An Evening Drive

Im constantly pulling over to the side of the rode, and jumping out to take a shot or two . Time is usually short , so thats about all I get .  So when I actually have extra time , I try to make the most of it and put on my boots , and get right in there for a good bunch of shots.

Signs, signs .. everywhere!!  Drives me mad! 

Empty Milk Week 

Was a nice bright blue sunny day !!  

Even a robin posed for a picture. 

An old beaver pond, Id been wanting to stop at for a while. 

Knarly Frozen Roots 

Reminded me of a sun dial :) 

Ahh green!!  Come on spring!!  

  Id been wanting to stop at this old beaver pond for a while, was well worth the 10 minute hike to get to it.   All shots are untouched , save for a crop or two .   Editing suggestions are welcomed, as are all comments :) Enjoy your day !  Happy Shooting .

Out for a Stroll

We don't get that many sunny , and reasonably warm winter days, so when we do I go hiking with the dogs...  on the REALLY nice days I go for a stroll to the local grocery store :)  Always used to forget my camera lol !  Not this time :)

Just getting started .. this path leads to a bicycle path.. not that I ever walk on it :) lol 

I love finding these... Naturally Framed Sun Shot 

A couple of doves, all tucked in from the cold

Love frozen streams :) 

It always amazes me that the stream doesn't freeze solid.. even in -30C 

Everything was frozen solid except this patch, weird :) 

Welcome to Canada in February lol 

Random shot of a rotten tree

Heading home..  this is a feeder stream for the creek .

Almost home ..  and found a neat old Chevy truck. 

I hope you have enjoyed tagging along for my stroll :) Please follow the comment link to leave any feedback, critiques or just let me know which one you liked the best :) Happy Shooting !

Barns & Snow Day

Wow ,  I can't believe its been 3 weeks since Ive posted on here...  The good news is , everything is reorganized and good to go on my end.   Ive finally recovered from the hard drive crash , and then the computer switchover :))  Everything is nicely backed up between 2 hard drives, and a copy of all my favourites onto a third one!  Its time to play catch up , Ive got the next 5 posts already selected .. just need to type them up :)

Brrr this was one of the coldest days this year -40C in the wind 

Same day ... deceptively sunny .  

I pass this nice old barn all the time :)  

Id been waiting patiently for a blue sky to take this shot :))  

Love these old barns , great character. 

I think I like them unpainted better ?  

Last one for today :)) 

Ill be taking the same route during spring and summer this year ,  will be interesting to see  the differences a season or two makes.   Have a great day !! Happy Shooting :))

Where did January go ??

Its mid winter here , lots of snow, cold temperatures, and grey/white skies. Its been an interesting week of taking photographs, I've started shooting in RAW , and using the semi manual settings on my camera.  Aperture and shutter speed was my focus this week.   Ill keep this brief, as for the first time. Im adding captions :)) Ill let them tell the rest of this weeks story .

Winter horizon , On a clear day the CN tower is very pronounced, today its just a fuzzy stick in the far background.

Im guessing this bird had flown south :) 

Fence posts and dark cold water are two of my favourite subjects 

Dark water on a cold grey day , this shot was an Ah Ha moment for shutter speed.  

Snowy Calm, A view of the woods, it looks so  peaceful.  

You know the snow is deep when :)) 

Post in a snowy field.  This was my Ah Ha moment for aperture.  Fence posts make great practice shots. 

Little Miss Chicken , Id been taking care of a Farmer Friend's  chickens while he was away!

Roast pork Dinner, my other life as a food blogger :)
http://richfletchersgoodfoodrevolution.blogspot.com/

I hope you've enjoyed this weeks pictures.  All comments, critiques,  or suggestions are welcomed.  Happy Shooting , see you In February :)

Thirty Below , and lots of snow :)

It snowed almost all day yesterday, was quite a nice day .. not too far below zero , lots of fluffy snow.  Then came the night ,  and the cold !  Woke up to -33C with wind chill today . COLD!  Of course, Id left my truck window open !! Hahahaha it was frozen and had a good amount of snow in it, and even worse I forgot to plug it in.  So my whole day was delayed by an hour while I waited for the block heater to do  its job.  Had another coffee , and even managed a food post while waiting. You can check it out here :) http://richfletchersgoodfoodrevolution.blogspot.com/ So finally , I get to leave , and that's were the photos start..  with a quick view of my truck, then off for a frozen hike...  so cold i could only manage two or three shots at a time, before my fingers wouldn't work properly. The snow banks looked great today , frozen, but with blue skies and sunshine. Then , just to show how used to the cold  me and my dogs have become, the last one was taken at a stop sign..  I didn't even have to roll down the window, it was already down.  6 Layers can keep you pretty warm.  Enjoy :)) I know I did.  

Today was a good day :)

Its my birthday today, and I was debating posting anything... but I had such a fun day shooting .. I just have to share a few pics with you,   they are all in chronological order starting at about 7am this morning when I let the dogs out, till around 8pm with my dinner at the Keg :) I think that will be my first food picture on here, which is really quite funny as I didn't cook it .  ( For those that don't know me , I also have a food blog. Links is at the bottom of this page ) So here you are , I hope you enjoy :))

Snow, Tracks , and my Truck

I hope you all like snow :)  Pretty much every picture from now until March will have it in there some where! We are just getting to the deep freeze portion of our winter,  temperatures will continue to drop for the next month.   The only bonus is the days are getting just a little longer each day . 

I hope you all enjoy , as always comments and editing suggestions are much appreciated.  ( These are all untouched shots )