... so I did :-)
DJE.
2014-09-29
Photo of the Week 2014-09-29
... she said, "I think you should make one of those in the tall narrow ones you do."
... so I did :-)
DJE.
... so I did :-)
DJE.
2014-09-22
Photo of the Week 2014-09-22
On a rainy Sunday after shopping for groceries in Tobermory, Lynn wanted to take a trip to the lighthouse before returning to the cottage. With the wind out of the NE, waves were crashing up and onto the rock that normally provides a dry place to stand and admire the scenery. We stayed for a while and I made some images before getting back in the car. While driving to the cottage, Lynn suggested visiting another location to check out the waves after lunch ... and I'm glad she did.
The location I chose was Little Cove and as we approached the water, descending along the wide path we could hear the rhythm of the waves crashing on the shore slowly becoming louder until we left the protection of the trees and onto the cobble beach. Just as I had hoped for, the waves were coming in on a slight angle, crashing along the east shoreline.
I shot the scene both wide to get the overall feel and tight to isolate details of the breaking, crashing waves and there are a number that I am happy with. The image below, my choice for this week is not one that shows the spray thrust high above the steep rocky shore, but one that gives an overall sense of what it was like along the shoreline.
The waves coming in off Georgian Bay were
intensified as they were blown into the narrowing bay, reshaping, restricting, confining them. Once every several minutes, a few larger waves would push through the turmoil and make it to shore, either running well up the cobble beach or crashing into steep rock faces sending water high into the air.
Summer is just ending ... could the gales of November come early ?
DJE
The location I chose was Little Cove and as we approached the water, descending along the wide path we could hear the rhythm of the waves crashing on the shore slowly becoming louder until we left the protection of the trees and onto the cobble beach. Just as I had hoped for, the waves were coming in on a slight angle, crashing along the east shoreline.
I shot the scene both wide to get the overall feel and tight to isolate details of the breaking, crashing waves and there are a number that I am happy with. The image below, my choice for this week is not one that shows the spray thrust high above the steep rocky shore, but one that gives an overall sense of what it was like along the shoreline.
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| late summer storm |
Summer is just ending ... could the gales of November come early ?
DJE
2014-09-15
Photo of the week 2014-09-15
This weekend I had a great time having a couple of good friends join me at the cottage for a weekend of photography and sketching on the Bruce. Despite the forecast for questionable weather, the final decsion to go was made Thursday night and after work Friday we headed out, hopeful that there would be at least some time to get out and enjoy the scenery.
This week's image is a shot from our Sunday sunrise trip to Halfway Log Dump. I used the 5DIII with my new Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 to capture a wide angle view of sunrise, made from a low angle at water's edge.
The First Annual Fall Shoot & Sketch Weekend at the cottage is successfully in the history books.
DJE
This week's image is a shot from our Sunday sunrise trip to Halfway Log Dump. I used the 5DIII with my new Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 to capture a wide angle view of sunrise, made from a low angle at water's edge.
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| golden shores |
The First Annual Fall Shoot & Sketch Weekend at the cottage is successfully in the history books.
DJE
2014-09-08
Photo of the Week 2014-09-08
Time to dive into the library an pull out something from a year ago ...
It seems there was some unsettled weather blowing in off Lake Huron early last September too. This little inuksuk kept a vigilant watch.
DJE
It seems there was some unsettled weather blowing in off Lake Huron early last September too. This little inuksuk kept a vigilant watch.
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| Watching Whitecaps on Lake Huron |
DJE
2014-09-01
Photo of the Week 2014-09-01
The last night of the last long weekend of summer ...
About a month ago, I made a first attempt to photograph the night sky over Hay Bay, the Bruce Peninsula and Lake Huron from the shore at our cottage. Conditions were not ideal but seeing the Milky Way appear, lead by many stars as a we sat at the shore enjoying the embers of a campfire, motivated me to give it a go.
Since then, during a week of vacation, an opportunity under much more favourable conditions arose and I was able to make some decent images (blog post 2014-08-18). For that possibility, I had come equipped with a particular lens, with characteristics more suited to night sky photography. I'm not certain how much the improved results were due to the selection of equipment, opposed to the more favourable conditions ...
... but, the results impressed me enough to do some further research on gear and technique in the effort to improve my night sky images more. My research led to an online discussion of lenses and which were recommended for the brand of camera I use. Never needing much of a push to acquire new gear, I picked up a ultra-wide FF lens, the Rokinon 14mm f/2.8, a focal length not already covered by something in my kit.
As luck would have it, the next visit to the cottage looked as though it would offer only cloudy night skies and the Rokinon would see use just for landscape and trial images as I became familiar with it's manual focus and manual aperture control. Well luck changed and on the final night, the sun set through clearing skies and by 9:00 pm the first star was visible. I started to gather the equipment I would need and waited for the night to darken.
The challenge on this attempt, a waxing crescent moon throwing a tremendous amount of light over the bay and into the surrounding sky. At this particular point in the lunar cycle, the moon is just slightly west of the Milky Way when looking south across the bay. After making a number of exposures of just the sky, I decided to try a series that would include some of the surrounding landscape, water etc. I ended up including the moon and it's reflection on the bay. It required a fair bit of processing to get the look I wanted and I'm still not totally satisfied, but here it is ...
I can can see spending many more nights working to capture the night sky at various locations on "the Bruce."
DJE
About a month ago, I made a first attempt to photograph the night sky over Hay Bay, the Bruce Peninsula and Lake Huron from the shore at our cottage. Conditions were not ideal but seeing the Milky Way appear, lead by many stars as a we sat at the shore enjoying the embers of a campfire, motivated me to give it a go.
Since then, during a week of vacation, an opportunity under much more favourable conditions arose and I was able to make some decent images (blog post 2014-08-18). For that possibility, I had come equipped with a particular lens, with characteristics more suited to night sky photography. I'm not certain how much the improved results were due to the selection of equipment, opposed to the more favourable conditions ...
... but, the results impressed me enough to do some further research on gear and technique in the effort to improve my night sky images more. My research led to an online discussion of lenses and which were recommended for the brand of camera I use. Never needing much of a push to acquire new gear, I picked up a ultra-wide FF lens, the Rokinon 14mm f/2.8, a focal length not already covered by something in my kit.
As luck would have it, the next visit to the cottage looked as though it would offer only cloudy night skies and the Rokinon would see use just for landscape and trial images as I became familiar with it's manual focus and manual aperture control. Well luck changed and on the final night, the sun set through clearing skies and by 9:00 pm the first star was visible. I started to gather the equipment I would need and waited for the night to darken.
The challenge on this attempt, a waxing crescent moon throwing a tremendous amount of light over the bay and into the surrounding sky. At this particular point in the lunar cycle, the moon is just slightly west of the Milky Way when looking south across the bay. After making a number of exposures of just the sky, I decided to try a series that would include some of the surrounding landscape, water etc. I ended up including the moon and it's reflection on the bay. It required a fair bit of processing to get the look I wanted and I'm still not totally satisfied, but here it is ...
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| August Moon & Milky Way |
DJE
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