"Triste"

"Triste", originally uploaded by Canadapt.

'Calling occupants of interplanetary craft ... '

'Calling occupants of interplanetary craft ... ', originally uploaded by Canadapt.

'High Fidelity'

'High Fidelity', originally uploaded by Canadapt.

'Oh! Canada!'

'Oh! Canada!', originally uploaded by Canadapt.

- Highway 129 North, Thessalon to Chapleau, Ontario, Canada -

We are back after a glorious couple of days on the road viewing and trying to capture in photographs the beauty of Autumn in our home region (an impossible task). Our road trip took us south of Keefer Lake into country where not just yellows and oranges predominate but all manner of hues are on exhibition in the countryside.

For those that haven't (yet) seen our countryside in Autumn ... you need to know that the colour in these images is not enhanced by Photoshop or any other post-processing wizardry. In fact, I am always tempted to back off the saturation because it is just so vivid as to be almost unbelievable by the uninitiated. Suffice to say that no pixels were harmed or bent in the presentation of these colours.

'A diptych for the undecided ... '

'A diptych for the undecided ... ', originally uploaded by Canadapt.

'Trilogy'

'Trilogy', originally uploaded by Canadapt.

'Jailhouse Rock'

'Jailhouse Rock', originally uploaded by Canadapt.

- Toronto, Ontario, Canada -

They are building a new highrise building along Queen's Quay E. in Toronto and when I came upon this scene - for reasons only a neuropsychologist or poet could explain - I immediately thought of the ancient 'music video' (it's not really a video but actually a movie) of Elvis Presley's 'Jailhouse Rock' ... I think you have to be over 50 to even have a chance of knowing what I am talking about.

Click THIS LINK 1.) if you are under 50 - or 2.) if you are over 50 and don't know what I am referring to - or 3.) if you are over 50 but just like great rock and roll. And if you don't fall into any of those categories check it out anyway ... it's a classic!

I do like that moment in photography where the potential of a scene for yielding a good photograph provokes a visceral reaction ... this was just such a scene for me.