photography

Autumn Glory

Autumn
 

Kitsilano beach park on a clear, crisp, sunny October day: Autumn perfect.

Since this is the first day of Photography 101 in which the assignment is to share an image that means home I thought this would fit perfectly.  On thechangingpalette you will find many photos of Kitsilano Beach taken at different times of the day and evening, as you will see in the related links below.   

For Photography 101 and Ailsa’s Weekly Travel theme: Autumn

Wait Inside Until Car Stops

Angels Flight i

 

Angels Flight iii        Angels Flight ii
 
Angel’s Flight, “The Shortest Railway in The World” dating back to 1901, which is located in the Bunker Hill district of Downtown Los Angeles, California. During your short descent remember to wait inside until the car stops.

Angels Flight iv

Weekly Photo Challenge: Cover Art

Cover Art iii

Cover Art ii

For this week’s Photo Challenge, Pete Rosos invited us to stimulate our creative processes and imagine which of our images we would like to see gracing the cover of a book. Those of you who have followed my blog will be familiar with the bookshelf, and a feint image of the painting on the book cover was seen in one of my Monday bouquets. This week I wondered how it might look on the cover of a retrospective catalogue from an imagined exhibition at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Cover Art i

 Nothing like thinking big… even though it’s pure fantasy!

Oh Canada. They stood on guard for us.

Ottawa ii

 R.I.P. Cpl. Nathan Cirillo murdered today guarding the National War Memorial in Ottawa.

Ottawa iii

R.I.P. Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent, murdered two days ago in Saint-Hubert, Quebec.

This has been a sad week for all Canadians.  This painting by Georgia O’Keeffe from The Philips Collection in Washington entitled Leaf Motif 1,   expresses the emotions I feel tonight.

maple leaf

Monochrome Madness Week 34

refraction iii

My submission to Leanne Cole’s Monochrome Madness Week 34, with a little colorful modification, is the sparkling crystal chandelier from the Weekly Photo Challenge: Refraction.  Visit Leanne’s blog to see all the other Monochrome Madness images in her wonderful gallery this week; you won’t be disappointed.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Refraction ii

cathedral i
 

Painting the refraction of light illuminating these stained glass windows of the imagination.