Area 53 - 2011 - Photo #10

I managed to get a nice sunset last week. When I set out the sky was dull but I was patient and it paid off. I couldn't find a whole lot for the foreground but this old gate provided some interest. The first shot is a panorama and the bonus photo below is a closer single shot. Thanks for looking.

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Area 53 - 2011 - Photo #9

I spent many hours this week driving around looking for interesting photos. This place was the only thing remotely interesting that I found. I wasn't happy with the sunset as there were no clouds. I hate cloudless sunsets. But its better than complete cloud cover like it's been most of the time lately.


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Area 53 - 2011 - Photo #8

I spend Friday night with my girlfriend Laura at the Retro Suites in Chatham. The room was neat, to say the least and it was obvious that we'd take a lot of photos. Laura was nice enough to pose for me so I could take photos of something I usually don't, people.


While she did her own self portraits I went outside to the back of the hotel for some photos I'm used to taking.


We came across this abandoned house (and some others) along Highway 3 on our way home. This is a 5-shot panorama.

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Area 53 - 2011 - Photo #7

I only managed one successful photo exploration this week. It seems like we got more snow this week than we have in the last few years. This photo was on a random dirt road somewhere near Woodslee, Ontario. It was unbearably cold and windy, causing the snow to drift continuously accross the road. I thought the drifting looked cool but I wasn't really able to capture it. But believe me it is happening all through the frame in this photo. Also, this image is a 5-photo HDR, I tried to keep it as simple as possible.

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Area 53 - 2011 - Photo #6

I finally had the chance to shoot a Windsor Spitfires game on Sunday. I picked the full arena anthem photo for my main photo because it fits better with my usual style of photography than the action shots.


This two part photo I shot manually because my camera is slow in burst mode, the way sports photography is usually done. This goal was obviouly called back immediately by the ref.


Windsor started out strong but eventually gave up the lead near the end of the game.



I spend the 2nd period at ice level but didn't manage to get too many action shots because Windsor spent most of the period in the penalty box, leaving them to defend their own zone the whole time.



Kitchener's goalie Brandon Maxwell punching the air at the sound of the final buzzer after holding off Windsor's failed last minute attempt to tie the game.

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Area 53 - 2011 - Photo #5

Today Todd and I went for a walk at Ojibway Park to find some deer. Eventually we saw one and starting shooting photos. I knew there had to be more nearby. Then another came out of the bushes. Then another. Within about 15 minutes there were 10-12 deer all around us. So here are my bests from the day. Enjoy.

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Area 53 - 2011 - Photo #4

I've got a couple photos for this week's post. My main photo is from Friday night. This is the very first photo I took that night.


This is the newest member of our family, Hobo. He raised himself in the forest. I set up some lighting and got him to sit still for about 5 photos.

My last photo is natural light falling on the lovely Laura Berry and her awesome red hair.

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