Odds And Ends Around A National Capital

 I have some odds and ends from the last few months for you over the next three days. I start with these shots from before Christmas, when I was returning across the Ottawa River on the Alexandra Bridge from a visit to the Museum of History. I photographed the Ottawa skyline over the frozen river.

I used the bridge itself to frame Kiweki Point.

My path took me past the Peacekeeping Monument, with Notre Dame in the background.

I hadn't posted this shot from the Christmas market at Lansdowne. At the east side of the Aberdeen Pavilion, there had been a spot with regularly carved ice sculptures.

Late in the month, passing through the Glebe neighbourhood, I photographed this building I've passed by on occasion. It is in fact a church, a Quaker congregation.

In mid-January, back at Lansdowne Park, I photographed the Aberdeen Pavilion at night.

I've been occasionally photographing the development of the future main branch of the Ottawa Public Library at Lebreton Flats. The building will also house some space for Library and Archives Canada. Most of the work now is being done inside. I took this shot from the north in January.

One day I stopped by the National Gallery of Canada briefly. This looks up through the reflecting pool from below.

Outside, Maman by Louise Bourgeois is always worth taking a photo of.

I attended a PWHL game at Lansdowne. The game is fast paced, and the crowd enjoys it.

In early February, out in Nepean, I took time to photograph a church I haven't photographed since before Covid, I believe. Julian of Norwich Anglican Church stands out well in winter.

Autumn Colours In Various Locations

 Continuing where I left off yesterday, more autumn shots in the Glebe neighbourhood.

A dog was walking its human as I passed this street.

Patterson Creek is an offshoot of the Rideau Canal that starts here. The water in the Canal had started to be lowered for winter when I was here.

The other side of the bridge takes in the stretch of the creek before it joins the main body of the Canal. 

I continued on and took more shots around the neighbourhood.

One day I passed again by the Canadian Museum of Nature. On the east side of the property, a sculpture set stands of a mother and baby dinosaur pair. These are of the species chasmosaurus irvinensis.

I took this in Confederation Park, where the National Aboriginal Veterans Monument commands attention.

Another day, I was passing into Little Italy, where I photographed this tree against the backdrop of government buildings.

A short walk away, along a path that parallels an LRT line, I took this photograph.

This shot is from the Nepean area. I took a similar shot to this for the Vanishing Point theme day.

This is close to home, and taken at night, with a street light providing illumination for leaves in full colour.

Also taken close to home, lots of golden yellow across from where I was standing.

A Mix Of Autumn Colour

 More fall colours today. This tree close to home had its leaves in the process of turning from green to yellow.

Nearby, more autumn yellow.

With some red.

This tree the next block over in Little Italy proper always turns a bright red.

On another day, I headed on a shuttle for the Gatineau Hills. En route to the pick up spot, I photographed a view of the future main branch of the Ottawa Library, with fall colours.

On the shuttle bus itself, I took this shot over in Gatineau, on the Quebec side of the Ottawa River.

Later that day, upon returning, I stopped in at the War Museum for a late lunch. The trees turning colours as I approached caught my eye.

Departing, I took a shot with fall colours in the foreground and the Museum in the background.

On another day, I took these shots at Lansdowne Park.

At the beginning of October, I stopped in Nepean, and took two shots in nearby locations.

And I finish today with these late afternoon shots in the north end of the Glebe.

City Daily Photo Theme Day: Vanishing Point

The first day of each month is a theme day for members of City Daily Photo, and for September, that theme is Vanishing Point. Check out how others are interpreting the theme right here.

I start with a photograph taken from the archives, taken in December 2013. This is from a bridge near South Keys, looking west near sunset over railroad tracks below, a vanishing point at the horizon.

More recent- taken Canada Day night close to home, where spotlight beams shone in the night, appearing to come out of central unseen points.

Not too far away, but taken on another July day in Little Italy. These are the railroad tracks of the Ottawa LRT that runs north-south between Bayview Station and Limebank. The tracks converge off in the distance.

More convergence of lines- this is Carling Avenue over in Nepean, while waiting between buses.

And not that far from my ultimate destination in Nepean, more vanishing points, both in the distance and much closer to me with this side street.

Vanishing points are about parallel lines converging, and a good example is this work of art in Major's Hill Park. Twist 1.5 is the work of two artists, Alex Wyse and Ken Guild, dating to 1978. I photographed it from several points of view.

Finally, more converging lines- rail tracks, lights, and infrastructure. The LRT descends beneath the city core for the east-west route, and the tunnels at the ends of platforms at stations are ideal for capturing vanishing points.