A Winter's Walk

I took my big camera on that silly hat walk yesterday. I don't always port the big beast in winter when I am wearing cumbersome mitts and coat. But Danica had borrowed the compact camera, and I didn't fancy using the phone on that day.

I must say in passing, however, that as much as I shrug-off my phone photos, my previous phone photo (below) is receiving much attention on Flickr at the moment. It made it into Explore, and once photos are shown there, they may receive much notice. As I compose this post, it has over 3000 views and 100 faves. That is pretty satisfying for a phone photo. Here it is, one more time. A guy has to brag when he can, after all.

Although I hadn't intended it, I converted each of these new photos to b&w when I edited them. It just seemed right in each case, and, let's face it, winter can be pretty darn monochromatic, so converting to b&w often seems appropriate. 

This is the trail where we walked; I call it the Bridge Trail for short although it has a longer name. The town does plow it. I don't know why they won't plow the main paths through parks, but they don't, so this trail is a good winter option.

There was not much activity, but two people did walk walk by.
They gave me a bit of a focal point in the distance.

On just the previous night, I had been musing to myself that I could make it a project to take 48 new photos of townhall – 2 per month – this year. Forty-eight photos might sound like a lot, but 2/month should be feasible.

I wasn't looking for such a photo yesterday, but as we got to the other end of the bridge (behind where we were standing in the photo above) I decided to shoot town hall through the branches. If I do proceed with a 48 photo project, I will want some different photos, and this is one that I have never seen or taken before. I edited in almost a vintage style. I am not sure that I like it, but it is a possible beginning to the project. The photos do not have to be spectacular or print-worthy for this project. I'm not visualizing a coffee-table book after all, just a theme to explore. 

Before the walk ended, I did take one more photo, this one ↓ looking back toward the dilapidating Baines building which we had already walked past. It's a view that I couldn't capture in other seasons due to foliage, and it is a very different edit than the town hall photo. Different photos lead me in different directions.

So those my very ordinary photos from a very ordinary winter walk. Maybe if I had been able to see through my lowered cap as in yesterday's post, I would have done better. Nah.