H10 Pretzel
Sadly Trumpeter swans never stay long in our sunny climes, but when they do visit it’s always a small event. Here Trumpeter H10 does its best to turn itself into a pretzel, balancing in the shallows off of the QCYC’s Rapids Queen.
Dynamic Duo
A lovely muskrat couple hoover back zebra mussels as fast as they can, on a “feeding platform” in Snug harbour. In the spring and fall (it’s usually frozen solid in the winter) when the waters clear (in summer the waters warm up and are full of algae and weeds), you can see mounds of zebra […]
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.
Solstice Sunset
The sun sets on 2009′s summer solstice, the harbour conspicuously empty of ferry boats during the civic strike.
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.
Arrowhead Trails
A four-hour exposure over Arrowhead lake spins the night sky, ushering in the camping season of 2009.
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.