Up close and personal with a Japanese Beetle on one of my potato plants last summer. Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada July 2025 📸 #invertebrate #insect #beetle #nature #wildlife #macro #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor

Orion’s reach Snowdonia North Wales

Something a bit different from me as I normally only share photos here. It's Squirrel Appreciation Day and I just happen to run a hobbyist online station called Squirrel FM (www.squirrelfm.ca). It's commercial free, it's fun, and it's NSFW or your kids. Really. Check it out. #onlineradio

Two weeks ago in the cold snap with snow and then heavy fog. This was before all the snow melted in the unseasonably warm temps. #photography

Merry Christmas from Aristaeus the cat. #photography #cats #Christmas

No new pics lately as I have spent the last two weeks battling either a bad flu or covid. All I know is that I have been trying to shake that pre-corpse feeling. Here's an image I won't get again, a large apartment complex is now being built where I stood to make this photo last year. #photography

Found some early #lightpainting experiments I did back in January of 2004. I believe I shot these on #Fujichrome in my #Pentax #K1000 and scanned them with a Nikon slide scanner that has since passed from old age. #photography

Hot take on a cool morning, Looking East from Thomas Drive, Strathmore, AB, 2025-11-21 -- The town street lamps have an annoying habit of switching off just as a sunrise blooms. I just needed another 30 seconds! #photography #drone #dronephotography #sunrise #dji #djimini3

This was the first time I've ever seen a White-breasted Nuthatch in our yard (and there were two!). Always lots of Reds, but never their paler cousins. Very exciting! Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada November 2025 📷 #birds #WBNU #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

This is still my favourite photo I took of my daughter, age eight. Why do they have to grow up? #photography #candid #children #socerersapprentice

Spinach and onion frittata for lunch. #photography #foodie #foodporn #fritata

Some ancient images of birds I made back in the fall of 2003 with my first dSLR, the Canon EOS Digital Rebel (300D) and my 70-300mm EF lens of the day. That camera changed everything for me. #photography #canoneos #300D #digitalrebel #birds #birding

Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Dalum, AB, 2025-11-10 #photography #roadtrip #samsunggalaxy #church #travelalberta

It's been so long since I have done #lightpainting and I need to get back to it. #photography

I beat yesterday's goal of 15,000 steps. #fitness #walking #pedometer

Icy Hot, Lower Gray Pond, Strathmore, AB, 2025-11-07 #photography #dji #djimini3 #dronephotography #sunset #firstsnowfall #hotandcold #Strathmore #Alberta

The first cumulative snowfall of the year is a few weeks late. #photography #snowing #winter #Strathmore #Alberta

Summer of 2024 around #Strathmore #Alberta. #photography #dji #djimin3 #dronephotography

That about says it all. #photography #edmonton #justabitcheeky

It was dark when I started work and it was dark when I finished work today. Blah. Just reminding myself that spring will come again. #photography #bee #flowers #springtime

When your auto white balance poops the bed and you realize it did you a favour. #photography #canon #canoneos #EOSR5 #Helios #swirlybokeh #whitebalancegonebad #dontdrinkthebongwater

Early to rise, Looking east from Thomas Drive, Strathmore, AB, 2025-11-05 #photography #dronephotography #dji #djimini3 #sunrise #strathmore #alberta #canada #sunrise #panorama #windyashell

Finally getting around to processing images from this fall. I made a new friend paddling back in September of this year (2025). Older lady in her 80s who decided to buy an RV and travel with her cat. Say hi to Victoria. #photography #kayaking #chainlakes #chainlakesprovincialpark #seniorliving

I figured I might as well poke around some more on the OM System Tough TG-7. The focus bracketing works incredibly well. I am so getting snowflake images in a month. #photography #macrophotography #photomacrography #OMSystem #TG7 #focusstacking

How big of an #idiot am I? Today I discovered that a camera I have owned for almost two years (OM System Tough TG-7) has a microscope mode. DOH. The good news is that it opens up some possibilities. #photography #macrophotography #photomacrography #OMSystem #tg7 #gormless

Got tired of waiting for #sofobomo to come back to life. The .org site has been dead since about 2012 and the replacement project at sofobomo.com has been dormant since 2018. Time for a made in Canada and made for Canadians solution. More details soon-ish. #sofobomohcanada

Leaves from my backyard and some old textures I saved mashed together. I just needed a change from the same old same old. #photography #digitalart #multipleexposure #abstractphotography

Who can afford candy this year? Not me. Hot, fresh, and cheap-to-make #funnelcakes being served from my front door this #allhallowseve. #halloween #trickortreat.

