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| Huron Winterscape |
2014-03-03
Photo of the Week 2014-03-03
A recent, mid-morning trek by snowshoe along the north shore of Hay Bay led eventually to Lake Huron, or at least the frozen surface of Lake Huron. There, under a calm sunny sky, the artistic handiwork of wind and sub-zero temperatures on the Lake Huron canvas were revealed. In front of me and was this beautiful winterscape work of art ...
DJE
2014-02-24
Photo of the Week 2014-02-24
Sometimes the photographic itch is there, yet inspiration and ideas are lacking. This weekend was one of those times. Thankfully my regular photo buddy had an idea to try something a bit different. Although I was skeptical at first, I decided to go with him to a local nursery and garden store that he said had some potential for photography and a bit of sketching.
The nursery has a large selection of plants, cacti and several greenhouses to wander through, but it was their massive selection of pots and planters that got my attention. After spotting an area of black planters and making my first images of the day, I still wandered around for another hour making images of shapes, patterns, colours and shades in the sunlight streaming through the transparent greenhouse roof.
... I even took the time to sit and do a couple of quick sketches, one with a new brush pen given to me recently (and experiment with adding watercolour later).
DJE
The nursery has a large selection of plants, cacti and several greenhouses to wander through, but it was their massive selection of pots and planters that got my attention. After spotting an area of black planters and making my first images of the day, I still wandered around for another hour making images of shapes, patterns, colours and shades in the sunlight streaming through the transparent greenhouse roof.
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| Belgian Black Planters |
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| Belgian Colour Pots |
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| Belgian Teal-Green Pots |
... I even took the time to sit and do a couple of quick sketches, one with a new brush pen given to me recently (and experiment with adding watercolour later).
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| A Pile of Pots |
DJE
2014-02-17
Family Day 2014
Well, we asked for a holiday in February, they called it "Family Day" and gave it to us so we decided to start making good use of it. Last year we met up with Matt in TO and went for a winter hike and picnic in High Park. This year we picked up Matt and headed for the Distillery District for a look around and a bit of lunch.
:-)
DJE
:-)
DJE
Photo of the Week 2014-02-17
... stepping off the hard packed main trail at Lindsay Tract, I sank up to mid-thigh in the snow and waded several strides to get this scene framed the way I wanted.
Sometimes it is simply the unspoiled scene that moves me to make an image and preserve it for all time.
DJE
DJE
2014-02-10
Photo of the Week 2014-02-10
It was four weeks since I was at the cottage. Tobermory had been cut off from points south for almost two weeks due to high winds, blowing snow and white-outs closing Highway 6 from Wiarton north. When we arrived this past weekend, there was some digging to do just to get to the cottage door to get it open before I could get the snow-blower running.
Saturday began with a short hike on the roads around the cottage before we were off to hang a collection of my images at a local mercantile gallery (but that's a story for another blog post). I was anxious to get out and see how the winter storms had transformed the landscape but it was work first and I spent the rest of the day relaxing and puttering about the cottage, clearing some more snow and then settling in after dinner to watch the Leafs game.
Lynn made the suggestion of a hike to Little Dunk's Bay for Sunday morning and I thought the trail would be if relatively good shape to hike without snowshoes. When we headed headed out around 8:30, large fluffy flakes of snow were falling heavily (if that makes sense). The snow had accumulated more than I anticipated and the trees were covered with thick marshmallow like clumps of snow that tumbled down on us now and then as we made our way on the trail. I was stopping frequently to photograph the scenes, trying to capture the feel of the winter wonderland we were passing through ... but it was when we came out of the trees that I was stopped dead in my tracks by the scene below.
I've said it more than once before on this blog, and I'll say it again ... I love Winter ! It`s better if you embrace it and get out to experience it rather than sitting inside wishing for summer. It's scenes and experiences just like this that make me enjoy winter so much. This is why I get out of a warm house or cottage and go for a hike, long or short it doesn't matter. These are the winter scenes that I love to find and capture.
For me and photography, this was a good day ... a very, very good day :-)
DJE
Saturday began with a short hike on the roads around the cottage before we were off to hang a collection of my images at a local mercantile gallery (but that's a story for another blog post). I was anxious to get out and see how the winter storms had transformed the landscape but it was work first and I spent the rest of the day relaxing and puttering about the cottage, clearing some more snow and then settling in after dinner to watch the Leafs game.
Lynn made the suggestion of a hike to Little Dunk's Bay for Sunday morning and I thought the trail would be if relatively good shape to hike without snowshoes. When we headed headed out around 8:30, large fluffy flakes of snow were falling heavily (if that makes sense). The snow had accumulated more than I anticipated and the trees were covered with thick marshmallow like clumps of snow that tumbled down on us now and then as we made our way on the trail. I was stopping frequently to photograph the scenes, trying to capture the feel of the winter wonderland we were passing through ... but it was when we came out of the trees that I was stopped dead in my tracks by the scene below.
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| Little Dunk's 2014-02-09 |
For me and photography, this was a good day ... a very, very good day :-)
DJE
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