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Petrie Island beach is about 5 minutes from our house. It is a true gem in the east end of Ottawa and for Orleans in general. My goal this evening was to capture the sunset. I used my new 10-22mm wide angle lens and I was able to capture a few shots that I am really happy with. One special photo was of a group of young ladies that had come down to the beach with their parents to take photos. These young ladies were all dressed in their prom dresses. The 2019/2020 School year has been tough for these graduates with many strike days and Covid19 shutting schools down since March.

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A young lady from the Orkney Islands ask permission to use one of my photos for a school project. I was really honoured to know that my photo had made enough of an impression on her and her parents that they would reach out and ask for permission. I had originally posted this picture in a Facebook group that promotes the Orkney Islands over a year ago. Little did I know, the house at the bottom of the rainbow is this young poets house. Below is her Acrostic poem. (I had to look up what Acrostic meant).

Well done Aimee, I hope you get a great mark for your work. I think this makes you a published poet now.

Acrostic – a poem, word puzzle, or other composition in which certain letters in each line form a word or words.

Now you know to 🙂

I had to go downtown for an early morning appointment. It was a bit surreal to take the bus and LRT from Orleans to the west end of Downtown. I was the only person on the bus to the LRT station and then I had the entire train to myself for the first 3 stops. Only a couple of people got on the train for the rest of the journey. I arrived earlier than the time for my appointment so I spent some time taking a few photos. My appointment done, I walked east through the downtown core to Rideau Station with hardly a soul in site. I was able to take a few photos along the way. The ride home was similar. A surreal experience all around.

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Here is my end of May update on my virtual Lands End to John o’Groats challenge walk. The end of the month brings me to Sheffield, England.

I am 48% completed with 837.5 kms down and 906.7 kms to go. If I keep my current pace, I am on track to finish in mid-November. The pin with my photo in it is my current location, the red pin is my pace pin. I am 114kms ahead of pace. I walked 200kms in the month of May.

One of the shots I took with my new Wide-Angle lens was posted on the local CTV Newscast this week in their Photo of the Day segment. Thank you very much for the recognition on your newscast. Thanks also to all the folks that called and sent me messages that saw it. I missed the newscast 🙁

I used my telephone lens and my extension tubes together for the first time. I also had a Ring Light attached to the lens for extra lighting. The depth of field is really tricky (small) to get just right. Here are a few that I am happy with.

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One of my photography friends in Glasgow Scotland took some amazing evening shots with an Ultra Wide Lens. I was so impressed, I started saving some pennies and kept an eye on local sales and finally the stars align and I purchased a Sigma 10-20mm F4-5.6 EX DC ultra-wide zoom lens. It arrived in the mail late yesterday afternoon.

After doing several errands and some work around the house today, we took it out for a quick test run. I am quite please with the results.

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We helped our close friends with an errand and while we social distance chatted to each other on their garden deck, I noticed a little Chipmunk in their garden. They said he was super tame, so I grabbed my camera while he posed for me.

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Major change in our living room today. We took down a picture that has been up in our living room in our various houses for over 33 years and replaced it with one of my photos that I took in Scotland in December. I used a company called Canvas and Decor. 100%

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I have to say that the social distancing lockdown has put a real crimp in my photo taking. The following group of photos have been taken while out and about on my walks that we are allowed for exercise and also a couple of indoor photos. Things are sounding like they may open up a bit. I cant wait to get out and take some photos that are not just in the backyard.

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