tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243492962024-03-13T12:09:38.015-04:00The Other Side of the ShutterMore photographs by Andrew CarverA.C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03698722721107541929noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24349296.post-32089476753824508272010-07-01T23:53:00.000-04:002010-07-01T23:53:54.955-04:00Big bangThe hard part of getting fireworks photos is finding a good place to set up. I figure if I got a spot down by the Ottawa River everything would be peachy. Unfortunately when I got to the area near the locks it had been blocked off. I guess the police don't like the thought of thousands of drunks wandering around down there, and I can see their point. I spent a fair amount of time running around, and after a bit of back-and-forthing I set up near the National Arts Centre, on the ramp that leads down to the driveway.<br />
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First I took a photo near the Canal. Turned out a bit wide.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7218210@N02/4753315913/" title="Canada Day Fireworks 2010 by Andrew Carver, on Flickr"><img alt="Canada Day Fireworks 2010" height="270" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4074/4753315913_6aed3bdae1.jpg" width="407" /></a><br />
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This one was pitched a bit high ... you can already see the smoke building up.<br />
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Then I walked up to the lane itself ... unfortuntely some of the NAC got into this shot and several others.<br />
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Now I think I'm getting the hang of it.<br />
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Another nice one.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7218210@N02/4753984334/" title="Canada Day Fireworks 2010 by Andrew Carver, on Flickr"><img alt="Canada Day Fireworks 2010" height="270" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4074/4753984334_dd2209cba9.jpg" width="407" /></a><br />
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A slightly wider angle to take in the convention centre.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7218210@N02/4753361075/" title="Canada Day Fireworks 2010 by Andrew Carver, on Flickr"><img alt="Canada Day Fireworks 2010" height="270" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4140/4753361075_2ee68eace9.jpg" width="407" /></a><br />
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A nice vertical, but a bit off-centre ...<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7218210@N02/4754008232/" title="Canada Day Fireworks 2010 by Andrew Carver, on Flickr"><img alt="Canada Day Fireworks 2010" height="407" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4116/4754008232_c39f1e9973.jpg" width="270" /></a><br />
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I should have gotten the bicyclist's name.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7218210@N02/4754014920/" title="Canada Day Fireworks 2010 by Andrew Carver, on Flickr"><img alt="Canada Day Fireworks 2010" height="407" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4141/4754014920_49f0cb58b2.jpg" width="270" /></a><br />
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Squiggly!<br />
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The shadowy figure at left was illuminated by successive blasts.<br />
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A whole lot of smoke now.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7218210@N02/4754024766/" title="Canada Day Fireworks 2010 by Andrew Carver, on Flickr"><img alt="Canada Day Fireworks 2010" height="407" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4122/4754024766_f78b2c34bd.jpg" width="270" /></a><br />
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If you go to my Flickr stream you can see the fireworks wind down.<br />
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Next year I'm going to see if I can find a place that's got the Parliament Buildings in the background.A.C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03698722721107541929noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24349296.post-30784798171789150052010-05-25T01:30:00.000-04:002010-05-25T01:30:33.729-04:00Hello QueenieOkay, so it's not quite July 1, but Victoria Day gets its fireworks too. They're launched from Juliana Park near Dow's Lake. For once being a bit late was a blessing in disguise. I orginally thought the best view would be from the south shore of Dow's Lake. As it turned out the pathway along Colonel By was a better choice.<br />
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My first shot seems to be mostly smoke and car lights.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7218210@N02/4637338647/" title="Victoria Day fireworks at Dow's Lake by Andrew Carver, on Flickr"><img alt="Victoria Day fireworks at Dow's Lake" height="270" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4024/4637338647_3c6048c820.jpg" width="407" /></a><br />
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That's a little better, albeit not exactly horizontal. And off centre. Oh well, it was hard to tell which knob did what on the tripod in the dark.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7218210@N02/4637341575/" title="Victoria Day fireworks at Dow's Lake by Andrew Carver, on Flickr"><img alt="Victoria Day fireworks at Dow's Lake" height="270" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4045/4637341575_c1dfe80f1e.jpg" width="407" /></a><br />
