I went for all five. Please click on any image for a better view. Vantage – taken at Fisherman’s Bastion, Budapest Bifurcated – taken in Ottawa Intruding – also in Ottawa Jagged – Ramsey Island, Wales Quayside – Nyhavn, Copenhagen Paula’s Thursday’s special: pick a word Continue reading 5 words, 5 photos
Canada, like the rest of the New World, is a country of immigrants. We believe that we gain from our diversity and we continue to welcome immigrants. It’s part of our heritage. Morning Star illustrates the history of the land we live in from the artist’s Dene Suline perspective and expresses hope of mutual respect. Please click on image for a better view. Alex Janvier’s … Continue reading Heritage
When I travel I like to get my feet on the ground and walk. I pick up so much more walking than driving – to go with the sights come the sounds and the smells and the hum of the atmosphere. Taking local transport is also a favourite, but Ailsa’s travel theme is Walking so I’ll go with that. Please click on any image for a better … Continue reading Walking the Walk
Ailsa’s Travel Theme is History – please click images for a better view. The Chateau Laurier, a 660,000 square foot hotel in downtown Ottawa, was built for $2 million, between 1909 and 1912. When the hotel first opened, private rooms cost $2 a night; and only 155 of the 350 bedrooms featured a private bath. The great Memorial Anchor at the end of Nyhavn in Copenhagen is a … Continue reading Historical Tidbits
Ailsa’s challenge – Where’s my backpack – asked for some weather shots. Please click on images for a better view. Storm brewing on the road to Ottawa, Ontario … Squalls on the Firth of Moray, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland … Winter in the Eastern Counties, Ontario Summer rain in my garden … More rain, Florence, Italy … Glorious autumn weather on the Boulevard de Clichy, Paris And … Continue reading Weather, mostly rain
Please click on images for a better view. Ottawa’s Notre Dame Basilica, built in the mid-19th century, underwent a number of design changes before it was completed. Constructed over a period of five years, it was blessed August 15, 1846. However, the steeples, of which there are two, were not completed until 1858; the apse in 1862, and the primary work on the interior was … Continue reading Church/Notre Dame, Ottawa
Above, window shopping in Tallin. Below, a busker in Ottawa doing his routine. Please click on images for a larger view. Riding the subway in St. Petersburg Walking the dog in Edinburg Ailsa’s travel theme: routine Continue reading Back to Routine
Nancy Merrill’s A photo a week challenge: One photo, two treatments This the original image shot in Ottawa’s Byward Market I cropped to provide a focus for the image and enhanced detail And then for fun went high key Continue reading Photo Editing Two Ways – Byward Market
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. Continue reading Odd Couple/18 – Back to Back
Byward Market, Ottawa Weekly Photo Challenge: Vivid Continue reading In the market
St. PetersburgOttawa TorontoCee’s fun foto challenge: Cities and city structures Continue reading Only in the City, you Say?
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant. ” – Robert Louis Stevenson Ailsa’s travel theme: Bountiful Continue reading Bountiful
What sounds go with these photos? Ailsa’s travel theme challenge: Noise Continue reading Surround Sound
On our last trip I had decided NOT to bring home more ‘stuff’ that needed dusting. I took pictures instead, and as Ailsa said, saved money. Ailsa’s travel theme is: Merchandise Continue reading Taking Photos Saves $$
I’m back again for another round of A-Z challenge but, wanting to add a personal challenge to the challenge, I am going to concentrate on signs this time – pretty signs, interesting signs, funny signs … whatever. Continue reading A-Z Challenge (again): G
Hot town, summer in the city. I live in the rural area outside a small town and in the summer I like to make a trip into the city, head down to the Market area, sip in a street-side cafe and people watch … The weekly photo challenge is: summer lovin’ Continue reading Despite the heat it’ll be alright
All the time in the world … Continue reading It’s Time for Black and White
Street photography is a new subject of interest for me. What I find most intriguing is the capture of a split second in time, which is so much more apparent on the streets than it is in landscape photography. I love the ‘freeze frame’ aspect of it, capturing people in mid-step, with a smile, or a grimace, looking at the camera or talking to … Continue reading Close-up in the City
The onion dome of the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in St Petersburg, Russia.
Silver light in Mevagissey, Cornwall
and the Falkland Islands Continue reading “All that glitters is not gold”
Beyond the Brush 