Little Hidden Lake - In a Snow Storm

Taken during a brief snow storm, this is a hidden little gem in Carp. I found this lake and trail a few years ago, then had a really hard time finding it again. This is a large panoramic image, with a native print size of 68" x 34.5" this will fill any wall you might want this beauty displayed on.

Bank Street Bridge - Big, Bold & Beautiful

Bank Street Bridge, built in 1912, spans over the Rideau Canal in South Ottawa. The bridge extends over Queen Elziabeth drive as well as Colonel By drive. This panoramic image is constructed from 33 high resolution images that have been stitched together to form one extra large panoramic image. If this image were to be printed at it's native full resolution, it would print out at a super detailed 91" wide x 39" tall.

Rollin On By - Bank Street Bridge

One of a few buses that rolled on by over Bank Street Bridge while I was taking some shots of the TD Place Tower. This was a 10 second exposure, with my tripod carefully placed just shy of the bridge. When these big buses go over the bridge, it causes quite a bit of movement of the ridge deck, a long exposure shot will end up blurry from the movement of the bridge.

Bank Street Bridge - Black & Winter Reflections

The Bank Street bridge is such an iconic location in Ottawa, offering passage over the Rideau Canal and the worlds largest outdoor skating rink in the winter when it is partially drained and freezes. The ice is just starting to form, with large pockets of water, and if I had to guess, the ice is less than an inch thick at this time. The sheen from the ice was providing a nice reflection of the lights from the bridge. Taken at dusk, November 29, 2020 This image is roughly 36" tall, and 64" wide in it's native resolution at 300 dpi.

Cotton Candy Sunset over the Ottawa River

Fresh out of the camera from this evening, It's Friday night ... COVID-19 restrictions are suffocating for many, but within all of the struggles, a wonderful show from Mother Nature was on display tonight. It was a wonderful late summerlike evening, who knew we would be so lucky as to get such a nice heatwave in November. I think it peaked at 18 or 19 degrees Celsius ... wonderful! Stay safe everyone, and find things that make you happy and enjoy them when the opportunity arises!

Lime Kiln Trail, after the Fire of 2012

Who would have thought it was possible for a bog to have caught on fire ...? The base of the bog is on a lime stone base, so the bog base is not very deep, yet a fire ripped through this area of the greenbelt south of Ottawa in 2012. This is a very large panoramic image, capable of being printed at native 300ppi resolution of over 8' wide and 4' tall.

Jack Pine Trail Fall Colors

Taken shortly after sunrise on the Jack Pine trail. Even with COVID-19 in the red zone, lots of families trying to find ways to keep busy and healthy out walking along on the trails through the Greenbelt in Ottawa. This is a wonderful spot, with a lot of Chickadees that are eager to eat bird seed from peoples hands.

Fall Morning Sun Burst In The Forest

I love that sunrise is getting later and later in the mornings now that fall is here. I don't have to get up at some ungodly hour to get out and enjoy a beautiful sunrise. This very large panoramic I captured in a planted forest very near to my home. I've driven by it so many times, I'm glad I finally went to check it out this morning. Caught the sun getting diffused just nicely between the trees, alowing me to capture the sun in it's full intensity with a nice sunburst.

Dunlop Picnic area low flow falls

fall colors are peaking, not much water flowing, haven't had a lot of rain the past few days, but that has helped to ensure the leaves stay on the trees, so all good!

Dunlop Picnic Area Falls - Slippery? Check!

It was such a wonderfully warm day today. Thunderstorm warnings all day, but we were lucky and it stayed north of Ottawa and Parc de la Gatineau. The sun had set and I was on my way back down when I deciced I would stop in and check out the falls. Ok, not much water flowing these days, The colors are amazing, I think I will go back here again for sunrise tomorrow. I slipped on the damp rocks trying to get this shot, still managed to get the shot, but gonna have a nice bruise on my arm from this one ... lol.

Ottawa Greenbelt Walkway During a Fall Sunrise

Early morning walk through the trails on a warm fall morning. The sun was at my back as I set up to capture this scene. Every now and then a leaf would fall from the branches and land in the pathware in front of me. It was a very peaceful morning, with Bluejays singing in the forest.

Peaceful Fall Sunrise in Mer Bleue Bog Boardwalk Trail

Early fall, colors are just starting to transition. COVID rules are in place, one way traffic flow through the trails to limit exposure for all visitors to the conservation area.

Reflections

A new twist on an old image from a previous series. I decided to take another look at editing one of my winter images from 2017. I converted it to black and white, and then added a lot of contract to the lower half of the image to bring out the reflections on the ice crust on top of the snow on the ground. It had rained recently and then frozen hard afterwards.

Dare to be Different

Daring to be different ICM - Intentional Camera Movement ... This capture is a blend of two different images taken at the same location and time. One of the shots was moved vertically to create the blurred movement within the scene, while the other shot was taken normally, fully in focus and sharp and crisp. When back at home, I took both photos into Photoshop and using some layer masks, slowly blended the two images together mamking a composite image blending the two scenes together to make one unique image.

Desolate Road to the Hills

While out in California attending a photography workshop being run by Joseph Rossbach, I was wandering around looking for looking for interesting scenes, I became interested and focused on this desolate road. While the workshop group was there photographing only one car drove by in the two hours that we were there.

Row Upon Row

Row upon row of corn at can be found at Ottawa's Experimental Farm.

The last bit of Daylight fades away

The clouds were working hard and quick to snuff out the last bit of bright light in the sky. Blue hour quickly transformed into night over tghe Ottawa river.

Foggy Fall Boardwalk - Mer Bleue

Another outstanding morning in the dead of fall at Mer Bleue Conservation Area. There wasn't a whisper of a wind on this morning, so the fog was sitting still down in the valley over the bog. Because of the composition of the bog, it's almost always foggy in the morning in the fall. Great for me to be able to capture! It's also an interesting scene due to the strong orange-red colour in the foliage on the bog. It won't be long now before the snow starts flying.

Busy Beavers on a Foggy Fall Morning

There is nothing quite like a beautiful crisp fall morning at Mer Bleue with a low hanging layer of fog over the bog. This scene is made that much more special because of the three beavers that were busy building their den for the winter.