Sunday, December 08, 2024

Peanut, bokeh, and date night

Spontaneous takeout photo sesh
London, ON
December 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram

Date night last night meant picking up dinner for a living room picnic.

And while I waited for the order to be ready, I played with the peanuts the restaurant so graciously made available for customers in line.

I never said it was fine dining. And they had me at peanuts.

So I found a table off to the side and started to compose the shot. I do this sometimes, play with light and composition and angles. It brings me a strange degree of joy, even in the middle of a public space that normally doesn’t host spontaneous photo shoots.

I hope I brought some unexpected joy to a few strangers. I hope I inspired them to step out of the normal every once in a while. I hope a single photo of a peanut somehow turns into a ripple of something a little more tangible.

That’s what photography does for me. No one ever said it had to follow a script.

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #restaurant #fiveguys #bokeh #stilllife #photography #fruitography #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone

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Saturday, December 07, 2024

Walking through the snow at night

Stay in the tracks
London, ON
December 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram

It snowed again. Lots. Which left the neighbourhood streets looking like this.

It didn’t last long, mind you, because soon enough the plows came along and opened them back up.

And as much as we need passable roads, there’s something to be said for those fleeting moments when the snows run deep and everyone hunkers down inside. Or grabs a sled and heads for the hill. Or simply sits inside a frosty window and enjoys the muted silence.

There are plenty of reasons for the connective tissues of a modern city to operate cleanly and efficiently.

But there’s also merit in the occasional snow day where everything stops so kids can stay home from school and play in the snow.

It won’t be here forever, after all.

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #winter #snow #weather #wx #onstorm #street #streetphotography #leadinglines #night #nightphotography #monochrome #photography #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone

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Friday, December 06, 2024

The olive fixation continues

Seeing red
London, ON
September 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram

During an ordinary visit to an ordinary grocery store to pick up ordinary - and overpriced - groceries, I find my eyes and my mind drifting somewhat.

I do this all the time, stare into the corners of the everyday in search of something, anything even, that might grab my eye or squeeze my soul just a little.

I never really know what I’m looking for, but I like to tell myself I’ll know it when I see it.

And so we have the olive jar display at the local Sobeys, a tiny slash of red in the middle of an otherwise ordinary place.

I use that word, ordinary, a lot. Maybe nothing is truly ordinary. Maybe we’re meant to keep looking into corners for inspiration.

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #grocery #store #sobeys #shopping #retail #random #stilllife #photography #fruitography #apple #iphone #shotoniphone

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Thursday, December 05, 2024

Dirty tracks in the snow

Evidence, for now
London, ON
December 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram

We’re all on some kind of journey.

Where we begin and end them isn’t always apparent.

Often we’ll cross paths, usually in silence.

We’ll leave some form of evidence along the way.

But it’ll be temporary, soon to be erased by time or circumstance or whatever random forces happen to roll in.

Each story either destined to live on as a memory in those who leave these tracks behind, and those closest to them.

Or simply fade away.

#ldnont #london ##oldnorth #ontario #canada #winter #snow #weather #wx #onstorm #street #streetphotography #night #nightphotography #photography #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone

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Wednesday, December 04, 2024

Red drapes in a crowded mall

Hanging around
Toronto, ON
November 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram

Texture matters.

Because everything can be virtualized.

Sometimes we just have to be there, and see and feel it for ourselves.

#toronto #ontario #canada #yyz #throwback #red #drape #eatoncentre #abstract #photography #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone

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Tuesday, December 03, 2024

Why does our dog hate her coat?

I'm wearing it under protest
London, ON
December 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram

Some days dawn darker, and this Monday was one of them.

Yet dark day or not, the dog still needed her walk. So on went her snazzy coat - that she despises - and off we went.

Coat-hatred notwithstanding, it didn’t take her long to bury her nose in the season’s first snow. She jumped over - and occasionally into - snowbanks taller than her, and broke through fresh powder as she fruitlessly chased a squirrel who mocked her from atop the backyard fence.

The morning was still dark, an echo of a world that left fairness and kindness behind long before she was a puppy. But for reasons known only to her, all that mattered was the snow.

So she played. And I watched. And smiled at the blinkered innocence and joy of a happy dog.

And while it didn’t fix the planet, the temporary, admittedly trivial light in the darkness was a welcome change.

On the way home, I resolved to be more like her. I quietly wished we could all be more like her.

