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July 30 - Rocks
July 30, 2023 - You've likely heard the expression "bringing coals to Newcastle." The corollary to this would be "bringing rocks to Sudb...
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August 8 - Parry Sound, Sudbury, Manitoulin
August 08, 2022 - Last week we had a nice visit and tour with Hannah, Chris, Peter, and Anthony. We had planned to meet in Parry Sound to...
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February 4 - More Recent Images
February 04, 2022 - I have now finished processing all of my recent photos.
A selection of these I've added to my "Recent Work" gallery.
I...
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May 25 - The Suffering Nature Photographer
May 25, 2021 - Most photographers consider the best time for landscape photography is either around sunrise or sunset. Of these, mornin...
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January 5 - 2020 Favourites
January 05, 2021 - 2020 was an unusual year, even for me for photography.
Our first two and a half months of the year were spent in the Ok...
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November 24 - November Colours
November 24, 2020 - The various hues of brown are the predominant colours of November, at least until the snow falls.
For my photography, t...
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November 16 - Last of Fall Colour
November 16, 2020 - It's been much too long since my last blog post. I do apologize for this delay. But the unseasonably warm weather has pr...
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October 14 - Photographing Fall Colour
October 14, 2020 - Rather than showing more photos of trees (how can one resist photographing these with their brilliant colours),here are...
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July 24 - Photographing Giant Mural
July 24, 2020 - This project has been billed as Canada's largest mural, the painting on the old hospital building in Sudbury.
It has be...
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July 6 - 30 Plus
July 06, 2020 - We've experienced a week of days when the temperature has risen above 30°C.
Yesterday we had the edge of a thunderstorm...
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June 13 - Photo of the Day
June 13, 2020 - Today's photo is of the city of Sudbury from one of its hills, looking south.
This marks 77 consecutive days for my Pho...
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June 12 - Photo of the Day
June 12, 2020 - There are carpets of Canada Mayflower growing in our woods.
This one has a crab spider hiding, waiting to ambush its pr...
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June 10 - Photo of the Day
June 10, 2020 - Rain here this morning, and then windy and humid. Real bad for the bugs, and photography.
So I decided to experiment wi...
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June 9 - Photo of the Day
June 09, 2020 - Another Sudbury mural: have you seen this one?
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June 7 - Photo of the Day
June 07, 2020 - I created this abstract photo just behind our house.
This is my 71st consecutive photo blog.
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June 5 - Photo of the Day
June 05, 2020 - Rather than being attacked by the biting insects, I'm going into the city to practise my street photography.
That's so...
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June 4 - Photo of the Day
June 04, 2020 - I walked a little in the central part of Sudbury today. I photographed this mural by the Elm Street railroad tracks.
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June 3 - Photo of the Day
June 03, 2020 - It's as if we had two days in one today. The morning was misty and overcast, as in this photo.
The afternoon was sun an...
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June 2 - Photo of the Day
June 02, 2020 - Today I returned to again photograph Canada's largest mural, the old hospital building on Paris Street.
But I was looki...
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June 1 - Photo of the Day
June 01, 2020 - The Yellow Pond Lilies are about to bloom in this small pond near Creighton.
My new camera arrived today, a Canon EOS R...
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May 29 - Photo of the Day
May 29, 2020 - In an earlier post I expressed the view that landscape photographers were not fans of sunny days.
Today's photo is an e...
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May 27 - Photo of the Day
May 27, 2020 - This marks my 60th consecutive post of a photo of the day.
This photo was taken behind Copper Cliff this morning. It is...
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May 25 - Photo of the Day
May 25, 2020 - Everybody loves a bright warm sunny day...except a nature photographer.
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May 24 - Photo of the Day
May 24, 2020 - We had quite a change in the weather, from a sunny 32°C yesterday to rain and 19° today.
But we did need the rain as it...
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May 21 - Photo of the Day
May 21, 2020 - On Monday the trees were still void of leaves. In this short time since, they have burst into green.
