What Your Camera Sees but Your Eyes Don't....
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
Canada
January 5, 2017 6:15am CST
When I empty my camera on to my computer, I usually check the photos and delete the ones that I decide are not worth saving.
I almost deleted the photo above that has that blue line in it...
Did you notice the blue lines? I almost deleted them but at the last moment I realized what it was...
I had gone out to take care of some of my end of the years art business and when I got near the winery I was visiting, the fog was awesome. Down below on the highway it was misty and raining, but up on the mountain (escarpment) you couldn't see 10 feet in front of the car. Still raining but a white out of fog.
I turned into the winery on a dirt service road so I could get some photos. The blue lines in the forest next to the winery are plastic tubes, tapped into the maple trees so the sap can travel to the boilers that will change the sap into Maple Syrup. The sap will run in the spring when winter is over but they put up the tubes in the fall when its comfortable to do that. I didn't even noticed the tubes when taking the photo.
The second photo is looking out the drivers side of my car, a field of newly planted (last spring) grape plants. On a normal day you can see the beautiful buildings that holds the Winery behind this field.
The third photo I took when I got home, standing in the rain looking down into the ravine in my backyard noticing that white line which is the stream that travels through the ravine when it rains. The orange/red color of the ravine is because its full of dead leaves right now
At home the fog was noticeable but it certainly wasn't heavy like it was up on the escarpment and in the forest photos I hardly see it at all...
Have you ever heard of an escarpment? We call it a mountain but it goes for miles. I live on the escarpment.
The Bruce Trail Conservancy: conservation and hiking on Canada’s oldest and longest footpath.
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@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
5 Jan 17
Lovely pictures.. You live in a very picturesque location!
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
5 Jan 17
I am happy to live in an area that has nature to enjoy.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
5 Jan 17
@marlina Yes, that is probably right, when my husband wanted to take a job offer in Canada, we wondered what it would be like, but it first got us out of Kansas and closer to our families in NY and Mass...and we have never looked back. Love living here in Ontario.
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@rebelann (112999)
• El Paso, Texas
6 Jan 17
Did you take an earlier pic of the wreath @PainsOnSlate ? It looks so familiar.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
6 Jan 17
Not this photo, I just took it the day of the fog but if you see one, you see them all, The ravine is very deep and steep, to get to the bottom I go up the street to the top and there is a hiking trail through the ravine. I've seen deer, foxes, raccoons and a few other wild things in the ravine while walking the trail. The trail is part of the trails on the escarpment. I live half way up the escarpment. And that wreath I put on a tree years ago, Eventually it will fall apart but so far - its doing great.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
6 Jan 17
@rebelann And from my kitchen window I can see hikers using the trail at the bottom of the ravine. I've also seen kids trying to kill themselves on skies in the winter... I say kill themselves because of the huge rocks (boulders) they could run into. It would make a bumpy ride on skis.
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@Juliaacv (51491)
• Canada
5 Jan 17
I saw the blue tubes right away, but I didn't know what they were until I read your discussion.
They tap the maple trees in our area also, but I've not seen a pipe system like that rigged up.
The views of the escarpment are spectacular where ever you catch a glimpse of them.
Last summer we were up near Wasaga Beach and saw the other end of the escarpment, it got us to pull the car over and get out and enjoy the view and snap a picture.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
5 Jan 17
@Juliaacv I was in Wasaga Beach last summer too, it was fun to see snow still on the mountains. It was a lovely place to visit - my husband was fishing and I was sightseeing...
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
5 Jan 17
@stbrians @Juliaacv that is right the sights are breathtaking and there is a hiking trail from one end to the other. I've hiked the Bruce Trail often in my area but have never been on it up north. The town of Grimsby where I used to live has a trail to the Bruce trail so you can get up and down almost every where from the escarpment. Our escarpment is rock and is steep but also beautiful to hike on. My first time there was with my boys in scouts and I hiked with them but they stayed over night....
The Bruce Trail Conservancy: conservation and hiking on Canada’s oldest and longest footpath.
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@marlina (154130)
• Canada
6 Jan 17
@PainsOnSlate I was surprised too the first time ever when I saw the blue tubes.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
6 Jan 17
@marlina I was surprised when they started using plastic tubes but it certainly makes the job easier. I miss seeing the taps dripping in the metal buckets. Although most of our Sugar bushes demonstrate the history. Most interesting was how the natives made syrup in a cut out log with hot rocks...
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
8 Jan 17
Ours is the edge of a mountain but behind it it's flat all the way to Lake Erie on the level top of the escarpment. its hard to explain but so interesting when experiencing it.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
6 Jan 17
You are very welcome. The plastic tubes are fairly new, (just a few years) We used to see big metal pails hanging off the trees catching the sap.
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@Shellyann36 (11384)
• United States
8 Feb 17
I have stopped taking pictures. I cannot seem to get them to turn out the way I want them. I put away my camera and if it comes out, it is because I am handing it to someone else to use.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
8 Feb 17
My camera needs to be replaced, its just old and the photos are not as good as they used to be.
@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
6 Jan 17
This is what Ansel Adams learned while trying to take some of the wonderful photos he did.
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@moffittjc (121739)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Jan 17
I have heard of the term escarpment, but I never knew what it was. Thanks for explaining. I love your photos!
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@moffittjc (121739)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Jan 17
@PainsOnSlate Oh goodness, thanks for pointing out the link! I didn't even see it at the bottom of your post when I read it last night! I'll definitely check it out!
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
6 Jan 17
You are welcome, it gives us beautiful views, When I first moved here I was told the escarpment was originally the edge of Lake Ontario which is right below us and to a degree it is the truth but in fact it was per-historic and the water was massive not just lakes.
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
6 Jan 17
@moffittjc if you look at the link I put up and read about the Geology, there are some fabulous photos of what I see...
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
8 Jan 17
Its lovely here and quiet if you are far enough away from the major highway and I am. From the top of the escarpment the views are breathtaking. We can see Toronto across Lake Ontario.
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@JudyEv (342277)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Jan 17
@PainsOnSlate I'm sure you take the time to appreciate the beauty of the area. It is easy for me to forget how lucky I am to live here. In particular people remark on the brightness of the stars but I rarely think about them. I try to consciously appreciate such things now.
@babaraimc (1310)
• Pakistan
6 Jan 17
hello my oldest friend,,,,
i mean on "mylot" not age wise
we used to interact a lot but then i got missing in my busy life
i hope you still remember me
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
8 Jan 17
it is winter and there was never a war there where I took the photo
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
5 Jan 17
The photos are great. I know what you mean by the camera seeing what I don't. I fish and have taken many many photos of the Great Blue Heron, but have never been able to get a shot of a Green Heron. One day while out fishing a Blue Heron was posing for me so I took a bunch of shots. When I got home standing behind the Blue Heron on a log was a Green Heron I was so excited I never saw him when I was taking the shots.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
8 Jan 17
That is very cool that you caught a shot of something you have tried to catch and get it by accident.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
9 Jan 17
@fishtiger58 I know I looked for a long time to find my maple syrup photo to use on that post...Too many photos and not organized enough.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
9 Jan 17
@PainsOnSlate It was I was so surprised now I wish I could find that pic. I have to many takes hours to find anything.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
5 Jan 17
We see things so fast the brain has little time to take it all in, but with photos you can look as long as you like and see it all.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
8 Jan 17
Pretty amazing how much we miss because we are in a hurry...
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
6 Jan 17
I blew up the photo to figure out what the blue was, that's how I figured it out...Glad you enjoyed the photos.
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