Edgar Degas once claimed, "Art is not what you see, but what you make others see." What one person sees in art can be very different from what someone else sees. Art can shape how we see reality. It can make us question our beliefs and help us see things in new ways. The photographic art appearing here is the result of images captured from a fixed web camera using its screen capture tool and then photo-edited using Gimp software. How has the artist altered the reality of the web camera sourced images appearing in the left column to those appearing to the right? What might you have done differently?

These first images are intended to capture the essence of Windsor Salt Marsh. If you could capture the story of Windsor Salt Marsh, what unique ways would you choose to tell it?

Source Images

Edited Images

One of the more compelling aspects of Windsor Salt Marsh is the enormous tidal change. Has the artist captured the role of tides on the salt marsh? What might you have done differently?

A measure of climate variability is the cyclical pattern of the seasons. What do you notice most about the images? Has the artist captured that sense of seasonal change on the salt marsh? How would you record change?

All images, unless otherwise indicated, were sourced from Nova Scotia Webcams, https://www.novascotiawebcams.com/ using the site's screen capture tool.