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The settings seem good though ... I think I'll reduce the ISO and bump up the time a bit next time, though.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7218210@N02/4637348169/" title="Victoria Day fireworks at Dow's Lake by Andrew Carver, on Flickr"><img alt="Victoria Day fireworks at Dow's Lake" height="270" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4003/4637348169_49cbd9749c.jpg" width="407" /></a><br />
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I'm not sure where the squigly thing comes from - some kid's bottle rocket, perhaps?<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7218210@N02/4637351421/" title="Victoria Day fireworks at Dow's Lake by Andrew Carver, on Flickr"><img alt="Victoria Day fireworks at Dow's Lake" height="270" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3410/4637351421_1abe4fced3.jpg" width="407" /></a><br />
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The white things really lit stuff up.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7218210@N02/4637979398/" title="Victoria Day fireworks at Dow's Lake by Andrew Carver, on Flickr"><img alt="Victoria Day fireworks at Dow's Lake" height="270" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4042/4637979398_12e51e44e8.jpg" width="407" /></a><br />
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I hope they didn't light anything on fire by accident ...<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7218210@N02/4637372221/" title="Victoria Day fireworks at Dow's Lake by Andrew Carver, on Flickr"><img alt="Victoria Day fireworks at Dow's Lake" height="270" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4064/4637372221_d24a1cc50f.jpg" width="407" /></a><br />
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Okay, something moved a bit ...<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7218210@N02/4637378101/" title="Victoria Day fireworks at Dow's Lake by Andrew Carver, on Flickr"><img alt="Victoria Day fireworks at Dow's Lake" height="270" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3386/4637378101_c1a9b02ea9.jpg" width="407" /></a><br />
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And that's all she wrote, except for watching the traffic drive home.<br />
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I'm going to to try to make my next fireworks photos a tad more level ...A.C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03698722721107541929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24349296.post-2322527238408261982010-01-01T15:33:00.000-05:002010-01-01T15:33:45.260-05:00Baby, it's cold outsideWell to be honest it's rather mild. We're in the middle of a wet, snowy spell. I got a Fujifilm Finepix F200 EXR from my mother for Christmas to take with me when lugging the DSLR around would be inconvenient (i.e. most of the time). <br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7218210@N02/4233674587/" title="After freezing rain by Andrew Carver, on Flickr"><img alt="After freezing rain" height="305" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2656/4233674587_175b8da1a4.jpg" width="407" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Near South Keys transit station after freezing rain, Dec. 27, 2009 </i></span><br />
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I may actually be updating The Other Side of the Shutter more than once a year now ...A.C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03698722721107541929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24349296.post-19068551635832705592009-09-11T01:26:00.003-04:002009-09-11T01:30:59.407-04:00Water under the bridgeLooks like it's time for my annual Other Side of the Shutter post. I just got back from Nelson, B.C., where my sister, niece and brother-in-law reside. We had a bit of a family outing to their farmer's market where I perused the local record seller's offerings (nothing too fascinating, except a Swan Records compilation of the Rockin Rebels) and snapped a photograph of nearby Cottonwood Falls.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7218210@N02/3908240503/" title="Cottonwood Falls in Nelson, B.C. by Andrew Carver, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2469/3908240503_73f0e59da3.jpg" width="270" height="407" alt="Cottonwood Falls in Nelson, B.C." /></a><br />Cottonwood Falls, Nelson, B.C., September 5, 2009<br /><br />It's a nice place; shame about the graffiti.A.C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03698722721107541929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24349296.post-30183908460141009212008-08-04T12:06:00.004-04:002010-01-01T15:56:48.775-05:00One wedding and a flugtagThere wasn't much to do on Sunday. I hadn't heard there was a punk rock show at the New Bayou on Sunday, so instead of listening to The Botched Suicides and folks like that, I decided to go and photograph other stuff just like I'm always threatening to. Like everyone else I'd heard of the Flugtag at the Museum of Civilization, sponsored by a well-known energy drink company with a soft spot for ridiculous sports events (and overpostering). They expected about 30,000 spectators I'm told; it was plain from the crowds streaming over the Alexandria St. Bridge that they got a lot more. I found a place to lock up my bike and found my way through the crowd to a place near the on-ramp. There wasn't a good place to take pictures from, but I did snap a few pictures of the contestants.<br />
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I believe this is team Banana Hammock.<br />
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Here come the first, pizza-themed contestants.<br />
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Everyone had a chance for a 2-minute skit. These guys just ran around and hit one another with their giant hot pepper and wasabi tube.<br />
