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A night visit to the Aviation and Space Museum

It was kinda quiet at the Air and Space museum here in Ottawa, everything is closed due Covid-19 restrictions. The buildings themselves are beautiful examples of architecture and I have always wanted to photograph them. The contents of the museum is even more interesting and we are very lucky to have it located here.

Interestingly, when I exited the car, a Coyote came padding down the main entrance road and ran right past me. I didn’t have time to grab a photo of it, but it made the most interesting “chipping” noise as it ran past. I saw it or it’s mate a few minutes later but again it was too far away and too dark to try and snag a picture.

  • The Main Museum
  • Love the Architecture & lighting
  • The “Repair Shop”
  • The “Repair Shop”

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Winter Walk

We got 15cm of snow last night. We took a short 5km walk along the Ottawa River Pathway to enjoy the snow. (along with many x-country skiers and 1 very cranky fat tire biker.)

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Petrie Island River Walk

It was quite the day weather wise. We woke to 4cm of snow and then it warmed up to +4c and it all started to melt. We decided to take a walk to clear some of the Christmas dinner cobwebs and Petrie Island is a favourite.

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Landsdowne Park Christmas Lights

We headed down to Landsdowne Park to see the Christmas lights as it was a fairly mild evening. There will still quite a few people around despite Covid restrictions, but thankfully everyone was respecting their distance and taking turns with the displays.

  • Aberdeen Pavilion

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Family Photo Shoot

Well here it is, Christmas Eve. For the first time in 6 years we have both my daughters home for Christmas. Covid-19 precautions have prevented us from doing our normal family traditions with the rest of the family. So I took the opportunity to do a set of Christmas themed Family photos.

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Christmas Stars and Moon

It has been too cold for me to drag the telescope out, but I used my telephoto lens and captured what I think is a nice shot of Jupiter, Saturn and the Moon. Unfortunately the weather is going to be cloudy right up to Christmas so I will miss the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. ISO 400, F8, 6 Secs

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Ring of Kerry Virtual Challenge completed!

I complete virtually walking the Ring of Kerry in Ireland. This was my 6th Challenge this year and I really enjoy this one as well. We went to Ireland in the Spring of 2019 with some friends and spent a wonderful week staying just outside Killarney in the Gap of Dunloe. Killarney was the start and end point for this journey. With our friends, we drove the North half the Ring, which is known as the Wild Atlantic Way. I did this challenge with my daughter who is currently visiting with us from Scotland for 3 months. We are both going to walk the Cabot Trail next. These virtual Challenges are addictive!

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Downtown Ottawa Christmas Lights

My daughter and I went downtown and met up with the Ottawa Shutterbugs photography group to take night photos of the Christmas lights. It was a bit chilly, but we got a good walk in and it was really nice to spend time with my daughter who is a phenomenal photographer usually based in Scotland.

  • Confederation Park
  • Confederation Park
  • Confederation Park
  • Confederation Park
  • Rideau Canal
  • Elgin at Rideau
  • Elgin Street
  • National Cenotaph
  • National Cenotaph
  • National Cenotaph
  • Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
  • National Cenotaph
  • National Cenotaph
  • Chateau Laurier
  • Rideau Canal
  • York St. Byward Market
  • York St. Byward Market
  • The Ottawa Sign
  • The Ottawa Sign
  • The Ottawa Sign
  • Byward Market Building
  • Cenotaph Tunnel
  • Cenotaph Tunnel
  • Cenotaph Tunnel
  • Robb and Kendra
  • Union Station
  • Union Station
  • Union Station
  • Ottawa Skyline
  • Ottawa Skyline

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Alight the Night

We took a drive an hour south of Ottawa to Upper Canada Village (UCV) near Morrisburg, Ontario. UCV if you have never been is a really well done tourist attraction that depicts the life of Canada in the 1800’s. Many buildings have been restored and brought to life with period actors recreating life from that period. Interesting fact: My mother actually attended the 1 room School House as a child. The building was brought in from its former location near her hometown and restored at UCV. A couple of times of year, they decorate the entire village. In October they run a display called Pumpkin Inferno which we went to last year and was just amazing. In November, December and January they run Alight the Night and they decorate the village in over a million Christmas lights. It really is something to see. For most of these shots I used my 10-20 mm Wide Angle lens. ISO 100, F13, and various shutter speeds depending on the light.

  • The Front Entrance
  • The Store
  • Lumber Mill
  • Lumber Mill
  • Moody Skies over the Village
  • Church
  • My Daughter and I
  • Santa
  • Santa’s Workshop
  • 1 room School House
  • The Big Church
  • The Big Church
  • The Big Church
  • The Big Church
  • Ring around the Moon

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Navan Ponds, Orleans Karst

Through the Ottawa Shutterbugs photography group, I heard about the Navan Ponds that are supposed to be great for capturing bird photo’s. While I didn’t get many interesting Bird Photos the Landscape was interesting. On the way home I caught an combine making quick work of a field of corn in the setting sun and then I stopped at the Orleans Karst Pond to capture the last of the setting sun on an icy pond.

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