Photo of the Week 2024-02-26

' winter's wide expanse '

Enjoying my relatively recent foray into the realm of ultra-wide angle landscapes, I marvel at the way expansive skies are captured. They appear gathered from the edges of sight, pulled into the frame to compliment the earth below, particularly when I'm photographing along the shore near our cottage. Often, as in the image above, the textures in the sky and cloud mirror the patterns and shapes in the rock above and below the waters of Hay Bay.

I'm looking forward to many more outings with the ultra-wide focal lengths and the opportunity to hone my skills while creating compelling landscapes.

 

DJE

Photo of the Week 2024-02-19

 

From my blog post almost a year ago ...

 

"Experimentation is sort of like R&D for my creative mind. It can fuel my inspiration and lead me enthusiastically in new directions or let me wander and simply provide rest and distraction from the normal routine. Once started, an experiment can quickly run it's course, amble on for long periods ultimately leading nowhere, or even pause for a while until the time is right to pick it up again, tomorrow, next week, next month, a year or more from now."

 

... and after a pause of nearly a year, the time was right to pick up again on a creative idea, and experiment, ' Rural Winter '

 

In the intervening months since producing the first small set of images for my 'Rural Winter' series, that creative fire has been smouldering, subtle but always active just below the surface, ready to accept the next charge of fuel, spark up and head off again. I say "that" creative fire because for me there are several, perhaps many fires burning in various stages. 

 

This particular fire sparked to life again on a foggy January morning and I headed out with cameras and a few visual sketches that came together in a handful of images, this my favourite.

' rural winter mist - I '

I hope you like it as much as I enjoyed the process of creating it.

 

DJE

Photo of the Week 2024-02-12

 

' Hay Bay Pano 2024-01-11 '

There hasn't been much snow in my neck 'o the woods this winter and I always look forward to the arrival of the white stuff. We've had a couple of decent dumpings but nothing to establish the winter wonderland that I love so much to photograph.

When I woke to a dusting of new snow at the cottage a few weeks back, I headed down to the shore before the morning walk to capture the scene with it's fresh, thin, pristine white covering. With nothing particularly dramatic to zero in on, I decided to capture the view in 14 separate exposures and then blend them in post to come up with this image.The foreground appears much more dominant in panorama than it truly is, however presenting the almost 180* view is attention grabbing for the impression it conveys.

I've just come back from another visit and it was virtually devoid of snow and ice, a shame since winter is such a beautiful time there. With luck, some type of winter will still pay a visit, even if it's fleeting.

 

DJE

Photo of the Week 2024-02-05

 

' once upon a clearing '

' a place to meander '

 

On my Boxing Day foggy morning walk, I detoured to check out 'the clearing', a magical spot that caught and has held my interest since my first romp though the woods of the Revolve Farms property.

It's not an area cleared of all trees, but certainly it's character is very different from the adjacent woods.

The ground is soft, a considerable portion of it is covered in reindeer lichen and moss that feels quiet underfoot. Clusters of juniper dot the spaces between trees, suggesting that you meander your way around. 

 

 

 

 

On this day, the clearing was particularly mystical. Fog and barren trees combined with a limited colour palette to create something special that I attempted to capture in camera and bring to these images with some touches in post processing.
 

 

DJE