Photo Retrospective iv

I don't know when I will get around to posting this, but it is 5:30AM, December 27th as I compose yet another Photo Retrospective after fewer than 5 hours of sleep. I am not sure about the usefulness of this project, but I must continue what I have begun. 

July

I begin with a photo from month's end that should have occurred on Canada Day, July 1st. There were fireworks on the First, but they were a bit of a fizzle, so the town had another show at the end of the month. I took many photos of the bursts around the townhall tower, and most were pretty good. This one may have been best.

Going back to earlier in the month, we were on another Sue photoshoot. I just had my phone, but I captured some very nice light looking upriver toward townhall from the trail bridge.

We didn't do too many picnic visits to the park last summer, but we were there on July 12th. Thankfully, I had my telephoto lens. When I saw this paddler coming, I set up to capture her entering the frame. I think that I pretty well saw in my mind the pano-crop that I would later use once I got back to the computer. I like the action, reflections, and the empty space for the canoe to paddle into.

August

Hmm . . . I am sure that I chose some August photos, but I am not sure where I put them. I'll be back in a moment . . . 

Thanks for waiting. I had chosen several photos but had neglected to add them to the appropriate folder.

We stopped to photograph a mare and foal. It's another phone photo. However, I do like it, partly because got low and saw how I would later crop it with the bars of the gate making a frame. I can't always visualize how I will process a photo later, but this time I did. 

Then. it was good to let our hair down and have some fun in the park, silly oldsters that we are.

One day, by the trail, I looked for lines and shapes. It was not really dark out, but I underexposed for mood, and I think it was a worthwhile experiment.

Then there came the Blue Supermoon at the end of August. I had pre-scouted the location with my Sun Seeker app to predict where the moon would rise. It was spot on when I returned in the evening. I pasted the reflection that was in another photo in this same photoshoot because this angle didn't pick up a reflection. What with the unique event, plus the scouting along with the Photoshop touch, I think it's worth including this photo.

It is now after 6. I have been up for two hours already, and I am knackered. I won't be able to sleep yet, and maybe not later either, but I am past ready for my second coffee and maybe a little something to eat.