RCMP Memorial Cemetery

Today is the coldest day we have had in quite some time. We barely reached 10C today and will be down near freezing tonight. I actually even wore long pants today. We did manage to get out for a nice 4 mile run along the Ottawa river this morning. Shorts were still okay for the run but the t shirt was replaced with a long sleeve top.

Following our run, we drove through Beechwood Cemetery to look at the fall colours. The trees were magnificent. We went back to the cave to get my camera for a few pictures but it started raining so we decided to put it off until the weather improved.

I dropped Chris at work tonight and headed back to the cemetery to see how things looked for some night shots. Beechwood Cemetery is massive in size and contains both the National Military and Royal Canadian Mounted Police cemeteries. The sun had already set but the sky was still quite colourful. I used a tripod and an on camera flash as well as a slave unit to the right of the headstone just out of frame. Exposure was about 90 seconds. With the exception of a few flares and hot spots, I think it turned out quite well.

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