This happened amaz...
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May 20 - Photo of the Day
May 20, 2020 - Suddenly the poplar trees have burst forth with the first green leaves. That is a harbinger of summer.
But so are the b...
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May 19 - Photo of the Day
May 19, 2020 - This marks 52 consecutive days that I have posted on my self-assignment.
Today's image is again of flowers, but of the...
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May 18 - Photo of the Day
May 18, 2020 - Today's photo is of Common Strawberry flowers, taken along my driveway.
These flowers, which become the sweet berry, ar...
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May 17 - Photo of the Day
May 18, 2020 - There's a time for work...
...and a time for play.
Wine and appetizers on the deck with Frank and Sally.
Yes, we are...
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May 16 - Photo of the Day
May 16, 2020 - Streaming today.
Pun intended.
Late this afternoon I was not sure what I might photograph for today's picture.
I deci...
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May 15 - Photo of the Day
May 15, 2020 - The lupines are showing signs of life, though the flowers are still a couple weeks away.
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May 14 - Photo of the Day
May 14, 2020 - Carrying on with my search for colour, but today in the natural world.
I found this flower just off the road below ou...
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May 13 - Photo of the Day
May 13, 2020 - One of the first signs of spring greening.
I photographed these mounds of dead grasses with frost earlier this spring....
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May 12 - Photo of the Day
May 12, 2020 - Three white-tailed deer have been seen in our area for the last month.
I was able to photograph one of them in pleasing...
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May 10 - Photo of the Day
May 10, 2020 - David duChemin posted this challenge in his latest post:
But when you say to yourself, "I'm just going to look for co...
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May 9 - Photo of the Day
May 09, 2020 - I do like to make abstract images.
I'll leave it to you to figure out these photos.
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May 8 - Photos of the Day
May 08, 2020 - This is what we woke up to this morning. This is the pine forest out our back door.
I rechecked my calendar to be sure...
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May 7 - Photo of the Day
May 07, 2020 - Yikes!
I don't remember ever having this weather on my Mother's birthday.
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May 6 - Photo of the Day
May 06, 2020 - Veda has started raking the forest, as they do in Finland, according to Trump.
Oh what an ass (Trump, that is)!
We are...
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May 5 - Photo of the Day
May 05, 2020 - "You will never make a photograph that everyone likes,so make sure that you like every one of your photographs."
- Oliv...
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May 4 - Photo of the Day
May 04, 2020 - Sunny today, but cold and windy - not May weather.
This is the first wild flower that we have seen blooming this spring...
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May 3 - Photo of the Day
May 03, 2020 - For today's photo I ventured further from my home turf.
This image I took of the Wanapitae River near Wanup. And yes, m...
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May 2 - Photo of the Day
May 02, 2020 - This marks the 35th consecutive day that I have posted my photo of the day.
All except two of these photos have been ta...
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May Day Photo of the Day
May 01, 2020 - Spring has officially arrived at our place - we heard the spring peepers today.
And summer will have arrived at our pla...
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April 30 - Photo of the Day
April 30, 2020 - Rainy day again, but it did stop in the afternoon, leaving a chance to go for a walk.
All the ice on Silver Lake has me...
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April 29 - Photo of the Day
April 29, 2020 - A rainy day here, all day long.
This photo was taken along my driveway.
This photo of the creek along Chief Lake Road...
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April 28 - Photo(s) of the Day
April 28, 2020 - For today I am not posting any epic landscape photo, no intimate landscape details, nor any wildlife images.
Why do I n...
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April 27 - Photo of the Day
April 27, 2020 - Many people look, but few people see.
As a long-time photographer I see the potential for images all the time, though o...
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April 26 - Photo of the Day
April 26, 2020 - Another bright sunny day today. For today's photo, I shot this road that leads to the old Long Lake Finnish cemetery.
B...
