GYST: Get Your Stuff Together
Photos from #somewhereinniagara
Taken on the back roads, woods, trails, and quiet areas of the Niagara peninsula. From Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, I show the parts of the region rarely seen.
The most recent IOTW was shot during a very busy weekend which started with a Saturday sunrise photoshoot at the Fort Erie Peace Bridge. I have so far worked through over 200+ photos taken from the day and there are more to add from Sunday. […]
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The adventurous souls that enjoy MX are a special breed. They throw themselves and their vehicles into the air at every opportunity, with no thought for pain or personal injury. Surprisingly few screams are heard, though perhaps they are hidden by the roar of engines […]
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One of the great things about living a short drive away is that I can experience sunrise over Niagara Falls pretty much whenever I want. As long as the weather cooperates and I can stir my stumps. Of course, the weather does not always cooperate. […]
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As I drove around #SomewhereInNiagara recently the sun on this silo caught my eye. The bright red Ivy clinging tenaciously to the man-made structure really contrasted with the surrounding elements. As the late afternoon sun slanted across the barn, silo, trees, hay bales, and grass, […]
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It’s the little things that spoil photographs. They distract and focus attention where it is not wanted, on imperfections rather than the subject. That’s where Photoshop comes in. My approach is always to retouch for need, not attention. Done well, you will never even know […]
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The phrase ‘bucket list’ refers to those things you want to do before you die, AKA ‘Kick the bucket’. Today I crossed off one more box on that list. Today, this Yorkshire boy got to fly over Niagara Falls. I was asked to shoot some […]
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The Image Of The Week is of a Longhorn bull I saw in a field. Somewhere In Niagara. I am pleased to say I have a long lens and was able to get this image from several hundred feet away, safely behind the fence keeping […]
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This late Autumn image encompasses the full cycle of crop farming. Seed to silo, silos are intrinsic to modern agriculture. This one sits on the horizon at the centre of acres of crop fields. But not all crops are destined to see the inside of […]
Read moreI’ve lived in Port Colborne since coming to Canada nearly twenty years ago. It’s a fairly small community; under 20 thousand residents. Perched on the North shore of Lake Erie looking across the lake to the United States, this is a border town at the […]
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The Ferruginous Hawk is named for a characteristic rust-coloured plumage which may be differentiated from similar hawks by a distinctive V-shaped white underbelly and chest, formed and framed by their darker wings and legs. This V-shape is most noticeable when soaring, with wings spread. The […]
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