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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Feeding The Deer – Old Quarry Trail
Weather was nice today. Above freezing , sun shining and limited wind. A couple of days ago, I had decided to go out on the Beaver Trail with sunflower seeds in my pockets to feed the many Chickadees that frequent … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Old Quarry Trail, Ontario, Ottawa, Ottawa Greenbelt Trails
Tagged 55mm lens, apples, black-capped chickadees, carrot, carrots, chickadees, Deer, feeding chickadees, Feeding deer, fingertips, fungs on a tree, Greenbelt, ice, Kanata, manual focus, NCC, Odocoileus virginianus, Old Quarry Trail, Ontario, Ottawa, pine trees, quarry trail, railing, slippery, sunflower seeds, three deer, trail, water, White-Tailed Deer, White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus
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From the days of film!
Just a small sample of the many cameras that have migrated into my basement over the past few years. Took this shot today to add to a discussion thread on a Flickr Ottawa forum. To keep with the theme of … Continue reading
Posted in Home and About, Ottawa
Tagged 55mm, Kogaku Nippon, Micro Nikkor, Minolta, old cameras, Pentax, Polaroid, SLR, vintage cameras
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Feeding Chickadees on the Beaver Trail
I hadn’t been on the Beaver Trail in the Stony Swamp section of Ottawa’s Greenbelt for quite awhile so decided to take a look around that trail today carrying my Nikon D300 equipped with my vintage Micro-nikkor 1:3.5 f=55mm nippon … Continue reading
Posted in Beaver Trail, Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa, Ottawa Greenbelt Trails
Tagged 55mm, beaver trail, black oil, chickadees, chipmunk, Chipmunk Trail, corn, favour, Greenbelt, Greenbelt Trail, manual focus, micro nikkor auto 1:3.5 f=55mm nippon kogaku japan, Nepean, Nippon Kogaku, observation, Ottawa, peanuts, Stony Swamp, sunflower seeds, swamp
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Earth Hour at the Canada Museum of Science and Technology
Earth Hour at the Canada Museum of Science and Technology As part of the promotion of Earth Hour, the Canada Museum of Science and Technology opened the doors to the Helen Sawyer Hogg Observatory and their indoor planetarium. As well, … Continue reading
Posted in Astrophotography, Home and About
Tagged astronomical images, astronomy applications, canada ottawa, glow sticks, helen sawyer hogg, indoor planetarium, iphone, Jim Watson, Mayor of Ottawa, museum of science, museum of science and technology, night sky, observatory telescope, ottawa centre, rasc, royal astronomical society, royal astronomical society of canada, science and technology, society information, star maps, world wildlife fund
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Night of Astrophotography
Night of Astrophotography Now that I have my new set-up and dark skies (moon is down and I’m at a remote location outside of Ottawa), I’m able to start to seriously test out the scope/mount abilities (sans Auto-Guiding). The above … Continue reading
Posted in Almonte, Astrophotography
Tagged 100ED APO Refractor, alkaid, alnitak, astrophotography, big dipper, dark skies, flame nebula, galaxies, galaxy m101, galaxy m51, great orion nebula, HEQ5-pro, hi1, hit list, horse head nebula, M101, M51, Messier, ngc objects, NGC2024, NGC2237, NGC2238, NGC2244, NGC2246, NGC4263, NGC5198, NGC5422, NGC5473, NGC5474, NGC5477, NGC5485, NGC5486, NHC2239, night photography, night sky, nikon d90, periodic error, pinwheel galaxy, rosette nebula, Skywatcher, star cluster, stars, whirlpool, whirlpool galaxy, worm gear
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Sammich Night at the Prescott
The Ottawa Flickr photography group is quite active and tries to get together once a month for a “pub’ night to meet and greet and swap stories. Graeme and I try to get out to as many of the pub … Continue reading
Posted in Ontario, Ottawa, Ottawa Flickr Outings
Tagged Flickr Ottawa outing, Ontario, Ottawa, Ottawa Flickr Group Outing, pizza, Prescott, pub night
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Maple syrup and pancakes. Mmmm. Good!
Weather was nice and we decided that it would be a nice day to take my father out for a ride in the country. Arrived in Pakenham, crossed the old stone bridge, and headed up into the hills to Fulton’s … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Packenham
Tagged Agritourism, Baking oven, cafeteria, candy, crosscut saw, decision making process, desert, forest industry, Fulton's Pancake House and Sugar Shack, gourmet food products, grading ample syrup, horse, knot, Lanark County, line-up, maple based bath and body care products, maple butter, Maple sap tapping and collection, maple sugar, maple syrup, maple syrup grades, Maple Taffy, musicians, National Capital Region, nature trails, old stone bridge, Ontario, Packenham, pancake house, pancakes, sap, sausages, saw, sawblade, sirop, sirup, sleigh, sleigh rides, steam, sugar bush, sugar maples, sugar shack, taffy
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Other Astrophotography on the Night of the “Supermoon”
By now, you have probably seen your fair share of SuperMoon pictures. The moon was 30% brighter and I was in Kanata at the time with the normal city glow reducing astronomical viewing. Therefore, the moon was just about all … Continue reading
Posted in Astrophotography, Home and About
Tagged bodes nebula, bright moon, cascade, cloudy nights, Cloudy Nights Forum, faint stars, fair share, Full moon, Go-To, good measure, Kanata, kemble, Kemble's Cascade, kepler crater, larger moon, last moon, Lunar Crater, Messier #82, moon shot, moon titan, nebula, NGC1502, nights forum, open cluster, optical illusion, raccoons, racoons, saturn, spiral galaxy, stars in the night, stars in the night sky, supermoon, target, telescope
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The Supermoon arrived on time :-).
Standing by the side of the road waiting for the supermoon to rise. Graeme and I discussed where the moon would rise and decided that we might have a nice clear shot from the hill by the campground looking out … Continue reading
Posted in Astrophotography, Home and About
Tagged big moon, bright moon, cameras, different perspective, Full moon, horizon, illusion, image, Kanata, lune, Moon, night photography, night shots, Ontario, orange glow, Ottawa, perspective, skyline, super-lune, supermoon, telephoto lens, traffic, wide angle
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Tonight is SuperMoon Night
It’s a full moon tonight and so far the forecast is for a clear sky in our part of the world so Graeme is working hard to get his camera and telescope ready for the big event.
Posted in Astrophotography, Home and About
Tagged apogee furthest point, astronomical event, atmospheric effects, big moon, bright moon, celestial event, clear sky, closest point, closest to earth, earth, eastern horizon, Full moon, howl at the moon, Kanata, Moon, moon closest to earth, Ontario, optical illusion, orbit, perigean tides, perigee, perigee closest point, perigee full moon, perigee moon, rare night, supermoon, superstition, telescope, timber wolf, vampire, werewolf, wolf
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