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It has been a beautiful winter in Winnipeg this year. I missed a good chunk of winter last year as I was travelling around Southeast Asia, and I really missed the seasons. There just isn’t enough contrast between the wet and dry seasons for me. As such, I find I’m appreciating winter more than ever this year and am already eagerly anticipating spring.

About a week ago we had 3 days straight of ice fog. When it cleared, the contrast of hoar frost against the blue skies was surreal. And, as luck would have it, it was on a Saturday morning when I actually had time to enjoy it! I decided that it was balmy enough that I could take my film camera out for a walk and finish off the roll of film that’s been in there since autumn. I just got the developed roll back and, as I’m banging my head against the wall going through the tedious task of scanning it, I thought I’d share some of my photos. It is a resolution of mine to share a lot more this year!

This one's a film scan off a slide I shot on Kodak Portra 160 with my Hasselblad 500c/m. I don't want to spam your streams, so I've left the rest on my website:
www.davidquiring.com/2012/02/frosty-winnipeg/

Scanning some film from summer...tis the season to catch up on processing!

Scanning some film from summer...tis the season to catch up on processing!

Scanning some film from summer...tis the season to catch up on processing!

Heh, I found this old image kicking around on the web when I googled my name. I DID take it - years ago, studying astronomy at university. It is a colorization of the galaxy NGC 3184. Shot at the University of Manitoba's observatory out at Glenlea.

The idea behind this one was to identify supernova. So I went about doing so by capturing data at three different wavelengths (ultraviolet, green, and red) by using filters. The galaxy dominantly emitted ultraviolet which highlights the HII regions and allows us to deduce areas of supernova and star formation.

Nerd out.