Picnic Table Autumn
So, today’s post I managed to publish yesterday, before I had even finished it. Very annoying since I had used up my time for getting today’s post ready. So, what to do? When taking pictures of the autumn garden on Saturday, I took this one of the picnic table. I was not sure how I was going to use it, but liked it enough to save. Using it in a “quick and dirty” post is its fate. I hope you can imagine it dressed up with warm sunshine, lunch, and happy people. It has seen many great meals, and will see more next year.
Patio Fall
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On my patio are many potted plants, and they too are beginning to show signs of fall. Although, I am not sure if the yellowing needles on this mugo pine are seasonal, to me they speak of autumn.
Fennel Fall
Today’s pictures are soft and gentle – the promised antidote to yesterday’s vivid artificial colours. I hope you find them more soothing to the eyes.
My garden is slowly transforming as fall settles in. Some plants are committed and ready for winter, others are hanging on to the last hope of summer. The fennel is making its last stand, and that is possible only because I tied it up a couple of weeks ago. We like to leave it in seed for birds when the cold weather comes, but often it does not last that long.
Snow Fencing
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When I took this picture, it looked something like the above version on the camera screen, or at least that was the impression I had. However, the image on the computer screen proved really unsatisfying. Thus, I tweaked this image in ways I usually am not interested in doing, to see if I could get back what I thought I was going to find in my camera. Mostly I just cranked up the contrast, but I did fiddle a bit with the saturation too.
Hunter Gatherer Skirt
Earlier this week, this curious scene caught my eye on Pandora Street, near Government Street. The unaltered photo, which is the bottom of the three I show here, is one of those frustrating pictures which seems to have lots of potential, but which I can’t realise with cropping or simple edits to the image. The pumpkin is an important part of the picture, but just does not fit, and I really like the “Hunter Gatherer” sign (the name of a second-hand clothing store in Fan Tan Alley).
Illusory Windows
I took my camera to work on Tuesday in order to take pictures at lunchtime – the first time I have ever done that since working in an office. It was a fabulous fall day: blue sky, strong yellowish sunlight, warm and a slower pace.
I really like this view of the back wall of the Odeon Theatre, a movie house which fronts on Yates Street and backs onto Johnson Street, on the fringes of downtown Victoria. The new colour of the building is striking, and at first glance the reflections from the office across the street look as if windows have been set into this otherwise rather bleak facade.
Harling Point Sunset
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Monday night we had a fantastic sky at sunset. I was on Harling Point by the Chinese cemetery, and managed a few shots that pleased me. Here is one of them. I expect I will post some others in the near future.
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