The Icy Tree

On Sunday before the big snow on the next day, we took a little drive. Sue wanted to look for some photo ops, and after more frigid days, it seemed like a good idea to take the car on a little spin, especially since we knew that it wouldn't be drivable in the storm that was about to ensue.

Sue wanted to get some pictures of the faces on this installation in Almonte. 

I didn't even look at them but took these photos and a few of the four Canada Geese sitting on ice by the edge of a bit of open water on the river. I fired off a few pics but deleted them when I got home as there was nothing noteworthy about them.

Before leaving the parking lot, Sue wanted to take a picture of the church through the frame of the trees. I tried this once before a long time ago and knew that it would be a messy photo, but I took a shot anyway rather than just standing there with my bare face hanging out. Not that a bearded face is ever truly bare.

On the way home, while driving through the little hamlet of Appleton, I glimpsed, in passing, an icy tree on the other side of the river. It resulted from the spray of water falling over a small dam. I felt compelled to stop for a photo, which I later converted to b&w.

That's ↑ the zoom, but I like this ↓ photo better because I like the old building in the background. I can't remember for sure whether the building was a power station or a mill, but I think it was the former.

It was a nice day (the calm before the storm as it were), and there were blues in the sky, so I may also process these photos in colour. Even if I do that, I have a feeling that I will always prefer this mono version.