Reflections hold a special fascination for photographers, so when Jake challenged us to post more reflections, I ran wild with the idea. After some reflection though, I’ve decided to post just three scanned photographs of Lac Bertrand, in the Gatineau hills east of Ottawa, across the border into Quebec.
The ex-Mr. Wanderlustgene’s family had a cottage here, and, for many years, it was the destination of our wandering feet – providing a wonderland of nature’s beauty beyond anything I had ever known. The opportunity to explore through the seasons – tiny Trilliums poking up through the leaf litter on the forest floor, the unabashed flamboyance of Autumn, the vast silent blanket of winter (when I learned to ‘think light’ to overcome the absence of snow shoes) – was an unexpected delight – not to mention beaver dams, loons and the occasional elusive bear.
Despite the quality, I hope you enjoy this little gallery of three faces of Lac Bertrand (just click on an image to set it up).
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Bloody gorgeous! Canada is one place I always wanted to live. Have friends there. And there you are in the tropics! Opposites & extremes 😀
Some say I am a bit extreme … 🙂
I can see you thriving there, Keira, except for the cold – it’s a malevolent presence – and the long, dark months …
I don’t mind the cold – or the dark 🙂 & such things would really make you appreciate spring & summer!
That’s for sure – but though winter was exciting, after ten years I just couldn’t stand the darkness, for me it was just plain depressing!
How’re things going?
slowly, desperately – though the photographic installation received good feedback. Still no work 😦 I might be homeless within a few months
Uuuuurh 😦
Glad the installation went well though!
yeah 🙂 It’s now on a wall in my loungeroom. All those sunsets 😀
for which you have the perfect answer: ‘think light’ (to overcome the absence of snow shoes and daylight)
That third picture is my favourite.
Amazing photos…and reflections.
Bless you Angeline.
So beautiful. The reflections are so calming.
They are, aren’t they? The water’s so calm, and still. I love the larch photo, where the reflections are even clearer than the upper world!
Very pretty!
🙂
Perfect examples of reflections. The trees are so beautiful, especially in autumn. Well done 🙂
Thank you Marianne – it was nice to see them again!
Wow, what fantastic photos. The trees and colours look beautiful.
I’d love to visit a place as beautiful as this.
The world is full of such places, raaina – but I agree, the pristine isolation is glorious 🙂
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Great entry for this week topic my friend , Thanks for sharing your idea 🙂
I like shooting reflections especially in puddles.
Now, puddles … that’s a good idea 🙂
Love the tranquility of the reflection!
The water was like glass – barely a ruffle of breeze, fish swimming deep, birds migrated already, beavers asleep … (well, not swimming around this part of the lake!) – I felt alone in the woods, like an early explorer. I loved it there.
Wow! Isn’t nature wonderful?
Sure is – and such a gift in so many ways 🙂
This reminds me (yet again) that I didn’t explore Canada nearly as much as I should have when I lived in the US midwest. Did you ever make it to Algonquin Provincial Park, northwest of Ottawa? Went on three unforgettable early summer canoeing trips there. The deer flies were merciless.
You know what it’s like, Bob, when you live somewhere … I did more exploring in the few months before I got a job, settled down, got married … No Algonquin Park, but I remember those flies 🙂
Wonderful reflections, especially that last one. 🙂
Everybody goes for that flamboyant colour scheme 🙂
Crystal water and those pinks and plums- sumptuous!
Flamboyant, isn’t it Jo?
Wow, Wanderlust, they’re all beautiful but that last one was breathtaking!
Sure is like a technicolour dream, isn’t it? The North American colours just win hands down – I think because thee’s more red than russet.
You are very close to home here, Wanderlust 🙂 These are my views, my summer memories, my change of colour … which will be coming again soon in the next few weeks.
I used to think, the week after my birthday – the 23rd – was the time to start getting ready to make a dash over to Ottawa to visit R’s parents. It seemed like the most abundant of gifts. 🙂
I hope you’ll find an excuse to post some this year, Lynne.
The fall colors are my favorite. I love those intense reds.
The reds bowled me over, JM. Apart from the usual suspects – or the trees i knew from Europe or Ma’s gardening books, the Sumacs were a complete revelation.
Beautiful. Reminds me of the saying (intended for a different context) “as above so below” 🙂
Yes, the water was totally like a mirror, it was so still 🙂
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So nice to see some photos of my beloved Canada among your collection of the many places you have shared. It truly is a beautiful place…just a different beautiful from Sri Lanka.
Fabulously beautiful, Michelle!
Well, I’m glad to hear that, Michelle because I decided to use the Canadian shots, in favour of others, just for you and some of my other Canadian bloggie friends 🙂 i may have hated the cold, and the dark days … , but I have a decade’s worth of wonderful memories – I just wish I had more photographs 🙂
I miss seeing the trees with their fall clothing. I have to say that’s my favorite for that reason. It was the nicest time of the year for me when I lived on Long Island, New York. Thanks for the memories. GREAT photo’s.
Yes, the drama of the trees in fall (in the US and Canada) really is one of nature’s great masterpieces isn’t it? I am eternally grateful that I was able to see it, and play in it … 🙂
Oh these are such great images…I hope one day to spend time in Canada…it looks amazing
It’s probably no secret that I’m not a great fan of ‘new world’ places, Jo, but that’s only a socio-political thing! Nature, and the land which these modern countries (including our own!) claim, is probably more thrilling than all the aeons of civilisation of the old worlds combined – and Canada, like the rest of the Americas, has more than its fair share. But plan your trip for the Fall – cliched but true, it’s breathtaking 🙂
I shall keep that in mind. I have heard it before and here in NZ we just don’t have the magic colours of your fall
I don’t think anywhere but north America gets that much vibrancy Jo – I think it’s the red. I was amazed – as you can imagine, coming from evergreen Oz, and though I’d marvelled in Europe, this way another thing altogether!
Lovely!
When will the colours start up your way Maggie? Do you have a lot of red in Norway, or more yellows?
October, I guess and lots of yellow, some red, but nothing like New England, where I’m originally from…
interesting, so cool colours – how Scandanavian! 🙂
Excellent photos presenting reflections.
Absolutely stunning! I like the second one best of the three.
Me too, Madhu! I wish I’d taken it in the days of digital cameras though 🙂
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Love reflections! Never tire of looking at them, especially in real life.:)
Ah now, sitting on a rock, gazing into an infinity … 🙂