December | 2012 | Heather Cote...

off premier road, lake nipissing

this was taken a few years ago…when I lived on the shores of lake nipissing…funny how when something is there for 20 years it becomes common place, but when gone you feel the lose! This was part of my view for twenty years…I moved two and a half years and miss it more each day…Happy New Year to you and yours…may 2013 bring you health, happiness & prosperity!

December 31, 2012 | Categories: north bay | Tags: blue sky, brightened, heather cote, Heather Cote Photography, ice, Lake Nipissing, nature, North Bay, photos, sand, snow, sunshine, trees, water | 2 Comments

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south beach…key west

this is as you can see a tiny beach at the southern end of Key West…I’ve stopped by and took a few photos, but never actually sat down for the day…in all honesty, in my opinion, Key West isn’t the spot to go for a fabulous beach…although this one is not bad…I enjoy Key West for the smallness, the sun, & the friendliness of the “natives”…having said that it isn’t a place for everyone…I think you will enjoy it if you are somewhat of a “hippy” at heart…or a bit artsy… :~)

December 30, 2012 | Categories: north bay | Tags: blue sky, brightened, calm, heather cote, Heather Cote Photography, island, key west, nature, ocean, photos, sunny | Leave a comment

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partially frozen…lake nipissing

this photo is from a few weeks ago…just before we had the 10 inches of snow, I haven’t been able to get any new shots at the access as the snow plows have pushed up mountains of snow, blocking my path..have to say I’m past climbing up mountains of snow!

December 30, 2012 | Categories: north bay | Tags: brightened, calm, cloudy, dark, heather cote, Heather Cote Photography, Lake Nipissing, nature, photos, snow | 1 Comment

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Leesburg waterway to Lake Harris

Love sitting at the small uniquely interesting outdoor “bar/cafe” that is to the left of this photo…it is usually peaceful, now and then a boat will pass by, would be a great place to sit and read!. When I’m there this winter I will take a photo of the bar/cafe…it is old, and run down, in terrible shape really, I’m sure it hasn’t been updated in years but I like it regardless…

December 29, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: autumn, blue sky, brightened, calm, cloudy, heather cote, Heather Cote Photography, leesburg, nature, peaceful, photos, water | 1 Comment

second half…

I’ve begun using my son’s Sony camera and I don’t know if it has a panorama setting, so I took this photo in two sections, I can do a panorama shot with my iPhone but it was too cold for it that day…the sun was setting behind me giving the sky a beautiful look!

December 29, 2012 | Categories: north bay | Tags: blue sky, brightened, calm, cloudy, heather cote, Heather Cote Photography, Lake Nipissing, nature, North Bay, photos, snow, sunset, trees | 1 Comment

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lake nipissing…

December 28, 2012 | Categories: north bay | Tags: blue sky, calm, cloudy, heather cote, Heather Cote Photography, Lake Nipissing, naked trees, nature, North Bay, photos, snow, sunset | 1 Comment

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rail cars across from lake nipissing

December 27, 2012 | Categories: north bay | Tags: blue sky, brightened, calm, heather cote, Heather Cote Photography, Lake Nipissing, nature, North Bay, photos, rail cars, snow, sunny, sunset | Leave a comment

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fun with photo manipulation…

Hmmmm…I”m new to the world of photography in this manner… I’ve taken photos all my life of family, my trips, jewelry to post…but…I’ve never taken photos to post on a blog for others to see!

On my new journey something I’ve been seeing in my travels around photography blogs is photo manipulation. The only program I have to work with my photos is Picasa…jewelry photos doesn’t require any special effects! Having said that I just learned I can do some very interesting photo manipulation with Picasa. I’ve added a few photos…it was fun to experiment…

This is the original, all I’ve done is crop it…I think the redishness is from the sunset behind me when I was taking this photos?

I’ve added a boarder & used the heat map setting…this one was fun!

I’ve used infrared film, lomo-ish, and added a boarder, mysterious!

I’ve used tint & saturation…love cobalt blue, so this is a favourite!

December 26, 2012 | Categories: north bay | Tags: blue sky, boarder, brightened, cropped, heat-map, heather cote, Heather Cote Photography, infra red film look, lomo-ish, manipulation, naked trees, nature, North Bay, photos, saturation, snow, tint | Leave a comment

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First let me say Merry Christmas! May your day be filled with love…

I took a few photos of my tree to post but because it is done in chocolate brown, lime green, silver and a touch of red it didn’t show up nicely…so I decide to show a few of my decorations!

This little bear is hand made by a friend of mine…he is just under 4 inches tall…has movable arms and legs… definitly a work of art!This is a hand cut and painted glass decoration!

The star isn’t handcrafted but looks like it could have been…I just like the design.

Again this is a hand cut and painted glass decoration…

December 25, 2012 | Categories: north bay | Tags: bear, blue sky, Christmas, decoration, hand cut, handmade, heather cote, Heather Cote Photography, North Bay, painted, photos, sunshine, tree | Leave a comment

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sunset behind…

I took this photo a couple of days ago…the same day I took the sunset…in fact the sunset is behind me in this shot…in case you were wondering, I have a fascination with trees, but I particularly love trees like this one, alone, naked without its leaves…

Merry Christmas everyone…may you have a safe, healthy, happy holiday season!

December 24, 2012 | Categories: north bay | Tags: blue sky, brightened, heather cote, Heather Cote Photography, naked trees, nature, North Bay, photos, snow, sunset, tree | 1 Comment

love a sunset?

this was taken yesterday afternoon around 4:15…

December 23, 2012 | Categories: north bay | Tags: blue sky, brightened, calm, heather cote, Heather Cote Photography, Lake Nipissing, naked trees photo, nature, photos, snow, sunset | Leave a comment

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snow day…

Didn’t venture for a walk yesterday as it was a “snow day”. I went for my walk this morning…although the wind was biting when walking into it the sun was shining brightly, wonderful day for a walk! I’m adding a few photos today as I want to show how much snow we received in about 18 hours…I’m not a winter person so I’m not thrilled but I know those who were thrilled! The photo I posted yesterday morning gives you some idea of how little snow we had before our “snow day”…Environment Canada weather offices says we received approx. 24cm or approx. 9.5 inches of snow…give or take! Definitly more than I would like…

Parking lot pile…lakeshore drive! parking lot snow pile.dec.22.12 (450 x 600) sidewalk plowed on lakeshore drive… snow over hang business, lakeshore drive… snow over hanging.dec.22.12 (600 x 278) again parking lot piles! snow piles.dec.22.12 (600 x 400)