Oranges

It took several trips into town and a couple of different groves before I managed to get there when they were ripe enough, not already picked, and the sun was still high enough that the rows weren’t casting huge shadows on each other.

Oranges

According to the 3D World mounting jig, the vertical alignment is either perfect, or off by a bit, depending on which side of the slide is up in the jig. I suspect this means the lines on the jig are off by a hair. Please let me know what you think.

I haven’t been able to do much shooting the past two years, but I hope to make up for lost time on the next loop.  Thanks for your patience, and for sharing some amazing images.

Misty Morning Out Standing in Someone Else’s Field

Misty MorningIt was an unusually misty morning, and I wanted to experiment with the back-lit dew, but I didn’t want to seem like I was being too nosy about “The drug dealer shack” on the other side of the field, so I had to settle for semi-backlit. A few years ago, this was an orange grove like you see in the next slide.

According to the 3D World mounting jig, the vertical alignment is either perfect, or off by a bit, depending on which side of the slide is up in the jig. I suspect this means the lines on the jig are off by a hair. Please let me know what you think.

I haven’t been able to do much shooting the past two years, but I hope to make up for lost time on the next loop.  Thanks for your patience, and for sharing some amazing images.

Mount Royal Cemetery with back-lit ice-covered tree

mount-royal-cemetery-backlit-ice-covered-treeI noticed Dale Walsh also likes photographing in Mount Royal Cemetery, an oasis of calm in the middle of Montreal. Freezing rain covered the trees with ice and then a snow storm blanketed the tombstones. I like the way the trunk hides the sun in the left image, but it peeks out in the right image. 

Original slide shot December 14, 2008 with a tripod-mounted Heidoscop with Provia 100P at 1/50th at f22.

Xmas decor in Verdun #|

xmas-decor-verdun-13Most of the homes in Verdun are simple brick rowhouses that all look much the same. With limited opportunity for originality in the architecture of the home, the people of Verdun go wild decorating their homes at Xmas and Halloween.

Original image shot December 13, 2008 with a tripod-mounted Heidoscop on Provia 400X exposed for 2.5 seconds at f22 with some fill flash. (There is no flash sync on the Heidoscop so I just set off the flash during the long exposure.)

Chilies and flowers in Jean Talon Market

Chilies & flowers in Jean Talon Market
Jean Talon Market is an important institution in Montreal, full of vendors of all kinds of fine foods that vary with the season. I asked the vendor in the middle of this scene if I could photograph his stand, which he agreed to while continuing to work threading garlands of chilies.

Original slide, taken August 31, 2008 with tripod mounted Heidoscop on Provia 100F at 1/20 at f25.