weeks for a short stay after attending a weekend photography workshop at Charlton Lake Camp near Willisville.

DJE

Photo of the Week 2012-09-10

For the first time in quite a while I did not have plans to go out shooting this past weekend. Plans to attend a McMaster Engineering Alumni reunion and later a round of golf with my former classmates all but filled filled Saturday.

During the remainder of the weekend my photo related activities were limited mostly to selecting and preparing images for the 2013 edition of my calendar. I quite enjoyed going back through the full year of images from 2011 identifying possible candidates and then making the final selections.

One of the issues with making as many images as I do is not having enough time to enjoy working on more of them. During the time I spent looking through images for the calendar I was reminded of many good times and great places.

This week`s image is one that I had processed heavily to have a graphic sketch-like quality. There is something about it that continues to hold my interest.

The Gathering

DJE

Photo of the Week 2012-09-03

I took a couple days of vacation recently to head up to Tobermory with a buddy for some photography. The Grey-Bruce area and particularly the Bruce Peninsula is a favourite location for landscape and nature images but there are countless old farm and rural structures that make excellent subject matter as well.

We left Guelph early in the morning so we could reach our first stop near Chatsworth while the sun would still be low in the sky spilling light on to some farm ruins and a small rustic cabin. My buddy had been wanting to shoot the cabin in the right light for a long time and I found interest in the farm ruins that had deteriorated significantly in the couple of years since I had first photographed them.

I crossed an area of knee high grass to get to the barn structure and found myself getting soaked from the dew. As I rounded the north-west corner of the barn, I saw light streaming through a large garage sized opening onto some goldenrod. I made a few images from this point of view and then continued around the barn. When I stepped into the light from the opening I was struck by the scene captured in this week's photo.

morning on the farm

It took a little bit of post processing to hold back the extreme brightness of the sunlight in the sky and then to bring out some detail in the shadow of the log roof over the opening.

It's encouraging when the first stop on a photo trip yields a great image.

DJE