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INFRA-RED FILM
The weather has been poor to bad lately! So I didn’t get anything today.
I did hear of a rumor today about a dead Orca washing ashore on Chesterman’s beach,but that turned out to be bogus!
So I came across a shot I took when I was first learning about photography. I think I took this around 74 or so?
I shot this on a summer day & those trees are Willows.
I was using some colour Infra-Red film.( Ecktachrome 200 ASA) I had a yellow filter on. Everything that is normally green,will turn magenta!
The electro magnetic radiation we receive from the sun is composed of many wavelengths.
This film has a emulsion that is sensitive to certain wavelengths. (700-900 nm) Infra-red film is composed of several layers all sensitive to the “blue” end of the visible spectrum. Thats why a yellow filter is needed.
The film gives a ghostly feel! That effect actually has a name. It’s called the “Wood Effect”. Named after a pioneer in Infra-Red development. Robert W. Wood (1868-1955) He was a American Physicist that was best known for his work in the Ultra-Violet wavelength.
He’s the one that discovered that “Black Light” effect you see at Raves or dances.
This “Pagoda” is in “Jackson’s Park”. Which is in my home town of Peterborough,Ontario.
Odd Tree
This has to be a very old tree! It sticks above the crowd as it were!
It’s probably been dead for many years as well? I found it behind Creative Salmon’s Baxter Fish Farm.
It’s probably been dead for many years as well? I found it behind Creative Salmon’s Baxter Fish Farm.
“Cheaper By The Dozen………….or by the 1/2 Dozen”?
A friend asked me to take some shots of some puppies today. I normally wouldn’t put them on my blog but they are just too cute to pass up!
Dog Days Of Summer
Down But Not Out
I’ve always liked this stump and it’s location.
It’s on Indian Island. You can see it from the Grice Bay parking lot. I’ve always thought the a nude would look good up on this stump?
I think the best time to shoot it would be in the Spring. It’s warmer than and the model would appreciate my timing I’m sure!. Plus, I still have that beautiful background of snow covered mountains!
That tree must of been at least 500 years old! I’ve been up close to it and it’s bigger than you think! That cut must of been done after the tree had fallen. It’s way too high up the trunk for anybody to get a chainsaw up there! It still has it’s root ball ,so it must of been by the waters edge and fallen?
This stump has been there for years and will continue to be for decades I suspect!
Tofino Guide Book
This book just came out . It has one of my pictures on the cover. I took that shot on October 3rd/09,near sunset.
I had waited 17 months for all my ducks to line up for this shoot! I only shoot my aerials near sunset for two reasons.
Aerial photography’s biggest problem is that the land flattens out. By shooting near sunset,you get shadows that give the land texture!
The second reason is that it’s in golden light!
I sometimes see a scene and will remember it. When the lighting is perfect I will wait until it’s at it’s ripest moment and take the shot!
I needed there to be no clouds on the eastern and western horizons. The full moon had to be coming up as the sun was setting as well. The clouds were the biggest problem. They always are. They either block the moon rising or snuff the light in the west.
This book was done by John Platenius . I looked it over and think he did a great job with it! It’s got all the info you would ever need for getting around Tofino!
Sea Eagles
Went out today with a friend who is visiting me. We did something different? I have these inflatable kayak/canoe’s called “Sea Eagles”! We drove almost to Berryman’s point and than hiked down the slope to Cannery Bay with the Sea Eagles! We inflated them and paddled over to visit the Sea Lions.
It was a short paddle and all went well!
After the visit, we paddled over to the trail camera (which was just across the small bay) I had set up a few days ago. There were a few eagles hanging around. They couldn’t get at the carcass because the tide was too high.
We than paddled back and came back into Tofino for sunset!
Great day all around!
Rod Palm
This is the skull of that first Sea Lion I found.
Rod believes that it is a young Stellar Sea Lion?
Rob’s Artwork
This is Rob’s latest piece of artwork. He’s always been a very creative individual!
He paints,draws,does tattoos and sculpts stone!
I think this piece is soapstone?
Memorial March
The memorial for Jo-Anne Fuller and Ivan Polivka was today. Many thousands came to Tofino for this Memorial service to honour their lives.
In case you unfamiliar with the incident.
Both of them were coming back late from Port Alberni several weeks ago and ,for whatever reason,the ambulance went over a cliff and they both were killed .
Many groups were represented.
The weather once again reflected the mood of the town,…….gloomy.
In case you unfamiliar with the incident.
Both of them were coming back late from Port Alberni several weeks ago and ,for whatever reason,the ambulance went over a cliff and they both were killed .
Many groups were represented.
The weather once again reflected the mood of the town,…….gloomy.
Deer Hides
A friend phoned me today and told me she thought she saw a dead eagle at the waters edge where she lives.
I raced down there and found out that it wasn’t a eagle,but two deer hides !
Somebody had shot two deer, skinned them and threw the hides away. I thought that it was disrespectful to be so wasteful. Disrespectful to our nature as well.
We are the only species that wastes in nature! At one time ,we(Homo Sapien’s) not only used everything of the animal,but that it would be considered a great sin to throw anything away!
You can see a big bullet hole in the middle of the one on the right.
Unknown Black Smoke
I saw this and shot it just in case it was something. I checked my Metadata and I shot this right at 9pm. I do not know what it was,but the Firetrucks went out in a hurry!(they went by at 9:15pm) However,it’s Tuesday night and thats the night the Volunteer Fireman practice.
It may be just a practice for the fireman?
UPDATE:(next day,Wednesday)- I found out that somebody torched acouple of houses on Maltby rd. One was consumed and the other was saved by the local Fireman. The police are investigating.
Notice how the beginning of that cloud is a different colour than the main body! I bet that is from the fuel the arsonists used to start the fire.
INFRA-RED
The weather has been poor to bad lately! So I didn’t get anything today.
I did hear of a rumor today about a dead Orca washing ashore on Chesterman’s beach,but that turned out to be bogus!
So I came across a shot I took when I was first learning about photography. I think I took this around 74 or so?
I was using some colour Infra-Red film.( Ecktachrome 200 ASA) I had a yellow filter on. Everything that is normally green,will turn magenta!
The electro magnetic radiation we receive from the sun is composed of many wavelengths.
This film has a emulsion that is sensitive to certain wavelengths.
Tofino Photography 