Please click on the images for a larger view “Dreams are made if people only try to believe in miracles … I have to … because somewhere the hurting must stop.” On Hwy 11-17 near Thunder Bay, Ontario, overlooking the Sleeping Giant and Lake Superior is a monument to one of Canada’s heroes. The inscription reads … Terry Fox inspired this nation with his dream … Continue reading Statues and Sculptures/5
Please click on the images for a larger view I realize that one person’s ‘early’ is another’s ‘the-day-is-half-over’ but this is about as early as I get. While staying near Thornhill, south of Glasgow, in our converted stable – I got up early enough to see the morning mist – and walked around the corner to the bridge over the River Nith – and enjoyed the … Continue reading Morning Walk
Please click on any image for a larger view Its history goes back to the very beginnings of Catholic schools in English Canada. Ontario’s Catholic school system began in the Bishop’s House in the village of St Raphaels. Built as a presbytery in 1808 by Rev. Alexander Macdonell who was the first bishop of Upper Canada (now Ontario). It is three-storeys, about 2, 155 square metres when … Continue reading The Bishop’s House
I’ve been reviewing some of my photos and thinking, “this should be a pretty good image, but it isn’t. What’s wrong with it?” Then I reverted to my painting and composition background and realized, “They are too busy. If I’d painted this it wouldn’t be so cluttered.” So I set forth and changed the landscape :). Here are two examples. The black hole on the … Continue reading Photo Editing: Redesigning
One photo, four ways over the course of the month. A great chance to play and see what develops 🙂 Please click on images for a larger view Original This time I took the image from week 2 and went to black and white Robyn’s One Four Challenge Week 3 Continue reading Robyn’s One Four Feb/Week 3
Sometimes the choices we make leave us no way out but to go back the way we came in. Click on image for a larger view Thursday’s Special: Choices Continue reading We always have a choice
I want to hold my memories close, to keep them frozen in time, but I’m afraid too because … “The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.” Lois Lowry, The Giver Please click on the image for a larger view Weekly Photo Challenge: Season Continue reading Visual Quotation 75 – Memories
A storm of snow, rain and sleet blew through our area on Monday. On Tuesday I stepped out to a beautiful winter wonderland dripping with ice and glitter. Felt like I was in Disneyland. I took a few photos … 104 actually, but that’s because I was shooting blind. It was so bright I couldn’t see what was in my screen so I just took … Continue reading Transformed
One photo, four ways over the course of the month. A great chance to play and see what develops 🙂 Please click on images for a larger view Original Week 1 I find the lower left distracting, because of the grey colour and the lack of focus so using the cloning tool I rearranged that quadrant. Next week I will take this week’s image and … Continue reading Robyn’s One Four Feb/Week 2
Some shots from a canine agility show this past summer, on the Frisbee field . . . these fellas really enjoyed themselves. Please click on the images for a better view Continue reading Let the Games Begin
This is series on couples – street photography capturing two people – which for lack of anything more imaginative I have named the Odd Couple series, when in fact they may, or may not be odd. I’ll leave that to the viewer. For my solo series click here Please click on image for a larger view Paula’s black and white Sunday: Surreptitious photography Continue reading Odd Couple/25 – Friends in Conversation
One photo, four ways over the course of the month. A great chance to play and see what develops 🙂 My original – click on any image for a larger view My first changes are adjusting the grey scale and upping the detail. Next week I will take this adjusted image and go from there. Robyn’s One Four Challenge 2016 – Feb week 1 Continue reading Robyn’s One four Feb/week 1
Sometimes I edit to improve my original image – set the grey scale, tweak the detail, raise the contrast. Sometimes it’s to remove elements – the garbage can sitting the background, the telephone wires draped across the sky, the back end of a car destroying the balance of the image. And sometimes I like to transform my image – using distortion techniques, or extreme zoom, … Continue reading Photo Editing: Transformation
This is series on couples – street photography capturing two people – which for lack of anything more imaginative I have named the Odd Couple series, when in fact they may, or may not be odd. I’ll leave that to the viewer. For my solo series click here Please click on image for a larger view Dublin Ferry Terminal Continue reading Odd Couple/24 – The Ferry Attendants
Please click on any image for a larger view This was taken in Glen Nevis, Ontario on the grounds of the Abbey for the Arts. I went over one fall day to take some shots and found this fellow roaming the grounds. And the white mask of a human statue in Warnemunde, Germany on May Day Mardi Gras masks in Venice Ailsa’s travel theme: masks Continue reading Who was that masked man anyway?
Please click on any image for a larger view. Belcoo, from Irish meaning “mouth of the narrow”, sits on a narrow neck of water running between Upper and Lower Lough MacNean. It is right on the border between County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland and County Cavan in the Republic of Ireland. With a population of about 500 souls this main street, the A4, forms … Continue reading Village/Belcoo
Please click on any image for a larger view On the road south of Drumkeeran in County Leitrim, Ireland there is a rest and picnic area overlooking the village. This is where I found this statue, The Rookery, by Irish sculptor, Don Cronin, one of the best known Irish sculptors. Drumkeeran is a small village of 298 people where the R200 and R280 meet near Lough Allen. … Continue reading Statues & Sculptures/4
Beyond the Brush 