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Ready, set, jump!<br />
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Yay!<br />
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The next team had some technical difficulties - a wheel on their cup broke and consequently, it did not runneth over. They only used the glider, which despite its suspiciously aerodynamic appearance had all the handling capabilities of a boulder and went straight into the water.<br />
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The cup handlers gamely followed it in.<br />
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After that the Gatineau police made everyone move back so they could pretend there was a clear route for the ambulance. I tried to find a decent spot for photos, failed and bicycled home. They had closed the pedestrian walkway over the bridge, there were too many people lingering on the somewhat rickety structure.<br />
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As I passed the Congress Centre there was some ruckus - evidently a wedding of some kind, with the groom arriving in style.<br />
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The shovel girl has her fingers in her ears because it was quite noisy.A.C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03698722721107541929noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24349296.post-63764440520315518042008-07-02T01:03:00.003-04:002008-07-02T01:11:47.693-04:00Shoot out the lightsHere's a selection of photographs taken from the grassy slope new the Laurier St. Bridge just across the Rideau Canal from the Department of National Defence. I don't think the framing is as nice as last year, but the turnout ruled out a higher vantage point.<br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/july08blog/fireworks070108can1big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/july08blog/fireworks070108can1small.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/fireworks070108can4big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/fireworks070108can4small.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/fireworks070108can3big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/fireworks070108can3small.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/fireworks070108can2big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/fireworks070108can2small.jpg" /></a><br /><br />See you next year!A.C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03698722721107541929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24349296.post-34850052906601431982007-07-17T13:15:00.000-04:002007-07-17T13:21:14.437-04:00Looking out my back doorMore clouds, these viewed from my apartment balcony. The building bottom left houses my insurance broker, Scrivens.<br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/porchview062007big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/porchview062007small.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Clouds, Ottawa, June 20, 2007</span></span><br /><br />This picture predates the rainbow below, but I've been busy <a href="http://natcaprock.blogspot.com/search/label/Bluesfest">Bluesfesting</a> , among other activities, and have just gotten around to unmusical photographs just now.A.C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03698722721107541929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24349296.post-37384198923567896722007-07-14T00:40:00.001-04:002007-07-14T00:43:11.754-04:00In colourI've been snapping a few sky pictures lately. This rainbow comes courtesy of Ottawa's recent wet weather. I snapped it sometime before Built To Spill's Bluesfest set.<br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/rainbow071507blue1big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/rainbow071507blue1small.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Rainbow, 8 p.m., July 13, 2007</span></span><br /><br />Remarkably enough, none of the recent rain has delayed any shows.A.C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03698722721107541929noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24349296.post-41605954882536739542007-07-02T01:42:00.000-04:002007-07-02T01:51:08.160-04:00Tremendous kaboomAnother Canada Day, another excuse to slow down the old shutter speed and capture lots of colourful explosions. Huzzay! You've already seen the first if you've just come from National Capital Rock.<br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/fireworks070107ott9big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/fireworks070107ott9small.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Fireworks over the Chateau Laurier Hotel, July 1, 2007</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/fireworks070107ott8big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/fireworks070107ott8small.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Fireworks over the Chateau Laurier Hotel, July 1, 2007</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/fireworks070107ott7big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/fireworks070107ott7small.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Fireworks over the Chateau Laurier Hotel, July 1, 2007</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/fireworks070107ott6big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/fireworks070107ott6small.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Fireworks over the Chateau Laurier Hotel, July 1, 2007</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/fireworks070107ott5big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/fireworks070107ott5small.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Fireworks over the Rideau Centre, July 1, 2007</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/fireworks070107ott4big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/fireworks070107ott4small.