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Shirley's Bay - Ontario

One of the pleasures of landscape photography is that to get the best images you have to be in the best locations long after the crowds have gone or long before they arrive. On this particular evening I arrived at Shirley’s Bay about half an hour before sunset to find the beach still quite busy with a mix of canoeists, boaters, swimmers and the ubiquitous screaming banshees otherwise known as teenage girls. Within ten minutes of the sun setting I was left alone with several hundred the mosquitoes to photograph the stillness of the evening and the wonderful pink and orange twilight. Read the rest of this entry »

I went to a local air show recently where the star attraction was Canada’s Snow Birds, the Canadian Air Force’s formation flying squadron. Read the rest of this entry »

Shirley's Bay - Ontario

Sunsets are great but I really like taking photographs in twilight – after the sun has set. Read the rest of this entry »

I love this photograph.  This image which, to me, has an ethereal, ghostly, medieval feel to it. It was, however, a total fluke.  Read the rest of this entry »

Trillium Woods

As this shot shows, it is not always necessary to use a dedicated macro lens, or even a long telephoto lens, in order to make a good close-up image. Read the rest of this entry »

Another from the stream that plunges past a ruined mill in Gatineau Park. This one looks a lot better printed large.

I had gone to Gatineau Park looking to get some shot of the emgerging trilliums but I was a about a week early so I headed off to the ‘Carbide’ mill. Read the rest of this entry »

Contortion in Wood

I was out scouting a new location for photo opportunities at the weekend and came across this wonderfully contorted tree by the rivers edge. The weathered growth rings made for a great monotone conversion with lots of local contrast.

Winter at the Mill of Kintail

The Mill of Kintail Museum, located on the Indian River in Lanark County, Eastern Ontario,  is a heritage building, collection, and a conservation site. The mill was home to Dr Robert Tait McKenzie a renowned sculptor, physician, educator and administrator and now houses the museum celebrating his life and achievements. The dam has long gone, in McKenzies day the foreground was the mill pond.

This image reminds me of the cover art from the old Genesis album Wind and Wuthering.