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April 25 - Photo of the Day
April 25, 2020 - We've had two bright sunny days - a photographer's worst weather. Even overcast days were better.
But this guy likes th...
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April 24 - Photo of the Day
April 24, 2020 - Some of the first signs of life springing forth.
Makes me question when life will be returning to some semblance of nor...
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April 23 - Photo of the Day
April 23, 2020 - I was out early this morning, to go grocery shopping. The temperature was -9°, so there was a decent frost.
This photo...
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April 21 - Photo of the Day
April 21, 2020 - Can you convince anyone that we are a full month into spring?
This is so like spring time!
This is my 24th consecutive...
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April 20 - Photo of the Day
April 20, 2020 - It has been a very uninspiring day for photography - flat light and gusting winds.
I went for a walk behind the house a...
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April 19 - Photos of the Day
April 19, 2020 - Variable weather conditions today. This morning was clear and mild. And then this...
After this mid-day snowstorm, the...
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April 18 - Photo of the Day
April 18, 2020 - Impressions of a grove of poplars.
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April 17 - Photo of the Day
April 17, 2020 - This afternoon I wandered around the back of my property looking for details to photograph.
Because the light was flat...
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April 16 - Nostalgia Photos of the Day
April 16, 2020 - Ever since I can remember, this cedar-log sauna was a Saturday night ritual as I was growing up. My father would fire up...
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April 15 - Photos of the Day
April 15, 2020 - Today I went to the nearby creek which flows alongside the road to our house.
The high water of spring runoff provided...
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April 14 - Photo of the Day
April 14, 2020 - The photo illustrates how cold it was today.
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April 13 - Photo of the Day
April 13, 2020 - I've always preferred the art of the impressionists: Van Gogh, Mondrian, Monet, Pollock, etc.
At times I like to attemp...
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April 12 - Photo of the Day
April 12, 2020 - This evening, just across the road from our house, I saw, not the Easter Bunny, but......two deer grazing in the meadow.
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April 11 - Photo of the Day
April 11, 2020 - We had some frost this morning, so I drove down to the corner of Chief Lake Road.
Water in the creek is not very high...
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April 10 - Photo of the Day
April 10, 2020 - Good Friday: this marks my thirteenth consecutive photo of the day.
Today was at first most challenging because of the...
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April 9 - Photo of the Day
April 09, 2020 - This old hay rake is a reminder of the past, of the original Finnish immigrants who settled in our area a hundred years...
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April 8 - Photo of the Day
April 08, 2020 - When I looked out from my upstairs bedroom this morning, I saw these oak leaves scattered on the remaining snow bank. Th...
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April 7 - Photo of the Day
April 07, 2020 - This is my metaphorical image for the times.
As this tree, we are resilient and will return to normalcy. Tough situatio...
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April 6 - Photo of the Day
April 06, 2020 - We had a good frost this morning, because the temperature was -4°C.
This photo, again, was taken at my favourite wetlan...
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April 5 - Photo of the Day
April 05, 2020 - In these unprecedented times, social distancing has become the new norm, even on Chief Lake Road.
Even good friends wil...
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April 4 - Photo of the Day
April 04, 2020 - A couple days ago the first crocus blossomed at our driveway - a sure sign that spring is around the corner.
Here is my...
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April 3 - Photo of the Day
April 03, 2020 - I wasn't the only one up and about at sunrise this morning.
Again, taken at my favourite swamp down the road.
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April 2 - Photo of the Day
April 02, 2020 - The Canadian Oxford Dictionary defines abstract art as follows:
achieving its effect by grouping shapes and colours in...
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April 1 - Breaking News
April 01, 2020 - Rumour has it that the city is finally going to repair our street (road).
They did the preliminary work yesterday.
S...
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March 31 - Photo of the Day
March 31, 2020 - The real signs of spring are the blooming of flowers.
Faux flowers! Faux spring!
We can look forward to the coming of...
