03May/17

Shooting Infrared with the Opteka 6.5mm f/3.5 Fisheye Lens

For the last year I’ve been playing with the 2016 update of the Opteka 6.5mm f/3.5 Manual Focus Aspherical Circular Fisheye Lens. Once manufactured side by side with the Samyang and Rockinon fisheye lenses

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09Apr/15

Une foule de hérons – Un excellent début printanier

Ce weekend nous avons pu observer des grands hérons qui arrivaient tout juste dans la grande région métropolitaine de Montréal. Les endroits habituels le long du fleuve Saint-Laurent, des endroits pleins de

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08Apr/15

A bevy of Herons – A Great start to Spring

This weekend we got to witness some Great Blue Herons that had just arrived around the Greater Montreal area. The usual spots along the St Lawrence. Overly crowded with weekend park-goers and photographers,

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22Feb/15

Conference – My Photography from A to Z

CONFERENCE @ THE MONTREAL CAMERA CLUB MONDAY FEB 23 – 7:30 PM Take out your hand warmers and join me at the Montreal Camera Club this Monday night, the 23rd of February

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24Dec/14

Joyeuse Fêtes et Bonne Année 2015!

En ce temps des fêtes, j’aimerais remercier chaleureusement tous ceux qui m’ont encouragé, ont visionné mes photos et ont lu mon blogue en anglais ainsi que dans sa nouvelle version française.  J’aimerais également remercier tous ceux qui ont acheté

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22Dec/14

Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for 2015!

In a few days it will be Christmas, celebrated by many Christians around the Globe. In many homes around the world, Santa will come by, drop some gifts, eat some cookies and

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02Jul/14
Female Wood Duck and her chicks – video

Female Wood Duck and her chicks – video

Just the other day I had a wonderful opportunity to observe a female Wood Duck and her chicks as they rested on a rock in the middle of the river. It was

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27Jun/14
Nesting Red-winged Blackbirds

Nesting Red-winged Blackbirds

First 2014 Red-winged Blackbirds to arrive Feels like just yesterday the first Red-winged Blackbirds had just arrived. I can still see them struggling to survive the last few frigid winter days as

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12Jun/14
Feeding White Bread to Wild Ducks and Geese is Killing Them

Feeding White Bread to Wild Ducks and Geese is Killing Them

Lately the local Canada Geese and ducks have been parading with their newly hatched offspring. In local nature parks, you can’t keep but notice people feeding them white bread. Bread they shouldn’t

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27Apr/14
The Cooper’s Hawks are Mating in the Greater Montreal Region

The Cooper’s Hawks are Mating in the Greater Montreal Region

In the last decade, Cooper’s Hawks have been making their presence more and more seen throughout the Greater Montreal area. No other Cooper’s Hawk is more notorious than Odin, nesting for nine consecutive

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