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Remic Rapids – Drummers and Fire Dancers
Remic Rapids, Ottawa After spending the day photographing Fall colours at Luskville Falls in Quebec and driving around in my mother’s new Volvo C70 convertible with the roof down in beautiful Fall weather, I joined a few friends at Remic … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged beltane, bongo drummers, crowd, dancers, emily, fire dancers, francesca, local group, Ottawa, ottawa ontario, Ottawa River, remic, remic rapids, rhythmic music, stone statues, sun
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WestFest – Gets Naked – 2011
WestFest – Gets Naked – 2011 Saturday – once again Westboro festival, WestFest, has taken over Richmond Street. The annual event (this year called “Gets Naked” because of the performance by Bif Naked) basically closes the main street of Westboro … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa Flickr Outings
Tagged acts, bras, cars, fashion, feats, fellow photographers, festivale, gets naked, local events, man circus, mascots, models, promo items, rain, stunt man, sun, traffic, westboro, Westfest
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The Haunted Walk – GH2 Low Light Test
The Haunted Walk – GH2 Low Light Test I finally got my hands on the Lumix GH2 from Panasonic. I’m very excited with this camera due to its small form, light weight and with an adapter I can use all … Continue reading
Posted in Home and About
Tagged bridge, brother, darkness, distortions, first darkness, first light, fish eye, fisheye, GH2, landscape, light test, Low Light Test, Lumix GH2, m4/3, MFT, minor changes, nikon lens, noct nikkor 58mm, noise reduction, Ottawa, panasonic, raw file, raw files, shutter speed, sky, sun, white balance
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Changeable Weekend Weather
It was a bit of a strange weekend. Saturday was nice and Graeme was able to get out and photograph some friends participating in the 10K portion of the Ottawa race weekend. Then on Sunday morning, it was raining for … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged 33c, azaleas, dormancy, eastern ontario, full bloom, high humidity, hostas, marathon, new leaves, Ottawa, rain, strange weekend, sun, sunday morning, temperatures, weekend weather
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Rain, Rain, Go Away
Royal Standard My hostas just love the rain and it looks like we may be getting six rainy days in a row so I bought grass seed today and spread some around.
Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged canadian tulip festival, Checkered Daffodil, Chess Flower, Fritillaria meleagris, Fritillary, Frog-cup, grass seed, Guinea-hen Flower, hosta, hostas, Kanata, Leper Lily, Liliaceae., oak tree blossom, Ontario, Ottawa, ottawa tulip festival, ottawa tulips, photos, rain rain, rainy days, Royal Standard, Royal Standard HOsta, Snake's Head, Snake's Head Fritillary, sun, tulips, water droplets on tulips, wet tulips, white tulip
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Astronomy Day 2011
Astronomy Day 2011 Today is Astronomy Day, and the above picture is a shot of the Sun as it rises. Again you can see some sunspots. Once again I was volunteering for the RASC event held at the Canada Museum … Continue reading
Posted in Astrophotography
Tagged amateur astronomy, astronomy, astronomy day, camera lenses, crowds of people, display material, helen sawyer hogg, local restaurant, museum of science, museum of science and technology, observatory, Ottawa, picture of the sun, public star party, rasc, refractor, royal astronomical society of canada, scopes, skynews, solar filter, solar observation, solar scope, star parties, star party, sun, sun spots, sunspots, telescope
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Sun Photos (with Solar Filter)
Sun Photos (with Solar Filter) So I finally got my solar filter cell made (from solar filter paper + set-up rings) and gave it a try. First shot (above) was around noon. You can see some sun-spots, so I rank … Continue reading
Posted in Astrophotography
Tagged dangerous sun, filter paper, mirror lens, nikon d70s, nikon d90, picture of the sun, set ups, solar filter, stock, sun, sun photos, sun spots, ups
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Earth Shine and the Waxing Crescent Moon
Earth Shine and the Moon The moon is once again making an appearance in the night sky. It is currently in the waxing crescent, and it’s a good opportunity to try and capture some earth-shine.
Posted in Astrophotography
Tagged appearance, brighter side, crescent, earth shine, earthshine, high contrast, horizon, impact craters, infrared, infrared camera, light on the moon, light source, lunar surface, Moon, night sky, saturn, sun, sunlight, surface of the moon, surface topology, waxing crescent moon
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The Green Mountains, Vermont
Time for another holiday :-). So with camera in hand and a car filled with gas, once again I was driving over the St. Lawrence River and into the United States. Usually, I cross at Ogdensburg, NY, but today I … Continue reading
Posted in USA, Vermont
Tagged Akwesasne, Akwesasne Reserve, clear skies, Cornwall, cornwall ontario, dinning room, green mountains, Mohawk, Ontario, photo, roman catholic church, st patrick, St. Lawrence River, St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church, St. Patrick's Day, Stowe, stowe vermont, sun, trapp family lodge, United States, Vermont
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