Last Fall, Northumberland county in Eastern Ontario put on a dramatic color show – the best in the past 5 years. Fall color-turn started early in September For this Fall it helped that there was plenty of rain which adds luster to Fall’s colors. Also the frosts were delayed by a warm, Indian Summer spell …
One of the challenges of producing a photo blog like PicsofCanada is to produce pleasing images to go along with interesting stories. One set of rules of the road is photo composition guidelines. Seeing a good image is an art. There are many art and graphic design rules from ancient Greek and Roman times such …
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One of the most interesting aspects of creating a site like PicsofCanada is deciding how to display the many photos taken at the events portrayed. Lately the free Photoscape program has been quite helpful in quickly creating GIF animations and multi-image compositions which are being used more often as in the recent Cobourg Highland Games …
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Warkworth’s LongLunch has, like most Ontario Festivals this year, had to play dodge ball with the weather. Fortunately, the Feast on Main Street got the sunny, not too humid, and a little bit on the glowing side weather. Not to complain as the hundreds of Long Lunch diners had corn-on-the cob, beef and pork with …
As promised, Campbellford put on a great Waterfront Festival- where fun was to be found for kids of all ages. First, the weather was quite fine – no small blessing in this summer of great weather variability and a great downpour one day later. Bright sun abounded but there were clouds and wind enough to …
The poster says it all – the Port Hope’s Ganny Fest now has a worthy mid-Summer successor. There are all sorts of fun and games to be found – Beach Volleyball, Rock Paper Scissors Contest, Ice Cream Eating and the Belly Flop competition. And that is just the morning activities. Noon starts the river races: …
One of the ways I gauge the popularity of THEx in Toronto is how many people are out taking the Rides on the Midway. This past year there seemed to be an upsurge in age on the rides – more 20 somethings and even an uptick in Freedom 55-ers. The rides appeared more crowded than …
As we have seen, the 50th Highland Games really profited from being in Victoria Park. And the Heavy Weight events on a section of Cobourg Beach was the best venue from a photography point of view. Not one bad angle for shooting the events as seen here: [iframe src=’http://pixofcanada.com/splash/heavyhi3d.html’ width=’780′ height=’530′] There are two groups …
Canada Day last year was lots of fun in three Northumberland Hills towns – Campbellford, Hasting and Warkworth. It was hard to choose among them for sheer fun and games. But this year Warkworth made a case for itself. Here is a capsule look at the fun to be had in Warkworth on Canada Day. …
The Campbellford Library has already been praised for it floral bounty on the outside. Now it has an exhibit by Spirit of the Hills artist Dania Madera-Lerman that adds distinctive floral and artistic beauty on the inside. Madera-Lerman’s art works adorn the walls and add a colorful flair on the inside: [iframe src=”http://pixofcanada.com/splash/dania.html” width=”100%” height=”600″] …
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One of the fascinating sensations on enter Cobourg’s Spring lush Victoria Park was the music in the air. Pipes and drum rat-a-tats filled the field but there was no obvious source except for a lone piper. Bagpipes lilt permeated the park from over a dozen bands scattered throughout Victoria Park. Enough to make Groucho Marx …
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The Cobourg Highland Games committee really knows how to put on a fling as seen at its 50th year event. First, it was a return to Victoria Park – a natural for the meeting of the Massed Pipe and Drum Bands and the assembled Highland dancers. And the nearby Cobourg beach was perfect for the …
