Waiting for midnight under the full moon, December 31st 2009.
Showing posts with label Thunder Bay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thunder Bay. Show all posts
Monday, January 4, 2010
Where have I been lately?
The last few months of 2009 were very busy for me. No time for anything. No time for this, that's for sure.
Here's a selection of shots from late 2009...
Here's a selection of shots from late 2009...
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
What are the odds?
From my last post it's fair to say that a good lightning shot is a one in a million chance that takes some know how, timing and a little bit of luck.
Make that 2 in a million.
A contact of mine, the uber talented Thunder Bay photographer Jeannie Paul was able to capture the same bolt of lightning that I did, all be it from a different location at the exact same moment in time (9:37 pm).
When I first saw her shot on the local Flickr group I thought it was a joke.
Not only did she capture the exact same bolt of lightning within a split second but from two entirely different vantage points and no communication between the two of us, we were both able to compose our shots in an almost identical manner.
The only real difference in the shots is that while mine was taken from atop the hill at the scenic lookout, Jeannie shot hers from her house which is just down the hill to the left, perhaps even visible in my shot were I to look for it.
I think it's entirely amazing given all of the localized lightning strikes on the night that two separate people at two separate locations could manage to pull off almost identical shots. It's baffling. Prior to shooting my shot I had been panning the lens north to south, south to north, following the most concentrated strikes particularly those off to the extreme left of my shot (northeast). For whatever reason I panned back to my right (southeast), noticed the Sleeping Giant slightly illuminated from behind by sheet lightning and hastily attempted to frame it into the shot in almost complete darkness.
Who'd have thought at that exact moment Jean was doing the same thing from a literal stones throw away.
The odds were astronomical. And somehow completely possible.
If one could call that luck or chance then I am going to go and buy a lottery ticket.
Congrats to Jean on an equally remarkable capture. Truly a two in a million shot.
Make that 2 in a million.
A contact of mine, the uber talented Thunder Bay photographer Jeannie Paul was able to capture the same bolt of lightning that I did, all be it from a different location at the exact same moment in time (9:37 pm).
When I first saw her shot on the local Flickr group I thought it was a joke.
Not only did she capture the exact same bolt of lightning within a split second but from two entirely different vantage points and no communication between the two of us, we were both able to compose our shots in an almost identical manner.
The only real difference in the shots is that while mine was taken from atop the hill at the scenic lookout, Jeannie shot hers from her house which is just down the hill to the left, perhaps even visible in my shot were I to look for it.
I think it's entirely amazing given all of the localized lightning strikes on the night that two separate people at two separate locations could manage to pull off almost identical shots. It's baffling. Prior to shooting my shot I had been panning the lens north to south, south to north, following the most concentrated strikes particularly those off to the extreme left of my shot (northeast). For whatever reason I panned back to my right (southeast), noticed the Sleeping Giant slightly illuminated from behind by sheet lightning and hastily attempted to frame it into the shot in almost complete darkness.
Who'd have thought at that exact moment Jean was doing the same thing from a literal stones throw away.
The odds were astronomical. And somehow completely possible.
If one could call that luck or chance then I am going to go and buy a lottery ticket.
Congrats to Jean on an equally remarkable capture. Truly a two in a million shot.
Monday, July 6, 2009
There's always room for The Blues
Scored a couple of tickets to the Thunder Bay Blues Fest last night and checked out Robert Cray, a very soulful and mellow blues man who, in my opinion, is highly under rated.
Managed a few shots just after the sun set and I lost my precious late evening light.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Ribbed for her Desktop Background
Found myself out early last week in search of some sunrise shooting and although the sunrise wasn't spectacular, I was able to come up with this one of the local marina which makes for a decent desktop background.
It's full size so have at her.
Friday, May 1, 2009
Stop. Go. Art.
There was a thread on our local Flickr group that had mentioned that people should get out and document some of the artwork at the site of a demolished grain elevator down at the waterfront.
The Pool 6 property, as it's know locally was demolished a number of years ago and since then, local grassroots artists have taken it upon themselves to brighten up what would otherwise be just another industrial eyesore.
Hundreds of monolithic pieces of concrete, the remnants of the old grain elevator, litter the site and many have been turned into fantastic art pieces by local spray paint artists.
Some may call it vandalism. Some like to call it graffiti, both terms conveying a rather negative image.
I like to call it art because to me, that's what it is. It's art. The people behind these works have taken nothing and turned it into something far greater, that's what art is all about.
Too bad that within a number of years it will be gone. Waterfront development dictates that the site eventually be "cleaned up" and from what I hear, these artworks will be bulldozed into Lake Superior in an attempt to reclaim land for Thunder Bay's ever expanding waterfront development initiative.
So that's why I decided to head down and shoot a few shots because sooner or later it will be gone and all that remains are these images.
Just because, here's another from last year...
The Pool 6 property, as it's know locally was demolished a number of years ago and since then, local grassroots artists have taken it upon themselves to brighten up what would otherwise be just another industrial eyesore.
Hundreds of monolithic pieces of concrete, the remnants of the old grain elevator, litter the site and many have been turned into fantastic art pieces by local spray paint artists.
Some may call it vandalism. Some like to call it graffiti, both terms conveying a rather negative image.
I like to call it art because to me, that's what it is. It's art. The people behind these works have taken nothing and turned it into something far greater, that's what art is all about.
Too bad that within a number of years it will be gone. Waterfront development dictates that the site eventually be "cleaned up" and from what I hear, these artworks will be bulldozed into Lake Superior in an attempt to reclaim land for Thunder Bay's ever expanding waterfront development initiative.
So that's why I decided to head down and shoot a few shots because sooner or later it will be gone and all that remains are these images.
Just because, here's another from last year...
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