nature
Banana leaf.
Banana leaf.
Tucked into the base of the Gatineau hills is a small town called
Chelsea. Ottawa residents looking for a quick escape from the city
are frequent visitors to the town, and to the lakes and wooded trails
that surround it.
This photo was taken on a rather wet, grey day. I was alone in this
section of the park, save for a slightly sodden wedding party getting
their picture taken under the leaves of a golden maple tree. I found
the fallen leaves more interesting, myself.
Tucked into the base of the Gatineau hills is a small town called
Chelsea. Ottawa residents looking for a quick escape from the city
are frequent visitors to the town, and to the lakes and wooded trails
that surround it.
This photo was taken on a rather wet, grey day. I was alone in this
section of the park, save for a slightly sodden wedding party getting
their picture taken under the leaves of a golden maple tree. I found
the fallen leaves more interesting, myself.
On a very cold and rainy day one November, I stood in a field, empty except
for two unstrung telephone poles. I'd been trying to take pictures of the
torn clouds on the horizon when two crows decided I needed investigating.
I got the horizon shot, by the way, but the crows turned out to be more
interesting.
On the last, excruciatingly long leg of a drive from the West Coast back
to Ottawa, I stopped at dawn in a field near North Bay. The first light
of day coalesced into some truly beautiful hues as the mist began to
burn off the fields. I must have taken 30 shots in as many minutes.
This is the first of what I hope will be a series.
Temagami, Ontario is probably best known as the one of the last places
in Eastern Canada with untouched stands of old-growth forest. I drove
all day to get there, and for my sins didn't find a single really
photogenic pine tree. The light was terrible, and it had just rained.
I consoled myself with a walk through a little park just outside the
town itself, and took a few pictures of the raindrops on the lily pads.
I didn't realise I had anything until I scanned the negative, though.
The folks who developed the prints had washed out the colour entirely.
Imagicity | Photography - exotica, mundanity and wonders | © Dan McGarry
