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Boathouse on New Ice

Duncan Rawlinson photographed this small bay by drone after an overnight snowfall in the 1000 Islands. A green-and-white boathouse and its walkway hold the left side of the frame, with two snow-topped docks reaching into the bay beside it. The new ice carries a skin of snow, and dark star-shaped drainage patterns mark the spots where water pushed up through holes and spread. Along the bottom of the frame the ice thins to nothing and the open river shows green. Every branch on both shores still holds the snowfall. A cleared path runs down through the trees to the shore, the only sign of anyone about. Ontario, Canada.

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Bobs Island at Last Light

The last direct sun of the day reaches a tall wooden house built on its own rock islet in the St. Lawrence River, in this photograph by Duncan Rawlinson. The house takes up nearly the whole island, a narrow three-storey build with a small cupola on top, and a boat is tied to the dock at its base. A few trees share the rock and lean out over the water. Beds of bulrushes stand in the shallows between the camera and the island, with the reed line drawn across the middle of the frame. The sky is hazy and pale, and the river barely moves. The far shore is a single unbroken band of trees. 1000 Islands, Ontario, Canada.

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Snow Squall Over the Channels

A stitched black and white aerial photograph from Duncan Rawlinson, made as a snow squall crossed the 1000 Islands. Broken sheets of ice and dark channels of open water divide the frame, with snow-covered islands and their cottages strung through the middle distance. The nearest islands read in full detail while the far shore dissolves into the falling snow. The river’s currents keep the widest channels open and almost black against the white. Falling flakes streak the lower corners of the frame. It is the kind of weather that erases the border between river, islands, and sky. St. Lawrence River, Ontario, Canada.

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Swan Family at Ivy Lea

Shot by Duncan Rawlinson from the reeds at the water’s edge in Ivy Lea, Ontario. A pair of mute swans leads their cygnets past the marina docks, the young birds still gray against the white of the adults. Behind them, cabin cruisers and runabouts sit in their slips with Canadian and American flags on the mast above. The Thousand Islands Bridge closes the background, its green towers rising over the treeline while a transport truck crosses the span. Low evening sun lights the boats and doubles them in the water. A small summer scene with the border crossing itself as the backdrop. St. Lawrence River, 1000 Islands, Canada.

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Fog Drifting Through the Islands

An aerial photograph by Duncan Rawlinson, made as morning fog drifted across the channels of the 1000 Islands. The black and white treatment reduces the scene to tone: dark open water, pale fog, and the treed outlines of the islands. A single small boat cuts a wake through the middle of the frame, the only thing moving in the picture. Cottages and docks line the near shore at the left while the far shoreline sits in clear light beyond the fog. The bare trees date the moment to the shoulder season, after ice-out but before leaves. St. Lawrence River, Ontario, Canada.

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Rippled Sky Over Billy Bishop

Duncan Rawlinson shot this photograph across Toronto’s Inner Harbour toward Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport. A rippled sheet of altocumulus fills most of the frame, its rows of gray and blue-green cloud running all the way to the far shore. Beneath it, the island airport sits in a thin band: Air Canada Express turboprops at the terminal, the ferry at its dock, and hangars and service buildings along the runway apron. A single departing plane hangs in the upper left and gives the cloud sheet its scale. The water below picks up the same gray-green as the sky. It is an ordinary working corner of the harbour under a very unusual ceiling. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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First Snow, 1000 Islands

Duncan Rawlinson photographed this aerial view over the 1000 Islands region of Ontario, Canada. The image records the first snow of the year settling on mixed forest and open ground along a winding river. Rendered in black and white, the frame emphasizes the textural contrast between snow-dusted trees, bare riverside vegetation, and the smooth dark water cutting through the wooded terrain. Low cloud cover diffuses the light, creating even tones across the frame. The composition follows the river’s curve from foreground to distant shoreline, where a small community is visible. This photograph captures an early winter moment as the season arrives in eastern Ontario.

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First Snow Highway Drive

Duncan Rawlinson photographed this view from behind the wheel as the first snow of the year dusted the highway near the 1000 Islands in Ontario, Canada. The roadway curves ahead between snow-laden evergreens and bare deciduous trees, their branches still holding traces of autumn brown. Wet pavement and guardrails mark the transition into winter. The dashboard and rearview mirror frame the scene, anchoring the viewer in the driver’s seat. Overcast skies soften the light across the forested corridor. This image documents the early arrival of winter on a rural stretch of Ontario road.

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Lone Tree in Winter Field

Duncan Rawlinson photographed this winter scene in the 1000 Islands region of Ontario, Canada. A single bare tree occupies a snow-covered field, its dark branches reaching upward against a pale, overcast sky. Behind it, a dense line of evergreens and leafless deciduous trees marks the edge of the field. The muted tones of gray, white, and soft blue define the cold afternoon. The composition centers on the solitary tree, emphasizing its isolation in the empty field. This photograph captures the spare beauty of rural Ontario in winter.

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Super Snow Moon Rising

The super snow moon of February 2019, the largest full moon of that year, rises over the St. Lawrence River in this stitched aerial photograph by Duncan Rawlinson. The Thousand Islands Bridge crosses the frame at dusk with its deck lights just coming on, and their reflections hang in the open water below the span. Beyond the bridge, ice covers the river in a pale sheet that runs toward the moonlit channel. Snow lines both shores and the cottage lights of Ivy Lea glint through the trees at left. The sky grades from the last warmth of sunset at the edges to deep blue overhead. Ivy Lea, Ontario, Canada.

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