CEDAR TREE

 

Another picture from the same area along the Ottawa river. Colour was too distracting so I decided to work in black and white, which was the best way to emphasize the strong textures of the cedar tree bark. I used my iPad and my favourite Snapseed photo app. It is a basic but quite powerful photo app. Especially if you just want to work on your iPad or your mobile phone. Anyway I like the final result of this image.

ALONG THE OTTAWA RIVER

 

Early Spring along the Ottawa river is actually an old image I found while searching my picture files. I never processed this picture before. Actually it is a good exercise searching through older files because you see images in a different time and viewpoint. I liked the dark atmosphere right after some heavy rain. Rich in textures and a slight warming of the overal picture made this simple composition into a more visually interesting image.

ROCK CAMERA

. A few weeks ago our friend Kim Vlahovich  presented us with two of his art works. Kim works exclusively with colour pencils. He draws not only on paper but also on rock like this rendition of a camera. It is an amazing art work done all in colour pencil. Needles to say that I was very happy with this interpretation of a Leica camera.

AMAZINGLY EARLY SPRING

 We are experiencing an amazingly early Spring here in Northern Ontario. Walking along the government dock here in North Bay, we saw three men repairing a boat house and to our amazement one them was  in the water which is of course very cold. Actually the lake is still covered in ice. All I could think was one word crazy.

TIME TO HIT THE ROAD

 

A few days ago I visited one of my old favourite houses or actually now two houses with the most outrageous decoration made of junk. I was a little disappointed because not much has changed since my last visit. However, this tableau reminded me of an angry impatient driver we meet driving along our highways and city streets.