A VIEW TO A THRILL
Enjoying front row seats to the best show on Earth
These photography enthusiasts definitely have the best seats in the house!
REFLECTIONS ON WATER
“Every year I spend time at
Big Lake, Manitoulin Island,” writes Jillian Manton of Cambridge, Ont. “I can see the lake from my cottage so every morning I get up early to enjoy the view. One morning, I noticed how incredibly calm the lake appeared. I rushed out of the cottage with my camera in hand and was thrilled to see that the lake looked like a beautiful mirror. I love the colourful reflection of the trees and foliage in the water.”
SUMMER EVENINGS
“At our cottage in the Laurentians, north of Montreal, there are two Adirondack chairs on our dock, where my wife Ruth and I frequently enjoy a cup of tea after supper,” shares Jaan Ranne of Kinburn, Ont. “One evening, she finished her tea before me but left her favourite mug on the arm of the chair. The mix of colours, along with the setting sun and the lake reflecting the shoreline and clouds, provided a great photo op.”
“My husband and I were on vacation last summer with our daughter Krista and her fiancé Mark, who were visiting from London, England,” says Betty Weir of Portage la Prairie, Man. “Mark had been to B.C. once before and absolutely loved the mountains. He couldn’t wait to visit again. We had gone hiking just outside Fernie and stopped to have a drink at a lodge with a beautiful view of the mountains. I took this photo down by the little beach there and it turned out to be Mark’s favourite photo of the trip!”
SOUNDS OF SILENCE
“While at our cottage on Ponhook Lake in Greenfield, N.S., I sat in one of these chairs with my coffee every morning, listening to the usual sounds of people getting up and coming down to the lake to start their day,” says Dodie Mezo of Toronto. “On this particular day, I got up just before dawn so that I could go down to the lake to watch the sunrise. Where usually the sounds of cottagers rising echoed across the lake, now there was only silence. I was overwhelmed by the pure stillness of that moment.”
EARLY MORNING MIST
“I happened to be driving along the shoreline of the beach in Dwight, Ont., at sunrise one morning,” says Rick Bywater of Huntsville, Ont. “The red chairs in the foreground and the colour of the clouds caught my attention—they really added to the beauty of the whole scene.”