Sunset rainbow over West Ottawa

The sun was setting below a heavy cloudbank, the rain to the south created spectacular light, and a double rainbow against the lead coloured sky.  From this height both ends were visible, however I didn't have time to swap on my 14mm ultra-wide angle lens as I was rapidly losing the rainbow as the sun dropped.  Elevation is everything, height of land 210' ASL, plus balcony height so my camera height would have been 400-425' ASL. Light was changing too fast to swap on my 14mm ultra-wide angle lens to get the full arc(s). Double only at right side.

 

Playing with brushes and sprays.

More playing around.



Darrell A. Larose
Ottawa, Canada

Photoshop, before, during and after

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Darrell Larose
Ottawa

Photoshop magic... before and after.

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Darrell Larose
Ottawa, Canada

 

Cottage 2012

With the end of spring, and with the 34°C temperatures in this part of the World means time to open up the cottage. Just one hour from Ottawa on paved highways until the last mile. Late spring means the wild flowers are in bloom, and the lake is warmed up enough to swim. . .

[caption id="attachment_1330" align="aligncenter" width="640"] 17' fiberglass canoe, on what is a 17' dock.[/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="655"] Ox Eye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare), Pentax *istD, SMC Pentax-M (manual focus) 50mm f:4 Macro lens, direct daylight, no fill flash.[/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="655"] Bracken Fern (Pteridium aquilinum). Pentax *istD, SMC Pentax-M (manual focus) 50mm f:4 Macro lens, direct daylight, no fill flash.[/caption]

Bracken Fern (Pteridium aquilinum). Pentax *istD, SMC Pentax-M (manual focus) 50mm f:4 Macro lens, direct daylight, no fill flash.

Ox Eye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare), Pentax *istD, SMC Pentax-M (manual focus) 50mm f:4 Macro lens, direct daylight, no fill flash.

[caption id="attachment_1334" align="aligncenter" width="507"] Buttercup (Ranunculus), Pentax *istD, SMC Pentax-M (manual focus) 50mm f:4 Macro lens, direct daylight, no fill flash.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1340" align="aligncenter" width="481"] Goldenstar (Chrysogonum virginianum). Pentax *istD, SMC Pentax-M (manual focus) 50mm f:4 Macro lens, direct daylight, no fill flash.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1328" align="aligncenter" width="655"] Purple flowering Raspberry (Rubus odoratus). Pentax *istD, SMC Pentax-M (manual focus) 50mm f:4 Macro lens, direct daylight, no fill flash.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1344" align="aligncenter" width="481"] Bouleau tree (Betula papyrifera), Pentax *istD, SMC Pentax-FA 50mm f:1.4 lens, natural daylight, no fill flash.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1331" align="aligncenter" width="554"] Dragonfly, no species name known. Pentax *istD, SMC Pentax-M (manual focus) 50mm f:4 Macro lens, direct daylight, no fill flash.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1337" align="aligncenter" width="586"] Dragonfly, no species name known. Pentax *istD, SMC Pentax-M (manual focus) 50mm f:4 Macro lens, direct daylight, no fill flash.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1336" align="aligncenter" width="655"] Dragonfly, likely a club tailled, no species name known. Pentax *istD, SMC Pentax-M (manual focus) 50mm f:4 Macro lens, direct daylight, no fill flash.[/caption]

And this creature...

[caption id="attachment_1332" align="aligncenter" width="655"] Common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina), Pentax *istD, SMC Pentax-FA 50mm f:1.4 lens.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1333" align="aligncenter" width="655"] Common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina), Pentax *istD, SMC Pentax-FA 50mm f:1.4 lens.[/caption]

Back up to the crystal clear, spring feed lake soon...



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National Aviation Museum, Ottawa.

I was out at Rockcliffe Air Port, I took a few studies of the buildings.

Lockheed Electra

Same image some tweaks, clean-up and slight HDR effect applied... Photo 1 looks like a Kodachrome slide, and photo 2 now looks like a Fuji Velvia. Aircraft is a 1937 airworthy Lockheed L-10A Electra (same make/model as Amelia Earhart's last plane)






Darrell Larose
Ottawa

Playing with rendering textures

I've been playing around with creating textures in Photoshop CS2
















Darrell Larose
Ottawa 2012

Late spring 2012 nature photos

As spring 2012 winds to a close, here are a few recent nature photos.

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Darrell Larose
Ottawa

 

Be wery, wery quiet....

First outing to the cottage: 2012

Spent a few days in the country. A few nature shots as a result. All images © Darrell Larose, 2012. Tech data: Pentax *istD, SMC Pentax-M (manual focus) 50mm f:4 Macro lens, daylight, no fill flash.


I don't know enough about how to identify the various Dragonflies.


I don't know enough about how to identify the various Dragonflies.


Ox Eye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)


Tawny Hawkweed (Pilosella aurantiaca)


unidentified yellow wild flower.


Buttercup (Ranunculus)


Bracken Fern (Pteridium aquilinum)

Looking Down, June edition

Looking down from about 200 feet.

Over the fence

An old time look for an old time airplane.
[caption id="attachment_1197" align="aligncenter" width="655"] © Darrell Larose, Ottawa 2012[/caption]

2012 Wings & Wheels Classic

The 2012 edition of Wings & Wheels Air & Car Show, National Aviation Museum , Ottawa.



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Ottawa Skies

Rain clouds roll through the west-end Ottawa skies, followed with a rainbow.