Abandoned 5: Entry Prohibited
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Month: February 2014
Abandoned 4: Harry’s Hideway
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Abandoned 3: Steps
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Abandoned 2: Bicycle
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Abandoned 1: Grain Elevator
Grain elevators in Thunder Bay, Ontario The weekly photo challenge is: Abandoned Continue reading Abandoned 1: Grain Elevator
Visual Quotation 46: The Last View
“These people live again in print as intensely as when their images were captured on old dry plates of sixty years ago… I am walking in their alleys, standing in their rooms and sheds and workshops, looking in and out of their windows. And they in turn seem to be aware of me.” – Ansel Adams Care facility for seniors, Alexandria, Ontario Continue reading Visual Quotation 46: The Last View
Black and White: Rural Churches of Eastern Ontario
St. Finnan’s Cathedral, Alexandria; built 1833
St Andrew’s Roman Catholic Church, St. Andrew’s West; built 1801 – one of the first Roman Catholic churches built in Upper Canada (Ontario) and the oldest remaining stone structure in the province erected as a church. During the War of 1812 it was used as a hospital.
St. Margaret’s of Scotland, Glen Nevis; church records start in 1882 Continue reading “Black and White: Rural Churches of Eastern Ontario”
A-Z Challenge: H
I’m taking a different tack this time. The actual letter will be found somewhere in the photo, part of the design and composition itself, not within any printed words that may also be found in the photo. Frizztext’s A-Z challenge Laguna del Inea, Chile For my other entries to this challenge see Frizztext A-Z challenge in my tag cloud on my home page. Continue reading A-Z Challenge: H
Photo Editing: Footwear 3
I like these challenges because they get me to look at my photos in different ways, working to get the best out of each. I cropped the original photo to focus on the subject of the challenge and discovered a shot I like. After cropping there were leftovers in the upper frame that I removed using Paint. Then I used Sagelight but I did little … Continue reading Photo Editing: Footwear 3
Photo Editing: Footwear 2
Changing gears, I took this photo, already focused on the shoes of this greeter in Tallinn. (The length of the point apparently was an indication of the wealth of the wearer.) I tried to give a touch of magic to these shoes. I liked the arrangement of shape and form that resulted. Again in Sagelight, I did a tighter crop for a more pleasing arrangement, … Continue reading Photo Editing: Footwear 2
Photo editing: footwear 1
Sonel has given the unlikely prompt of ‘footwear’ as the subject for this week’s photo editing challenge. Hmmmm. I started with this shot of a happy busker thoroughly enjoying himself, entertaining passersby on a Saturday afternoon in Ottawa …
I decided to try to portray something of the reality of life on the streets for the down and out … the loss of identify .. people looking around you and through you but never at you … Continue reading “Photo editing: footwear 1”
Visual Quotation 45: Alive 2
If we are doing what we love to do … “I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.” – Henry Miller Lubeck, Germany Ese’s shoot and quote is: Alive Continue reading Visual Quotation 45: Alive 2
Visual Quotation 44: Alive
“I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express the soul, perhaps a photograph can!” – Ansel Adams I am not trying to compare myself to Ansel Adams and his powerful and evocative images, but when I read the quote I thought of this photograph. I took this shot surreptitiously in an airport … Continue reading Visual Quotation 44: Alive
A day on the job
Ailsa’s travel theme is: Work Continue reading A day on the job
Knock before entering
The all too common story of The Shed The weekly photo challenge asks us to create a 3-picture story Continue reading Knock before entering
The Romance of Venice
Coming in under the wire on Ailsa’s travel theme: Romance Continue reading The Romance of Venice
A bird with no name
We have in our vicinity a Bird Lady. She rescues birds, mostly parrots. When our grandson was out over the weekend we asked if we could visit her, thinking he would enjoy seeing the parrots. She, however, offered to visit us and arrived with three of her birds. Let me introduce the Love Bird, as yet unnamed, who, sadly has lost her mate. I’m not … Continue reading A bird with no name
Photo Editing to song titles 3
Oh please, say to me You’ll let me be your man And please, say to me You’ll let me hold your hand I want to hold your hand, Lennon/McCartney I used Paint to take out a lot of the clutter and tidied that effect using Sagelight power box light blender controls to blow out the background and also to deepen the blacks, converted it to … Continue reading Photo Editing to song titles 3
Photo Editing to song titles 2
So I just did me some talkin’ to the sun And I said I didn’t like the way he got things done Sleepin’ on the job Those raindrops are fallin’ on my head, they keep fallin’ Raindrops keep fallin’ on my head – B. J. Thomas Using Sagelight, I cropped the original, changed it to duotone and added soft focus. Sonel’s photo editing challenge: song … Continue reading Photo Editing to song titles 2
Photo Editing to song titles 1
Oh, city streets, The stories that they tell, Oh, city streets, They can be heaven, they can be hell” City Streets, Carole King I cropped my original and used Fotosketcher to apply the painterly technique, then used Photoscape to adjust the colours to my liking. This is the original … “Sonel’s photo editing challenge: song titles” Continue reading Photo Editing to song titles 1
Beyond the Brush 