Photo of the Week 2012-11-19

Now that colours have disappeared in the throes of fall, this weekend I decided on an outing to Rockwood Conservation Area and to shoot entirely in black and white.

The day started out with fog slowly dissipating as we drove to the location but a light mist remained for most of the morning to add some atmosphere to the images. The trail along the north side of the river did manage to provide some some nice scenery and with the water level about a metre lower than normal, the area had taken on a different look.

Rockwood Study in B&W II

I enjoyed the outing so much that when I woke up to fog again on Sunday, I decided to head back before driving to see my mother. Together the outings produced a number of decent images and reminded me that I need to visit this location more often.

DJE

Photo of the Week 2012-11-11

I decided to post a day early this week in recognition of Remembrance Day.

Another dawn they shall never see ...

This weekend I had my shooting planned around Remembrance Day activities in Guelph. It started with a 9:00 am ceremony at John McCrae house where I had the pleasure of meeting Derek, a British Veteran of Malaysia and we spoke briefly of some of his memories.

The image that stands out for me from the day's shooting was one I took earlier at the cenotaph as dawn broke, before the day's events had begun. The memorial, a Canadian flag and single cluster of red poppies were striking in the early morning light.

DJE

Photo of the Week 2012-11-05

I've had difficulty selecting a single image to present this week. As I mentioned in last week's post, there have been a large number of additions to my photo library since September and I've been going through them and posting a number to my flickr account. You can click the link jump to there if you like. I've simply selected the latest image from those posts as my Photo of the Week.

country roadside

After working hard to find a location for morning shooting, I have a number of favourites from the images that I made there... funny considering it was a desperation drive back a few clicks to get here in time for sun to rise over the horizon. Sometimes it just works ... other times, not so much.

DJE

    

Photo of the Week 2012-10-29

I've captured a lot of images over the past couple of months and I needed to make some time to go back through the catalog and find the gems waiting inside. I decided to go back to my Manitoulin trip in mid September. I arrived late Thursday evening in the pouring rain and took the time to shoot Friday morning before my work day started.

When I left the hotel early in the morning, I was about to head for breakfast at a local restaurant when I noticed the mist lingering and sunlight just beginning to flow around the scattered clouds. A location near fallow fields caught my attention and presented some great scenic opportunities as daylight arrived.


... picking a spot along a gravel road, I set up to watch as sunlight began to warm the morning.

warming touch of sunrise

... still more to come from this period.

DJE

Photo of the Week 2012-10-22

reflected palette

I have so many images from recent trips filling my mind with the beauty of Northern Ontario. This week's image is another from my growing "intimate landscape" series that focuses on select areas within larger vistas.

I'm not sure how long this leg of my photographic journey will last. I will enjoy while it does ... 

DJE