Photo Essay

Color v Monochrome: The Poll of the Century

All right, I admit it is perhaps a slight exaggeration but hopefully it caught your attention. Let me explain… and there will be a poll at the end.

My recent post Monochrome Enchantment was inspired by a superb exhibition at the Andrew Smith Gallery in Santa Fe of the works of Ansel Adams.  Landscape photography never looked more breathtaking and I came away in awe of the drama and beauty of Ansel Adams’s black and white view of the world and a greater understanding as to why he is considered one of the greatest photographers of the twentieth century. Continue reading

Monochromatic Enchantment

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Spectacular views of Plaza Blanca, Abiquiu from our recent unforgettable visit to The Land of Enchantment that is New Mexico…

A Tulipology

So sorry it’s all over between us this year…


…but I promise I’ll be waiting for you next year. The memory of your beautiful pink and purple petals will just have to keep me going until then…

Remembering The Battle of Vimy Ridge: April 9 -12, 1917

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Commemorating the Battle of Vimy Ridge, which began at 5:30 am on Easter Monday the 9th of April 1917.  The battle continued until nightfall of the 12th of April when the Canadian Corps of four divisions gained firm control of the ridge. They suffered 10,602 casualties: 3,598 killed and 7,004 wounded. Four members of the Corps received Victoria Crosses for their actions during the battle:

  • Private William Johnstone Milne of the 16th (Canadian Scottish) Battalion.
  • Lance-Sergeant Ellis Wellwood Sifton of the 18th (Western Ontarion) Battalion
  • Private John George Pattison of the 50th (Calgary) Battalion.
  • Captain Thain Wendell MacDowell of the 38th (Ottawa) Battalion.

To view more images of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial I invite you to visit my post for Remembrance Day last year.

The haunting Flowers of the Forest is played by Pipe Major Angus MacDonald of the Scots Guards who for several years was the personal piper to Her Majesty the Queen, and described as one of the finest bagpipe players in the world.

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Lest we forget

Poetry in Motion Tessa and Scott

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The sublime magical perfection of Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir’s silver medal performance in ice dance at Sochi 2014.

Remembering Vancouver 2010

…with Sochi 2014 about to begin, a few memories of the magic of Vancouver 2010.

Go Canada Go!…

New Year’s Day Weekly Photo Challenge Puzzle

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…What better way to start the New Year than with a puzzle. A Happy New Year to all of you who have been following me and inspiring me with your blogs and encouraging comments. I started posting to the Weekly Photo Challenge in September and have submitted to each of the fifteen challenges since. This composite photo has snippets from each of my posts, so the puzzle is for you to work out which snippet belongs to which challenge. If you are visiting for the first time, welcome, and why not have a go. The fifteen challenges are: Lines and Patterns; Saturated; Good Morning; Infinite; The Hue of You; Horizon; Eerie; Habit; Layers; Unexpected; Let There Be Light; Grand; Community; One; and Joy. Good luck! You will find the solution at the end, but first…
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MAY: As this New Year begins I thought I would revisit each month since I started the blog last May, my first I should add. I titled the blog “machupicchucountdown” in anticipation of each day of a once in a lifetime adventure leading up to our arrival at Machu Picchu after a never-to-be forgotten seven day trek…
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JUNE: And what a day it was! I hope that what I wrote that day adequately expressed the beauty and majesty of this sacred place…
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JULY: Back home in my studio and the end of “machupicchucountdown” as “thechangingpalette” is born. Over the last few months you will have noticed I have changed my header as palettes have come and gone, hence the title…
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AUGUST: Hiking the high alpine trails on Whistler Mountain with breathtaking views at every step. Here we are looking across towards Black Tusk…
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SEPTEMBER: The month I started my first Weekly Photo Challenge with a gallery of photos of “Lines and Patterns”; this is the Olympic Cauldron in Jack Poole Plaza…
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OCTOBER: A special road trip to Portland Oregon to visit dear friends who were in our Machu Picchu trekking “community” (clue to the puzzle!) Dinner at the Peruvian restaurant Andina, one of Portland’s best, was the perfect place to remember our summer’s adventure…
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NOVEMBER: The dignity and grace of the Annual Remembrance Day Service in Victory Square…
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DECEMBER: The spectacular annual St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation’s Lights of Hope display once again providing hope and encouragement to so many…
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JANUARY 1st 2014: What better way to start the New Year than by walking around the sea-wall in Vancouver’s Stanley Park…
And so to end where we began with the solution to my New Year’s Puzzle…
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How did you do? I look forward to hearing from you and to enjoying more great Weekly Photo Challenges in 2014. Now, I think it’s about time for another glass of Prosecco. Cheers, and a Happy New Year once again…