If only.

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #winter #snow #weather #wx #calli #callitheschnauzer #dog #dogs #actofdog #schnauzerpuppy #schnauzersofinstagram #schnauzergram #schnauzers #dogsofinstagram #instapuppy #photography #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone

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Monday, December 02, 2024

One last fire before night

Orange-painted sky
London, ON
October 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram

I stand alone in the deepening cold of an autumn evening and watch the sky light itself on fire one last time before extinguishing itself for the night.

I wonder how many times I’ve stood here, or in places much like it, and watched the heavens in awe.

I wonder if I’ve done this too many times, but just as quickly banish the thought.

Instead I wonder how many more of these I’m going to get. Because sunsets, like the days they mark, aren’t infinite, at least for mere mortals who stand alone in the chill and wait for the show.

Everything in front of us is a limited-time offer. As are we.

So we get out there and enjoy it while we can.

Makes sense, doesn’t it?

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #sunset #orange #cloudspotting #weather #wx #optimistpark #naturephotography #landscapephotography #photography #nikon #nikonphotography #nikon_photography

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Sunday, December 01, 2024

Painted line of trees

At the park's edge
London, ON
October 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram

Nature’s brightest paint is also its most temporary.

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #throwback #optimistpark #trees #gameoftones #autumn #colour #leaves #naturephotography #landscapephotography #photography #nikon #nikonphotography #nikon_photography

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Saturday, November 30, 2024

Where pink banishes grey

Seek vibrancy
London, ON
November 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram

It isn’t even winter yet in the Great White North, but already the landscape is shifting into its annual near-monochrome mode, where muted tones replace vibrant colours as everything around us seems to sleep amid the relentless cold.

So we look for whatever colours remain, wherever they may be. And when we come across them in the forlorn corners of a parking lot, bathed in harsh security lights that splatter themselves over the bare, cracked pavement, we take a few moments for a closer look - and maybe a spontaneous photo shoot - before real life summons us back.

This particular example is a vibrant pink-painted shipping container that’s been repurposed as a beloved neighbourhood ice cream shop. They make a mean cherry milkshake, by the way.

Sadly, Canadians don’t make milkshakes in winter, cherry or otherwise, so the brilliant pink container stands empty and locked, ignored amid the biting winds and drifting flurries.

And as we count the days until life returns here, we stand and take in the welcome shot of colour and shape and texture, itself a reminder that hope can be found in the most surprising corners of the everyday.

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada @celsiusicecreamshop #building #architecture #architecturephotography #buildingporn #architectureporn #pink #geometry #photography #apple #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone

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Friday, November 29, 2024

Talking about the Australian social media ban with the CBC

I joined chief anchor Ian Hanomansingh on CBC's flagship newscast, The National, to walk through the new Australian under-16 social media law.!

The video of the segment is available here:


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One colourful tree. One not.

Opposites attract
London, ON
October 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram

Those who have and those who don’t can often be found side-by-side.

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #medwayvalley #autumn #colour #trees #leaves gameoftones #naturephotography #landscapephotography #photography #nikon #nikonphotography #nikon_photography

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Thursday, November 28, 2024

It feels like a Bluesky moment

I'll add myself to the growing legions of folks jumping on the #Bluesky bandwagon.

FWIW, I wouldn't know what a bandwagon is if I bumped into one in real life.

Come on over and say hi. Then stick around a while. We'll make it fun. Promise.


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Reflecting over a bunch of glasses

Drink up
London, ON
October 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram

The pandemic took so much away from us - but in some ways it also changed us for the better.

Exhibit A: these glasses.

They were sitting in the kitchen of our friends’ home. As we all gathered around the central island and caught up since our last gathering, I stepped back a bit and found myself listening to the warm buzz of the room.

I do that often, and my friends get the why. If I pull a camera out to remember the moment, they smile that understanding smile that only true friends can. I’m a lucky human, indeed.

Since we all began reconnecting after COVID started to slip into the past, I found myself appreciating these moments even more than I might have previously.

Maybe being stuck connecting to each other exclusively via videoconference made us appreciate these in-person get-togethers a little more after the lockdowns ended.

I know it’s changed me, and I no longer take simple moments like these for granted. They matter to us far more than we once thought.

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #glass #kitchen #stilllife #monochrome #photography #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone

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Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Leafy chaos

So much going on
London, ON
October 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram

Admittedly, this photo of a leaf-covered forest floor is a chaotically random mess. But that’s entirely the point.