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March 30 - Photo of the Day
March 30, 2020 - Here is my photo for day 3.
This photo, of conifers reflected in the water of the overflowing stream, was taken at a we...
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March 29 - Day 2 Photo
March 29, 2020 - This is actually day 3 of our self-isolation at home, but day 2 of my photo self-assignment.
On our way home we met Sco...
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March 28 - Home and Self-isolation
March 28, 2020 - We arrived home on Thursday, having spent six days on the trip from British Columbia.
The last day's drive was the only...
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February 1 - Overlooked
February 01, 2020 - I recently was looking through my files to choose photos to be printed and sent to the lab.
As is often the case, when...
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November 30 - Snow Storm
November 30, 2019 - We had a lot of snow on the ground when we returned home on November 12 from our trip to Portugal.
With the very cold w...
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October 14 - Photographing with Mike
October 14, 2019 - I recently spent a day photographing around Sudbury with my friend Mike Grandmaison, who was in town on an assignment to...
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September 19 - Visitors from Sweden
September 19, 2019 - Last weekend we received a visit from Swedish friends, Kicki and Thomas Helin, and Kerstin and Bertil Ernberg, along wit...
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September 3 - Canada's Largest Mural
September 03, 2019 - The former Sudbury St. Joseph's Hospital has sat vacant for a few years now as its developer has stopped working on its...
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June 5 - Spring colours around Sudbury
June 05, 2019 - I must apologize for the long period between blog posts. Spring was slow in coming here, with late snow melt and a lot o...
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November 30 - Fall Photos
December 01, 2018 - I've finally finished editing my fall photographs. I apologize for the long period between blogs, but kitchen renovation...
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September 15 - My Three Excuses
September 15, 2018 - I have not found time to write a blog post for more than a month, let alone edit the images from my trip west in June. B...
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August 7 - Summer Festivals in Sudbury
August 07, 2018 - On these last two weekends I took in a couple of events that were held here in Sudbury.
The first one that I paid a sho...
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May 28 - Almost into Summer
May 28, 2018 - Spring was slow to come this year. When it did finally start to green, everything erupted quickly. First a few fresh gre...
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May 22 - Spring Has Sprung, at Last
May 22, 2018 - Spring has arrived here in Sudbury, though it is somewhat late. The warming weather has allowed the leaves to burst out...
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May 4 - Last Vestiges of a Late Winter
May 04, 2018 - Spring is finally attempting to emerge. Most of the snow has melted and ice is beginning to break up on the lakes.
Here...
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December 24 - White Christmas
December 24, 2017 - It is going to be a white Christmas, at least in Sudbury. Where we will be in Goderich, who knows.
A recent episode of...
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December 18 - Ontario Calendar
December 18, 2017 - The 2018 "Wild and Scenic Ontario" calendar, by BrownTrout Publishers, features two of my photos.
This photo that I mad...
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November 19 - Signs of Winter
November 19, 2017 - Mild days and cold days alternating has been our November. But recently the colder weather has arrived. At this time of...
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November 5 - November Blues - Well, Browns Really!
November 05, 2017 - The November photo blahs are upon us. It is difficult, at least for me, finding interesting subject matter, except when...
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October 28 - Bare and Brown
October 28, 2017 - Most of the leaves have fallen. Brown is now the dominant colour as you can see that in the following images.
This afte...
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October 22 - A Strange Autumn
October 22, 2017 - This has been a most unusual autumn. The warm weather in September and thus far in October has played havoc with our usu...
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July 7 - Where Is Summer?
July 07, 2017 - We've had a lot of rain recently, and not many sunny days. The upside to this is that the wildflowers have been abundant...
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June 11 - Beat the Heat and Compose a Blog
June 11, 2017 - This was our hottest day of the year, with the temperature here reaching 32.7 C. So I thought that it was time to show a...
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May 10 - Recent Photos
May 10, 2017 - As I was relaxing by the living room window, enjoying the sunshine with Heidi, I realized that it was time for a new blo...
