Camera play: Photographs made from a moving car using a ‘point and shoot’ camera (Olympus Tough TG4) and polarized sun glasses as an improvised filter. It’s not very green here yet but we are getting there.
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© Karen McRae, 2016
There was a small taste of spring here before winter came back to to say its goodbyes. The cold and strong winds of a few days ago have fashioned some icy sculptures along the river’s edge and on this quiet morning a thin layer of fresh ice was singing and straining under the stirring of a waking river. Later today we are promised snow and the landscape will transform temporarily yet again. As much as I find these transformations fascinating and lovely to photograph, I think I am quite ready for real spring. 
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© Karen McRae, 2016
© Karen McRae, 2016
Ice formations made by wind, water and cold on the shores of the Ottawa River (2012). Many of these images were posted previously (in colour) here.
To mark World Water Day, a few images showing how #WaterisArt.
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© Karen McRae, 2016
I love the fluidity of these liminal spaces between winter and spring. The ice folding back from the shoreline exposing inky cold water, translucence and grit. There is much beauty in the rituals of the seasons.
© Karen McRae, 2016
Pretty winged things.
© Karen McRae, 2016
The lovely underbelly of ‘lace ice’ reflected in the creek. The seasonal shifts have begun.
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© Karen McRae, 2016
Tiny intricate details on a frosted window – it’s very cold at the moment!
© Karen McRae, 2016
This view.
February holds a little bit of everything, even in its infancy. Snow (not enough), rain, freezing rain, warm temperatures, freezing cold temperatures. It is a month that throws itself to the wind and just goes with it.
All this ‘weathering’ has created a lovely kaleidoscope of shapes on this expansive part of river, the colours shifting with the light and clouds as they streak across the sky.
© Karen McRae, 2016
draw and shoot 