I finally was able to capture a Robin in our backyard. I have seen them around the neighbourhood while I have been out on walks, but by the time I get my camera up, they are flying away.






Photography
Last week I took a two hour Flash Photography Course from Michael Williams Photo here in Orleans. I found the course very interesting and I am really looking forward to honing my skills in the Genre over the next few months. I think I will need to buy (don’t tell the CFO) a few little things to enhance the Speedlights that I own.
Here are few photos from my first practice session last night.
The warm weather has turned our back yard in something like Heathrow Airport for birds and squirrels. Our neighbour, a couple of doors down, puts out bird feed and peanuts by the shovel full. I was lucky enough to capture a few cardinals in flight. Still need to work on it a bit, but happy with this first attempt.
It was a reasonable day weatherwise today and I had seen that another photographer had been down to the falls. So we took a little drive down the road. These falls are very close to the Imalaird Headquarters. The snowbanks were rather high, so not idea for taking photos, but I got a few I like. Sometime I think I need to upgrade my ND Filter. Next time I am going to try my Infrared Filter.
Well, the weather outside is frightful, seriously, the skies are dull for has seemed like weeks and there is absolutely no snow and none in the forecast will the New Year. A few years ago we took a little stroll along the beach on Boxing Day when the weather was very similar, so the Team headed down to Petrie Island so get some beach time.
One half of the Imalaird Photography Team went for lunch with the British Ladies downtown, so I thought I would take advantage of a couple of hours to go take pictures of planes on approach at the Airport. Got to the airport and they had switch operations to a less than ideal viewing spot, so headed back to the Head Office (Home). On the drive back, I passed by the road to Mer Bleu Boardwalk. That’s always a favourite to walk around with the cameras.