53weeks 196 of 371: Bog Monster [Architecture 7/7]

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. 

And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, 

the abyss will gaze back into you.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Bog Monster [Architecture 7/7]
3 image HDR with silver efex pro2
19 mm f/7.1 1/8 ISO 800
Canon EOS 40D EF-S10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

53Weeks 195 of 371: The Cottage [Architecture 6/7]

There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair. 

Friedrich Schiller 

Our weekend retreat. Thank you T&J.

The Cottage [Architecture 6/7]
Parry Sound,Ontario
3 image HDR with silver efex pro2
10 mm f/7.1
Canon EOS 40D

53Weeks 194 of 371: Hockey Hall of Fame [Architecture 5/7]

“Moderator: You feel you’ve been hustled in a pool room. . . . Are there any other things that relate photographically that are not necessarily other photographs? By this I mean, do you ever get ideas—not ideas—is your education ever expanded by an interest in something else other than photography?

Winogrand: I would think so. A heck of a lot. Reading and music and painting and sculpture and other stuff. Basketball, baseball, hockey, etc. Certainly, you know, you can always learn from some—from somebody else’s—from some intelligence. I think. I hope.”


Hockey Hall of Fame [Architecture 5/7]
Hockey Hall of Fame,Toronto,Ontario
3 image HDR with silver efex pro2
22 mm f/7.1 ISO 400
Canon EOS 40D

53Weeks 193 of 371: Vaulted [Architecture 4/7]

Any general statement is like a check drawn on a bank.

Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

Ezra Pound 

This is the main hall of the old Canada Permanent Building. I think the interior is fabulous.


Vaulted [Architecture 4/7]
320 Bay Street
10 mm f/7.1 ISO 800
Canon EOS 40D

53Weeks 192 of 371: Roy Thomson Hall [Architecture 3/7]

Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. 

The air in the performance is sculpted into something. 

Frank Zappa 

Things got a little crazy last week and I fell behind in my posting. Time to catch up.

Roy Thomson Hall [Architecture 3/7]
22 mm f/6.3 ISO 400
Canon EOS 40D

53Weeks 191 of 371: Immaculate [architecture 2/7]

This building is of interest to me as it has a modern feel to it, but it also somewhat retro.

One of my constraints this week was to handle all B&W conversions via Lightroom. Why - because I want to get better at that. I find that I still can't get the results I really want. This image is feeling really flat to me and I was unable to get the pop out of it I envisioned. Work continues.


Immaculate [architecture 2/7]
St. Mary Immaculate,,
13 mm f/22
Canon EOS 40D

53Weeks 190 of 371: St. James [Architecture 1/7]

This week my focus will be onarchitecture. I am adding into the mix two other constraints: black and white plus HDR.

St. James [Architecture 1/7]
3 image HDR  - BW Conversion in Lightroom
 22 mm f/14 ISO 400
Canon EOS 40D