Every year, my photo roll seems to overflow with images like this one. While the canopy overhead gets everyone else’s attention, I’m the weirdo pointing the lens straight down and trying to keep my feet out of the frame.

I’m perpetually intrigued by the riot of colours and textures, the sheer complexity of scenes I’d otherwise miss if I chose to be a little more like everyone else.

But I’m not. I look in the shadowy nooks and crannies that surround us. Or the wonky stuff everyone else would just trample on their way to something else.

Because the forest floor isn’t the only thing that’s chaotically and randomly messy. So is life.

Which, to me, is beautiful and worth a closer look.

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #forest #floor #fallen #leaf #leaves #autumn #colour #stilllife #naturephotography #landscapephotography #photography #nikon #nikonphotography #nikon_photography

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Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Canine sphinx

I'll just be over here, looking pretty
London, ON
October 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram

Days with dogs > days without dogs.

Calli the Wonderschnauzer agrees, and hopes she’s prompted some smiles on an otherwise grey day.

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #calli #callitheschnauzer #dog #dogs #actofdog #schnauzerpuppy #schnauzersofinstagram #schnauzergram #schnauzers #dogsofinstagram #instapuppy #monochrome #photography #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone

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Monday, November 25, 2024

Praying at the altar of red

Leftovers
London, ON
November 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram

Every other tree around here has been bare for weeks, empty branches swaying in the cold late-November wind.

Yet this young maple sapling stands defiantly against the season, its few remaining leaves of red calling out from clear across the street, almost begging to be seen one last time.

The winds toss them around, yet they still hold fast, tenaciously refusing to slip easily into memory.

But remember them we will, for defiance plays well in those forgotten spaces beside the woods - and everywhere else, too.

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #trees #gameoftones #autumn #colour #red #leaves #naturephotography #landscapephotography #photography #apple #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone
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Sunday, November 24, 2024

The floating leaf

One last look before...
London, ON
October 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram

In the middle of a shallow creek deep in the wooded valley, a single tattered leaf fights the gentle yet relentless current.

The water has been flowing here since long before recorded history was a thing, slowly carving out the spectacular landscape.

Year after year, countless trees have sprouted even more countless leaves, only to have them fall, forgotten, before the snow returns.

This single leaf is no exception, yet still it holds on against forces it knows it can’t outlast.

In a way it feels like a broader lesson, perhaps one the person staring into the quiet waters might want to ponder on the long walk back to the so-called real world.

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #medwayvalley #forest #trees #leaves #rocks #water #shadows #sun #autumn #gameoftones #texture #naturephotography #landscapephotography #photography #nikon #nikonphotography #nikon_photography


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Saturday, November 23, 2024

Peering out of the forest

The things we see from underneath the darkness
Komoka, ON
October 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram

The scene: I’m wandering solo through the woods west of London. The steel-grey skies have been threatening rain for most of the afternoon, but thankfully the wet stuff has held off.

Not that I can see the steel-grey, because the canopy here is still thick with leaves on this miserable October afternoon, and the forest floor is coated in deep shades of gloom.

I’ve got my camera in my hand in case I come across anything of interest, but so far I haven’t shot anything. The day might very well be a bust.

Eventually, I come across a small clearing at the top of a cliff, a small stab of light piercing deep into the woods. If I (carefully) stand between the trees just so, I can see for miles. I shoot a few quick frames between the random branches before continuing on my way.

We never know when the light will shine through the darkness. We can’t afford to not be prepared when it does.

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #komoka #provincialpark #throwback #autumn #colour #trees #leaves #gameoftones #naturephotography #landscapephotography #photography #canon #canonphotography #canon_photography


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Friday, November 22, 2024

We'll cross that bridge when we get to it

Start with one step
London, ON
October 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram

Sooner or later we all run into bridges that need to be crossed.

So we cross them.

What we find on the other side is anyone’s guess.

But we’ll never know unless we take that first step.

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #medwayvalley #heritage #forest #bridge #trees #autumn #color #colour #gameoftones #perspective #naturephotography #landscapephotography #photography #nikon #nikonphotography #nikon_photography

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Thursday, November 21, 2024

When is a yam not a yam?

Go on, touch it
London, ON
November 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram
 
Saturday afternoon grocery runs in a college town mean aisles clogged with students and parents debating the merits of regular Kraft Dinner vs. the upmarket white cheese version.

