As 2014 draws to a close, we can’t help but throw in a ‘Best Of’ review-type article, or two. Today, we look at ten of the finest images we posted at the companion site to It’s About Travelling, Pic of the Day.
Picoday is a small site we have using the WordPress dot com free platform. Therefore, there’s only images and text and no advertising. The title is a bit misleading because, although we try our hardest to post a new image and article each day, it rarely works out like that. What it provides us is a great place to post cool pictures that aren’t really part of a bigger theme and therefore don’t end up on the main site.
Check ’em out and let us know what you think. By clicking on each image, you travel to the actually site and article where these pictures started out.
Above is a White Faced Meadowhawk. I was out on the trail one day over the summer and it seemed almost surreal with all the flying insects posing like it was some sort of photo shoot. We did a more detailed article on flying insects on the main site.
The Cheltenham Badlands, or Caledon Badlands, is an unusual natural formation. At least, it’s an unusual formation for Ontario. In the west, it’s much more common. These small plot of land is currently surrounded with controversy as locals try to keep it all to themselves.
The autumn of 2014 was excellent for fall foliage in Ontario and much of North America. The weather was kind of crappy but the trees loved it. This was taken at Pine River Provincial Fishing Area, north of Orangeville.
Finally, after decades of visiting, I was able to get out and get some Niagara Falls night images. This is a look at Horseshoe Falls at the crest and the Niagara River above. It’s cropped as it is because the illumination of the waterfall is a bit flawed by the shadow of the Table Rock Centre. I simply cut out the shadowed area.
Above is the view across Ramsey Lake from Bell Park in Sudbury, Ontario. Beyond the lakefront houses are the buildings of Laurentian University. However, that is not Lake Ramsey that is hosting the reflection. This is Photoshop fraud. The lake was actually frozen over with alternating patches of snow drift and ice surface.
This single prop plane was on display at an open house at the Brampton Flight Centre.
About a week after the above image was taken, the waters of the Trent-Severn Waterway would be much more crowded. The image was taken just before the summer traffic came in. In the background are the world famous Peterborough Hydraulic Lift Locks. Great cruises are available that will take you up and down these locks and a traditional flood lock. Check out this article on the Peterborough Lift Lock Tour.
Birthplace of Bobby Orr and home of the longest train trestle east of the Rocky Mountains. Parry Sound is a picturesque town on Georgian Bay that turns into a bustling tourist centre in the summer. The train trestle is over 100 years old and crosses the Seguin River. We were able to get some great Parry Sound night images this fall.
Lac Bromont in Quebec. This image was taken at nearly the spot where my parents once had a cottage. They sold the cottage when they moved to London, Ontario in the mid 1960’s. The structure is still there but is decaying fast. Back in the day, there was no road access and they had to park and cross the lake by boat.
Not a new image but a new look. This photo of the Renaissance Center and downtown Detroit, Michigan was taken in February, 2012. It was restyled this year as part of a collection of three skylines that also included Toronto and Montreal.
All the best in 2015! The year of making memories, not living in them.
