Capturing the Art of Nature
John E. Pearce Park and area (Day 10)
An overcast day but still worth a quick trip along the coast for a few last minute images
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Ontario Adventures
2010
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Today being our last full day in Ontario and the weather being fair, I decided to take one last run out into the farms. Carolyn came along for the ride today though she was very tired and stayed in the car when I jumped out to gather a few last minute images. I decided to head west one more time as it seems to offer the quickest way to get submerged in the back-country.
I took the familiar roads along the lake shore and stopped to get some closer-in shots of the various clumps of trees. The overcast skies muted the colours but this also prevented some of the subtler tones from being washed out. So the net effect was that the grand vistas were dull but the tight-in photos had some real depth of colour to them. We came by the local maple syrup farms and one looked like it might be open but when we drove in the store area was quite deserted and empty. I guess they are only selling off the farm in the late winter when the syrup is flowing. We continued along to Pearce Park where I got out to wander the leaf covered roadway.
The park was offering up some lovely micro spots of colour that I was able to tease out with my telephoto. I was quite enjoying the search and capture but before I got very far into the park a shower came up and trapped me in a small area the was protected by the trees. I waited a while for it to stop gathering a few more shots from that area but it seemed to be dragging on so I returned to the car and started to head home.
There were still a number of smaller roads that I had skipped past on my previous drives so today I decided to drive a few different roads on the way back. They proved quite interesting and I was able to find a few more shots to take. Thought it was a short time out I quite enjoyed the drive and the colours were findable but they took a bit more searching out. About half way back the skies got much heavier and the light wasn’t much good any more so the last part of the drive went faster as I wasn’t stopping to gather photos.
It was still a nice drive and I am glad I decided to try it despite the heavy clouds. The drives out here this year were rewarding in that the variety of images I was able to locate was quite high and though the broad swathes of colour may not have been as full as I was expecting, the overall effect was still amazing. I look forward to a return visit and what I will discover next year.