Brunette River

More black and white nature

I don’t have any photo editing apps on the new PC yet, so I decided to use the built-in Photos app to take some recent shots and make them all arty and black and white. The results are not bad.

Brunette River, from my usual observation spot.
Rail line adjacent to the river on its north side.
The river, looking to the west (the other shots are toward the east).

All shot on my iPhone 12, which has half-forgotten it’s a phone in its old age.

Brunette River, December 2, 2025, with bonus heron

I did not notice the heron until after I took this shot. They are very good at being very still. Now, the heron is clearly moving in the photo, but I was focusing on the trees and sky and such, and herons do not move lightning fast–unless getting ready to stab their next meal.

Despite the gloom, just to the right of the shot it was mostly clear.

Fall shmall

Taken this afternoon. It was sunny (as you can see) and got up to 24C, like it was still summer!

(If the forecast is accurate, this may change soon, but I’ll hang onto it for now.)

I would have shot the view to the east as well, but there was a guy sunbathing on a chaise on the river’s exposed gravel.

Another view of the Brunette River

The air quality today was not poison, hooray.

While the river is still low, I’m continuing to poke around to get views that are not normally accessible without getting very wet. Here’s another one of them.

I’ll post something of more substance soon, promise!