WinterHalo - by Brian Côté

I've put this Tumblr together just to have somewhere to put all the stuff i've been playing around with. I'll treat it as kind of a creative scrapbook.

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Another Northern Ontario sunset. Sometimes it's just nice to be home. (at Sudbury, Ontario)

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Getting crafty and accessorizing my FZ. #fz07 #yamaha #mt07 #fz07riders (at Sudbury, Ontario)

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Sorry girl ... looks like the Starks were right. :/ #yamaha #fz07 #winterishere

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Another splash of colour with Marie-Josee to wrap up the year.

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From a shoot i did with the always lovely MJ.

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An old shot that i always intended to edit but had never got around to it. Got the itch to do some post processing so i chose to work on this photo.

This was taken about a year ago but processed today with some Lightroom, VSCO film, and photoshop for good measure.

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Loved the purple hues at dusk, made them pop a little more with some VSCO Film packs.

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I was pleasantly surprised to nail focus  on this passing crow using the 55-200mm XF lens. Sadly i was quick enough to zoom in on him, but i like the contrast with the clouds.

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It doesn't look like it, but i was about waist deep in snow when i snapped this one. Used some VSCO Film packs for processing.

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Did some heavy post-processing on this one. 

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I love me some good silhouettes. These are straight out of the camera, no alterations made in Lightroom.

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So this is a semi-happy mistake. I was trudging through some very deep snow with a camera in each hand and fell. I managed to keep the cameras out of the white and fluffy but the lens hood worked like a very effective shovel scooping some up. Some droplets on the front element inspired me to see what kind of a flare i'd get. 

Now i know.

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Trying some black and white with the Fuji. The conversion done in Lightroom but i may have to create an in camera profile to try and somewhat replicate my beloved Bold Monochrome from the Pentax Q.

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Another day of exploring the winter woods.