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November 19 - Kivi Park
November 19, 2016 - This summer Mrs. Lil Fielding donated a large parcel of land near the east end of Long Lake to the City of Sudbury, crea...
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October 24 - Fall Colour
October 24, 2016 - The leaves are only now beginning to be blown off the trees here. This has been an unusually late fall colour season. No...
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August 8 - Morning Photos Close to Home
August 08, 2016 - It was good to finally get out to do some shooting a couple days ago. The hot weather with its warm nights has not produ...
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May 22 - Three Days in the Italian Mountains
May 22, 2016 - Friday was a nice sunny day. We left Zernez (Switzerland) and drove over the Ofen Pass into Val Mustair. These photos sh...
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At Last - Fall Colour
October 07, 2015 - The colours of autumn that we usually see have been late in coming this year, apparently because the weather has been so...
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August 4 - Enjoying the Summer
August 05, 2015 - Please excuse the paucity of blog posts this summer. After all, as the summer season is so short, we must take advantage...
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July 14 - Gatchell
July 14, 2015 - Today was another in which I worked at photographing Sudbury, practice for my travel photography in urban areas.
I prow...
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June 9 - Photographing at the Edges of the Day
June 09, 2015 - The best times to be making the most unique photographs are at the beginning and end of the days. At this time of the ye...
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May 24 - Practice Advice
May 24, 2015 - In my photography my focus is mostly on nature and landscape images. But I also do a lot of travel photography, usually...
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May 6 - Photo of the Day
May 06, 2015 - Spring seems to be coming here in Sudbury. A few days of warm weather and the poplars are beginning to bud, and maple ca...
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December 6 - Photo of the Day
December 06, 2014 - Today was a nice sunny day, with mild temperatures. It was a good day to put up some more Christmas lights.
Near the en...
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November 27 - Snowfall in Two Countries
November 27, 2014 - We are in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, where it is also cold and snow-covered.
We left Sudbury on Tuesday and drove through a w...
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November 23 - Photo of the Day
November 23, 2014 - Our early winter wonderland has given way to milder temperatures and a dreary rainy day - not conducive to photography....
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November 17 - Photo of the Day
November 17, 2014 - The drab days of November have been with us for a while. For this reason, I have not had much incentive to go out photog...
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October 26 - Photo of the Day
October 26, 2014 - This was a drab overcast day, a good day on which to do yard cleanup. It certainly was not a day that inspired me to go...
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October 24 - Photo of the Day
October 24, 2014 - We've finally had three days of pleasant fall weather, three sunny warm days. These usually are not ideal conditions for...
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October 18 - Photo of the Day
October 18, 2014 - The majority of the leaves are down, though there still are some pockets of golden poplars.
The rain has been falling o...
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October Fall Colours
October 15, 2014 - The brilliant reds of September have been replaced by the glowing yellows of the birches and poplars.
October has broug...
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September 30 - Early Mornings
September 30, 2014 - A week of early rising - up at 6:00 a.m. and then out the door - has been tiring. I'm not normally an early riser. So it...
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September 26 - Onaping Falls
September 26, 2014 - Yesterday afternoon we were invited for a drive to Onaping Falls with our friends Marilyn and Bob. It was a beautiful su...
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September 25 - Photo of the Day
September 25, 2014 - The fall colours are glowing. Well, they are glowing when you can see them.
It looked like it would be a nice morning w...
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September 22 - Last Day of Summer
September 22, 2014 - Our summer here has ended with a lot of cool and rainy weather. Fall colours are beginning to appear, especially in the...
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August 27 - Photo of the Day
August 27, 2014 - I was out at daybreak on Monday morning and made this photo in the fields at the east end of Long Lake.
Later this morn...
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August 20 - Photo of the Day
August 20, 2014 - We've had rain off and on today. During one lull, I took my camera and made some images in the front flower garden. This...
