Photo of the Week 2021-02-22

 

From a second trek out to the Huron shore at the Cape Hurd Nature Reserves ...

Wide Winter Huron

... more wintry than the previous trip, we sat a while on the snow and ice covered shore, listening to the musical movement of floating ice shards on the gentle swells of Lake Huron.

 

The grandeur of some views can only be conveyed in a panoramic image. For this scene, not having brought my tripod, I made 8 handheld exposures rotating left to right. Combining the frames later while post processing, I cropped in on the sides to cover what I estimated to be a 120* arc which, according to Wikipedia, approximates the human visual field. So this is what my eyes took in as I sat and stared ... 

 

Though panoramic images do not display well on mobile devices, they are wonderful when displayed across the full width of a 24" or larger monitor display.

 

DJE

Photo of the Week 2021-02-15

 

Two different takes on what has become a favourite scene of mine over the past several years  ... 

 

Line and Curve

Curve and Line

... sunset from our shoreline on Hay Bay, Tobermory.

 

DJE

Photo of the Week 2021-02-08

 

Variations in composition ...

 

Recently, over the course of a single day, I had great results altering composition while making images along our shoreline. Not only was this a 'close to home' photography exercise, but it also turned into one of working with different zoom settings, different points of view (POV), different framing and image orientation.

 

Moving the horizon up or down in the frame can alter the look and feel of a scene significantly ...

 

ice tectonics

ice tectonics II

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Switching between horizontal to vertical or even to square aspect ratio's can result in quite different images ...

 

ice vs sun

ice vs sun II

Zooming out or in, with lens or by moving your position back or forward adds or subtracts to the scene being captured ...

 

cold 'n gold II

 

 

cold 'n gold

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Differences can be subtle, they can be dramatic, they can be successful, or not. Always they are part of my process ...

 

DJE

Photo of the Week 2021-02-01

 

Unlike previous images from exploring Jones Falls with my son Jordan, at Inglis Falls we were not able to access the river below. I know there is a way, but it's not a journey to be rushed and I need to do some more research before making the trek. When we visited briefly, I did make a series of images looking downstream from safety, behind the stone wall near the brink of the falls.

 

Downstream of Inglis

Similar to the images of Jones Falls, I made several exposures hand held at high frame rate to combine as layers in Photoshop to create the flowing water effect.

 

 Downstream of Inglis II

 DJE