Jun

15

Photo Monday: Flora and Fauna of the Dump

Photo Monday

We went to a bouldering crag called the “Halfway Log Dump” this weekend. It’s an incredible lake-side area of the Bruce Peninsula (Georgian Bay, Lake Huron) that has recently been re-opened — thanks to the hard-working folks of the OAC. Here is a collection of the friends we made there over the past couple of days. (Actual shots of the climbing and scenery are coming this week!) Enjoy.

Nous sommes allés grimper à un spot qu’y s’apelle “Halfway Log Dump” ce weekend. C’est un site de grimpe sur le bord du grand Lac Huron, dans la baie Georgienne sur la “Bruce Peninsula”. Le site vient tout juste de ré-ouvrir grâce aux nombreux efforts de l’OAC. Voici une collection des petits amis que nous avons rencontrer lors de notre fin de semaine. Les photos de l’endroit en tant que tel s’en viennent bientôt.

Slug inching its way along
Slug inching its way along

Slug just hanging out
Slug just hanging out

The Seagull who stole our food
The Seagull who stole our food

Yellow flowers
Yellow flowers

A curious dragonfly
A curious dragonfly

Setting sun of yellow flower
Setting sun of yellow flower

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May

03

Photo Monday: Tulips

Photo Monday

In honor of the upcoming Canadian Tulip Festival, ongoing for the next three weeks in Ottawa, I am sharing a bunch of Tulip shots I took a while ago. Here is a little blurb from their website explaining when and why this festival started:

In the fall of 1945, Princess Juliana of the Netherlands presented Ottawa with 100,000 tulip bulbs. The gift was given in appreciation of the safe haven that members of Holland’s exiled royal family received during the Second World War in Ottawa and in recognition of the role which Canadian troops played in the liberation of the Netherlands.

En l’honneur du Festival Canadien des tulipes, qui se déroule pendant les trois prochaines semaine, je partages avec vous quelques photos de tulipes que j’ai prises il y a quelques semaines. Voici un petit extrait du leur site web qui explique depuis quand et pourquoi le festival existe:

À l’automne 1945, la princesse Juliana des Pays-Bas a fait cadeau de 100 000 bulbes de tulipes à Ottawa, par reconnaissance envers l’asile que la famille royale en exil y a trouvé, pendant la Deuxième guerre mondiale, ainsi qu’envers le rôle des troupes canadiennes dans la libération des Pays-Bas.

Dying Tulips
Dying Tulip.

Close up Tulip
Close up Tulip.

One Tulip
One Tulip.

Tulips
Tulips.

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Nov

30

Photo Monday: Ice Meets Water

Photo Monday

hey guys and gals. As winter approaches slowly, i’ve started to migrate inside for my photo sessions. For this week, I had it in my head to reproduce a shot my brother and I loved a couple of years back. Thanks to JP, I have a super cool SB-600 flash to play around with. You should understand the name of this series with the last shot of the post. It’s awesome because it was exactly what I had imagined in my head. It’s beautiful to see the same shot appear on your camera LCD.

Hope you enjoy. Leave a comment and let me know what you think!

Cheers,

Yellow Flower
Flower lit using a sun hidden behind huge white clouds. Thanks to our awesome new condo’s west facing wall of window.

Q-tip and reflection
Yes. It’s a Q-tip. I like the reflective surface that gives a natural reflection. Thanks to Scott Kelby for the trick.

Ice meets water
And for my favourite shot of the week: “Ice meets water”.

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