When the fall leaves are back lit they look like stained glass charms hanging from the trees. This was all shot on the one beautiful day we had near the beginning of this month – so far the rest of it … Continue reading Changing Seasons in the Park: October 2016
Queen Elizabeth Park is a public park with amazing gardens planted in two quarries. The plantings in the large quarry were semi-abstract. The plantings in the small quarry tended to be more whimsical, like this serpent that winds its way through … Continue reading Changing Seasons in the Park: August 2016
For this months ‘Seasons’ challenge I decided to see how out-of-focus was too out-of-focus. This tulip tree leaf shows classic depth of field, with the leaf in front being in-focus and the rest out-of-focus. These maple leaves are my favourite and I … Continue reading Changing Seasons in the Park: June 2016
I had wanted to try to see if I could do some really long exposures on my point-and-shoot camera this month but it was just too bright every time I went out. Even with my ISO set to 80 (the … Continue reading Changing Seasons in the Park: May 2016
I was hoping that I wouldn’t degenerate this challenge into shots of all the pretty flowers out this month. But looking over my photos that’s exactly what I’ve done. Except for this monster, the Giant Rhubarb or Gunnera manicata. This is … Continue reading Seasons in the Park: April 2016
This month I went out on my monthly photo jaunt to Queen Elizabeth Park* with a friend who had a new adjustable camera. Since I’m also still in the process of exploring my new* camera, we wandered around playing with our macro and white balance settings. White … Continue reading Changing Seasons in the Park: March 2016
A visit from some friends had us wandering around some of Vancouver’s garden parks this month. I was disappointed in the garden beds full of anticipation and not much else, but our friends were delighted, running around identifying all the trees and remarking, “It’s … Continue reading Changing Seasons in the Park: February 2016
Although I didn’t take part in the Cardinal’s Changing Seasons Challenge last year, I did go out and photograph Queen Elizabeth Park in January, 2015. What I found interesting was that I went out with my old camera, and although I was photographing … Continue reading Changing Seasons in the Park: January 2015
The other week I trudged up to Queen Elizabeth Park with the idea that I would do a seasonal shoot. I have always loved other people’s images of a lone tree in every season. But mine were not going to be like that. Rather, … Continue reading Changing Seasons in the Park: January 2016
