Pictures of Canada taken by Canadian Leica.

[Ko.Fe.]

Thank you all, for nice words!
Something is crappy with one of the image hosting. I'll revert it to Flickr.

Icy on Ontario. M4-2 with J3.

 

[Greg Maslak]

Seeing this thread one day while visiting RRF as a guest was one of the main reasons I joined. The first picture “Montreal Canadiens” is as good a street shot as any I have ever seen. All the pictures have a “day in the life” spontaneity that I admire greatly. As a Canadian with all Canadian Leica myself, I look forward to seeing every new post. Well done.

Cheers Greg.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Thank you, Greg!

This thread is yours as well. It is open for every one who took picture in Canada with Canadian Leica.

 

[Greg Maslak]

Thank you for the kind invitation Ko.Fe. I would be pleased to post pictures on this thread. My own Canadian Leica is an early M4-2 with "Leitz Wetzlar" and "Made in Canada" on the top, no red dot on the lens release and the old M4 viewfinder. I've owned it for almost 30 years now. My ELC lenses are a 50 Summicron-M v4 from the late 1980s and the very underappreciated Slim 90 Tele-Elmarit. Since all the Mandler lenses from this period came out of the ELC, I never thought much about them being Canadian, but I guess others do.

Here in the interior of BC it's mostly snow and trees now so I've included a couple of pictures from the summer. The snow scene uses the 90, which is a great landscape lens for compressing the space in the scene. The other two are with the 50 Summicron. Thanks again for the invite, Greg

My Neighbours' Yard, Nelson, BC

Market Day in Nelson

Dejeuner sur le Canal, Montreal

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Well done, Greg!

I'm in the opposite side of Canada, where they want to build it all other. And then on top of it...
I was taking Saturday courses for couple of months. Over now, but I have to study at home.
This picture was taken at the break during this course.

All two with M4-2 and Summarit 35 2.5.




And then I'm home I'm walking on last remaining fields near home, to take pictures of farms and large stand alone trees. All of it will be gone soon.



Near by these, it was another large trees. Taken out by bulldozers, laying on the ground. Nobody gives a crap about trees been killed here.

 

[helen.HH]

Love the’Remembrance Day’ set kokokofe !

Wonderful shot the Tree, last remaining ....Sad about all the Trees people cut down... Beauty, Air, nature & roots, all destroyed

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Thank you, Helen! Been able to walk in the fields is one of the things I'm missing in Ontario. But some owners are still allowing it.

 

[Greg Maslak]

I concur, great photo of the tree! I spent my morning walking in the forest with the M4-2. Hopefully a few good images will emerge to share. I lived so many years in Toronto that sometimes I miss the big city life but not the damage that it does to our environment. Greg

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Thank you, Greg.


M4-2 with Summarit-M 35 2.5.

We have maple syrup going, but it was snowing today...

 

[robert blu]

So many good photos here, the two photos taken during your course are super. I can feel the cold...and the powerful story of such a giant tree...
robert

 

[Ko.Fe.]

So many good photos here, the two photos taken during your course are super. I can feel the cold...and the powerful story of such a giant tree...
robert

Thank you, Robert.
I have to skip last class of this course and fly over to Washington to work for 14 hours overnight on previos Saturday. Strait, no food, no seating, no brakes. My noise started bleeding and my senior collegue was pale on Monday.
My current work has minuscule base salary and only trips and overtime helps.
Canada is far behind of developed world. Then I worked for French office they introduced overtime ban in France. It was in previos century.

 

[Greg Maslak]

Ko.Fe. the Sugar Trees of early spring are a happy memory for me. Here in Nelson, BC. we have few maples, just evergreens and aspens so maple syrup comes only from the grocery store. Today may be the last day of winter but still lost of snow. I took this one last weekend on the Rails to Trails paths made from the old freight line which carried ore and lumber through the mountains.

I am so happy to post a few pictures on this great thread you created. Thank you, again. Greg

M4-2 ELC 50 Summicron

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Awesome take, Greg!

We had few days suatable for cross country right in GTA 🙂. Will post later.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Winter is still here. It was snowing last night. Maybe because I keep on posting about it.

We have couple of days suitable for skiing right from the door.

My driven to work Nissan Micra was in trouble to get through deep snow. Couple of times or so.

Couple days later after major snowfall.

Another day I went from our home to family friends home on skis.
Not so much snow, to be honest.

Not like it used to be, but media hysteria and just open lies about how big than ever snow storms are. Why these lies needs to be aired?

Anyway, I had this picture in my backpack.

Those are foreign students and it is even more complicated of what I wrote before.

They came well before Christmas. Stayed at friends home, even after friends went on vacation. I was responsible to bring them to their campus living rooms to check in. In one week before semester starts.
Guess what, it was very snowy day to drive them in...
So I took their picture at their first day on campus and delivered in on skis to have it flying over back to motherland.

Next time I'll post something with higher temperature. Picture I took some time ago and this picture didn't meet international contests requirements.

 

[kiemchacsu]

Well didn't know that it's still winter in Canada.
I feel lucky that I live in a tropical country.
Once I was in Korea in winter for few days in a business trip, could not stand the temperature -12*C.
I remember that I was so happy to be back in Vietnam after the trip

 

[kiemchacsu]

Btw the first photo in latest batch looks like it was taken several defaces ago. Great mood.

 

[fad gadget]

HEY! Kostya,

Nice series of photos. I've just returned from Ottawa, and Montreal.
Bought a 154 year old stone home on 35 acres of riverfront, just before Perth.
Got tired of all the socialists and socialites, BC has on offer. lol

Can't wait to get the real winters back again, one of the things I missed most about Ontario.
We'll practically be neighbours! lol

cheers/k.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Awesome location! Canada wise we are very close. 🙂

 

[fad gadget]

Yes, it's a great location. We're 3 hours from Toronto, so I'm guessing another 45 mins to Milton.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

During weekend, yes. And we are in half-hour from Niagara winery route.
You are always welcome!