The first day of each month is a theme day for members of City Daily Photo, and for March, that theme is White. Check out what others are doing with the theme right here.
For me, this theme evokes winter. Snow certainly looks white- strictly speaking, it's translucent, but our brain sees it as white. And there's no shortage of snow in an Ottawa winter. I went out from home one night in January to the corner shop- with that white sign up ahead above the door. White headlights of a car on the road and the falling snow made the rest of the picture. Walking back headlong into the wind was an issue.
Coming back into my apartment, I took a shot outside to the west. The buildings you can see are government buildings. Completely lost in the snow was a condo tower, out beyond the taller building.
The following night was clear as I passed through the Glebe. The building at center is a community center and former church. The moon was bright and white in the sky.
One day while coming back from the Portage Bridge, I photographed textures in the snow, particularly the drifting.
Snow was falling on another winter day, close to home, when I took these shots.
A couple of days later, in late January, I was passing by the War Memorial, which had snow coating it late in the day as more snow fell.
Passing near the Holocaust Monument one afternoon, I took these two shots of the field beside it, concentrating on the white of the snow, and including the shadow of trees, the lines of other trails, and the texture of the snow itself.
One evening while taking shots for Winterlude, I photographed this ice bench outside the Lord Elgin Hotel. The white spotlight behind it did the trick.
Just up the street, a lot of snow. This is a descending walkway, not shoveled in the winter, with a raised flowerbed, covered in snow.
And I finish with this view of the War Memorial in winter conditions, taken in the area on a snowy day while photographing for Winterlude.
