It was a lovely morning yesterday for going to the RH Harris water treatment plan in the Beaches here in Toronto yesterday. I have been here many times, but I found at least one new angle I haven’t done before, and the liught was good for photographing through windows to get views I wouldn’t have been able to get during Doors Open last week.
All images taken with my Sony a7ii and either my Viltrox 28mm f/4.5 lens or 50mm f/2 NIkkor-H 50mm lens (via adapter).
I have being trying some more ICM (Intentional Camera Movement) recently, and two evenings ago in the Beaches here in Toronto I passed by a Queen Street storefront for a store that makes awards, plaques, trophies, that kind of thing. It was getting dark so I tried some ICM and I like what I got.
The first image is a side to side movement, and the second is an up and down movement.
Both images were taken with my Sony a6100 and TTArtisan 27mm f/2.8 lens.
Every year the Winter Stations art installation exhibit takes place by the shores of Lake Ontario in Toronto.
I went down this morning to take advantage of some bright sunshine, taking a fisheye lens along with my Sony a6100 camera body. I quite liked this piece, and the fisheye lens allowed me to feel as if I was inside it.
It is easy to get in a rut, and my happy place always seems to be wide-angle and normal lenses. So I am going to try working telephoto lenses more into the mix.
This morning I was back at the Toronto Beaches, with my Sony a7ii body, and my Pentax Takumar 135mm f/3.5. A lovely, smooth and compact lens!
A few days ago I was at the Beaches very early, just around the beginning of sunrise, and saw this solitary soul contemplating the waters of Lake Ontario.
Yes I like a red filter effect equivalent in post!
All images taken with my Sony 6100 and either a TTArtisans 23mm f/1.4 or 25mm f/2.4 lens.
Back to the Beaches yesterday, and another flower picture but a different view. IT’s a sunflower, but not taken from the usual head on angle.
Down in the Beaches again this week, and noticed two Muskoka chairs frozen in the ice. I took this image with my Sony A7ii and my TTArtisans 50mm f/2 lens.
Recently I have started using Rollei Retro 80s film with an IR 72 filter again, for an infrared look. On a bright sunny day at midday I rate the combo at EI 2, typically shooting a 1/2 second exposure at f/16. Even though this is not a true infrared film stock, I do like the look I get.
I took both images with my Rolleiflex 3.5E3 twinlens reflex. TLR’s and rangefinders are great for infrared work, compared to SLR’s as the IR 72 filter is almost completely opaque to visible light.
Last Saturday I went down to the Beaches, this time with my Sony A7ii camera and Tamron 90mm lens. For a window of a few minutes there was some amazing light!
My Third Eye 