Southern Georgian Bay & Simcoe Summer edition 2014

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Southern Georgian Bay

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Brebeuf Lighthouse It was a warm August day that my father and I took his small boat to Brebeuf island located west of the Georgian Bay Islands National Park. We arrived about 6:30 pm and to capture the warm light of sunset we needed to wait several hours.

The island was named after Father Brebeuf, a French Jesuit priest who worked with the Huron Indians at St. Marie among the Hurons.

The Lighthouse was built in 1878 on Gin Rock Island and then moved to Brebeuf Island in 1900. The tower is 35 feet tall.

It serves as a front range light, with Beausoleil Island Light serving as the rear range light. The keeper’s house is a private residence.

I used a wide angle lens and tripod to capture this picture with my digital camera. As soon as the sun set over Georgian Bay we jumped back in our boat and headed home to avoid any treacherous rocks that the lighthouse was designed to warn boats of.

Brebeuf Lighthouse As the sun was setting over Georgian Bay I was exploring different angles in which to photograph the Brebeuf lighthouse and in this picture I used a wide angle lens and a polarizing filter to capture this point of view.

The rocks in the foreground grew redder as the sun dipped lower in the sky.

The rocks were also covered in seagulls and some of their droppings.

I used the leading curved line of the lakeshore to lead into the picture.

There was a calm warm breeze coming off the water and a magenta sky was forming in the eastern sky that often becomes more saturated just after sunset.

On the Rocks Evening light at Balm Beach with the Blue Mountains near Collingwood visible on the distant shore.

I remember taking this photograph more then 4 decades ago.

I was using an Olympus OM-1 35mm film camera and shooting with Kodachrome 64 slide film and was using a light weight tripod.

I often visited Balm beach to see my high school girlfriend (Angie) who lived there and we would sometimes walk along the beach in the evening. The clouds on the other side of the bay suggested it was raining.

I was attracted to the waves as they broke over the round polished rocks and the light created a solemn mode.

Most of the east side and south parts of Georgian Bay consist of white rolling sandy beaches so this outcrop of rocks was unusual.

Rocks at the Lighthouse These colourful rocks were photographed on the shoreline of Killarney National Park on the Lighthouse trail.

The rocks in the area have been sheared by glaciers several times and these rocks must have been carved and sculpted by the relentless action of the waves. I was driving from Calgary with a friend back to Midland Ontario to visit my parents at the time. We stopped in the park for a few days to capture some of the spectacular scenery and I wondered why I had not visited this beautiful park before when I lived just a few hours drive south of the area when I was younger.

A Billion Year Past Moment Lighthouse trail in Killarney national Park. Good photographers know that sometimes colour can be a distraction and that by switching to black and white photography forms and shapes can take on more character. I was attracted by the center rock sitting in the middle of this shallow pool of water thrown up on the rocks by the waves.

The smooth surface of the rocks and the lines formed by glaciers retreating over the Canadian Shield are clearly evident. It is hard to believe that these Precambrian igneous rocks are almost 4 billion years old. It provides a sense of perspective on our own short lives

A Raccoon does bring Joy I was out hunting for mushrooms to photograph in a forest only near my parents home outside of Midland on September 27, 2010 when I saw something moving inside a tree hollow – it was a racoon sleeping. I walked over to the tree and gently knocked on the tree stump.

A head popped out and the raccoon slowly crawled out to see what was disturbing him when I captured this pictures.

Raccoons are common around where I use to live in Georgian bay and although they do occur in Northern Alberta I have yet so see one in the West.

Loon The common loon is not only one of the most beautiful birds in Canada, its’ call, like that of the wolf, is a symbol of wilderness. I never get tired of listening to loons calling in the evening. This loon was photographed from my kayak near Port Severn. I was exploring the small channels with a my tiny boat that I brought with me from Calgary. I placed my camera and lens between my legs in a water proof bag in the kayak. By driftng slowly and using a 300 mm telephoto lens I was able to capture this closeup image of the loon with the black and white patterns on its neck and back.

Loons feed mostly on small fish, aquatic vertebrates and invertebrates and once in a while plants. n the West.

Female Common Merganser Taking flight I often carry my camera with me when I go for a walk and for good reason, you never know what you might see.

Gawley park faces Midland bay and is attached to Tom McCullough Park. Whenever I visit home, I take frequent walks near the shoreline in these parks.

This summer day I captured a female Common Merganser taking flight just offshore.

These streamlined ducks are designed to dive and capture fish.

Reflections Driving from Midland to Parry Sound there are numerous small lakes and ponds just off the side of highway 400.

On this overcast day, my father and I pulled over to explore one of the many small lakes and ponds and I captured a photo of this mirror image of the trees and rocks reflecting in the still water.

Sunset at Balm Beach This tranquil scene was taken mid-summer. I borrowed my father’s Mamiya medium format camera and headed down to Balm Beach.

This photo was taken on a small point in front of Balm Beach Rd W. It is a favourite spot of mine to capture the sunset.

Most of the surrounding area is white sandy beach and the rocks added some contrast to the subtle colors on this unusually quiet evening on Georgian Bay.

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