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It had been a few weeks since I was last out walking the trails with the other "Amigos". The three of us had agreed on the area around Dundas for a photo walk followed by a visit to one of the locations on the studio tour taking place there this past weekend.
We set out in hope of fall colour and cooperative light and although the colours are not yet quite at their peak in this area, we found enough of interest to photograph. Oddly enough, on this outing the image that I worked hardest to capture was in B&W, made at a section of trail that descends to a bridge over Logies Creek and the Tews Falls lookout. Thick dark branches from several grand old maple trees overhang a rail fence and the trail at this point.
Turning a corner coming off a side trail, the scene came immediately into view, urging for a B&W rendition. I raised one camera and adjusted it for a B&W capture, then fired off a couple of frames. When I reviewed the images, they were severely overexposed yet gave an appealing effect. I checked the settings and found exposure compensation at +2 1/3 stops (walking with
two cameras slung over my shoulders, sometimes the settings get been
altered as I handle them to protect them or the controls bump and bang into my body). Generally liking the effect, I dialed back to +2 and continued to shoot the scene, eventually moving down the trail a bit to shoot backup and under the dark branches.
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| serendipity |
The title of the image will serve to remind how it was it came about.
DJE
Here in Ontario we are in the middle of a "good old fashion Canadian winter". Memories of winters with lot's of snow are being stirred, fond memories of my youth, playing outside in the snow until I was wet and cold through to the bone. Winter really is better if you embrace it and find something to do outdoors when the scenery is blanketed in white.
... of course there are many who would disagree. In fact I think they are all bitc... errrr, complaining over on Facebook. It' has become something of a chore for me to check in on FB and wade through the moaning a groaning on my feed to get to the little bit there that's worth reading. Ahhh ... the burden of having a social media presence, but I digress.
This past weekend, I enjoyed time outside on local trails because we have been unable to get to our cottage. The main and only highway to Tobermory has been closed due to weather conditions. Relentless snow squalls and blowing snow for more than a week, have made road conditions poor enough that the route was completely closed. Although I'm quite keen to get up there to check on our place and capture the winter landscape.
Sooooo ... close to home, there was the Arboretum at University of Guelph. A fresh blanket of undisturbed snow made for some great winter scenes.
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| window onto winter |
DJE
