Photo of the Week 2025-09-29

 

For a walkabout in 'The Ward' area of Guelph with members of the Guelph Photographers Guild, I decided to limit myself to the 50mm focal length, shooting at as wide an aperture as camera shutter speed would allow. I had envisioned some images with sharp foregrounds and focus falling off quickly to providing a suggestion of what lay further away.

 

The gear I chose was my Canon R5 with Sigma 50mm f/1.4 Art mounted via the Kolari drop-in filter adapter and clear filter, though I could have used a variable ND, I chose not to. I also had a Canon New F-1 film body with Canon FDn 50mm f/1.2 lens, loaded with a trial roll of Harman Phoenix II colour film ISO 200. The ISO 200 rating and top shutter speed of 1/2000s did not allow me to shoot wide open for the majority of the exposures I made and the roll is still in camera with exposures remaining so those image will likely show up in the weeks ahead.

 

" Guilders at Allan's Mill '

' Grasses at Metalworks '

' vines on fence '

I made a number of other shots where shallow DoF was not possible or suit the scene. These will likely make an appearance on my social media streams in the coming days so keep an eye out there if you are interested.

 

DJE 

Photo of the Week 2025-09-22

 

One very calm, peaceful, serene early morning on Hay Bay, Lake Huron ...

 

' sublimmetry '

After spending considerable time working the shoreline rock as foreground, I tuned to look across the bay to see this symmetrical reflection of the clouds on sill water. 

 

I'm often compelled to capture a considerable number of images when I encounter a captivating scene. Then later while editing, have difficulty selecting just one ... and another series is born. Such was the case with this shoot one morning along the shoreline at the cottage. You can see them on my flickr stream beginning with this image.

 

DJE 

Photo of the Week 2025-09-15

Cameras go with me most places, and yes even on a golf trip to New Brunswick. An earlier trip offered more fall colour and I took time for more photography, visiting Grand Falls, and checking out other locations. This trip, nursing a back issue that had the potential to have me on the sidelines watching my golf buddies, I focused on a rehab regimen and shot very few images ...

 

' NB Camp Morning '

 ... and most of those were around the 'camp' (cottage to us back in Ontario) while I was shuffling about early in the mornings trying to get loose . One morning, after coffee I went for a stroll outside and noticed the sun streaming through an opening in the trees to warm the trunk of a tree. There was steam coming off the tree so I grabbed a camera and worked a composition to capture the scene.

 

DJE 

Photo of the Week 2025-09-08

 

Friends suggested a walk out to the Lake Huron shoreline at Alvar Bay Nature Reserve.
I'd been there before in both winter and summer but was interested to return.

 

Difficult to assess scale in this image, the roots of this tree were nearly as tall as me at 6' and show hoe shallow these root systems are for trees lining on the alvar, with little if any soil above the limestone rock surface.

 

' uprooted '

I tried to work a composition to show the entire root system. It was difficult given the surrounding vegetation I had to get in front of yet stay far enough back with the 24mm prime lens I had at the time. 

 

DJE 

Photo of the Week 2025-09-01

 

Driving north solo recently, I used the opportunity to visit and photograph at a series of historical mill sites in Grey and Bruce Counties. It was a very productive outing photographically, resulting in more than two dozen images I later processed and have or will publish for my ongoing 'Mills of Ontario' project.. 

 

' Arranvale Dam Remains '

As spirit moves me, I research and map potential photo locations for outings such as this using Google Maps. I create 'lists' for different geographic locations and themes. My spirit is stirred when I'm told about a location, see one through others work, or otherwise hear of one, then I note it down or map it at the time.

 

I find Google Maps particularly useful for this because it's always available on my phone providing there is signal and I can use it as a navigational aide for driving. It's been my 'go to' for trips abroad as well as here at home.

 

DJE