53Weeks 104 of 371: Beavers Build Dams

“The eagle may soar; beavers build dams.”

- Joseph S. Nye Jr

Beavers Build Dams [tree 7/7]
Beaver Creek,Richmond Hill,Ontario
70 mm f/7.1 ISO 400
Canon EOS 40D

53 weeks 103 of 371: Morning Storm

"The winds will blow their own freshness into you, 

and the storms their energy, 

while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn."

-John Muir

Morning Storm [6/7]

Richmond Hill, Ontario

53 weeks: 102 of 371: Wet Feet [Tree 5/7]

The purpose of a mans heart are deep waters 

but a man of understanding draws them out.
The Bible (Proverbs 20:5)

Wet Feet [Tree 5/7]

Burlington, Ontario

53Weeks 101 of 371: Final Storm

“Honest Winter, snow-clad, and with the frosted beard, 

I can welcome not uncordially; 

But that long deferment of the calendar's promise, 

that weeping gloom of March and April, 

that bitter blast outraging the honour of May 

how often has it robbed me of heart and hope?”
- George R. Gissing

Final Storm [Trees 4/7]

Richmond Hill, Ontario

53Weeks 100 of 371:Metal and Wood

Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts 

in stone and wood and steel and brass.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Metal and Wood [Trees 3/7]
Toronto, Ontario

53Weeks 099 of 371: One Tree Lane

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. 

Only through our love and friendship can 

we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone. 

Orson Welles

One Tree Lane [Trees 2/7]
Welling and Yonge
60 mm f/4 1/1000 ISO 400
Canon EOS 40D EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM

53Weeks 098 of 371: Sunlit [Trees 1/7]

“I glanced out the window at the signs of spring. 

The sky was almost blue, 

the trees were almost budding,

the sun was almost bright.”
- Millard Kaufman, Bowl of Cherries

For this week's theme I am going to feature Trees. I have picked a time in early spring when they don't yet have leaves. At least that is the plan, it is supposed to warm up considerably by the end of the week, so they might have leaves by then.

Sunlit [Trees 1/7]
Toronto,Ontario
105 mm f/7.1 1/1600 ISO 400
Canon EOS 40D EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM

Land of the White Birch

In school and also in my early music lessons, we sang or played the song "Land of the Silver Birch". This image was captured near Sudbury. The song speaks of Moose, Beaver and rocky shores. Sounds like a pretty apt description of Sudbury.

One thing I noticed with this image is that there was severe purple fringing along the boundaries between the white bark and the dark shadows.  This once taken with one of my older (and cheaper) lenses. Chromatic aberations like that are a common artifact.

I like the white birch as a subject, and there is more I'd like to do with it. So I will return once more.
Boom de de boom boom.


1/640 f/5.6 ISO 200 75.0-300.0 mm @ 300 mm Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL
Sudbury,Ontario