It also means an ultra-fast smartphone photo shoot in the vegetable section, where some of those very same students and parents watch with bemused smiles as I zero in in on a particularly texture-rich pile of yams.

At least I think they’re yams. [CORRECTION: I’ve been informed these are beets. I have zero veggie cred.] Doesn’t matter either way, because precision takes a back seat to the fact that my little photo sesh makes complete strangers smile a little.

And in case we haven’t been paying attention, Planet Earth is a bit of a Dumpster fire these days, so we could all use an excuse - any excuse, really - to smile.

I’m using my smartphone to make that happen. What’s your tool of choice?

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #grocery #store #loblaws #shopping #retail #random #stilllife #photography #fruitography #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone

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Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Talking about Bluesky to Canadians

What’s #Bluesky and why are we hearing so much about it these days?

Could it be the heir apparent to X-nee-Twitter?

I’ll walk through the ins and outs of the planet’s most buzzworthy social media platform with #CBCRadio stations across Canada on Thursday morning.

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Walk the leaf-choked path

Carpeted
London, ON
October 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram

Maybe the path ahead is littered with the remnants of seasons past.

Walk it, anyway.

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #medwayvalley #heritage #forest #trees #autumn #forest #floor #fallen #leaf #leaves #stilllife #naturephotography #landscapephotography #photography #nikon #nikonphotography #nikon_photography


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Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Getting reflectively autumnal

Bouncing colour and light
London, ON
October 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram

The world looked so different a month ago, didn’t it?

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #springbank #forest #trees #autumn #color #colour #gameoftones #thames #river #reflection #water #naturephotography #landscapephotography #photography #nikon #nikonphotography #nikon_photography


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Monday, November 18, 2024

Building a better web

It only looks lightweight
London, ON
October 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram

Depeche Mode’s Construction Time Again always seems to play in my head when I come across scenes like this.

Maybe it’s the relentless tenacity of building and rebuilding despite everything nature throws this spider’s way.

Maybe it’s the sheer engineering genius of something that at first blush looks simple, but in reality is freakishly complex.

Maybe it’s the sense of wonder taking place in the shadowy corners where most of us never look - but probably should.

Maybe it doesn’t need to have meaning at all. Maybe it’s just an excuse to be wowed in a world where few of us seem to be looking for those elusive wow moments.

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #naturephotography #monochrome #stilllife #photography #spider #web #spiderweb #spidersofinstagram #macrophotography #spiderphotography #nikon #nikonphotography #nikon_photography


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Sunday, November 17, 2024

Glass cube in the sky

Where's my ruler?
Toronto, ON
November 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram

Officially, this is the Sheldon & Tracy Levy Student Learning Centre, and it’s part of the Toronto Metropolitan University (nee Ryerson) campus.

Unofficially, it’s an icon on Yonge Street, a sleek glass box on the busiest stretch of Canada’s biggest city that serves as an anchor to generations of students during their journey toward a brighter future.

Compelling architecture can do that, namely rise above its obvious purpose as a safe space protected from the elements. It can make us feel something from a chapter that mattered, trigger a memory, or simply stop what we’re doing and reflect on the what, the how, the who, and the why.

I didn’t study here, but I’ve got similarly resonant buildings from faraway places cluttering the shadowy corners of my mind. And walking up to this sleek glass box on a grey day somehow unlocks memories I thought I’d buried long ago.

We all come from somewhere. We all possess memories of places that have wrapped themselves around our souls. It’s not a bad thing to reconnect with them every once in a while.

#toronto #ontario #canada #yyz #building #architecture #architecturephotography #buildingporn #architectureporn #urban #downtown #tmu #city #yonge #geometry #reflective #mirror #glass #photography #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone


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Saturday, November 16, 2024

Always a new sky

Come on out for another show
London, ON
October 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram

While it is true that the sky is always putting on some kind of show, it’s just as true that the show it’s putting on right now will never be repeated.

Which explains why I keep finding myself standing quietly, camera in hand, waiting for something to happen far above my head.

Perhaps it seems repetitive. And it is. Or maybe even a waste of time. Which I promise you it most certainly is not.

Every time I stand here, I see something new. Or maybe it seems familiar, but I’m seeing it through a different lens. Maybe I’m in a different mood. Maybe I have thoughts that need to be worked out. Maybe I just don’t want to be thinking at all.

