Shadowplay

Sharp-shinned hawk backlit by setting sun, Algonquin Island, Toronto Islands

Hawkset

A sharp-shinned hawk eclipses the setting sun near Sunfish cut.

Black-crowned night heron moonlight silhouette, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

Moon Heron II

A black-crowned night heron stands in perfect silhouette against reflected light from the rising full moon.

Long-tailed duck in flight, Hanlan's Point, Toronto Islands

Translucent Airlines

Light shines through the flight feathers of a long-tailed duck, taking flight near Hanlan’s Point.


Toronto skyline panorama framed by tree silhouettes, Olympic Island, Toronto Islands

Winter Bones I

Barren trees on Olympic Island perfectly frame a December twilight over Toronto.

Pier at sunrise, Centre Island, Toronto Islands

Pier Sunrise

The Centre Island pier stands in stark silhouette against the colours of a predawn October sky.

Fire performer, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

Ariel

Ariel braves the shifting flames of the 2011 equinox bonfire, hooping to the Arythmic’s beats.


Blackbird and Supermoon, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

Super Moonsong

A freshly returned blackbird sings to an almost full “supermoon“, adding his voice to the rising cacophony of the wet meadow in springtime.

Backlit cormorant, Doughnut Island, Toronto Islands

Silhouette Repose

A cormorant cuts a sharp silhouette, perched on a dead tree near Doughnut Island.

Backlit cormorant, Doughnut Island, Toronto Islands

Weremerant

A cormorant creates a partial eclipse of the sun by Doughnut Island, momentarily turning day into night in the camera.


Beaver in moonlight silhouette, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

Backlight Moon

Reflected light from the rising full moon frames a beaver in silhouette on Ward’s Beach.

Backlit cormorant, Doughnut Island, Toronto Islands

Ultimate Backlight

A cormorant eclipses the sun near Long Pond, pushing the Canon EF 300mm f/4 L lens to its absolute limit.

Blackbird silhouette, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

Silhouettes of Spring

Unseasonably high water levels in Spring made it possible to kayak in the wet meadow on Ward’s.  Amid the deafening cacophony of nesting blackbirds, this soon-to-be-mother posed in perfect silhouette on one of last year’s reeds.


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