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October 30, 2008
The end of the fall foliage season marks the end of Ottawa’s main tourist season. When I visited Rideau Hall earlier in this autumn, I dodged tourists taking each others’ photos in front of each colorful tree and every notable object. Yesterday, I had the grounds entirely to myself and had my choice of seating!
Frosted Foliage
October 24, 2008
The warm days of early fall are gone and our mornings have become frosty and cool.The monotone colors of late fall are emerging . Today I visited Mer Bleue Bog and found these last bits of color covered in frost.
The Encampment
October 10, 2008
Last Saturday, I made an early morning visit downtown to photograph The Encampment, a temporary art installation by Thom Sokoloski & Jenny McCowan. Designed to highlight the plight of the intellectually challenged, it featured sixty-eight 19th century style expeditionary tents.
Each tent was lit from within at night and should properly have been viewed in darkness, but I got sunrise shots instead. Perhaps if I had made a nighttime visit, it would have looked more like this:
