My favorite florals. The Iris!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I never get tired of Rainbows

 

 

 

 

 Well my Dear Friend Joan's Garden is starting to come alive with colour and textures. Time for making good use of my favorite lens, my 85mm macro! I Love shooting at that Golden Hour time of day, anywhere from 5pm tp sundown. Enjoy!!!!!

There is something magical as the sun begins her journey through Earth's atmosphere, the gorgeous array of colours that will light up the surface of a low cloud ceiling, just excities the creativety in me. I will brave the black flies and mosquitoes just to capture those wonderous moments, so I

may share them with the world on my blog!!!!!

A Moose Hunt in Algonquin....with Cameras of course!

 So sorry for not keeping up my blog for so long, we experienced an illness that was quit severe this past winter and I was not in a proper frame of mind with concerns for my husband's welfare.....he is now doing much better Thank You, Dear Lord!

Here are a few shots from our annual photography event here in Algonquin with other members of my camera club, with a total of 22 Moose sightings, 5 Whitetail Deer sightings, 2 Beavers and a lovely range of Birds including 2 Raptors it was a great success. But the bonus this year was a close-up encounter with an Eastern Wolf right along the roadway. Sad to say my images of the animal were not very good, I had borrowed an older Nikon telephoto lens that was not compatible to my newer camera, so could not focus or zoom properly. The Wolf allowed us only a few minutes before he retreated back deep into the forest! But his image will be forever ingrained in my mind!!!!!

The silky water shots were taken at Tea Lake Dam, as this young man was working his fly rod in pursuit of some tasty Brook Trout.

Arrowhead Park, at Stubb's Falls

 
 
 
 
 
 
After a late season snow storm I headed out to shoot the falls in Arrowhead Park, I'm sorry it's been a while since my last post...Jan & Feb our family was plagued with illness, and my husband especialy suffered the worst infections and ended up with Septecemia and Meningitis and 6 days in the hospital...so my camera was the last thing on my mind...All is well, my husband is on a long road to recovery and I've got the shutter bug again!!!!It is always a challenge to shoot silky water on bright sunny days but with the sun low in the southern sky I was in enough shade to still capture these shots.....Hope you will enjoy our winter wonderland!!!!!

Oh! Christmas Tree Oh! Christmas Tree

 
We finaly have a tree tall enough to put lights on this year...in fact when you look closer there are 4 little trees all growing along side of each other. The snow was quit heavy today so some of the lights were pulled down...causing some blank areas....but I still think it's pretty!

First Snow- Arrowhead Park- Huntsville

 
 
 
 
 
 
Our first so called heavy snowfall and I was joined by a good friend to venture out and hike the trails around Mayflower Lake in Arrowhead Park. Perfect weather, first snow then sun then clouds then snow then sun.....wonderful changing light for photography.....I was grateful for having the afternoon off work to enjoy this experience, and with a Great Friend!

Dorset Falls, on Kawagama Lake Road

 
 
 
 A pretty little set of falls but I was hoping for a stronger flow of water. Also it would be nice to shoot at peak fall color time next year. A very peaceful spot and I loved the solitude I experienced as I enjoyed a deeper connection to nature!

A frosty morning on Dwight Beach, Lake of Bays

 
I was on my way to a shoot for a new waterfall location, but decided to stop by this beach to see how it looked at this hour of the morning. Wow! what a lovely surprise to see calm water, a bit of mist and such gorgeous color in the sky.I'm so grateful for taking the time to take that little detour!!!!!

Yankee Falls in November!

 
Well it was a dull dreary day....Hooray!!!! the best conditons for those silky waterfalls shots....so off towards Algonquin Park to help a fellow photographer learn the tricks and tips of shooting these amazing falls and getting this effect. I had to do some real Monkey climbing to get to this angle of the falls, but I sure was Pleased with my results.

An Algonquin's Mistical Morning in Oct.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Up way before dawn to drive the 50 minutes to the West Gate of Algonquin Park, quit a scary experience in such thick fog and never knowing if a huge Moose or Deer will be standing in the middle of the road. I headed to my two favorite shooting spots along Hwy. 60, Smoke Lake and Lake of Two Rivers, and was pleased to find the mist starting to rise, allowing the mysteries of the Lake to show themselves. There were even some spots along the way with fresh fallen snow, a reminder of what is to come! I also enjoyed the quiet solitude as I sat for awhile to breath in the Beauty of this Park and noticed the many animal tracks as they came down to have a morning drink. A young muskrat swam by and many birds greeted me with a morning song! It's moments like this, why I am so grateful for my life here in the Muskokas!!!!!