Boundary Sunset

This is one of the Convention of London boundary markers on the Canada-USA boundary close to where I live. I love the fact that most of the boundary between Canada and the US is kind of like this - just a ditch or a path cleared through the bushes. No fences, no wire, and no “wall” to separate us. We need to keep a least a few monuments to trust and peaceful co-existence in a world where everyone seems to be yelling, or shooting, at each other.

I was on the Border Road, as we call it, photographing some some other things when I passed this boundary marker. I thought I’d take a picture of it to use in my History classroom. As it turned out, the warm light on the marker combined with the sunset colours made for an interesting photograph.

Nikon D750 w. Tamron 24-70 f/2.8 @ ISO 500 - 1/125 @ f/9.5