Flowery Friday 11, in micro

Some of the little flowers are still hanging in there, including a dahlia. Heres a a few of what I found the other day. Alas, their time is coming. Snow is starting to show up in the forecast. Linda is a whirling dervish getting the garden put to bed for the winter, and getting bulbs for next year planted. We've had vole traps out much of the summer and have caught many of them. We're hoping they are wintering elsewhere. 

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Of the Day

Driftwood (NZ)

Film

Linda

Newfoundland

New Brunswick

Why ever didn't I publish this, and maybe I did

90 days, or so ago

Flower

Landscape

Serendipity

The grassy dragon spine

I've come back to this spot again and again, starting in 2017, here. I never did get a model to pose on the tree, with or without spines. We tried one day, but I wasn't going to ask her to wade through hip deep water to get there. Now, with nearly a decade of weather, and probably kids breaking off the spiky branches for fun, it's not nearly so interesting. Easier to pose on, but not so interesting. Such is life.

Some photographers return again and again to a place, a person, or a particular subject. They find inspiration in the subtle, or not so subtle changes. I've done a bit of that, of course. I love walking through Fish Creek, seeing the changes. Sometimes I wonder if I'm in a new spot because it's changed so much. I was recently in a spot new to me, between bridge 9 and 10, but on the north side of the river. This takes a bit of work to get to, but I found an interesting viewpoint. I got a few film photos that I hope turn out.

This year I didn't do a walk through the river, and I didn't go dragonfly hunting. The river walk is best done in August when the river is at the lowest. However we had a fair bit of rain this year, and I never got down to the river when it was low. I've had a bit of vertigo happening, so looking up and twirling around and around on a bridge or near a river isn't the smartest thing to do. 

I sometimes find myself looking at a place and thinking that I've already got a nice photo of that. Do I need another? Sometimes if the light is dramatically different, or the time of year makes a difference, the answer is yes. This is one of the reasons I've come to like photographing events and people. They're always different, people are moving, the light changes, so it's a constant challenge.

My next couple events on the calendar relate to our community association, and that's always fun. Fingers crossed for cold weather in time for our skate with Santa event.

Of the Day

Driftwood (NZ)

Film, yes, it was as cold as it looks.

Linda

Newfoundland

New Brunswick

Why ever didn't I publish this, and maybe I did

90 days, or so ago

Fish Creek not far from the dragon spine tree. I don't know if the river flow did this, or someone stacked it up.

Flower

Landscape

Serendipity. Speaking of returning to a person...

The yellow of fall

Calgary has had another lovely long fall season. Here it is the first week of October and it's still mostly T shirt weather during the day. Overnight frost is getting to be a regular thing, so Linda is working hard putting the garden to bed. She's always amazed how ambitious the plants get over a year.

I like going around and enjoying all the different shades of yellow and gold that we get in the trees.

I've not been out for as much photography as I'd like; my schedule just seems really busy now. I always thought this wasn't supposed to happen during retirement, but it goes quick.

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Of the Day

Driftwood (NZ)

Film

This didn't turn out quite as I hoped, but it was a difficult exposure and a tricky reflection.

Linda, moving so quickly during the garden clean up rampage that the camera couldn't quite focus on her. This is a faint taste of the gimlet eye.

Newfoundland

New Brunswick

Why ever didn't I publish this, and maybe I did

90 days, or so ago

Flower

Landscape

Serendipity

September Image of the Month

Nearly three quarters of the photos last month were of a private wedding, and thus not in the running for IotM. Kinda of a pity, there's some nice photos there...

Most of the rest are there I was and this is what I saw. Nice photos, but not what I think of as IotM, in the sense of it usually being a starting point for IotY.

2nd Runner Up

Taken just a few days ago, though I can't remember if it was just before or just after a couple of heavy frost nights. I just went and looked for it in the pre-dawn cold, and can't find it. It was -4, and although Linda wrapped some of the flowers, and the roses still seem to be hanging in there, I think flower season is done for this year.

1st Runner Up

I was kind of intrigued by this sculpture and wandered around it for a while looking for a nice composition that contained some of the metal textures that I liked. 

Image of the Month

One of the times where I saw the photo, rand for the camera, and it turned out the way I wanted.

A rosy Saturday

A busy morning over at the community hall documenting the senior's garage sale. You can see those photos here, if you want. I was still in the camera mood, so as I was looking out the window I noticed one of the rose blooms was lining up nicely with the golden yellow leaves of my neighbour's tree. There are lots of roses still in bloom, and today is September 25. Here they are for you to enjoy, and I didn't want you to have to wait till a flowery Friday.

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Of the Day

Driftwood (NZ)

Film

Linda

Newfoundland

New Brunswick

Why ever didn't I publish this, and maybe I did

90 days, or so ago

Flower

Landscape

Serendipity