Published at November 26, 2010
Last night was Camera 35’s ‘Macro & Close Up Photography’ competition. I had these shots in holding for a while now, but now that the competition is done I can post them here. While they didn’t score as well as I had hoped, I’m happy with the result of each of these three. This is actually three shots of the same match at different points in it’s “life”, stitched together in post....
Published at November 22, 2010
I took a lot of panoramic photos while on Skye; here’s another from the Quiraing. ...
Published at November 15, 2010
I think this is the only photo I have of the old man that I left in colour....
Published at November 5, 2010
Because of the high-contrast light that we got the morning we hiked up to the Old Man of Storr, I think most (if not all) of my photos from there work much better in B&W than they do in colour....
Published at November 1, 2010
This one’s from the last day of the photo tour. I’m not sure what the island is called, but I know we were on the Tokavaig peninsula of the Isle of Skye, right next to Dunscaith Castle....
Published at October 26, 2010
This is a blend of three exposures taken at Talisker Bay on our photo tour. ...
Published at October 24, 2010
This is a six-shot pano of Loch Fada with the Storr (with the Old Man clearly visible) in the background. If you click-through to flickr, you can see the added notes that show just how far the hike was to get up to the Old Man for the photo in the previous post. ...
Published at October 21, 2010
Here’s another photo from our photo tour. This one is the Old Man of Storr, and involved the hardest hike of the tour: a full hour up a steep incline. ...
Published at October 18, 2010
This is my first shot from the photo tour of the Isle of Skye Jen & I did on our honeymoon in Scotland. ...
Published at September 6, 2010
Over the last few weeks I’ve been giving my 20 gallon aquarium a makeover. I discovered that it had sprung a leak, so I had to drain it (moving the fish to a temporary, 10 gallon, home), strip off all the silicone, and then reseal the whole thing. I decided that this was a good time to re-do all the decorations to give it a more natural look. Here’s the ‘before’ shot:...
Published at August 18, 2010
Two different perspectives on the Cape Bonavista Lighthouse. ...
Published at August 15, 2010
Here are the last two puffin photos I’ll post from the trip to Elliston. The puffins are likely heading back out to sea soon, so I won’t have another chance to see them again until next year. ...
Published at August 11, 2010
Another two puffin pictures. Getting close to the end of them now, only a few more left to post… ...
Published at August 9, 2010
Jen & I made it to Elliston this weekend to take some puffin photos. This will be the first of a few posts from the trip, so I figured I’d start it off with the cast of characters: And here’s one in flight: More to come tomorrow!...
Published at July 21, 2010
Every now and then when we’re out shooting, Jen wants to borrow one of my lenses. If it’s the one I currently have on my camera, we usually just swap so neither of use has to dig through our bags. In this case (in many cases, actually… it’s her favourite lens for good reason), I got her 100mm macro lens, so I had to seek out something small to shoot....
Published at July 20, 2010
My only keeper from the EcoTours Zodiac tour of the 15 frames I got off before I got too sick to hold up my camera. When I didn’t start the day at 100% I should have known better than to go, but I really wanted to get some puffin pictures....
Published at July 7, 2010
Some of the local colour we saw while visiting a friend’s cabin....
Published at July 5, 2010
One of my first shots with my new Canon 7D, taken last Monday evening during a walk around Quidi Vidi. Notice that all the ducklings are not quite lined up. I guess sometimes it’s hard to get all your ducks in a row, even if you are a duck yourself....
Published at July 4, 2010
The last photo from last weekend’s Drizzle Boys outing, Ship Cove....
Published at July 2, 2010
On Saturday’s Drizzle Boys outing Paul and I traded Lensbaby & Fisheye for a little bit. The fisheye is a fun lens to shoot with....
Published at June 21, 2010
I came across this little bird when I was mowing my lawn. The nest was hidden in the tall grass and I didn’t see it until it flew off, afraid of the weed whacker. Luckily, it came back to the nest and the four eggs left inside....
Published at June 14, 2010
Another Lensbaby shot from Ottawa. This one of an older guy reading his morning paper by the canal....
Fountain in Confederation Park - Full View
Published at June 11, 2010
This is the same fountain as seen in the previous photo, this time you get to see more of it....
Fountain in Confederation Park
Published at June 10, 2010
Another Lensbaby shot. This one is of the fountain in Confederation Park....
Published at June 8, 2010
This is one of the lion statues outside the Central Post Office in Ottawa, and my first Lensbaby ‘keeper’. (Also my first shot processed with the newly released Lightroom 3.0)...
Published at June 7, 2010
First post from my trip to Ottawa… Let me start by saying that these colours are essentially what they were out of the camera. I was trying to get some neat shots of clouds reflected in tall buildings while I was in Ottawa. When I looked up at these ones through my polarizer, the one on the left turned red, so I had to stop and shoot it....
Published at May 23, 2010
I picked up this little guy recently at Toys R Us. He’s called the ‘Traveller’, but I was sold on him when I saw his mini camera. I thought I might start a series of photos of him in different places. I’m not 100% sure how often I’ll do these, but if it becomes a habit, I’ll start numbering them and grouping them together, etc. For his first trip, here are a couple of shots of him in Flatrock....
Published at April 24, 2010
We went on a photo outing to Topsail Beach with the ‘Drizzle Boys’ from Camera 35 this morning. These are my keepers for the day, including a HDR of the “cave” that was used to trick us into getting up early enough to meet at 8am. ...
Published at April 19, 2010
The functional lighthouse at Cape Spear, on a typically foggy day. Taken as part of the Focal Play’n walk....
Published at April 6, 2010
Here are scans of a couple of wet prints I made yesterday in the darkroom. ...
Published at March 26, 2010
I just started a new job at the university, working out of the Inco Innovation Centre. This is a shot of the big glass wall, reflected in the glossy tile floor....
Published at March 5, 2010
One of this week’s competitions at Camera 35 was ‘self-portrait’, this worked out well since Jen bought me a light-stand and umbrellas for Valentine’s Day. Here are my submissions. This last one is because Brian had the idea (that I decided to steal) of ‘pushing the limits’ a bit for these competitions. With Myself”) As a side-note, Jen’s self-portraits are also posted now too (and I’m featured in one!...
Published at February 11, 2010
One of the juvenile bald eagles hanging around Quidi Vidi Lake....
Published at February 10, 2010
While cleaning lenses/sensor/etc. yesterday, I spotted these neat reflections in my 85mm lens....
Published at February 9, 2010
I was cleaning up my Lightroom catalog recently, and found this photo that I intended to post long ago....
Published at February 5, 2010
I’ve had some time off lately, so I’ve been doing some baking. These are buttermilk biscuits that I made to use up some extra buttermilk before it went bad....
Published at February 3, 2010
I made a cheap softbox today, Annie was a (semi)willing subject to try it out on....
Published at January 26, 2010
I picked up a few lemons today and decided that I should shoot one of them....
Published at January 6, 2010
I haven’t taken many (any) photos lately, so I figured I’d do a self-portrait using the wireless flash trigger Jen bought me for Christmas....
