A portion of the brick wall from a few days ago.
Regular patterns and not so regular patterns.
Monthly Archives: January 2012
Brick II
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Flower Day
In the summer I make a lot of photographs of flowers, many of which I don’t use. Until I get to messing around with new ideas and processing foolishness.
A recent post by my friend Silverpixel introduced me to the Autochrome process and I’ve spent most of the past two days playing with tutorials from the web which try to duplicate the delicate tones and feel of the original photographs. It is remarkable that this was the go-to process for colour photos from the turn of the last century until Kodak brought out Kodachrome around 1930.
Here’s an attempt using a shot of hollyhocks from Sweetman’s Garden made a year ago last summer.
I hope the treatment has a romantic and nostalgic feeling to it.
Anyway, it’s been a fun two days!
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Ice Shack
It’s winter and we fish just about anywhere there’s ice.
Except in the arena or the curling club of course.
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Sunset on Ice
The sun sets over Trout Lake on a daily basis.
Tonight was more subtle than most.
But really nice.
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Red Brick
I grew up with red brick houses.
Had I been born on the Prairies, I suppose I would not have had the exposure to the warmth and regular patterns of brick walls. Brick is rare out there.
New home construction these days uses almost no brick, opting instead for other materials. The brick facade (front wall brick, the rest siding) seen on some houses is the ultimate in fraudulent design.
Is brick laying a dying art?
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Fun With Filters
This is the last day of a trial download of a set of photoshop plugin filters.
So here goes!
Photo of an active house in winter. A bit of warming, application of the Polaroid Backing filter and nice border plus fooling with the tint in the PS saturation adjustment layer set on soft light.
Kinda wierd but it works.(?)
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Lovely Winter
The other day we had a major snow dump. It cleared late in the day and got colder.
The sun set over a frigid world.
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Four Mile Bay
The launch ramp on Four Mile Bay on a day of snow flurries.
Almost monochrome.
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Later the Same Winter
The little decoration here is still making its contribution to the joy of winter.
I’ve had a bit of fun using filters to “jazz” things up.
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Disability
For the past 20 years or so, I along with a large number of others, have contributed time and energy to enhance the lives of disabled children. We do this through the Nipissing Trackers, generously supported by NADY, our local Laurentian Ski Hill and many people who simply care. We use experience, ingenuity and some specialized equipment to give the kids the excitement and freedom of sliding on snow on a hill which to us is a bit of a pimple but to them is as big and daunting as Mount Everest. The excitement is palpable and contagious and kids return year after year to enjoy the fun. Smiles are the currency of payment.
This past Sunday our volunteer instructors began training for this year’s program which starts in a couple of weeks. We try to bring the fun and joy of skiing to people whose horizons can be expanded beyond the constraints that fate has dealt.
Here are a some photographs of the training we do with a device called a “Bi-Ski” which is used for those kids who spend much of their lives in a wheelchair. (One of our brave instructors is riding in the Bi-Ski as the “Guinea Pig”.)
For more speed and maneuverability the Bi-Ski can be “flown” on tethers. This takes a great deal of talent, judgement and skiing ability.
Occasionally there is a minor disaster. (No damage done here.)
Success is getting to the bottom of the hill without mishap.
And the reward is a great big smile!
Another week of training and then, “Let the Season Begin!”
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They’re Baaack!
Snowmobiles are once again leaving tracks on Four Mile Bay. The ice is safe enough here for the machines to run around.
The snow acts as an insulator and makes ice growth slower even though the temperature was -27C this morning.
I don’t intend to go walking anywhere on the lake for at least another two weeks. Give it time to thicken up. Like, a foot and a half of ice would make me feel pretty confident.
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