Daniel Marchand

Monday, April 27, 2009

Trees getting ready for another season...

Friday, April 10, 2009

From the "Weathered Beauty" series

I have added a new series to my website.

Living in a country where winter lasts for months and where snow is abundant, we often forget about the beauty of our gardens. The flowers that we so enjoyed faded in the fall, were cut and put to compost. A forgotten few remained on bushes and hid under the snow to re-appear in early spring. Can they still show some beauty despite their weathered look? Is beauty still there, only different? With "Weathered Beauty" I show that beauty never disappears completely, it only changes. If we could only look closer!

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Earth Hour 2009

A few shots from a walk in Ottawa during Earth Hour last night.

Some played...

Some were closed...

Some just walked around, unseen...

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Winter is close to an end...

...when the ice starts to break on the Ottawa River.

Friday, February 20, 2009

Friday video

Canon is launching its new TS lenses this week; a replacement for the 24mm/3.5 and a new super wide 17mm/4.

This Keith Loutit time lapse video (Bathtub IV) gives a good idea of what can be done with TS lenses. The song "Clementine" by Megan Washington is also very catchy.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Winterlude

Last weekend was particularly good for the second weekend of this year's Winterlude.

However, skaters had to wait until noon on Saturday to get on the Rideau Canal.

This gave them time to see some of the artists carving their ice sculptures at Confederation Park. Here are a few pictures of Suguru Kanbayashi, at work carving his prize winning sculpture.

On the Gatineau side of the River, families were enjoying the activities of Jacques Cartier Park.

I was particularly attracted by this snow sculpture. Wonder why?

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Ottawa Winter Night Sky

"Maman", Louise Bourgeois' sculpture of a spider seen on a very cold winter evening (-23 C) earlier this week.