High ISO Cutie
Testing the limits of Canon’s 5DmkII high-ISO performance, ISO 25,600 captures a baby racoon in the dark hollow of a willow tree 45 minutes after sunset. Not useful for print or colour work, it is an interesting look into sensor technology to come.
Healthy Teeth
Beautiful dental work: up close and personal with a red fox, yawning from an afternoon nap in the sunlit snow.
Bro Men
Tigger and Marble wile away a long summer afternoon, dealing with their stressors as only felines know how.
Backlight Perch
A black-crowned night heron perches on a branch near Forestry Island, interrupted from its fishing by a certain photographer interloper.
Gnat Overload
Midges (formerly misidentified as gnats) take flight in massive swarms off the harbour side of Algonquin Island.
Entrail Spaghetti
A juvenile racoon, in fact this fellow, sucks back a tasty morsel from a long-dead carp near the IYC as if it were designer Italian pasta.
Seafood Snack
A juvenile racoon enjoys a sunset snack on a long-dead carp (and I do mean long-dead, the stench was overwhelming) near the IYC.
Cats 1, Foxes 0
Putting to rest some of the fox controversy within the community: Ginger the cat goes after the fox. Ginger seemed genuinely curious, but the fox wouldn’t have any of it, and actually ran away. Cats 1, Foxes 0. Island cats rule.
Canadian Hero
A true Canadian hero: a beaver, doing what it does best, hauls a branch out of the Ward’s dunes through a winter blizzard, back to the water where it will swim with it through the breaking surf to its lodge. Absolutely epic, for the amount of nutrition that the underbark of dogwood contains. This is […]
Canadian Hero II
A Canadian epic: a Toronto Island beaver hauls its catch through winter storm surge off of Ward’s Beach in the late January twilight. A definite B-roll shot, this is only of interest within the context of this photograph.
Spirit of Slate
A cat that seems to be living wild around the RCYC islands looks like it’s doing just fine living off the landscape. Does anyone know who this cat is?
Robin Lashes
The delicate details of a robin’s face exemplifies the sharpness of Canon’s EF 300mm f/4 prime telephoto.
Mourning Chilling
A mourning dove relaxes in the half-grass of spring, with a closeup of its wonderful facial feathers and catchlight.
Nest Armour
The only armoured nesting site on the Island is always one of the first to be occupied in the spring by returning Canada geese.
Lucy Décor
Lucy the Canada goose sets up shop on the dock of Yael’s houseboat. The planter wasn’t there for the 2010 season, so Lucy nested in a planter on the dock of the Boat House on Centre Island.
Docknest
Early spring 2009, and a Canada goose inexplicably lays an egg on an IYC dock. Do they sometimes lay eggs before their nest is complete?
On Guard
A goose proudly stands guard near its nest, on a small point of land just off of Doughnut island.