Monday, June 25, 2018

Where In Ottawa LXX

It's been nine months since I ran a Where In Ottawa photo challenge, and it's high time I did another.

A few months ago, when DW and I were wandering the Golden Triangle, DW suggested a number of buildings that I could photograph for my contest.

"I don't do that, anymore," I said.

"What? Since when?"

It was good to see that she was paying attention to my blog. It had been about six months since I ran Where In Ottawa, and she had been with me when I photographed the Carp Library. I hadn't mentioned the contest, or a need to find a spot to shoot, since then.

When she and I reached Lisgar Collegiate, she started pointing at the intricate masonry work. "See? That would be a good thing to use for Where In Ottawa." I took a snapshot and we wandered the old building, capturing more images, though, in my heart, I just wasn't into it.

I only had my Canon compact digital camera and my friend's Ricoh 35mm manual rangefinder cameras on me. When we returned home, I downloaded some of the photos off the digital camera, and stored them for potential use for my Black and White project. The rest of the images, including the snapshots of Lisgar, were deleted.

Eventually, I'll see the images I captured with the 35mm camera. But, of course, I'll never use them for my photo challenge, as I have just revealed Lisgar Collegiate as a potential site.

A few weeks ago, DW and I were once again out on the town, my D-SLR casually slung over my shoulder. I saw a building that captured my interest, and so I started taking a few snaps. Before I knew it, I was capturing closeups, much as I did when I was running my photo challenge.

It was a random encounter that made me feel it was time to bring my challenge back.

For those of you who may have never seen Where In Ottawa, this is the gist:
  • Below, you will see a photo that I shot somewhere in Ottawa. The challenge is to identify the building and/or the location. The first person to correctly identify the location wins the challenge.
  • For the correct response to be eligible, it must be left in the Comments area of this post. A lot of people who follow me on Twitter and Facebook tend to give me their answer on these forms of social media. Whether you're right or wrong, I won't respond to guesses left there. I will simply direct you to these rules.
  • Starting tomorrow (Tuesday), I will add a clue to the sidebar on my blog, just below my photograph. For every day that the challenge goes unsolved, I'll add another clue.
  • You can guess as many times as you like. The contest ends as soon as the location is correctly identified. If it hasn't been solved by noon on Friday, June 29, the contest will end. The location will be revealed on Monday, July 2.
  • Whoever correctly identifies the location will be named on Monday, July 2, and will win the bragging rights of expertly knowing Ottawa.
That's it.

Here's the photo. Good luck.


Think you know Ottawa? Prove it! 

2 comments:

  1. Champagne Bath, Ottawa :)
    Thanks for bringing back the challenge!

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  2. Oh, James, you got it! Congratulations! What was it about the photo? The lamp? The brick?

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