Photo of the Week 2022-02-28

 

Waves and changing water levels push and heave ice on the bay into ridges and displaced slabs

 

' upheaval '

Every year the timing and results are different and change over time. Early ice formations along the edge of open water occur nearer to the shore as ice reaches further and further out. When winds whip up waves the ice can be pushed back towards the shore at the edges of open water. 

 

Footing can be tenuous along these edges and I usually wait until after the ice forms well out from the shore or to completely cover the bay before I venture out too far. Once I deem conditions safe enough, out I go with camera to capture some of the wonder of winter ...

 

DJE

Photo of the Week 2022-02-21

 

This week, a departure from my foray into infrared, but still something showcasing the wonder of winter because regular followers of my photography know I love winter.

 

' Left at the Birch '

 

 

With every snowfall, a fresh canvas,

 

 on which nature will paint

 

Be it hard cold edged ice

 

or soft delicate flake

 

The beauty is there to be seen

 

You have only you look

 

 

DJE

Photo of the Week 2022-02-14

 

Continuing to work with my modified camera (an EOS M converted to dual-spectrum VIS & IR), I explore the potential of infrared during winter ...

 

'Dusky Winter Trail '

Files captured on an infrared modified camera cause me to explore many options and consider different looks. Lately I've been working with a 550nm filter which begins to transmit light in the light green and yellow range up through orange, red into near infrared. Of course the yellow, orange and red are within the visible spectrum and their inclusion adds familiar colours to the file that also includes the colourless (to human eyes) near infrared data.

 

These image files bear no resemblance to the colours seen with my eye and benefit from considerable post processing. Unashamedly, I will experiment with any number of processing programs, plug-ins and presets to create something that satisfies my creative whimsy.

The RAW file for this image received five different treatments of which the "Dusky" version above won out. The others, well, they may just stay on the hard drive as reminders of what the other possibilities are.

 

DJE

Photo of the Week 2022-02-07

While shooting some IR images on a forest trail recently, I also had my eye tuned for B&W scenes with a 'regular' camera.

 

' tracks in forest light '

As I entered the forest there were snowshoe hare and coyote tracks running every which way. At one point, in the middle of the trail, the coyote tracks circled round and round obscuring all others. I envisioned a scuffle and promptly looked and found hare tracks exiting the spot.

 

I spent a number of minutes standing still, scanning the area. Fresh tracks suggested at least one hare had been through not long ago. After a while I moved on down the trail and caught this image above, of track in deeper snow coming towards the main trail and heading off into the forest on the other side.

DJE