i joined the photowalk in oakville, a suburb just outside of toronto. this was one of the first few photos i took. i got left behind, however, and i couldn't find the other photowalkers. then i had a terrible headache and went home. :-(
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Wow ... what a beautiful pov! Love the colors, the reflections and the whole comp! I did the walk also ... however, we got rained out! There were some really serious photogs in my group ... with some serious and pricey equipment. Very intimidating. Love yours!!
@karenann - thank you, KA. i know what you mean about 'serious and pricey'. i had the smallest bag of equipment (just my cam and the extra kit lens) and i did dare bring my little point and shoot as back-up. tee-hee. no one was impressed, i don't think! but i didn't get intimidated. i had a headache, however! hahaha! feeling better now though.
How interesting I didn't even know about worldwide photowalks.
I guess I live too far away from Toronto and places like Oakville and others. glad you could make it. getting left behind and having a bad headache wasn't suppose to be in the picture so to speak. glad that you got this wonderful shot though. love the reflection of the gorgeous fall foliage and the white boats in the water. we usually take a day and drive to the Haliburton area and stop at Minden for a photo shoot..this year we drove country roads and wound up in Coboconk. I took a picture of a dam deviding the two watersheds, as well as controlling the water levels of Balsam and Mitchell Lakes, the highest point of the Trent-Severn-Waterways. take a look.
Very pretty-the red trees are amazing. It's sort of sad that it's shameful to bring a p & s on one of these- where do people start then? I wouldn't want to be a beginner with a million dollar camera! Sorry to hear it didn't end as well as it started but at least it ended before you really got sick or something.
@sticksandstones - thank you, kiddo. i don't think they left me deliberately. i just probably took a lot longer time, which i did, taking the photos i want. they were all quite nice, actually. i read from one of the posts this morning that she learned photography is not a team sport but an introverted activity. which was my feeling exactly. it's quite different to have a buddy to go around with photographing, but to have 30 or more people, that's too many photographers in one place, i would think.
@olivetreeann - thank you, ann. i wasn't ashamed that i brought my p&s and i had no qualms about it, it was what i was using most of the time. i didn't care really. and i am not one for camera talk, don't understand it anyway. :-) see my comment to jenny above.
@bruni - thank you so much, bruni. partner and i have been that way so many times, too, in the past but we are definitely planning to re-visit the region again. over the next few years we will explore the whole of ontario then we will drive west and explore the other provinces. our country is so vast and beautiful there's just a lot of possibilities for travel and of course, photography.
@espyetta - thank you, MB. no, they didn't leave me deliberately, i just took too much time on a certain place near the waters - actually one can see the whole stretch of downtown toronto skyline from there; i had to change to my 200mm lens to get a better shot. then i saw a woman sitting on a bench overlooking the water and i spent a considerable amount of time shoot the scene (unbeknownst to her) getting all the perspectives i wanted before she became aware that i was behind taking photos of her. and before i knew it everyone's somewhere else and i couldn't find them anymore.
@cheribug - thank you, cheryl. yes, i learned a new perspective on photography. actually, as much as i love partner driving me to places that he's scouted, i much prefer to explore a place on my own. i would probably not climb big rocks to get a good perspective, but i would ask (probably, depending on my mood, if i was feeling nice and friendly) people with a yacht or sailboat to take me with them. just as long as they don't push me into the water afterwards. :-)
@summerfield I appreciate the boyfriend taking me on drives, but in all honesty, I prefer to scout out by myself. I can take my time, and find that off the beaten path shot. So I totally agree with you...
I guess I live too far away from Toronto and places like Oakville and others. glad you could make it. getting left behind and having a bad headache wasn't suppose to be in the picture so to speak. glad that you got this wonderful shot though. love the reflection of the gorgeous fall foliage and the white boats in the water. we usually take a day and drive to the Haliburton area and stop at Minden for a photo shoot..this year we drove country roads and wound up in Coboconk. I took a picture of a dam deviding the two watersheds, as well as controlling the water levels of Balsam and Mitchell Lakes, the highest point of the Trent-Severn-Waterways. take a look.
http://365project.org/bruni/nature-at-it-s/2012-10-12
@olivetreeann - thank you, ann. i wasn't ashamed that i brought my p&s and i had no qualms about it, it was what i was using most of the time. i didn't care really. and i am not one for camera talk, don't understand it anyway. :-) see my comment to jenny above.
@claireuk - thank you, claire.
@eleanor - thank you, eleanor.
@eniaral - thank you, laraine.
@cheribug - thank you, cheryl. yes, i learned a new perspective on photography. actually, as much as i love partner driving me to places that he's scouted, i much prefer to explore a place on my own. i would probably not climb big rocks to get a good perspective, but i would ask (probably, depending on my mood, if i was feeling nice and friendly) people with a yacht or sailboat to take me with them. just as long as they don't push me into the water afterwards. :-)