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Winter at the Locks
Image Title:  Winter at the Locks
 
 By: Ash   
  Copyright ©2006



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Photographer Ash   {K:9400}
Project #20 Classic Landscape Camera Model Canon Digital Rebel
Categories Panoramic
Landscape
Film Format
Portfolio Lens Canon  18-55mm EFS f/3.5-5.6
Uploaded 3/1/2006 Film / Memory Type Lexar  1GB
    ISO / Film Speed
Views 243 Shutter
Favorites Aperture f/
Critiques 17 Rating
Pending
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Location City -  Jones Falls
State -  ONTARIO
Country - Canada   Canada
About This is Jones Falls Locks, one of many sets of locks along the Rideau Canal which runs from Kingston to Ottawa. I find the engineering pretty incredible, building a canal through canadian shield almost two hundred years ago was quite a feat.

The Riduea Canal was originally built to provide a secure trading route between Kingston and Montreal. Today it is used exclusively for pleasure craft.

This is my first panoramic that has turned out anywhere near presentable. Please enjoy.
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There are 17 Comments in 1 Pages
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Ash     {K:9400} 3/1/2006
I thought that I would include a picture that my wife took of me inside the lock, to give the piece a bit of scale.

Ashley



Ina Nicolae   {K:44481} 3/1/2006
Excellent panoramic image Ashley! I love locks, the closest ones to me is the Welland Canal. Great winter scene and wonderful composition with winter colors and the blue sky!
Beautiful sunny view and lots of details!
Best regards, Ina


Kes     {K:18721} 3/2/2006
Interesting shot! Looks cold there!
The panoramic view provides a story-telling perspective.


Gayle's Eclectic Photos   {K:91003} 3/2/2006
hi and thanks for comment on my first pano...glad you attached other pic to show scale...nice sunny day to shoot this wintry scenic...all is very crisp!...good exposure for the snow..regards,gayle
(closest locks to me is in Seattle)


Alicia Popp   {K:84967} 3/2/2006
Una bellísima panorámica. Felicitaciones!!!


Ash     {K:9400} 3/2/2006
I have seen some of the locks alaong the Welland Canal, and they are huge and move some big lakers. If you enjoy locks I suggest that the next time you pass Kingston on the 401 make a stop at Kingston Mills locks. Take highway 15 exit, go north about 1 minute, turn left on Kingston Mills Road and stop at the locks 3 or 4 minutes later. It would make a nice rest stop.

Heres a shot I took there last summer.



Ina Nicolae   {K:44481} 3/2/2006
Great shot Ashley! You even got the Via Rail above! I don't get out that way (Kingston) very often, but Welland is about 1/2 hr's drive, I'll have to go there when the weather warms up a bit.
Last year, I believe it was on Amherst Island - is that close to you? - there was a whole colony of grey owls, that could be a great photo opportunity. Best regards, Ina


Danny Brannigan   {K:16474} 3/3/2006
and vey nice it is too. A good choice well carried out.


George Black   {K:101993} 3/4/2006
This is more than presentable! It is a near-perfect scene for this format, and you render it with great skill and taste.

Regards,
--George


Niclas Mäkelä   {K:4879} 3/5/2006
Good job on creating a presentable panorama! It's never easy to get it just right, and it seems like it always requires hours and hours of post-processing. I really like the chilly winter scene and the historic subject you've included in it. nice one!
Best regards,
Niclas


Pawel Kwasnicki   {K:9594} 3/7/2006
lovely panorama, great light and colors; well stitched! can't find the joints! good job; best regards, Pawel


Laura Spell   {K:24080} 3/10/2006
A well composed landscape, with good colors and details. That looks cold!


Laura Haw   {K:2696} 3/11/2006
Great image Ashley. I love the clarity and detail.


Alan Mead   {K:1984} 3/21/2006
What a very intersting opportunity for taking phots having the Rideau canal to inverstiget. I took a day late last year to go revisit Merrickville and those locks there. Yes, what a feat of engineering to have done that when even that part of Canada was wilderness.
You have two images that feature snow on the first page of Usefilm that I like very much, the one f a log sticking out of the ice, and the other of a lanscape that shows the distinct lines making a fine composition.
Alan M.


Ronald Ford   {K:304} 4/25/2006
Nice panoramic.. I tried taking three side by side shots of the mountain range but forgot to manually set my aperature and shutter speed so all three had different lighting. I couldn't past them together. How many shots made this pan?


Ash     {K:9400} 4/25/2006
Ronald,

Thank you for your comment. I stitched together five pictures to make this one.


Joe Brown   {K:22563} 1/17/2007
That's a great shot of the lock Ashley. It's the way it should look in the winter not like my shot with no snow.
I have an in depth knowledge of the Rideau Canal having been it's Chief Engineer until last January when I retired. It a great place to take photos at any time of the year.

I checked out your images of Jones Falls on your web site. They are all very nice. Looks like you were there on a very nice day.
All the best.

Joe


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