Island at Le Bic Metal Print

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Rocky outcrop provides a stepping stone to this island in the Le Bic park, near Rimouski (QC). The park comprises several islands, some of which can be walked to at low tide. It also encompasses nice stretches of nice and somewhat rugged coast. Eider birds can be seen raising their young which they defend against circling hungry gulls. This area was an early French settlement. A couple of centuries ago, fish were so abundant people commonly used them as fertilizer for their fields (!!)

I'm a self-taught photographer happily shooting since 2000. I love the tension between lines and shapes. I'm thus quite drawn to landscape, abstract and architecture shots. Back in the film age, I used to shoot exclusively in black and white processing and printing my photographs. Because I tend to dislike following recipes for very predictable results, I've experimented quite a lot with Infrared film (which is often a gamble) and lith printing (a wonderful and challenging technique). In the digital age, black and white still remains my favorite. However, I've also opened myself to color and, more recently, have had great fun with digital lith prints (finally recreating that specific look). I've recently self-published a...