Fashion Shoot – Macro
So, on Sunday I was asked to take some close-up shots of doll clothing for a post on the quimperhittys blog. I guess you could call this a fashion shoot, even though it was all done with a macro lens on my kitchen table. As I have mentioned before, I live surrounded by dolls, well dressed ones, that have most of their clothes made here in my home. The Hitty dolls sometimes get involved in this blog even though they have a blog of their very own now.
While I was photographing the clothes for my partner’s blog, I sometimes noticed an angle or detail that was not going to be of the kind useful in the post about making doll clothing, such as the top one with the flowers that were also on the table behind the angled cloth I used for a background. So, since it consumed all of my photographic effort on Sunday, I give you some of these other shots that otherwise would have been binned.
Painting Sahsima
Back to the transformer stone, Sahsima, on Harling Point. This time I was trying out my “new” 24mm lens on some landscapes at the Chinese Cemetery. The lens is an old Nikkor which I have modified and adapted to my Canon body as described in a recent post.
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Moon Tank
More images from the cement plant on Bay Street which was previously featured in my post Urban Dune. This location can be found on this map.
Fountain of First Nations
The Victoria Centennial Fountain is the latest in my series that seeks to document places in the Greater Victoria area where First Nations are acknowledged and honoured. This fountain is one of the early examples of these public commemorations, and as such is interesting although a bit awkward in the modern context. The fountain was erected in 1962 and designed by landscape architect Robert Savery, an employee of the Province of British Columbia. It is to be found in the back garden of the Legislative precinct, behind the Legislative Library which is reflected in the puddle above. When I read the information on the plaque I was surprised to learn that there were four territories that came together as British Columbia; I did not know about the Stickeen Territory, and only had some vague idea of the The Dependency of the Queen Charlotte Islands.
As with my other posts in this series I have added this fountain to my map of markers about local First Nations which can be found here. The map is zoomed in pretty tight on this link, but if you zoom out a bit you will find other places. If you click on a marker it will link you to information and pictures in my blog about those places. Turn on the satellite image as it gives a better idea of the place as well.
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Ice Drops
The same day that I photographed the frosty moss, there was ice on puddles and shallow ditch water on Wallace Drive (near the middle of this map). I was interested to photograph the ice because lots of interesting ice photos have been floating (like pack ice I guess) around blogs the past few months. We rarely get ice, and unfortunately it is not usually very interesting either.
Some of the ice was suspended in the air over the puddles and was beginning to melt, with drops of water forming on the underside of the ice briefly before falling to reform the puddles. So, these are my ice pictures for the year. I expect.
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Six Months – Awards
Today is Burnt Embers’ 6 month anniversary. I was not going to mark it, but since I really need to do something about acknowledging awards that I have been receiving, I thought I could get a start in the context of celebrating that I have made it to one half year. This is post 189, with the first post being on September 14th, the second on September 17th and one every day since then, including some days with two posts (usually by accident). At times that has been difficult, and on those days I tend to not have very much to say. Things that keep me going include an every growing list of subscribers (189 WP and email followers and a bunch more through places like Google Reader), all the lovely comments that people make, ideas they share and things they teach me, the community that blogging has introduced me to and of course the recognition by some great bloggers through awards that they have given me.
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Dallas Road Ross Bay
Dallas Road runs behind Ross Bay and this location is across, or rather crossing, the street from the storm drain that I have shown many times of late.
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