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The more things change…
Amongst the books I was recently given was an old bird field guide, Bird Guide – Land Birds East of the Rockies From Parrots to Bluebirds, by Chester A. Reed. It looks like it is a reprint from 1944, originally copyrighted in 1906. One of the first thing that struck me, while I was reading…
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Glaucous Gulls (Larus hyperboreus)
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Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
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Thayer’s Gull (Larus thayeri)
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Still running
I was thinking about the passage of time today. Marveling at just how quickly it goes by. I was out enjoying the day, using the car as a blind trying to capture a photo of a Snow Bunting, that I thought would be special, and fighting a losing battle to stay awake in my comfortable…
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Gavage
Gavage is the practice of force feeding ducks and geese, usually associated with the production of pate de foie gras. The force feeding produces a disease called hepatic lipidosis, which results in an abnormally large liver, up to three pounds in weight. Animals involved in the production of diseased liver, er, pate de foie gras,…
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Old friends
In a box of books that arrived today (courtesy the wonderful Indigo – Thank you) was a Winter 1959 edition of The Beaver, with an article about Arctic Bay written by Margery Hinds. Hinds was one of the earliest teachers up here, and the article contained several photos taken by her. Including this one… Now…
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More playing around with HDR
I've processed several more images in HDR, and in general I'm liking what I'm seeing, although in some ways there seems something, I don't know, unnatural about the image. But it is fun. One thing I've found is that even though I've bracketed a lot of my photos (and inexplicably kept all of them), many…
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HDR
One of my clients is a photographer and does a little HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography. If you visit Kluglanoch Corner you'll be familiar with this type of photography. He was kind enough to let me try out some of my old bracketed photos with his HDR software. Here are the results of the foray…
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Close your eyes and imagine…
"Imagine that you're standing at the edge of cliff, looking down at the water far below." I know that I am a lucky man, in many, many ways. One of the strokes of fortune that I enjoy is a family with no major health concerns. I look around at others and wonder if I could…
