Photography
It was a beautiful clear night for the Orleans Christmas Parade of Lights. It was a bit chilly at -11c, but there were lots of people and the children were really excited to see all the floats and displays. Here are a few of my favourites.
We took a short 3km walk along the Ottawa River pathway in the late afternoon. I was really hoping to capture some more bird photos, but it was very quiet wildlife wise. The scenery and light were amazing though.
I have tried adding boarders to my photos for effect for the first time. They look good when you click on them, but kinda funny displayed below in the grid.
I treated myself to a new recliner chair and we had to go and pick it up from the stores warehouse located just off 10th line and Inness Road in Orleans. When we pulled out of the warehouse parking lot, I spotted a puddle and you know how much I love puddle reflection photos. So I stopped the car and took our my camera and shot a few photos. Here are a couple.
I submitted my photos to Ian Black who does the Weather for CBC Ottawa and he used one of them on his weather report. Here is a screen grab.
Thanks very much Ian Black and CBC for using my photo.
I went back to the Mer Bleu Boardwalk this past weekend to try and re-shoot the Chickadee’s with better camera settings. I used a smaller aperture setting and that extended the focal point so that I could keep the whole bird in focus. It was brighter out and it had snowed during the week, it really helped with keeping the birds fully lit with no shadows. All these photos were shot at ISO 200, F8, 160/sec with my 50mm prime lens.
I took my 50mm Prime Lens out to one of my favourite east end nature walks this past weekend. I brought some bird seed with me as I know the Chickadee’s are pretty tame. I learned some stuff on this outing about my lens. It was very cloudy and thinking that I wanted crisp photo’s of the birds, I kept my ISO low at 100. I had my F-Stop as low as I could go.. 1.8 and a shutter speed of 1/160 of a second. The photo’s all came out ok, but the focal point was so thin. Next time, I am going to choose a higher F-Stop and slightly faster ISO so the whole bird is in focus.
We had our first snow today, but last weekend I gathered a few interesting leaves from our back garden and I brought them in to photograph. I used my 50mm Prime Lens and my macro tubes. I also installed my Light Ring to light up the leaves. ISO was 200, various Shutter speeds and F-Stops. I have also included a couple of random garden shots from while I gathered the leaves.