I made it as far as the front flower bed on my lunch break today. So much for the 6,000 steps I had planned. #photography #vintagelens #helios #swirlybokeh #fall #fallcolors #CanonEOSR5 #EOSR5

Lesser sunset, Lower Gray Pond, Strathmore, AB, 2025-10-20 #photography #dronephotography #dji #djimini3 #strathmore #alberta

Saying goodbye to my father-in-law this past September. This one was really hard to write. :( #photography #blogging #photoblog #loss

Played with some old lenses today. My swirly Helios 44m-2 58mm f2.0 lens with a reversed front element and my Pentacon Electric, Red, 50mm f1.8. These were riding my Canon EOS R5 via a Neewer M42 to RF adapter. #photography #vintagelens

Stormy weather, Lower Gray Pond, Strathmore, AB, 2025-10-19 #photography #dronephotography #dji #djimini3 #strathmore #alberta

Can't make up its mind, Strathmore, AB, 2025-10-19 #photography #dronephotography #dji #djimini3 #strathmore #alberta

From a day trip to Reesor Lake at Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, in AB, Canada on October 4th, 2025. #travelalberta #photography

Travers Dam Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada, this past weekend. Stormy and windy, so not much paddling. #photography #rainbow #doublerainbow #paddleboard #lake #travelalberta #alberta #albertacanada

Paddle boarding with friends at Lee Lake, in the MD of Pincher Creek, Alberta. The water is like glass in the AM and then the wind comes up before lunch. #paddleboard #paddleboarding #vacation #travelalberta #albertatourism #photography

I did some experimenting with my IR converted Canon EOS 7D and the colorize neural filter in Photoshop. Mixed results with both. I have discovered a wicked backfocus issue that is my first problem tomorrow. #photography #infrared #strathmore #alberta #park

Full of sound and fury signifying nothing, Thomas Drive Looking East, Strathmore, AB, 2025-05-29 #photography #dronephotography #dji #djimini3 #storm #albertaskies #strathmore #alberta #canada

All fired up, Lower Gray Pond, Strathmore, AB, 2025-05-27 #drone #dronephotography #photography #dji #djimini3 #sunset #pond #reflecton

More images from the Elnora, AB, car show yesterday. #helios #helioslens #cars #vintagecars #photography

Jesus take the wheel, Car Show, Elnora, AB, 2025-05-24 #helios #helioslens #vintageglass #vintagelens #carshow #canoneosr5 #photography

I am now 8.2 lbs away from a BMI of 29.9, or "Overweight" vs. the current "Obese I". I started at BMI 67. I occasionally juxtapose old and new images to remind myself I'm making progress. #diet #weightloss #lifestylechange #healthyliving #gettingthere.

Fire, water, and wind, Lower Gray Pond, Strathmore, AB, 2025-05-23. That's it for today - good night, peeps. #dji #djimini3 #drone #dronephoto #dronephotography #photography #sunset #alberta #canada

Road to Perdition, Hwy 18 West, Thunder Lake Provincial Park, AB, 2020-06-02. I loved living in Northern Alberta. #photography #highway #skylife #b&w #blackandwhite #highway

Peter's Drive-In, Calgary, AB, 2023-11-19. My daughter had started a photography course in her last year of uni and bootlegged all my AF lenses. This is how I wound up shooting with a manual Pentax 28mm f2.8 on my EOS R5. #photography #drivein #calgary #alberta #vintagelens #vintageglass

Dam Water Slowed, Carseland Weir, Wyndham Carseland Provincial Park, Alberta, 2021-05-30. I was showing my daughter how to get different looks by changing exposure settings. #photography #dadmoment #water #dam #weir #travelalberta

So, here's what I was up to over the winter while I was dormant here... #lifechanges #bucketlist #handleyourshit #blogging

She thinks my tractor's sexy... '65 Massey Ferguson Multi-Power at Sunnyridge Farm. #tractor #massey #masseyferguson #samsung #s23ultra #photography #alberta #canada