Backcountry Diaries

A snake lifts its head over a dried, shrivelled leaf from the forest floor. The leaf appears to glow orange in the sunlight.

We spotted this juvenile garter snake as it crossed the trail, trying to hide in the leaf litter.

#photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #snake

A small hoverfly, with the black and yellow markings of a bee, sits on the yellow centre of a lavender wildflower. Some of the other flowers in the image are starting to wither as summer turns to fall.

A hoverfly sips the last few drops of nectar on a late-September hike on an old familiar trail.

#photography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #nature #hoverfly #wildflower #insect

A nighttime scene, looking down a quiet street. Street lamps cast cones of light through dense fog down to the road, revealing a parked vehicle on the left. Part of a silhouetted tree balances the light with darkness.

During the day, this road bustles with both foot and vehicle traffic as people go about their busy lives. But at night, the silence rolls in like dense fog.

#photography #monochrome #fog #blueskyartshow #theroad

A bee sits atop a bright yellow and orange flower, pollen grains on its face, and a swollen pollen sac on its hind leg.

A bee gathers pollen while it still can. Fall is in the air.

#NaturePhotography #photography #WildlifePhotography #bee #flower #yellow

Two old, lichen-encrusted Muskoka chairs sitting on green grass facing left, as the red and green bushes of an encroaching forest loom in the background.

Two long-forgotten Muskoka chairs being reclaimed by nature.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #OutdoorPhotography #AbandonedPlaces #RusticCharm #Overgrown #ForgottenPlaces #ReclaimedByNature #AutumnVibes

Broken promise.

#Photography #Forest #Autumn #FallenLeaves #WeddingMetaphor #NaturePhotography #RustAndDecay #ArtInNature #VisualPoetry

A nighttime scene looking down upon an illuminated, triangular swimming pool.

#BlueskyArtShow #angles

A person with outstretched arms rappelling by coloured rope down the side of a glass building. The lines of the arms, ropes, windows, and reflections form many angles, shapes, and X patterns.

You never know what you might encounter along a busy city street.

#BlueskyArtShow #angles #climbing

A black and white photo looking along the water's edge of a rocky shoreline. On the left, a beach leading into a forest. On the right, rocks emerging from the water, which itself is smooth and milky white from the long exposure.

A black and white photo taken from the shore on an overcast day, looking towards the milky white water over large rocks in the foreground. Another rocky coastline is visible in the distance.

It was nice to spend an afternoon on the rocky shores of Lake Superior trying to capture her early autumn mood.

#photography #monochrome #slowexposure #landscape #greatlakes #LakeSuperior

Thank you.

Yes, I do. Quite often, actually. There's always a different angle, different light, and unexplored perspectives at every location. I'll be back at this location in about a month or two, not shooting monochromes, but shooting vibrant fall colours.

Canoeing in Banff National Park: #AGoodPlace

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Black and white photo of a forest with tall, slender trees. Sunlight bursts through the canopy, creating a starburst effect and scattering light across the shadows of the forest floor.

The morning before the unofficial end to summer, and light bursts through the trees.

#BlackAndWhitePhotography #BWPhoto #Monochrome #PhotoStory #MorningLight #ForestPhotography #WoodlandPhotography #Photography #Sunburst

An intentionally blurry photo of a forest scene, with light-coloured trees in the foreground. A flash of teal emerges from the bottom of the scene, barely hinting at the presence of a canoe on the forest floor.

A blurry photo of a canoe sitting amongst the trees close to the shore of lake.

Scenes from our campsite on this Labour Day weekend.

#icmphotography #intentionalcameramovement #ICM #abstractphotography #natureabstracts #canada #ontariophotography #lakelife #canoeing #forestphotography #treelovers #naturephotography #moodynature #slowshutter #photographicart

A black and white photo of a barn door swung wide open, with a hesitant lamb peering hesitantly from inside the barn to the outside world.

The door is open. The hardest step is the first one.

#BlackAndWhitePhotography #BWPhotography #Monochrome #FineArtPhotography #Photography #PhotoStory #VisualPoetry #MinimalistPhotography #BarnPhotography #ContrastAndLight

The worst customer support--and I mean by a country mile--has got to be @gopro.bsky.social. Their website is utterly useless, phone support directs you to their website where you have to log in, to deal with an issue logging in! Round and round we go.

"Your call is important to us." Uh-huh.

A black and white view of two stacked rows of ancient arches on the side of the Roman Colosseum.

#BlueskyArtShow #Arch

A view from the water looking under a stone bridge onto a patio with colourful umbrellas.

#BlueskyArtShow #Arch

Beautiful shot.

Really cool effect.

#BlueskyArtShow #blur #IntenrionalCameraMovement

#BlueskyArtShow #blur

A blurry, winter forest scene in black and white. A bifurcated tree, it’s two white trunks forming a ‘V’, dominates the foreground in front of a dark woodland behind.

A snowy forest trail.

#BlueskyArtShow #blur #intensionalcameramovement #icmphotography

This is fantastic news! I just signed up for a Pixelfed account, but it would be so much nicer to have full photo-sharing integration on Bluesky.

As U.S. election looms, this ‘rumor researcher’ tracks—and combats—falsehoods in real time Kate Starbird’s work at the Center for an Informed Public has made her the target of political attacks

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This woman is a hero!

From the M43 community on Reddit: Not to be taken seriously... It really made me laugh though 🤣 Explore this post and more from the M43 community

Nailed it! (At least for me, anyway.)

#photography

A photo-club colleague just lost all their Lightroom photo edits because of a corrupted catalog file. How is this possible? I don't use LR, I use Darktable, which saves edits automatically to .xmp sidecar files; why doesn't LR do this by default? Is it possible to recover lost edits? #photography

A cluster of dry, brown catkins dangling from a slender tree branch.

Dry, star (aster)-shaped flowers on slender woody branches.

Even as the vibrant colours of summer fade and the cold sets in, resilience endures. The dry catkins and muted winter tones remind us that strength lies in adaptation and perseverance through the most challenging times.

#photography #woodlandphotography #nature #naturephotography #resilience

Thank you!

A walkway across a rampart leads to a multi-sided brick building with a conical pointed roof.

Old bricks of the Château des ducs de Bretagne in Nantes, France.

#photography #blueskyartshow #bricks