A photo that I took that was quite literally the shadow cast by the stuffed Archaeopteryx in the national history museum.

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It is always exciting when you come upon a great composition of berries and fallen logs. John Kuzak and I were on a day trip down the Killarney highway when we spotted a pond just off the road. We decided that we would explore the pond on our way back. This would put us in late evening and good lighting. When we came back we walked into the pond locale and John pointed out the berries to me. I had never seen these red berries  growing that thick together. With the bright red of the berries and green leaves offset by the grayish color of the fallen log I used the stump as my anchor and came up with this composition. With the camera on the tripod and lense zoomed to 34 mm,I set the shutter speed to 1/40 sec to get my f stops at F8.

I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year.

Here a photo of the entrance to an underground parking garage. I was attarcked to this shot because of the lighting, and in post processing chose to accentuate it by leaving it in colour. Hope you like it. It’s -16C here in Toronto this morning. Colder than a well digger’s knee. By the way, I’ve begun the process of setting up my next blog, the one to replace this one once I run out of space. The new blog will launch in the spring, I think.

It’s not often you get the opportunity to stand in the middle of Bay St. and take a photo of our old city hall. On this night they happened to be setting up for a movie shoot and had closed down the road. I simply walked out into the middle of it, set up my tripod and snapped the shot. For those not in the know, the large well-lit building at the top of the street with the clock tower is Toronto’s third city hall. It opened for business on Sept. 18th, 1899. The clock and bells came the following November. It’s was replaced with our current city hall back in the 1960s and at one point was destined to be torn down. Common sense prevailed, thankfully. I’m hoping to get down to our new city hall for some night shots soon. Enjoy.

This fence was put up to create an off leash area for dogs to roam. If you’re down the beach and you want to make some new friends of the four-legged persuasion, there’s no better place to go. The photo is from my christmas Day collection.

Which of these two photos works best, #1 or #2?

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The one neat feature about Rosetta Maclean Park is that the south end of it overlooks Lake Ontario. The bluffs drop off about 200 feet or so, I’m guessing. Makes for a pretty scenic spot. People hold weddings here all summer long. Anyway, here’s a photo that shows the chain link fence line that keeps folks from walking off the top of the bluffs. The cloud cover is much of the reason I popped out this morning to take these photos. It’s overcast now, so I’m glad I got out.

Anyway, both of these photos are virtually the same, just a slightly different composition. I like them both but can’t decide which works best. What do you think? In a day or so I’ll remove the one that gets the least votes.

I popped out this morning for a very short photography outing to Rosetta Maclean Park. I’ve posted summer photos from this park back in July (see category). Doesn’t look anything like that today. It was cold but at least not windy. The park squirrels are so used to getting handouts they practically nip at your heel for attention. This one followed me around while I snapped away. He looked cold. This photo is really only a “snapshot,” in my opinion. I use that word to define photos that have no artistic value and that are of a subject or scene that would be obvious to anyone with a camera. But I thought he was cute and the photo did come out pretty sharp, so what they heck, right? Plus, you can see the results of our first overnight snowfall! Canada’s known for it’s heavy snow in the winter. 

This is another photo from my Christmas day outing down the beach. As you can see, no snow. But we did get a very light dusting of snow last night and tonight it’s supposed to drop to -13 Celsius, yikes!

A photo that I took that was quite literally the shadow cast by the stuffed Archaeopteryx in the national history museum.