I may have said this before but it bears repeating… I once had a problem photographing something in terms of composition, or maybe it was just attitude, in any case, I advised myself to just go in like Friedlander shooting cacti. And it has very much become a part of
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Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: More Sights In Hawaii
After a couple nights at the first place we stayed, we dropped off our keys and picked up the ones for the next place. The timeshare employees moved our bags for us once the rooms were cleaned, which was convenient. On Monday, President’s Day, we hopped on the bus to
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Sights in Hawai’i
Last month I went with Jeri to Hawaii for a long-planned, pre-booked vacation. I wouldn’t have intentionally gone to Trump America, it just worked out that way. I had planned on spending a day at Pearl Harbor, but did in a different way. The historic sites would have cost over
Continue readingPostArctica: Stormy Today
Was out and about this afternoon. Nature has a way of evening up the score – after a relatively balmy and dry January and February, March so far has provided our coldest temperatures and this could be the biggest snowstorm of the year, Outside the Mount Royal Metro station. Corner
Continue readingPostArctica: Dan Bern In Montreal
Had the great pleasure of attending a Dan Bern concert Sunday afternoon at a bar downtown. It was a small back room venue with excellent sound, perfect for this type of performance – one singer with a guitar and harmonica. From wiki “Dan Bern (also known as Bernstein) is an
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Astrophotography Is The Best
You're looking at a video of FOUR directly-imaged exoplanets orbiting a star. You're looking at another solar system in motion pic.twitter.com/3jW8iO5oz1 — Jennifer Harrison (@GeneticJen) January 27, 2017 Jupiter is approximately 5.2 AU from our Sun, so almost 20 AU is pretty distant. First look at this star sitting 129
Continue readingPostArctica: Today on Mount Royal
Unusually mild for today’s date and with a lot of snow and ice on ground level that makes for some perfect fog, especially as you go higher on Mount Royal. How foggy was it? That is Beaver Lake straight ahead. It was quite surreal up there, you could hear people
Continue readingPostArctica: Almost Done!
Tomorrow is the last day of autumn which means it is also the last day of L’automne (please drop by and like the page if you haven’t already). One of the most interesting experiences of my life has been walking and photographing the Verdun waterfront over the last three months.
Continue readingPostArctica: A Symphony of Ice with Beaver Update
It was pretty cold out there today and a huge sheet of ice was breaking up and floating down the river when I got there. You can hear it as the individual pieces clang against each, especially the moving ones banging against the more solid ice close to shore. (and
Continue readingPostArctica: Beaver Situation Takes A Turn For The Weird
Was down at the river today just trudging through the lower trail when I spotted some chicken wire fences wrapped around some trees. As I had blogged about a problem with beavers aggressively attacking trees on the Verdun waterfront, I assumed there might be a connection. So this is
Continue readingPostArctica: Like Bertolucci’s The Conformist
The Conformist is a film by Bernardo Bertolucci that for all its political subject matter is an astonishingly beautiful film to watch. I have never forgotten the chase scene through the woods that was probably shot at dusk using available light. It is a scene also reminiscent of Barry Lyndon
Continue readingPostArctica: When Nature Gets Creepy
It is cold and there is enough of a wind to blow some of this tall grass around, occasionally flying into your face. Snow has fallen forcing swaths of it to collapse creating the illusion of these low lying dark spaces where all kinds of horrible troll like creatures may
Continue readingPostArctica: Beaver Activity on Verdun Waterfront
Well, there usually is. I have been walking the Verdun waterfront almost every day since October 1st and while I have noticed the odd tree that has been chewed, it is only the last week or ten days where it has been disturbingly noticeable. I say “disturbingly” because it really
Continue readingPostArctica: Come To Standing Rock!
Inspired by veterans at the site I wrote this song tonight. My gift. Feel free to add, subtract, change, whatever it takes to make this a great song. We have blood and dirt on our hands from all these son’s and daughter’s commands we never really did very much
Continue readingPostArctica: Lately
Some from the last week or so. My new thing is that I now call these types of pictures my “Picturebook Pictures” lol. Shooting directly into the sun but a 1/4000th of a second shutter speed makes a half arsed image possible. looking the other way. Seen on a door
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