Watching a night harness race in Inverses, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
The Harness races in Cape Breton runs from May to late October, in the daytime or evenings.
It was the month of September when we visited the community of Inverness, in Cape Breton, and didn’t know anything about this event… My husband just saw an ad in the local newspaper, and we thought it was something we should attempt – he was right. I’m glad he was, because there was a time when I liked to do panning photography, so I thought it was a good opportunity to try my hand 🙂
Because of the darkness of the night, the photos didn’t have too much color, so I decided to covert them into digital paintings.
It was not easy to photograph them because their motion was quite erratic, as they were changing lanes, trying to get in front of each-other… At one moment I decided to just take some close-ups 🙂
The tripod didn’t help, but I was able to get to the surrounding fence, brace my elbows and shoot the rapid motion… I also made this picture as a painting using the digital media.
The last two pictures of the Harness race are available as prints in my Fine Art America Gallery. Click on them for a larger view:
… and here is another version of the Harness Race in Inverness, Nova Scotia as pop-art:
Here is an example of a framed print on wall:
Swans nuptial dance ritual on the Rhine River, Germany, in a sunny day of spring, at their mating time. What an incredible unexpected chance to be able to watch and photograph the activity of these amazing birds! You can see some other photos I took of them in my Birds gallery at Fine Art America* Click on pictures for larger view!
It was really a rare chance to see these majestic swans in their mating ritual on the Rhine River (Breisach, Germany). It was almost like a ceremony in the swan world.
I went to the river several times in the morning to watch and photograph them. This majestic birds were just amazing – almost incredible! So graceful, yet so aggressive…
First I thought they were fighting – but, I guess they were not 🙂
The weather was great and the light was perfect, so I really took a lot of pictures. I also liked to see their beautiful curves.
This is a female swan surrounded by the stars created on the water. – Yes, I know how to photograph stars and I like it! – No Photoshop filters used to create them. She was exactly like in a fairy-tale wedding ceremony 🙂
Meanwhile, another graceful, probably male swan – judging from his size, was peacefully floating. I just loved his reflection on the calm mirroring water:
Determination
… And here is a very determined male coming to meet the ladies:
This other male just landed in power and with a lot of energy and determination also:
He just landed in a beautiful pose for me 🙂
Have you ever seen a swan walking on the water?
I’ve never watched a swan nuptial dance before… have you? How lucky I was to be there at the right time 🙂 Well, walking by the waterside is never boring, but when you have this kind of show is a total different story… Do you agree with me?
All the pictures above are available as art prints for Home and Wall decor. Just Click on them for details on print types, sizes and prices.
I just updated this post today with my newly uploaded swans photos, and restarted posting to WP challenges.
Today’s word is “boring.” posted by Fandango
Panama City skyline, is an amazing view observed from the Amador Peninsula, across the Panama Bay, Panama.
Let’s start with the beginning: I took these two photo above and below on January 1st 2012. In other words, Yes, we spend our New Year’s Eve and a few more days after in Panama City, Panama! 🙂
* Here is the postcard I sent to my friends, taken from the hotel we spent our first days in this Central American country.
I knew that will make them jealous, but I just couldn’t resist the temptation. It is available in my Fine Art America gallery, along with all the other pictures. Just click on them to see options of wall and home decor plus much more:
A short introduction to our visit
Despite of the fact that both my husband and I got a nasty virus from the airplane, and we had a bad headache and fever for about tree days. we were still able to walk around and take photos. Here is another view of the city viewed from the Amador Peninsula:
At the end of that day, the view of the Panama Bay ((BahĂa de Panamá) was just gorgeous:
We were just loitering here and there trying to see as much as we could. What an astonishing busy city! Our visit was either by car, taxi or walking… The old historic Panama City – “Casco Viejo Panama” was also on our itinerary. Check my Panama travel photography collection on this website for more interesting stories of this Central American country. More to come.
Here we are in the taxi and its driver who was our touristic guide for about one hour – a great ride with many useful explanations. * BTW: Panamanians speak English as a second language and the cabs are quite inexpensive.
I never expected to see such an impressive city in Central America! It was the starting point into our three month journey in Panama 🙂
Panama Bay – shown in the first picture, is actually part of the famous Panama Canal. Sure, we have visited that as well… I’ll post some of those photos later 🙂
For the fun of challenges:
RDP Saturday: Copy | Today’s Word: Loiter | RDP Sunday: Temptation