Rain, rain....

and more rain seems to be all we're getting these days. But, I recently discovered that it's not always a bad thing for taking pictures.

It all started when I set out recently to drop my back-country-adventuring hubby off at a trailhead in Whiteshell Provincial Park. Excited at the opportunity to get the hell outta dodge, I figured I would spent the lonesome drive back exploring the wilderness with my trusty companion, Mark II (ie: my camera). But surprise, surprise...mother nature ordered nothing but downpours for that day. Although I still took my camera along, I didn't plan to get out of the car in the miserable weather - I didn't even bring rain gear along. (the weather was more proof, as if it was needed, that the backpacking hubby is slightly nuts) The gray skies were about as scenic as my mood at having to get out of bed early to drive 3.5 hours in the rain.

But that all changed when I rounded the bend on near Big Whiteshell...here's a teaser image to tweak your curiousity. Stay tuned for next week's post to see more and discover what I found to shoot in the midst of our oh-so-bunk summer.

Image of the Week

"Dew Droplets"

Photography has ruined a good walk in the woods for me. Where before I was a confident hiker, gracefully skipping over rocks and roots thanks to my years of dance training, I am stumble and trip my way through the trails, too busy looking at sparkling scatters of light and scouting out the compositional elements like texture and line within Mother Nature's canvas.

This image came about during one of those moments. My "quick" jaunt to the washrooms at the Falcon Lake Campground was delayed by half a hour when I stumbled into a dew-covered, dappled clearing in the trees. This was my favourite exposure because of the way the pattern of lines and texture in the leaves works in harmony to draw the eye to the tiny drops of dew.