Tagg Art Photography

Autumn, and what's around the corner.
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I'm still around, though not posting often - Social media platforms occupy too much of our time, and I'd rather .

Summer storm cell over the prairies.

Not AI generated (**foreground replacement)

🍂Autumn inspired photo dump - bring on the cool air and brilliant colour! 🍁

Autumn inspired photo dump - - - - - My favourite time of year! Sweater weather, brilliant coloured Boreal and Carolinian Forest and some great hiking / walking. #getoutside #shootpentax #autumn #fallcolours #photodump

Ontario’s Trillium undergrowth

Woodland
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I come to my solitary woodland walk as the homesick go home. I thus dispose of the superfluous and see things as they are, grand and beautiful.
~Henry David Thoreau~

You are invited to join the 26th annual Great Backyard Bird Count, happening February 17-20, 2023! This event is our opportunity to observe birds from our communities and contribute to a snapshot of bird populations around the world. https://www.birdscanada.org/gbbc23

I'm challenging the technology this morning by inputting prompts into Open AI's DALL-E 2 image generation algorithm with criteria that are unique to the Pacific Coast. I wouldnt think the cannon so small that the AI would fail. One (the best) of the several renderings generated shared below. Tell me what you think. How did the AI do given the prompt?

"A winter scene of an old oak tree prominent on a wooded hill. There is a bird feeder suspended by chain hanging from a large burl covered branch of that old tree. Around the bird feeder are several small songbirds. All rendered in the style of salish native art."

Reflecting on Partnership
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Partnership is not a posture but a process-a continuous process that grows stronger each year as we devote ourselves to common tasks.
~John F. Kennedy~

So... How was the first week of 2023? 😆

Facebook has apparently made sharing from another site less appealing so here is the previously posted image in a more appetizing presentation.

Stained Glass
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Let go of dead things
autumn is a second spring
the moon and the earth
reverberate sad songs

Love is a healing power
turn the past
life starts again
under the skylight

I can see the clouds
the birds flying by
the falling rain
on top of stained glass

There is no end
to the ceiling of the skies
in a child's innocent eyes

~Essama Chiba~

Quite possibly my favourite photo of 2022.

Stained glass Let go of dead things autumn is a second spring the moon and the earth reverberate sad songs Love is a healing power turn the past life starts again under the skylight I can see the clouds the birds flying by the falling rain on top of stained glass There is no end to the ceiling of the skies in a c...

Dramatic sidelight
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There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy.

Top 9 from Instagram - check it out.

Top 9! - - - - - - - - - - The year is nearly ended, and many IG accounts are sharing their top 9 viewed posts - so here goes! Big thanks for the share by @street_badass which generated a lot of views of a bit of #streetphotography- an interest, but one I have limited opportunity to indulge. The glorious #autumn colours was the next most popular subject matter with @conservationhalton #rattlesnakepoint - shot from the parking lot of @townofmiltonon #mattamynationalcyclingcentre @opbrontecreek has some wonderful wildlife including a #bigbuck I recorded strolling through the #woodlot. - Thanks for following along, Happy Holidays, and best wishes for a happy healthy 2023 #top9 #shootpentax #getoutside #thankyou

A Place to Sit and Think
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In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate.

~Rene Descartes~

This was a favourite from a couple years ago. Looks like a big is on the way, and I'm excited for the winter wonderland :D

When you can't see the forest for the....

Southern Alberta
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Storm light with fresh snow, shimmering across the plains to create delicate colours.

"A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."

Albert Einstein

Falling Leaves
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Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.

Ehagay Nakoda

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Know what else you find off trail?

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Stay on trails!

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Hitting the trails? Know the etiquette before you go | Ontario Parks Get ready for your next adventure. Here are some tips to help you prepare and minimize impacts while you are out enjoying the trails.

The colours are at their peak!

Time to go for a walk, and see what a wonderful spectacle nature has put on.

Rattlesnake Point This photo hosted by SmugMug; your photos look better here.

A perfect place to sit down after a little walk in the woods to take in the Autumn colours.

I share this link annually for those who might want to chase autumn colours on their own... I'm a bit late this year.. Now is the time!

ontarioparks.ca

A little Autumn reflection to mark the changing season.

It’s a wet one out there folks!

Quote of the day…

“The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Sunset over Lake Muskoka

Summer Meadow
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The breeze blew
The grasses bent
And the humidity
and heat
Made everything slow
and lazy

Lakeside living 🥰

Stepping back in time...

If you are into podcasts as a form of information, entertainment, education, you'll likely get a kick out of this one...
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/1030-stuff-the-british-stole/episode/15874517-s2-e2-losing-your-marbles

Dawns early light

Apotheosis by Emily Dickinson

Come slowly, Eden!
Lips unused to thee,
Bashful, sip thy jasmines,
As the fainting bee,

Reaching late his flower,
Round her chamber hums,
Counts his nectars — enters,
And is lost in balms!

With snowy weather well behind us, it’s nice to get out in the parks and on the trails again.

Trout Lily on display at Bronte Creek Provincial Park
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Erythronium americanum

A nice verse by Pavel Chichikov "Affection"

Trout lilies and spring beauties beneath the great oak tree
Great enough and strong enough for avid eyes to see
The pretty and the stubborn large, all survive to be
Is there not a metaphor comparing such as we?

The Lord can speak a language that we can understand
Even those who cannot speak, this language can command
He tells us by the world so made the poems that He speaks
And those who listen with their eyes are followers He seeks

Be sure then that He knows full well the love we have for this
World He makes with loving care, His sonnet and a kiss
Embrace it as a lover would, creation will respond
And show to you in what you see how much the world is fond

Of those who feel affection in every tree and flower
A gift you will not turn away in sunshine or rain shower