Photo of the weekend - A different Light

Trans Canada Trail nr Ariss - IR
Originally uploaded by Alan Norsworthy
I spent the last few days exploring ....

Searching for a light that I cannot see, making guesses and mistakes along the way.
After 3 days of trying I feel that I am beginning to understand.

There is more than meets the eye, there is this "other" light and with practice, we can capture it and bend it to our will.

Infra Red, beyond our vision but not beyond our grasp.

Infra Red reveals a strange beauty, an alien world.

In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary. ~Aaron Rose

This was taken on the Trans Canada Trail this morning, converted to Black and White and a sepia tint applied.

28mm lens
ISO 200
60 sec exposure at f/2,8

edit :
Is this why I spent so much time on this this weekend?
100 years of IR

Photo of the weekend - Baden House Treasures

Baden House - Treasures
Originally uploaded by Alan Norsworthy

"Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are" is true enough, but I'd know you better if you told me what you reread. ~François Mauriac

But who are you if you destroy a book ?

From my adventures to "the Baden House" on Saturday morning. Everyone has visited this place and I am sure everyone has photographed the old burned bible. However only one visitor and certainly not one of the rurex / urbex crowd would have thought to set it alight.
Even though I am not religious I still think this is sacrilege.

Ian and I met the owner of the property during our visit. Her fear was "Kids" who come to destroy her property, who can blame her?

Photo of the weekend - Ribs

Downtown Walkabout - Ribs
Originally uploaded by Alan Norsworthy

One of the umbrella's in "the square", downtown Guelph.
I liked the lines and patterns defined by the ribs.

No words on umbrella's today. It's Fathers Day, for those of you who still have your father with you, give him a call or better yet, a hug. Those of you like me who doesn't, give him a minute of your time and in a quiet place, whisper "Happy Fathers Day Dad"

My dad is resting exactly where he wanted to be and it was my honour to take him there.

Happy Fathers Day Dad

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years. ~Mark Twain, "Old Times on the Mississippi" Atlantic Monthly, 1874

Photo of the weekend - U of G - The wedding spot

U of G - The wedding spot
Originally uploaded by Alan Norsworthy

Why this ?
I really don't know.
What I do know is I decided that I needed to photograph this odd structure again.
I had the chance to do a lot today but I decided that I would do a little. While most of my friends were off on a grand adventure I went to the U of G with Dave S. We spent a couple of hours wandering around taking the odd shot here and there talking and sometimes not.
All in all a very relaxing morning I'm glad I did it but I still have not figured out the attraction of this structure ....

I never question what to do, it tells me what to do. The photographs make themselves with my help. ~Ruth Bernhard

Photo of the weekend - Sun's Up

Elora - Sun's Up
Originally uploaded by Alan Norsworthy

OK I'm cheating here, this was from last weekend but the film was developed during the week.
Wandering around Elora as the sun came up first I saw the carpet of daisies then the sun burst around and through this old tree.

One of the cardinal rules of photography, 'look behind you' !

Kodak Portra 160 vc and Hasselblad

It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit. ~Robert Louis Stevenson

Photo of the weekend - Cedar waves

Elora - Cedar waves
Originally uploaded by Alan Norsworthy

The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in their way. ~William Blake

What better than a shady path through a forest in weather such as this? I was out early and alone by myself on Saturday wandering around and through the Elora Gorge. This is where I came across the remains of this old cedar. There is beauty and sadness here, it's life etched in it's bones. I stood looking at this old tree for a long time. I knew I had to make an image of what I saw.
I hope you see why.

And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. ~William Shakespeare

Photo of the weekend - Schneider Flats - Cedar Fencepost I

Schneider Flats - Cedar Fencepost I
Originally uploaded by Alan Norsworthy

Twice this weekend I visited Schneider Flats. The days could not have been more different, Sunday morning was foggy and cool, today was baking hot.
I'll take foggy and cool any day !

After the dog walkers left all that remained was the silence and the occasional bird call. As I walked back to the car i realized how much my pace had slowed.
It was if my body was saying "stay awhile"

We are lucky to have places such as this.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson