For the Fairies

Today I visited Kakabeka Falls a spectacular site where legend has it that Greenmantle, princess of the Ojibwa tribe allowed herself to be taken hostage by the Sioux, in return for sparing her life she promised to lead the Sioux warriors to her father's camp. She led them by canoe along the river and diverting to the shallows at the last moment the unsuspecting Sioux in the following canoes were swept over the falls to their deaths.

These pictures were taken using the camera on my phone and when I return home I will have more shots to share. 

The visit to the falls was followed by a forest trail and along the way I spotted the little fungus growing in the shade, a perfect spot for fairies if you ask me...

More Curious Formations

Yesterday's pictures seemed to catch a few people's interest so here are a few more shots of the unusual rock formations from the forest of Fontainebleau.  The rocks seem to rise out of the forest floor and in the third image the rock almost looks as though it has melted and looks like it would be quite leathery to the touch but it's not..

Refraction

Following on from yesterday's image I have chosen two pictures taken in Delamere Forest one snowy morning in January 2013.  Although it was really cold there was a slight thaw and there was water dripping from the trees.  These two images of a water droplet were taken handheld using my 100mm macro lens.  

I really like these photos. What caught my eye at first was the sunlight glinting through the droplet and then moving to a different angle the trees in the distance appeared. 

A Morning Walk

I'm late posting today but as this is a daily blog I wasn't going to let it slip...Today I have chosen a picture of a dog walker, normally I try really hard to get shots without random people in them.  It can be quite frustrating at times waiting for people to move out of the frame to get what I think is the best picture.  On Saturday however, even though my main focus was taking pictures of the trees and the changing colours when I saw the man walking towards me in the distance with his two dogs I knew it would add something to the final image.  Most of the time it was really quiet in the forest, there were very few people out and about but this area is popular with dog walkers, cyclists and runners and by including the man I think it adds some context to the image, the colours are great but for me, including the dog walker there brings the picture life.

 

Canon 70 - 300mm @ 100mm f18 ISO 4000 1/40s