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Fireworks over the Rideau Centre, July 1, 2007</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/fireworks070107ott3big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/fireworks070107ott3small.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Fireworks over the Rideau Centre, July 1, 2007</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/fireworks070107ott2big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/fireworks070107ott2small.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Fireworks over the Rideau Centre, July 1, 2007</span></span><br /><br />And of course a big thanks to the lady in the latter four photos who decided to stand right in front of my camera. Provides a more interesting foreground, you know.A.C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03698722721107541929noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24349296.post-21688766377474708132007-04-24T12:05:00.000-04:002007-04-24T12:08:24.209-04:00On the cornerA picture of a construction crane with the moon above, snapped between xbxrx at End Hits and the Cafe DeKcuf show for Harshey side projects.<br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/dalrideau042107ott1big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/dalrideau042107ott1small.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Corner of Rideau and Dalhousie, Ottawa, April 21, 2007.</span></span><br /><br />Should have brought my tripod.A.C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03698722721107541929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24349296.post-74204918343648160282007-01-30T13:13:00.000-05:002007-01-30T13:17:36.171-05:00Crash courseI've just been working up a few posts for the Mad Parish and Priestess show at Mavericks, so I might as well slap up a couple of pictures I took on the way home.<br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/crushed011807ott1big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/crushed011807ott1small.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Newspaper boxes, corner of Nicholas St., Ottawa, 2 a.m. Jan. 18</span><br /><br />I think someone took too wide a turn ...A.C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03698722721107541929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24349296.post-24243688019215423592006-11-23T00:45:00.000-05:002006-11-23T00:48:58.469-05:00Up against the wall!Babylon nightclub recently decorated their north wall with posters from the various shows they've held. Looks good. I'd decorate my own walls the same way, but hammering nails into the concrete is tricky.<br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/babylonwall112206bab1big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/babylonwall112206bab1small.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Show posters, Babylon, Ottawa, Nov. 22</span></span>A.C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03698722721107541929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24349296.post-8187542500880517122006-11-23T00:38:00.000-05:002006-11-23T00:43:08.706-05:00The day afterNov. 12 I went to see Julie Doiron and a few other folks perform at The Rainbow. I passed by the Cenotaph on my way back home and snapped this picture of the grave of the Unknown Soldier, decorated with poppies after Remembrance Day ceremonies.<br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/unknownchateau111206ott1big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/unknownchateau111206ott1small.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The Grave of the Unknown Soldier, Confederation Square, Ottawa, Nov. 13, 2 a.m.</span></span><br /><br />The building in the background is the Chateau Laurier.A.C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03698722721107541929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24349296.post-1151974266118386822006-08-20T10:42:00.000-04:002006-11-11T02:17:09.390-05:00Hill overspillI have a few leftovers from my Hill sojourn in May. Here's Lester P. Pearson , just chillin', albeit in statue form.<br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/lesterbpearson050706hill1smallnu.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Statue of Lester B. Pearson, Parliament Hill, May 7</span><br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/westbloc050706ott1small.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Shrouded West Block and Stormy Sky, May 7</span></span><br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/library050706ott1small.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">North Side of the Library of Parliament, May 7</span></span>A.C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03698722721107541929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24349296.post-1156027676992283042006-08-19T18:45:00.000-04:002006-11-11T02:17:09.528-05:00Because the nightA photo taken while waiting at the Black Sheep Stage of City Hall and buildings on Elgin St.<br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/cityatnight070906city1big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/cityatnight070906city1small.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Nightime at the Black Sheep Stage</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">, 9 p.m.,</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> July 14, 2006</span></span>A.C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03698722721107541929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24349296.post-1151973746835147012006-07-11T10:25:00.000-04:002006-11-11T02:17:09.308-05:00Night and dayOn my way over to the Saw Gallery to see Muffler Crunch I snapped a photo of the new construction near the University of Ottawa.