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July 31 - Photo of the Day
July 31, 2014 - The well-respected Austrian photographer, Ernst Haas, proclaimed that all light was the best light. Around here lately,...
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July 6 - Photo of the Day
July 06, 2014 - I have a correction to make. In my previous blog (July 3) I identified the family of ducks as mergansers. They are actua...
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July 3 - Photo of the Day
July 03, 2014 - This afternoon we were at our friends' Marilyn and Bob's place on McFarlane Lake. While there we saw this merganser with...
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July 2 - Photo of the Day
July 02, 2014 - I haven't been out photographing since our return from Ireland. So this evening when I saw the dark storm clouds at suns...
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Happy Canada Day
July 02, 2014 - Yesterday, Canada Day, we joined the throngs for a walk along the Boardwalk at Sudbury's Bell Park and Science North.
W...
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May 1 Photo of the Day
May 01, 2014 - Spring is coming, slowly. We still have a few small patches of snow, and the ice on the lakes is finally starting to bre...
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April 17 Photo of the Day
April 17, 2014 - Spring has not yet really arrived in Sudbury.
A rainy day earlier this week caused creeks in the area to flood. A coupl...
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January 7 Photo of the Day
January 07, 2014 - Very cold weather sometimes creates intricate frost patterns on windows.
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January 6 Photo of the Day
January 06, 2014 - The snow keeps falling, and needs to be removed.
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January 5 Photo of the Day
January 05, 2014 - There are times like today when the lighting conditions dictate looking for closeups.
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January 4 Photo of the Day
January 04, 2014 - With the good comes the bad.
The good today was the temperature - a balmy minus 2C with snow, more than 30 degrees warm...
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January 3 Photo of the Day
January 03, 2014 - We've set record low temperatures for the last two days. This morning's reading at Long Lake level was a crisp -40C. Add...
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January 1 Photo of the Day
January 01, 2014 - Welcome to 2014.
Today's photo, made on the Wanapitae River, gives an indication of how bitterly cold it was here today...
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December 30 Photo of the Day
January 01, 2014 - We are in another deep freeze. It was -28C this morning.
Here you can see Monte enjoying breathing the crisp air!
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December 29 Photo of the Day
December 29, 2013 - The day started off reasonably mild, but again no sunshine. The forecast calls for us to experience a deep-freeze the re...
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December 22 Photo of the Day
December 22, 2013 - A snowy day today, so I was looking for some colour in the white landscape.
This bench I spotted near Minnow Lake.
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December 21 Photo of the Day
December 21, 2013 - Apartment for rent. Just don't step out on the balcony.
There is something about derelict buildings that attracts photo...
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December 18 Photo of the Day
December 18, 2013 - One week until Christmas!
Time to get into the festive spirit, so today's photo is of Christmas lights at Science North...
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December 16 Photo of the Day
December 16, 2013 - The deep freeze continues!
This photo shows the moon rising behind the Sudbury Yacht Club on Ramsey Lake.
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December 15 Photo of the Day
December 15, 2013 - Today I returned to the same location along the Wanapitae River where I made yesterday's photo. These illustrate the dif...
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December 14 Photo of the Day
December 14, 2013 - Today has been very cold and overcast. These conditions produce a monochromatic image, almost as if this were a black an...
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December 11 Photo of the Day
December 11, 2013 - Today's photo is of a Ruffed Grouse feeding from seeds on the ground below my bird feeder.
Today's photo was day 48 o...
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December 10 Photo of the Day
December 10, 2013 - Today's photo is of an old log sauna at the end of Chief Lake Road.
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December 8 Photo of the Day
December 08, 2013 - A day like today is difficult for a nature photographer, a day of flat gray light, a partial uninteresting snow covering...
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December 7 Photo of the Day
December 07, 2013 - A day like today tested my resolve to continue with this self-assignment. It seemed so cold today, though the temperatur...
