A BEAUTIFUL FALL DAY

What a beautiful Fall day. It is not very often that we get this kind of warm sunny weather so late in the season. So here is a very simple picture of seagulls enjoying the sun. I liked the soft pastel colours of the sky and water.

APPLE TREE L'ÎSLE AUX COUDRES

I am still working my way through the pictures of our trip. This apple tree was in the garden of the old mill in L'Îsle Aux Coudres. When I took the picture I already had the idea in mind to make it look like an old Autochrome image. It turned out slightly different because when you start working with a picture new visual avenues open up. I liked the final result, which you see here. 

WALL PAINTING, QUEBEC CITY

We arrived late in a very wet Quebec City. After dinner, we took a quick walk through the old city. I took a few pictures so here is one of a quite famous or popular mural. I simply liked the contrast of the lit painting with the dark street.

COUNTRY ROAD, NEW BRUNSWICK

As I mentioned earlier, the weather on our trip was not the greatest. We had a few nice days but most of the time it was cloudy and of course lots of rain. I liked the coming of Fall mood of the image. I had stopped to take a picture of the tree with the fields but just as I clicked the shutter this flock of birds flew right in front of me. Bonus of course. It added a nice element to the picture.

ABSTRACT, QUEBEC CITY, P.Q

This is detail of a wall I photographed in Quebec City. I always like to photograph abstract subject matter like this beautiful coloured surface. I have a very interesting book by Jonathan Miller, Nowhere in particular. It is a collection of his photographs and his notes on a variety of subjects. His introduction is especially interesting because it deals with what Turner called 'pictures of bits' but , like Miller, I am interested in these negligible fragments and details.

BUILDING SUPPLY STORE, GASPÉ, P.Q

It was a very miserable day when we traveled through the Gaspé. Definitely not a great day for photographs  but I made a few pictures i liked. Adding just a speck of colour to this black and white picture simply creates , what Andreas Feininger would call visual impact.

OCTOBER SKY

I could not resist posting this picture of Lake Nipissing, which I took late yesterday afternoon. For me the sky and the colours of the landscape really gives the feeling of late Fall. It has been very wet and dark but we still have some nice days to finish the last work in the garden before the first snow arrives.

FERRY TO RIVIÈRE DU LOUP

From Charlevoix we crossed the Saint Lawrence river to Rivière du Loup. The weather was miserable with dark gray skies and of course lots of rain. It looks as if I coloured part of a black and white image but actually this is exactly what it looked like during the crossing.

INTERIOR, CHAPEL, L'ISLE-AUX-COUDRES

This is the interior of the chapel of yesterday's posting. For me, it feels like literally stepping back in time. We had those roadside chapels in Holland but now they have to be closed if you did not want to eiter see them vandalized or robbed.

ROAD SIDE CHAPEL, L'ISLE AUX COUDRES

Driving along the highway on the island you will pass quite a few of these small roadside chapels. They have been immaculately restored.

WINDMILL, L'ISLE-AUX-COUDRES

L'Isle-aux-Coudres is a small island in the Saint Lawrence near Baie Saint Paul. It is a beautiful island and one of the attractions are the two flour mills, a windmill built in 1836 and a watermill on the same site from 1825. I think that the wind mill needs some more restoration work.

RAIN, PARKING LOT, NORTH BAY

The last few days the weather has changed from beautiful warm sunny days to very wet grey conditions. Of course Fall has truly started. Yesterday I sat waiting in the car. Rain pelting down, which transformed the view of the boring  parking lot seen through my water covered windshield into a nice abstract image.

FOR SALE, BAIE SAINT PAUL

Krys and Paul are absolutely correct, Baie Saint Paul is a lovely place. I photographed this building, which at the moment houses a art gallery but could have been transported from Louisiana even from South America. It is a heritage house but I suspect that it will need lots of renovations.

COUNTRY ROAD, CHARLEVOIX

After a very nice Thanksgiving weekend time to post another picture. Again I opted for a black and white over the colour version of this landscape. The image has far more impact in monochrome. Colour is nice but it simply lacked drama.

DOWNTOWN, BAIE SAINT PAUL

This Thanksgiving weekend was definitely one perfect weekend to remember. Norman Rockwell would have been very happy.today the picture is a detal of one of the many galleries in downtown Baie Saint Paul.Its the light and shadow combined with the various shapes and patterns which makes this image.

THANKS JOHN

Thanks John for your very gracious comment. I thought you might enjoy this very pastoral Charlevoix landscape. The magnificent cloudy sky is what makes this image. Black and white was my  first choice, remembering what David Ernest said one time " black and white is poetry" and I have to agree. Anyway have a great thanksgiving weekend everybody.

CHARLEVOIX BARN

buildings always attract me. I think it is not just shapes and textures but the human stories and history, which intrigue me.

ANOTHER BLACK AND WHITE

I simply liked the patterns of the reeds along the shore line but I was not interested in just making a straight black and white. Simply changing contrast , resulted in an image  with strong visual impact.

DETAIL, BARN, CHARLEVOIX, PQ

Another black and white, or actually a sepia toned, picture of a detail of the old barn in Charlevoix.

ABANDONED BARN, CHARLEVOIX, PQ

A black and white picture for a change. Actually when I saw this barn along the highway, I realized colour would not work with this scene. It has rich textures and patterns best translated as a monochrome image.