<br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/universitybuilding0701062big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/universitybuilding0701062small.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Multidiscpline Building, University of Ottawa, 8 p.m., July 1</span><br /><br />On the way to take photographs of fireworks, I took another picture.<br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/universitybuilding0701061big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/universitybuilding0701061small.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Multidiscpline Building, University of Ottawa, 10:05 p.m., July 1</span><br /><br />I mean, why not?A.C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03698722721107541929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24349296.post-1151858541066408242006-07-04T14:23:00.000-04:002006-11-11T02:17:09.235-05:00Fire in the skyMy aunt loaned me her camera tripod - she never uses it, and thought I might find some use for it in conjunction with my then-new Olympus E-500. It certainly came in handy on Canada Day. After watching Muffler Crunch at the SAW Gallery, I went to the Laurier St. Bridge, stationed myself behind a bunch of folks in chairs and snapped a few dozen pictures of fireworks over their heads. These pictures were mostly taken with a shutter speed of 3.2 seconds, ISO 100, f-stop 5.6 (I meant to shoot at 8, but must have fiddled with it by accident). I don't have a remote release, so I set the two-second delay. That way I didn't have to touch my camera while it was open.<br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/fireworks070106can7big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/fireworks070106can7small.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Fireworks over the Chateau Laurier, July 1</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/fireworks070106can6big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/fireworks070106can6small.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Fireworks over the Chateau Laurier, July 1</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/fireworks070106can5big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/fireworks070106can5small.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Fireworks over the Chateau Laurier, July 1</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/fireworks070106can4big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/fireworks070106can4small.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Fireworks over the Chateau Laurier, July 1</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/fireworks070106can3big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/fireworks070106can3small.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Fireworks over the Chateau Laurier, July 1</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/fireworks070106can2big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/fireworks070106can2small.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Fireworks over the Chateau Laurier, July 1</span></span><br /><br />It was all good fun (the drunken play-by-play by a guy on my left notwithstanding). That said, I think I find the foreground more interesting. The two guys leaning up against the traffic light post at left, the row of buses ready to haul drunken revellers home, rain speckling the Rideau Canal and the curve of lights are somehow more evocative to me.A.C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03698722721107541929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24349296.post-1148768830833587502006-05-27T17:56:00.000-04:002006-11-11T02:17:09.158-05:00Pope and phoneI've been stuck in the house today, feeling rather wretched - something I ate, I think. Anyway, it's a fine time to practice guitar and resize photos for posting. These are a few photos of building that struck my eye en route to the Hill back in early May. The first is my neighbour Pope House, a heritage property that is home to the <a href="http://www.nafc-aboriginal.com/">National Association of Friendship Centres</a>.<br /><br />The crenelated section over the doorway is a bit of medieval hangover.<br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/popehouse050706ott1big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/popehouse050706ott1small.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Pope House, 275 MacLaren St., Ottawa, May 7</span></span><br /><br />A <a href="https://www.hydroottawa.com/index.cfm">Hydro Ottawa</a> substation on Slater. I suspect that if they built one today it wouldn't boast such a handsome design - good proportions, and a charming facade even with the grafitti.<br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/powerstation050706ott1big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/powerstation050706ott1small.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Hydro substation, Slater St., Ottawa, On. May 7</span></span><br /><br />A wall of green glass, courtesy of the famously green <a href="http://www.tdcanadatrust.com/">TD Canada Trust</a> banking empire. (The building on the right is Manulife Place, if memory serves).<br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/greenglass050706ott1big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/greenglass050706ott1small.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">TD Canada Trust Building, Albert St. and Metcalfe Ave., Ottawa, May 7<br /><br /></span></span>The Bell Canada building. Shrinking this photo created the striped pattern - the larger version has a different appearance. For a psychedelic experience, load the larger JPEG into whatever graphics program you have on your computer and gradually shrink and magnify it.