There’s a sense of comfort derived from returning to the same place and waiting for something that may or may not happen. There’s a sense of comfort derived from turning it all off and just enjoying the show.

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #sunset #cloudspotting #weather #wx #optimistpark #naturephotography #landscapephotography #photography #nikon #nikonphotography #nikon_photography


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Friday, November 15, 2024

Red leaves on a string

Slash of colour
London, ON
October 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram

We can see red and get upset, or we can see red and be inspired.

Choices. Entirely ours.

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #medwayvalley #forest #trees #red #leaves #gameoftones #texture #naturephotography #landscapephotography #photography #nikon #nikonphotography #nikon_photography


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Thursday, November 14, 2024

The squirrel who followed me

Let's play
London, ON
October 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram

The scene: I’m walking through London’s Springbank Park on a late autumn afternoon. I hear skittering behind me, and look back to see a black squirrel following along.

I stop to appreciate the strange spectacle of a human meeting a rodent. We stare at each other for a bit before I turn around and continue along the path.

A few hundred metres further on, it occurs to me that I’m still hearing some skittering. I look back once again and see my new squirrelly friend still following me at a respectful distance. I smile at her before I get back to my walk.

You know what happens next. More skittering. More stopping. More staring. This goes on for 15 minutes, and by now I’ve walked well over a kilometre with this little furball in tow.

Of course the moment calls for some photography, and of course she poses like a pro.

I know she would probably rip my face off if given the opportunity. But for an abnormal stretch of time on a sunny afternoon in the park, I want to imagine that we’re somehow connected.

If only any of this applied to more than a single squirrel.

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #springbank #squirrel #squirrelsofinstagram #squirrelphotography #squirrelwhisperer #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #photography #nikon #nikonphotography #nikon_photography

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Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Where we follow a man who shops

Mission accomplished
Toronto, ON
November 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram

It’s been a while since I did the street photography thing.

Never mind the fact that this is in a mall and not a street.

This particular mall, Toronto’s Eaton Centre, has always been a bit of a Mecca for a little visual fun. And even after renovations that cut into the grandeur of the atrium, there are still places here where the old magic of a carefully crafted public space manages to be seen and felt.

In all likelihood the stranger ahead of me on the escalator will never be known. It’s another facet of street photography that adds to its poignancy.

#toronto #ontario #canada #yyz #building #architecture #architecturephotography #buildingporn #architectureporn #urban #downtown #city #yonge #eatoncentre #mall #retail #glass #photography #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone

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Tuesday, November 12, 2024

The necessity of colour

Painted, for now
London, ON
October 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram

If anything, we need colour now more than ever.

At least that’s what I tell myself as I wander the valley in search of something - anything, really - that makes me smile.

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #medwayvalley #trees #gameoftones #autumn #colour #trees #leaves #naturephotography #landscapephotography #photography #nikon #nikonphotography #nikon_photography

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Monday, November 11, 2024

The canopy turns red

Opposites attract
London, ON
October 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram

[NOTE: I’m working my way through processing the autumn photos off of my camera-camera - not the smartphone - so please accept my oh-so-Canadian apologies for posting these weeks after they were taken. Better late than never, right?]

Just before the leaves fell for good, they flared into a supernaturally bright shade of red. The arboreal colourfest lasted for all of a day before the winds moved in and finished the job.

We always seem to save the best for last, don’t we? I think the trees feel the same way.

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #trees #gameoftones #autumn #colour #red #leaves #naturephotography #landscapephotography #photography #nikon #nikonphotography #nikon_photography

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Sunday, November 10, 2024

All the leaves are brown...

Down
London, ON
October 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram

All the leaves have fallen, their once brilliant colours now reduced to a near-monochrome brown.

No one heads out anymore to shoot autumn-brown photos. Which leaves me all alone to shuffle through the deep layers left behind, my feet crunching through the endless mess.

It sounds and feels like nothing else, a blink-and-you-miss-it moment between autumn and winter when what at first blush seems like an ending instead turns out to be a glorious opening to a vibrant next chapter.

So we crouch down as far as we dare and get a close look at this ephemeral scene before the snows rewrite the script yet again.

Because there’s always a new story being written, always a new chapter to be added to what’s already been told.

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #forest #floor #fallen #leaf #leaves #stilllife #naturephotography #landscapephotography #photography #nikon #nikonphotography #nikon_photography


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