For my third time experiencing the short-lived beauty of the Cherry Blossoms, I had camera in toe once again. The first time was a dawn-time photoshoot, and the second time I decided to focus on the people. This time, I used a neutral density filter to increase shutter times dramatically. This gave some of the photos a strange look, with people blurred as they moved, and the slight movement of the trees emitting a ghostly glow.
cherry blossoms
cherry blossoms
Crowd in High Park with cherry blossoms
cherry blossoms
cherry blossoms in High Park
cherry blossoms
cherry blossoms
High Park train and cherry blossoms
cherry blossoms
Crowd in High Park with cherry blossoms
cherry blossom
[…] I always look forward to the arrival of the cherry blossoms at High Park. I don’t make it ever year, but each time go I try to think of a different way to capture their fleeting beauty. In 2011, I arrived with a photographer’s meetup at sunrise, in 2012, I focused on the people, and in 2015 I tried out daytime time-lapsed photography. […]