Texture

               F 4.0 1/30  -0.33 sec ISO 100 and shot on a tripod.

This is a Gunnera plant....grows to be HUGE...looks like something from Jurassic Park.

Grass Series

 

F 8.0 1/400 ISO 200

Alberta Aspens

Shot at f 8.0 1/125 ISO 100. I was visiting Edmonton this past week-end and could have stayed and photographed this grove of Aspen trees all day, but it was just a few shots on the fly. Sometimes I think I'm addicted to taking pictures....everything I see is a photograph....it's a curse sometimes.

Guitar Man

This is my son, a very talented musician. He is playing his guitar here and indulging his mother, whilst I took a bunch of shots.

I intentionally overexposed this shot, converted it to B&W in PS. I desaturated it some more and erased the peripheral details just leaving his face and hair.

Shot at f 4.0 1/30 ISO 1600 on a tripod using limited natural light. The high ISO adds some nice grainy effect, at least I think that's where it came from. I'm a Photo Shop ninny.

Skunk Cabbage

I have always loved Skunk Cabbage....it is so beautiful and sensual looking. Today Penny and I went out to Thetis to photograph Trillium's and Skunk Cabbage. We were hoping for the 'golden hour' light shining behind these lovely specimens but we took the pouring rain instead.
Shot on a tripod at f 4.0 1/60 ISO 100 on Auto WB.

Trillium

 

Shot this at Thetis Lake today. There are billions of Trilliums out there in every configuration you can imagine. The light was not so great and I didn't have my tripod. This was handheld with my 50mm lens f 1.8 1/250 ISO 100.

Grass Series #1

I find grass infinitely interesting to photograph. So may colours, textures, personalities....yes, I did write personalities!! I'm a gardener as well as a photographer.
Shot at f 8.0 1/40 -0.33 ISO 100  WB of 'cloudy'.

White

I love white!
Here is a shot from a shoot I did with Penny today at Government House. The wind was blowing these delicate blossoms all over the place but we persisted and I managed to get this shot at a fast shutter speed.
Shot at f 4.0 1/2000 ISO 800.
Spring has sprung at Government House!

Venetian Mask

 

Shot at f3.5 1/200 ISO100 

I'm not sure as to whether or not I should take the price tag out?

March Rain

Shot out at Island View Beach, late afternoon in the pouring rain from my car window. I love this tree. This isn't the first time I've shot it...I have quite a few. This photo captures the mood I was going for, melancholic.
Shot in RAW at f 4.0 1/640 -0.67 ISO 400  in the rain. Tweaked a bit in PS...WB and sharpened.
My friend Mimi suggested converting it to B&W so I have posted that along with it. The tree looks more interesting with a lighter sky in the B&W....the 'rain' feel is gone though