<br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/bellbuilding050706ott1big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/bellbuilding050706ott1small.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Bell Building, Elgin St. and Lisgar Ave., Ottawa, May 7</span></span><br /><br />The weather is turning nice - I'll have to try more photography out and about the town.A.C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03698722721107541929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24349296.post-1147034677312931852006-05-07T16:37:00.000-04:002006-11-11T02:17:09.083-05:00Get out!No sooner did I promise in my last post that I would get out to photograph things beside rock shows than I realized that a good time would be right then. So I did what every photography newbie would do - go up to Parliament Hill. Oh, and take a flower macro. There's a rule somewhere that says if you have a macro lens you have to take a picture of a flower with it ... might as well get this out of the way!<br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/flowermacro050706Metcalfe1big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/flowermacro050706Metcalfe1small.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Flower outside Hotel Indigo, Laurier St. and O'Connor Ave. , May 7, 2006<br /><br /></span></span>I took the requisite photos of buildings and statues - I'll post a few later - but it's touristy stuff. At least I didn't photograph a Mountie. I did photograph a remarkably nonchalant groundhog and this chickadee.<br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/chickadee050706Hill1big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/chickadee050706Hill1small.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Chickadee, Parliament Hill, May 7, 2006</span></span><br /><br />Flowers are pretty. And you can dispose of your empty bottle of hooch in the bed, too.<br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/Flowerbooze050706Wellington1big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/Flowerbooze050706Wellington1small.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Flower planters on Wellington St., May 7, 2006<br /><br /></span></span>"We just got a contract to build a Presbyterian church - how did they say they wanted it?"<br />"Square."<br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/presbyterian050706Elgin1big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/presbyterian050706Elgin1small.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Presbyterian church, Elgin St. and Lisgar Ave., May 7, 2006</span></span><br /><br />I'll throw up some more pictures when I have a moment - which means it could be a while.A.C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03698722721107541929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24349296.post-1147025204215787562006-05-07T14:02:00.000-04:002006-11-11T02:17:09.009-05:00By the shoreI keep meaning to get out and snap some of the local sites, but never seem to find the time. This picture was taken after I'd photographed a property my mother listed, on the way to work. I will try to get out of the apartment more often, I promise ... The picture links to a larger version.<br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/shoreline050206bay1big.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/shoreline050206bay1small.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Mooney's Bay, Ottawa, May 2, 2006</span>A.C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03698722721107541929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24349296.post-1142791873209269892006-03-19T13:07:00.000-05:002006-11-11T02:17:08.825-05:00BoozeHere's a photo I took to test the capabilities of my 50mm macro lens; it has an f-stop of 2, so it is fairly fast. These bottles of booze - located in Barrymore's - were photographed just before The Violet Archers performed.<br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/barrymores031706ott1.jpg" /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Bar at Barrymore's, Ottawa, March 17, 2006, 10:15 p.m.</span></span>A.C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03698722721107541929noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24349296.post-1142791670896265392006-03-19T12:09:00.000-05:002006-11-11T02:17:08.757-05:00Cream of the cropI'll be using this blog to post the cream of my photography. Or my worst puns. More early fiddling at The Mayflower, where I was showing Mum the range of my 14mm-45mm lens.<br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/creamers031806ott1.jpg" /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Creamers at the Mayflower, Ottawa, March 18, 10:35 a.m.</span></span>A.C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03698722721107541929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24349296.post-1142785043721575272006-03-19T11:07:00.000-05:002006-11-11T02:17:08.696-05:00There's moreBuy a digital camera, and suddenly you start taking many, many more photos. I already have scads of pictures posted at my other blog, <a href="http://www.natcaprock.blogspot.com">National Capital Rock</a>. I'll be posting the occasional pictures I take that are not related to music here. Here's No. 1, taken just after breakfast with my mother.<br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/noodlesbad/othersideblog06/elginst031806ott1.jpg" /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Elgin St., Ottawa. Looking south at 11:15 a.m., March 18, 2006</span></span>A.C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03698722721107541929noreply@blogger.com0