Photo of the Week 2021-09-06

The forest cycle ...

 

' down and decaying '

With COVID, crowding, controls and constraints, accessing the public areas of 'the Bruce' has become a "crap" show over the past few years. Parking reservations required weeks in advance at most BPNP locations now make impromptu outings impossible. Quick walks at Little Cove, Halfway Log Dump and Burnt Point now all demand parking and daily use fees totalling $20 per visit. And don't get me started on the annual passes. I bought a Family Discovery Pass last year before they closed the f'n park to visitors making my $130 pass fee a donation to the Federal Government since whey would not honour an extension into this season. 

 

This has had a significant impact on my photography. I now spend most of my time staying at our place or on local roads and secondary trails. Sunsets and skies with occasional wildlife is the usual subject matter around the England abode. Wildflowers, trees, forest light, with a critter now and then catch my eye on my modified treks.

 

The sights and scenes can be different and can require a different "eye" ... in this case B&W.

So this week I bring you 'down and decaying' ... like my hopes for a return to 'the Bruce' that brought me to the area. Will I find my peninsula muse again, or just 'move' on ... time will tell.

 

DJE

Photo of the Week 2020-06-15

There are a number of forest scenes along the roadside that always catch my eye while on my morning walk. The light is always changing with time of day, time of year. I'm fascinated by the way it penetrates canopy to highlight areas below. Add to that the emergence of wildflowers in spring and it can be pure magic.

Slipper Patch

This particular area had a large number of Yellow Lady's Slippers out in full bloom. I happened to pass by at just the right time when morning light was spilling through an opening in the forest to wash over some of the patch.

DJE

Photo of the Week 2018-05-14

trillium patch in sunlight

A favourite place for a morning walk once spring has arrived ... Victoria Woods and the trails through the trillium.

It's wonderfully peaceful and refreshing to walk surrounded by the fresh green leaves and brilliant white flowers dotted here and there with their burgundy brethren. They spread across the rich soil in large swaths as readily as singles sprout in the crook of a tree root. When morning sun crests the horizon and begins to spill through still leafless trees and onto the forest floor, it comes alive.

Every year, for for some time now, I have made it a point to go and experience the trillium bloom and try to capture the fresh, clean feel in images.

DJE

Photo of the Week 2018-04-30

No traveler, whether a tree lover or not, will ever forget his first walk in a sugar-pine forest. The majestic crowns approaching one another make a glorious canopy, through the feathery arches of which the sunbeams pour, silvering the needles and gilding the stately columns and the ground into a scene of enchantment.
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No traveler, whether a tree lover or not, will ever forget his first walk in a sugar-pine forest. The majestic crowns approaching one another make a glorious canopy, through the feathery arches of which the sunbeams pour, silvering the needles and gilding the stately columns and the ground into a scene of enchantment.
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No traveler, whether a tree lover or not, will ever forget his first walk in a sugar-pine forest. The majestic crowns approaching one another make a glorious canopy, through the feathery arches of which the sunbeams pour, silvering the needles and gilding the stately columns and the ground into a scene of enchantment.
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"Between every two pine trees there is a door leading to a new way of life."

                                                                                                                     -  John Muir  -   

  

between the pines

Morning walks in the forest, no better way to begin the day ... after coffee of course. Yes, first coffee, then a walk in the forest ...

There are times when the it's the forest floor, other times it's the forest canopy and others when it's yet another aspect of the forest. Always, the forest is somewhere to point the lens. Capturing it's mood is nearly always a challenge ... presented here with a little help from artistic filters and textures in post processing.  

DJE