Welcome to 2012

The older we get, the faster time starts to move and here we are already looking at a 2012 calendar. Best wishes in what ever adventures the new year will bring you. I know the list of tasks I want to accomplish this year is already fairly long.

Today started as a very grey and rainy day with no signs of any chance of sunlight through the thick overcast. With a few hours to kill before a meeting, I started driving out of town with the intentions of looking for locations when the weather was not so dull. What I was not expecting was the sky to completely open up after about 30 minutes of driving west of Summerside and by sunset – having 60 minutes of clear skies.

Today’s Image – Cape Egmont Lighthouse

This evening to kick start 2012 was particularly challenge with cold temperatures and wind gusts almost reaching 50km/h. Wind is for sure more difficult to shoot in then freezing temperatures. Add the salt water spray from the sea to a 25 second exposure in the wind and you get this oddly foggy image from a dirty lens. I still think it’s a keeper. The Lighthouse in Cape Egmont is located at N 46 24.107 W 64 08.002 and relatively easy to access via a single lane gravel road.

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  Stephen Desroches is a full time designer, artist and photographer living in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Starting with Photoshop 4, Stephen has been earning a living editing pixels for the past 12 years. Read more about this website or visit his portfolio at www.stephendesroches.com.

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  Sahar January 3, 2012 at 6:09 am

  Hi Stephen
  Happy new year and thank you for your beautiful pictures cause to feel being there, although i’m so far from that places. i’ve followed your website even with low rate of internet in my country and I really enjoy.
  wish you have a happy year and always take wonderful pictures and share them with us.

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  Darwin Wiggett January 3, 2012 at 2:20 pm

  Love the wind-blown grasses, many photographers put away the camera in windy conditions, this image shows why we shouldn’t! Darwin

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  Samantha Chrysanthou January 3, 2012 at 2:36 pm

  The crazy ‘brush strokes’ of the grasses and their golden hue make this image stand above, for me. Nicely done.

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