Winter is back
Winter has finally arrived in Ottawa and I’ve been taking that opportunity to go out and enjoy the new scenery. This change in season requires a couple of changes in how to photograph. For the most...
View ArticleLong Time
It has been over a year since I’ve seen the local freight service to Arnprior. I went out a couple of times over the year trying to catch a glimpse, but was unsuccessful on each and every single...
View ArticleL’Absent at L’Orignal
Last Saturday I decided to see if I could get some pictures of the local service CNs Vankleek subdivision. Unfortunately, I think that I may have missed it by a bit (I heard 589 on the scanner, but...
View ArticleToo many train photos broke my camera
On Sunday I had a bit of time for railfanning between Kingston and Ottawa, and it was a very fruitful, albeit cold day. The first port of call was Kingston Mills. The area was very much under...
View ArticlePrisoner of my camera system
After the premature death of my last camera I had to go out and get a new one. There were three replacement choices which were under consideration: Canon Full Frame dSLR (For its 5x macro lens), Sony...
View ArticleProtected Pedestrian Crossings in Ottawa (Part 1)
Most level protected crossings are for cars. But if you look closely in Ottawa, you will find some crossing out there just for us pedestrians and cyclists. I will say that photographing these...
View ArticleSwitching Action in Twin Elm
(This is primarily a picture post documenting my recent catch) While driving down Hunt Club to pick up some groceries, I was going over VIA Smiths Falls Sub, and as usual I took a look down the tracks...
View ArticleRemoving or Upgrading?
Recently at the Walkley Yard, I noticed that they orphaned a couple of sections of track recently as well as re-ballasted a section of the track to the O-Train shed. It was the west side near the...
View ArticleWrong direction, but I’ll take it
On a Monday off, I headed over to see if I could catch some QGRY operations. At 10:15 on Monday, it departed Thurso (where it is parked over night) and headed west. The chase was on. It travels at...
View ArticleIns and Outs of Removing Elements
When processing photos, sometimes there is work more than just playing with the sliders and running it through a filter or two. This post explains some of the guidelines I use when removing items...
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