Flower pot, a photo from Ontario, Central

Photographer's Note

Great glaciers carved out the province of Ontario's Great Lakes during the last ice age. The hard precambrian rocks that remain make up a distinctive and beautiful part of the province's landscape. Georgian Bay is a branch of Lake Huron, the northernmost situated Great Lake and one of the largest. The resort town of Tobermory is at the northern end of Gerogian Bay. From Tobermory, you can take a speed boat to a small island called Flower Pot Island, where rocks have been carved by the weather into unusual formations like these, called "flower pots". The water is crystal clear, and the scenery is stunning. In addition to spectacular views, this part of Canada is home to large numbers and varieties of wild orchids. Every spring I join my camera club for our annual pilgrimmage to this wonderful place to photograph the orchids and other wild flowers.

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Guenther (10915) 2004-09-09 13:17

Must be a wonderful place, Eva. Great colours, I like the diferent tones of blue and green. Very interesting rocks formations.

bobll7 (200) 2004-09-10 18:57

Great colours, textures and composition in this scene. Look a bit noisy tho, maybe a bit too much sharpness? But still, a beautiful place, with great lightning. Good rendition of the scene, its my kind of shot.

ChrisJ (171822) 2004-09-12 3:04

Composition & color are good, but I'd burn in the highlights of the rocks on the right.

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patcras (14) 2004-09-14 4:31

When I see your gallerie, I'm afraid that your monitor is not well callibraited. As all your photo's seems a little bit flat of colours.

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pamastro (7296) 2004-09-17 10:32

The lakes are stunning. You certainly got that here with the colors. I think they are well saturated and very realistic. The beautiful water and the shelf of rocks that rise up and are invaded by trees from the other direction adds that green. I really like the subtle change to sky at the horizon with the blues. This composition is great, with the tall rock sort of acting like a lighthouse type of beacon jutting into the vast sea of the lake. Very beautiful capture. Another wonderful face of our lakes. It is a bit noisy but the image is such a great capture that that is definitely secondary. Only nitpick is that Lake Superior is the northernmost of the lakes, not Huron.

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markoci (3933) 2005-01-12 18:32

hi eva,

good shot of a flower pot rock, i think i have seen this one from the chichimaun ferry on our way to manitoulin island (another beautiful place in ontario) makes me "homesick". good colors i especially like the layers of blue on the top of the lake and how you have layers of rock to contrast it on the right. my only critique is maybe a bit too much "empty space" on top left.
tfs,
üdvözlettel,
mark

p.s. i envy your travels