Day 310 - City Hall

Went for a walk in Old Quebec. It was surprisingly crowded for this time of year. We walked around for awhile and snapped a few pictures. I decided to take out the wide angle lens and give it a try. I got this picture of City Hall. I still find it amazing how much the lens can take in at such a short distance. It's not the best pic as there's some distortion on the sides and it's not level. Oh well, a few more things to work on. Luckily, I really enjoy the practice.

Day 290 - Hotel away from Home

Once we finished cleaning the eaves and emptying the pool I finished up packing, changed and drove to Laval. The king size bed was a welcome sight after a busy weekend. I took out my wide angle lens to capture as much of the room as possible. I also took out my flash as the one on the camera wasn't enough. If you look through the blinds you can see the lights from the cars on the nearby highway. Despite the closeness of traffic the room is quiet and I'm looking forward to a restful sleep. Good night.

Day 287 - School Portrait

Our secretary takes care of the school website. She asked me to take a picture of the school at the beginning of the year. I took some but wasn't really happy with them. I told her she'd have to wait until I got my wide angle lens. Although I got my lens a couple of weeks ago I only got to it today (Thursday). I took pictures at different times in the day, morning, recess, lunch and after school. It's amazing how although I was standing quite close to the school I was able to capture so much of the building. I may do some more takes but for now this is the picture on the website.

Day 278 - Watercolour Tree

Took a picture of this colourful tree in our neighbour's yard this afternoon. Played with it a bit in Photoshop. I used the watercolour affect. I took the pic with my wide angle. I love the lens but it is very different from my zoom lens (70-200mm). Hopefully, the weather will cooperate so we can head to Baie St. Paul and take some fall landscape pictures this weekend. Afterall, practice makes perfect. Well, at least it brings on improvement.

Day 277 - WOW - Wide view Of the World

The long-anticipated and much "NEEDED!" wide angle lens arrived today! It's a Canon 10-22mm Ultra Wide. Needless to say it did not take me long to get to the post office to claim my parcel. I played around considerably trying different subjects and angles. Peg liked this one. The contrasts of light and dark, warm and cool colours and different textures caught her fancy. This is yet another view of our favourite field at the farm.