Deer Gate
Deer fences are a common sight in my neighbourhood as there is an infestation of deer that prefer juicy vegetables and flowers to native plants.
Yesterday I watched three deer eating fallen apples 5 feet away in the backyard. They take one bite from each apple, rendering them useless for human use.
This shot is part of a gate across a neighbourhood driveway, its sole purpose is to block deer.
Macro Fly
In August I found these flies frequenting a small patch of flowers in the upper intertidal zone on the pebble beach in Trafalgar Park. It was the same time that I photographed some skippers, the subject of an earlier post.
I am pretty sure that these are flies disguised to look like bees, but I did not try to catch one for a closer look. I might have been wrong. And besides, there were bees as well.
Prepare for Glory
This surfer’s VW van was parked in my neighbourhood in the summer. I could not resist a quick snapshot while out for a stroll with friends.
It really has had a lot of creative energy put into it.
Around Back
My Olympus XA2 led me around back of the J&J Wonton Noodle House on Fort Street to take a picture.
Then I went around front to have lunch with a friend. One of my favourite restaurants in Victoria, a city of a great many good places to eat. (more…)
Red Shoes
Driving along Dallas Road to take my partner to work I spotted this toilet with legs and arms holding up the back of the bowl, which made me want a picture.
A few blocks further along, I saw an older man walking a dog that matched the colour of his hair, wearing a pair of brightly new red shoes. I really wanted a shot of him too.
On my return trip I stopped to shoot the toilet (not everyday I can deliver that line), and as I was setting up along came the man, his red shoes and dog. I had just enough time to fit them all in one picture.
While I was taking these pictures a woman on the first floor balcony of the apartment block at this spot called out to me. She was on the phone with another woman on a balcony near the top of the building who had dialed her friend downstairs so she could call out to me across a shorter distance (complicated, isn’t it?). And the relayed message was about the toilet, that it is a really good one, still works fine, cost $600 new and I was free to take it. There was a ripple of disappointment up the side of the building when I said I only wanted to take the toilet’s picture.
They were almost disapproving, as if I had taken just the toilet’s seat.
Or refused to pick up after their dog.
Hip Shooting
Shooting from the hip is something I don’t do very well. I can never point the camera in quite the right direction. Which results in failed shots, wasted film.
Though in fact I do like a few of these with all their imperfections for their spontaneity.
I should probably practice this with a digital camera that I can look at right away and try again and again until I get a feel for it.
All are taken with an Olympus XA or XA2 which has a 35mm lens. I think a wider lens would make it a lot easier. Paying attention to the likely shutter speed would help too.
Seeing the images a couple of weeks later after the film is done and processed leaves too big of a gap to remember what I was doing.
Fenced Pain
I can relate to this fence. When I was a kid visiting my grandparent’s place in England I impaled myself on a sharp cast iron fence.
The fence was at the bottom of the garden in an overgrown area. (more…)
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