Almost Sunk

Among the items on my "life's list" is travel to the far north and the far south. Have been well above the arctic circle -- without a camera!-- several years ago. Luckily I was travelling with nature photographer and she got some fab shots. The ship I was going to go to Antarctica on famously sank a few weekends ago -- and I note all had to abandon ship WITHOUT camera gear. As that particular GAP tour caters to photographers I cringe at the thought of the cameras (and images!!) that rest now at the bottom of the South Polar Ocean... I cringe more at the thought of the oil slick the sinking would have produced.

Not to worry, my plans to get penguins in front of my camera lenses are still on track -- more details when things are finalized. With any luck I'll have some particularly kick ass technological help from Nikon also very soon. You can also expect some official word from me soon about my taking photography to a much more serious level. "Heipel Imaging" anyone?

With a nod to Antarctica, here's a bad shot in horrible light from Toronto's distillery district a couple of summers ago -- played with filters in photoshop as a means to salvage something interesting out of the shot.