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Question:

I was in the audience at the Ottawa Camera Club tonight. Great night! You taught me lots of things and re-enforced other things I try to remember when shooting!

I was not living in Ottawa for the ice storm and am continually noticing the effects of the storm when I walk through woods around Ottawa. The shot of the "right hand" falls at the Dunlop Picnic Field (I assume that was where it was) in the fall was a perfect example of the destruction that remains. I loved the clear undergrowth and lack of branches etc cluttering up the falls themselves. I would love to be able to get that shot today! Your shot and a similar shot today would be a great example of the one of the legacy of the ice storm.

Answer:

I am glad that you enjoyed my presentation last night. Yes those were the right hand falls at Dunlop. I made that image in 1987, as you know it doesn't look anything like that today. I heard that it will take between 35 to 50 years before the forests rebound to their pre-ice storm condition.