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December 6 Photo of the Day
December 06, 2013 - Today's photo shows a typical Sudbury scene at this time of the year - a wetland along Jarvi Road on a cold and windy bu...
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November 24 Photo of the Day
November 24, 2013 - Today has been bright and sunny - not a photographer's favourite light. Add to that the cold temperature and wind - not...
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November 23 Photo of the Day
November 23, 2013 - This was a day that tested my resolve to carry on with this project. It was our coldest day yet - minus 10C with gusty w...
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November 22 Photo of the Day
November 22, 2013 - It was raining this morning when I made my first photos of the day.
The temperature then dropped and the rain turned in...
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November 21 Photo of the Day
November 21, 2013 - I found this subject matter on a beaver pond along Highway 144 near Creighton. The small ponds have only a thin covering...
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November 20 Photo of the Day
November 20, 2013 - I made this photo early this morning along a creek just down the road. The night temperature was just below freezing. Th...
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November 19 Photo of the Day
November 19, 2013 - It was a cold and sunny day today.
As the sun was setting, I drove to my favourite close-to-home location again. I made...
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November 18 Photo of the Day
November 18, 2013 - We experienced gusting winds last night and today.
So what was I to photograph on a day like today? Something that does...
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November 16 Photo of the Day
November 16, 2013 - Today was very mild, but overcast and windy.
This photo of a stand of birch trees was made a short drive from my home,...
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November 15 Photo of the Day
November 15, 2013 - I again went to my favourite close-to-home location. With the mild temperatures we've been experiencing, much of the ice...
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November 14 Photo of the Day
November 14, 2013 - Today's photo, as with the majority of photos I've posted in the last three weeks, was made right on my property.
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November 13 Photo of the Day
November 13, 2013 - Late this afternoon I walked behind my house. There I spent a long time photographing the patterns made by newly formed...
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November 12 Photo of the Day
November 12, 2013 - The sun finally shone this afternoon, though the temperature was below freezing.
I went to my familiar location close t...
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November 11 Photo of the Day
November 11, 2013 - It's becoming difficult, especially at this time of the year, to find interesting and different subject matter. This mor...
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November 10 Photo of the Day
November 10, 2013 - Birch trees are ubiquitous in the Sudbury area. These birches that I found along Jarvi Road I thought resembled ghostly...
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November 9 Photo of the Day
November 09, 2013 - I woke up to our first winter wonderland scenario this morning, with snow falling and a significant accumulation on the...
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November 8 Photo of the Day
November 08, 2013 - This afternoon I decided to go to Bell Park (on Ramsey Lake in Sudbury) to see what photo ops I might find.
As soon as...
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November 6 Photo of the Day
November 06, 2013 - I think that this photo of a red oak tree in my front yard illustrates what today's weather was like here in Sudbury - a...
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November 5 Photo of the Day
November 05, 2013 - It was mild today, though most of the day was overcast. I made a few photos very close to home, but I was not satisfied...
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November 4 Photo of the Day
November 04, 2013 - It was late in the day before I had time to search for today's photo.
Behind my house there is a rock hill which drops...
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November 3 Photo of the Day
November 03, 2013 - The temperature was a bit below freezing last night, so we had some localized frost this morning.
I made this photo of...
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November 1 Photo of the Day
November 01, 2013 - A long rainy night and morning raised the water levels in creeks and wetlands around our home. Fortunately we are not af...
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October 31 Photo of the Day
October 31, 2013 - A rainy day makes for good light to photograph in the forest.
This image of red pines is of an area that my father plan...
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Photos at Reg Wilkinson's
July 13, 2013 - When you are in downtown Sudbury, drop into Reg Wilkinson's Mens Wear on Durham Street to see some of my photos.
I am o...
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Fall Colour in the Sudbury Area
October 12, 2012 - After my arrival home from our Greek travels, I was anxious to check out the fall colours. Getting up early was no probl...
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