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Photo Monday: Birds

Miguel — Tue, 18 May 2010 02:33:44 +0000

More photos from the Vancouver trip! I tried a couple of experiments this weekend and they didn’t quite work out the way I wanted them to. So instead, I thought I would share some of my bird shots, in honour of all this wonderful Spring weather we’ve been having. Enjoy!

Voici encore quelques photos de mon voyage à Vancouver. J’ai essayé quelques expériences en fin de semaine et je n’ai pas vraiment eu les résultats espérés. J’ai donc pensé que j’allais partager quelques photos d’oiseaux en l’honneur de la belle température printanière dont nous profitons ces jours-ci. J’espère que vous aller aimez!

High Above.

Having Lunch.

Waiting for a catch.

There are no new photos on flickr yet, but here is a link of the Vancouver 2010 set. Go check it out. I will add new photos soon!

Il n’y a pas de nouvelles photos pour l’instant, mais voici un lien pour les photos que j’ai prises à Vancouver. Je vais ajouter des photos bientôt!

Photo Monday: Neutral Density

Miguel — Mon, 10 May 2010 13:00:35 +0000

I finally got to test out the neutral density filters (2 ND4′s) that I got for my birthday. The idea of a neutral density filter is to reduce the amount of light that comes into your lens so that you can leave the shutter open for longer. Why would you want to do that you are asking? Lots of reasons, but mine had to do with running water. Check it out! By the way, the shots were taken on the Baden Powell Trail in Deep Cove, British Columbia.

J’ai finalement eu la chance d’essayer mes filter “neutral density” (2 ND4′s) que j’ai eu pour ma fête. L’idée derrière ces filtres est de pouvoir reduire la quantité de lumière qui entre dans ta camera pour pouvoir laisser le “shutter” ouvert plus longtemps. Pour faire quoi vous vous demandez? Il y a bien sûr plusieurs raisons, mais les miennes étaient surtout liées à l’eau en forest. Voyez pour vous-même!!! En passant, les photos ont été prises sur le sentier ‘Baden Powell’ à Deep Cove en Colombie Britanique.

Calm Stream — View On Black.

Lush Stream — View On Black.

Quiet Pool — View On Black.

Green Stones — View On Black.

Steve Bloom: Nature Photographer

Miguel — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:50:06 +0000

I’ve decided to try going bilingual (oui! oui! En Français!). Bonne lecture!

Believe it or not, I discovered this photographer at Shopper’s Drug Mart – on a calender. I was really captured by the incredibly original perspective on the cover (you’ll understand what I mean in a minute). So, when I got home, I did a quick google search for “Steve Bloom” and started to browse his online shop. He calls his shots “Fine Art Prints” and after checking a couple pages of his superb photos, you will quickly understand why. My wife almost didn’t believe me that they were photos (and not paintings/drawings)… it’s by far her favourite of the photographers I’ve profiled so far. Below is a shot of Steve Bloom in Botswana, followed by my two favourite shots.

J’ai decouvert ce photographe sur un calendrier à vendre au “Shopper’s Drug Mart” (notre équivalent du Jean-Coutu en Ontario). J’ai tout de suite été captivé par la perspective originale de la photographie sur la couverture (vous comprendrez ce que je veux dire dans une minute!). Quand je suis arrivé à la maison, j’ai tout de suite cherché sur google pour “Steve Bloom” et j’ai parcouru son site web. Il décrit ces photos en tant que “Fine Art” et vous allez comprendre pourquoi assez rapidement. Ma femme me croyait pratiquement pas que c’était des photos (et non pas des peintures)… c’est définitivement son photographe préféré jusqu’à maintenant. Voici une photo de Steve Bloom au Botswana, ainsi que mes deux photos préférées.

Make sure you check out his site, and if you happen to have about 100$ dollars (CAD) to spend on some fine art prints, I strongly recommend you do it on his site. Or you can buy the famous calendar that I saw at Shopper’s Drugmart for about 30$ (CAD), it’s the one calledSTEVE BLOOM Calendar 2010.

In any case, here are the two shots that really captured my attention:

Prenez le temps d’aller voir son site et de parcourir tous ses belles photos. Si vous avez 100$ (CAD) à dépenser sur des photos, je vous suggère fortement de le faire sur son site. Vous pouvez aussi acheter son calendrier (celui que j’ai vu au Shoppers!) pour à peu près 30$ (CAD). C’est celui qui s’apelle STEVE BLOOM Calendar 2010.

Sans plus tarder, voici les photos qui ont tant captivés mon attention:

Now that’s National Geographic material (you can almost see the yellow border of the magazine…)!!!

Here are some links that you might find interesting:

Steve Bloom on vimeo;
Steve Bloom’s main site;

Grampians National Park 2006

Miguel — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 04:00:30 +0000

Because of some technical problems, i.e. sleeping and packing the car, we left Melbourne, Altona to be exact, a little bit later than we had hoped for. Not to worry, we only had one stop and it was going to buy me a little gift for my birthday. An iPod radio transmitter for the car so that we have good music to listen to for the roadtrip. This little gadget will turn out to be a wonderul (we still use it!!) gift for this trip.

The drive from Melbourne to the Grampians, for the novice and prudent, is about 5 hours long. So we took our time, stopped for some fruits and a little bit of food on the way, a pit-stop here and there, and we finally arrived in the area of Hall’s Gap, our final destination, at around 8h30pm, pitch dark. There were so many Wallabies hopping by the side of the road by that point that we had to drive really slowly. So we started to look for an open camping place, a free one if possible. We went to a couple of camping grounds, but they were all closed because of the huge fire that burnt the three quarters of the forest over christmas 2005 (only three months prior our trip). So we decided to camp at the Hall’s Gap camp ground, right in the middle of the city with all the holiday caravans. Very nice location, and great place to pitch a tent.

As I just mentioned, a naturally occurring fire burnt about three quarters of the Grampians National Park over the Christmas holiday season in 2005. It was pretty much heartbreaking to see the forest in that state, but we have had the chance to see the wonders of nature at its best. According to the rangers, the fire started in the southern region of the park, where a lightning struck a tree and ignited the enormous fire, and very quickly made its way through the whole park. As the photo shows, the gum trees are very quick and efficient at recovering from bush fires, it is definitively nice to see that nature has already started to recover in some places.

One of the side effects of the huge fire was to bring out most of the animals closer to the city to have something to eat, and so we’ve encountered some of the most beautiful wildlife in the park and around the city. Among others, we’ve seen Kangaroos, Echindnae, Corellas, Rosellas, Goannas, etc. Browse through my new set of pictures on flickr.com and see for yourself. We of course have an enormous amount of pictures that we will share with most of you when we come back.

We also visited a drier region of Victoria, set along the Murray river. This region, Mildura Outback, is very beautiful and has some very interesting National Parks. Among the places we visited, you will see the sand dune at Perry Sand Hills, which were amazing to visit.