PoTd - September 30

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Pic-of-The-day - "Sign Post".

River lane is one of the lanes/allies in my neighbourhood.   They started out life as the way to get to the "service entrance" of  "Grand" houses. Now some of them have houses facing out on the them, but are still used for those grand houses.

These days the houses seem a little less 'grand' then they might have, & the back entrances are used more for convenience that for keeping up appearances.

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PoTd - September 29 | The Photographer

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Pic-of-The-day - "The Photographer" or "The Tourist in Red"

I was out on a walk taking some shots & getting some practice (& content for this blog, as well as Flickr & Twitter) when the red sweater & hat caught my attention. She was taking photos and leaning on the wall, I liked the composition of the vertical bridge supports in the back & the trees in the mid ground. Once she started walking it all fell into place.

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PoTd - September 28 | Campfire weather is coming (I hope)

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Pic-of-The-day - "Camp Fire".
This one is from the All Hallow's Eve  tour of  Old Fort Erie, taken back in 2010.
I'm hoping for fall weather to come soon and bring days that are great for walking and nights that are suited to standing around a fire.

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PoTd - September 27

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Pic-of-The-day - "My Neighbourhood".

Some time you get more interesting views by walking the alleys than you get walking the streets. Lucky for me there are some good alleys in my neighbourhood.

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PoTd - September 26

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Pic-of-The-day - "Fall Displays".
More & more people are getting into the autumn spirit & decorating porches, steps and yards.

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PoTd - September 25

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Pic-of-The-day - "Reclamation".

I could go back and spend a whole day at this location.

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PoTd - September 24

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Pic-of-The-day - "All Hallows Eve".

From a trip to the Old Fort Erie (National historic site) "All Hallows Eve" tour in 2010.


I've taken a few years off from this tour as each year seemed like a photo copy of the previous one.
I might give it a try this year in the hope there's something slightly new.

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PoTd - September 23

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Pic-of-The-day - "Summer's End".

Photos from the last Twilight races at Fort Erie for this summer. Shouldn't be long til' Fall racing photos are being posted.

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PoTd - September 22

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                           Pic-of-The-day - "Summer Rose".

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PoTd - September 21

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Pic-of-The-day - "Livestock 2017"

Photos from the awesome Livestock Niagara.
Livestock 2017 was held on July 25th in & around Taps on Queen. It was another great year, with too much good stuff to list here. Go to http://www.livestockniagara.com/

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PoTd - September 20 | Entopy

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 Pic-of-The-day - "Entropy".


Have I ever mentioned that I love rust?  well, I do love rust, a lot.  I'm fascinated by any form of entropy. Weathering, rust, decay and aging they are all part of the same process & I love them all. 

Entropy is appealing,  or at least the visual signs of entropy are appealing.  Lots of us are drawn to images & drawn to make images of things that are weathered, rusted & decayed. 


We all know nothing lasts forever & I think that part of the attraction, to see things that demonstrate that idea. 

We spend so much time fighting entropy.  We clean & paint & repair all the time fighting this process. Sometimes it nice to accept decline & enjoy it, even if only in an image. Maybe it reminds us that sometimes, it's OK to let things go & let nature take it's course.

The hardest part of this post was  only picking a few photos to represent entropy. It's so appealing.

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PoTd - September 19

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Pic-of-The-day - "Orbs".

In the above "orb photos" the green spots are reflections of the candle flame bouncing around inside the camera lens. The situation is exacerbated by the very dark room with only one bright source and the lens aperture being wide open at f1.4. 

The situation is similar to people who go ghost hunting in dark places with very few light sources. Like in these examples the cameras that are straining to get a decent image and they get 'orbs' similar to the ones I got.

I wish there was more too it, but just about every 'orb photo' I've seen is a variation on,1) the above effect or 2) dust close to the lens lit by an on camera flash.

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PoTd - September 18 | Crinkly

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Pic-of-The-day - "Crinkly".

Nature is great at providing lots of shapes & textures for photographers. I've heard that nature doesn't create them specifically for photographers,  but I'm not sure I believe that.

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PoTd - September 17 | Little ghost on a desk

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Pic-of-The-day - "Little ghost on a desk".

After the incident with the "pumpkin kid" I went looking for something else to shoot in the office.

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