Nearly the end of March and the snow is gradually fading away but today overnight freezing rain was followed by much plain, old wet rain. On the other hand, this tree was standing tall and caught the eye.
Almost too much light this morning, I should have ignored the wind and taken the pictures earlier in the day while passing along the road and thinking “that would make some nice images, but it’s too cold”. Today is the day of the vernal equinox and for the first time you can see changes in the quality of ice on the river. This tree is an old favourite.
Needing some exercise I went down by the river – this is looking north-east along the St-Lawrence into Baie-D’Urfé with the temperature just a couple of degrees above zero and the very slow start of a very slow thaw. Willows along the shore are shining with their late winter golden bark.
Out this morning doing birdy things at -20C windchill. Mad, yes perhaps but we enjoy it. This tree is on the entrance road to the Arboretum and I have photographed it several times over the years but this is the best, I think. Nothing wrong with my older cameras, nothing at all, but this new one finds colours and details the others can’t really manage. Great 3-D effect too.
A calm end to a February day settles over the river in Baie-D’Urfé
This photograph marks the return to life of my photo-specific website. I hope you enjoy whatever follows … meanwhile, the sun is shining over the garden
Wild carrot (Daucus carota) after sunset
One from the archives … a beautiful day’s walking on the Dorset cliffs back in 2012 with my sister. Clearly it gets breezy up there.
This is a full colour photograph – it’s just that the colour present really was minimal. :)
Enjoy the tiny sun-sparkles in the snow. It was very cold, very.
