Photo of the Week 2021-10-25

 

' Huron Sunsets are Just Ducky '

There's often an additional little something in the clouds ...

Seeing faces, animals and familiar shapes in the clods is a form of pareidolia, and something that frequently occurs with me. Those following this blog will know that I frequently photograph sunset and the skies over Lake Huron. During my most recent visits to our northern retreat, things did not change.

The October skies over the Bruce Peninsula and Lake Huron are often very dramatic. Approaching weather phenomenon, storm fronts, cloud formation and clear blue sky make a wide variety for the atmosphere and appearance of the images I capture. So far this month (October 2021) has done it's best to stir my desire to pick up the camera and catch what I see through the lens.

 

DJE 

Photo of the Week 2021-10-18

 

 

' Green Flash and Kayaker '

I have tried many times to catch the 'Green Flash' as the sun dips below the horizon at to conclude sunset. It requires specific conditions to occur and is a fleeting phenomenon when it does. For those not interested in following the link provided above to research for themselves, it requires a clean, clear, unobstructed horizon, frequently over a large water body. The atmosphere causes a refraction effect and green is the last colour that can be seen, just as the last of the sun's orb drops to the horizon line. In the case of this photo, the distinct cloud line off in the distance over Lake Huron proved enough.

 

I've mentioned this to others observing sunset with me and some of the looks and reaction I have received are comical. But it is a "thing", explained by science. Captured by others in video and still images ... and now by me (though it was the very beginning of this very brief phenomenon).

Green Flash - enlargement from photo above

 

DJE

Photo of the Week 2021-10-11

 

Feeling a resurgence of creativity in recent days ...

 

' emergent '

 ... where sky, water and rock come together.

 

Maintaining creativity requires nourishment in a balanced diet, the work of others, new experiences, familiarity and room to breath among the menu items. It also requires an outlet, online, to clients or for personal pleasure. One or the other can be interrupted for a time but without nourishment, my creativity withers in time. Without an outlet, the process backs up and and slowly comes to a halt. To use a familiar (to me) analogy, it's like a sourdough starter. You can put it away for a while but it needs to be fed from time to time and at various points you are going to have to use some, discard or give some away. This is how it works ... for me anyway.

These last couple of years, COVID times, have made it difficult to find the nourishment for my photographic creativity. For a time the archive sustained, restrictions limiting, the familiar not enough as time wore on. There were always outlets, social media, online and this blog but it more would have been better.

 

Recently, the return to fall, my love of the colours and changing seasons has provided fresh sustenance. I'm out walking trails, enjoying forests and the outdoors with camera again. Photo projects for business clients too provided new opportunities, reviving old acquaintances and more recently some print sales adding to the mix. 

 

Here's hoping that it's uphill into the light for a while ....

DJE

 

Photo of the Week 2021-10-04

 

' in the right light ... '

In the right light, the ordinary becomes the extraordinary.

While having breakfast, alone at the cottage recently, I paused to watch sunlight coming through the sliding door to our deck, as it slipped across the corner cabinet doors. It's a photographer thing.

 

DJE