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

18Dec/14

The Barred Owl in the Snowy Forest

I like to explore remote areas in search of wildlife and a variety of Nature subjects. Finding a beautiful Owl can be very rewarding, especially when you get to spend some one

17Dec/14

The Scary Northern saw-whet owl

There we were in a little urban wooded area. The American Robins were acting in a bizarre way, sort of softly yodeling. All of a sudden they all took off. In the

28Nov/14

Tiffen Variable ND Filter for Photography and Video – First Impressions

11/28/2014ENGLISH, Photography Gear Review© STEVE TROLETTI - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, Adorama, amazon, amazon.ca, amazon.co.uk, amazon.es, Barcelona, california, canada, D810, Deutschlans, England, España, filter, Filtr, ile de la visitation, italia, milano, montreal, Nature Photography, nikon, nikon d810, Österreich, photography, Photography Gear, Product Reviews, purchase, quebec, schweiss, suisse, Suisse Romande, TIFFEN, Tiffen Variable ND Filter 2-8 Stops, UK, United Kingdom, United States of America, united states of america - usa, US, varese, Variable ND, Variable Neutral Density, VND, wildlife photographySteve Troletti

Lately I’ve been doing some research for a variable ND filter. Many sites have reviewed them for sharpness, color shift and build quality. Most of them settled on the Tiffen Variable ND

21Oct/14

Snow Geese in Fall Migration – Réservoir Beaudet, Victoriaville

My Snow Geese image on a Billboard on Highway 20 in Quebec

You may have noticed the billboard on Highway 20. It features the fall Snow Geese Symposium in Victoriaville on October 25 and 26 at Reservoir Beaudet. Some of you have even recognized

16Oct/14

White-breasted Nuthatch – returning for Fall

The leaves are taking on their fall colors and many have already fallen to the ground. There are still plenty left in the trees to keep our forests less illuminated on these gloomy fall days. Warblers have already come and are almost all gone. They are slowly replaced by Kinglets, Junco and White-throated Sparrows. Our forest birds

10Oct/14

Double-crested Cormorants and other birds suffer because of our Trash

Portrait – Double-crested Cormorant We’ve all heard of these poor albatross chicks who perish on Midway Island with stomachs full of plastic waste. Clouds of micro-plastics in the center of the Pacific Ocean. One thing is certain, the plastic waste that pollutes the waters of the Pacific Ocean around Midway Island is not created by

08Oct/14

The Gray tree frog – Hyla versicolor

With fall hitting us like a lighting bolt, it feels like we’re closer to winter than the summer we’ve just left behind. Amphibians and reptiles of all kinds are becoming increasingly scarce. I was quite surprised to find this gray tree frog near the bottom of

25Sep/14

Poutine the Snapping Turtle and the Penis Prolapse

The appendage trailing behind the turtle was not his intestines, but his penis. The poor Snapping Turtle suffered from a prolapsed penis. U

08Sep/14

Pesto the Barred parakeet and Cross Polarization

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What better to do on a rainy day than to play with my best friend, Pesto the Barred Parakeet (A.K.A. Pesto the Pest). Together, we tested the new Nikon DSLR, the D810. Equipped with a Nikon AF-S VR Micro 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED Lens and the Speedlight R1 macro flash system, we tested cross polarization and Wildlife

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