Image makers journeys

Ever expanding camera bag farm

2012-01-20T13:46:00.005-05:00

As requirements and needs change over time one accumulates a variety of camera bags in search of that "perfect" one does it all bag that does not exist!

I dragged them all out, took a photo of the bag family, and cataloged them all (yes weather stinks again, am bored)

These are the lists of the currently high use bags, and a list of the entire bag family.

Lowepro seems to be the preferred go-to manufacturer for soft bags, in all my decades of use their products have never let me down!
And Pelican (they also make Storm) for hard shell cases.

Am currently thinking of replacing the old LowePro Photo Trekker Classic backpack with a newer design Lowepro Flipside 400 AW backpack.

Current in use camera bags and cases
Manufacturer    Product                           Usage
LowePro               Fastpack 200                        (wife's taken it for her kit)
LowePro               Slingshot 300 AW       (short day hikes)
LowePro               Stealth reporter D400 AW    (events)
LowePro               EX 180                                  (lighting kit)
LowePro               Photo Trekker Classic          (heavy field kit)

Gitzo                    GC3100 Series 3 Tripod Bag (vehicle tripod tranport)
Pelican                 1520 case                                (vehicle gear transport)

Current stable of camera bags and cases
Manufacturer    Product                             Usage
Lowepro                Orion AW
LowePro                Orion
LowePro                Toploader                              (day trips to big city)
LowePro                Trimtech Odyssey
LowePro                Mini Mag P
LowePro                Orion Trekker II
LowePro                Fastpack 200
LowePro                Slingshot 300 AW
LowePro                Stealth reporter D400 AW
LowePro                EX 180
LowePro               Photo Trekker Classic
LowePro               Film organizer AW
LowePro               D-pods 30              (point&shoot)
Lowepro       D-Res 20AW           (camcorder)

Gitzo                    GC3100 Series 3 Tripod Bag

Pelican                 1520 case
pelican                 1300 case                                (kayaking - dslr)
Storm                   3 model 2500                          (kayaking - P&S)
Storm             keycase                                   (kayaking - car keys)

Sigma                   EX 120-300 case                   (came with lens)
Sigma                   EX 150 macro case               (came with lens)

Tamrac                 Adventure 4                         (won as door prize)

Image of the bag family crammed in front of a fireplace

Went on a short photo trip

2012-01-17T01:15:00.004-05:00

Went on a short photo day trip to Algonquin park,
so of course the temperature was a birsk

Too chilly to take out the tripod for any length of time so did some hand-holding of the rather heavy gear, usually not recommended!
Here is one shot of a Gray Jay, taken with a handheld 600mm at f/5.6 @ 1/1000 second using a Canon EOS 5D MKII which held out in the cold a lot better than we did.

Image created using an older non-stabilized Sigma EX 120-300mm f/2.8 lens and a Sigma EX 2x teleconverter.

Lots more photos to follow, once I thaw out!

For tunes listening to David Gilmours Remember that Night blu-ray.

Photo Business Bootcamp

2011-12-01T19:10:00.000-05:00

Final week of the 5 week Photo Business Bootcamp is in and done.
Great, informative "stuff" from the folks at Photoshelter.

A return, to an unexpected upgrade

2011-09-09T23:12:00.001-04:00

Came back from a nice month of traveling the north shores of Lake Superior from Pancake Bay to Thunder Bay.
More posts and images to come!

To find we most likely had a visit from the lightning deity.
Our main server (and only windows machine) was cooked, 2 large old IDE drives and the ATX power supply were smoked.
As was our 5.1 home theater amp.

Parts to repair the old machine was close to 1/2 of what building a new machine would come to.
So our old amd 64 x2 based server (939)socket, 4Gb ram, with a mix of slow IDE and sata1 drives has been replaced with a
Intel I7 3.4 Ghz 8 thread processor,
8 Gb of memory,
1 sata3 1 terabyte drive
2 sata2 1 terabyte drives
and Radeon HD 6670 with 1Gb of ddr3 memory video.
Waiting to add in a sata3 hot swap bay.
And it has USB 3.0! dang that speeds up transfers to the external backup drives!

Most things recovered clean from the Acronis True Image backups, except the main OS drive, while it recovered it also refused to boot up on the new hardware.
So now there is a clean OS install of Windows 7 64bit professional too.
That really cleaned things up from years of software installs and removals.

We also had to replace our old workhorse printer an ancient HP1120c that just kept going and going, since the new machines don't have parallel ports any longer.
Got a little all-in-one (scan,copy,print,fax) wifi Canon printer to replace it.

The home theater amp has also been replaced with a 7.1 channel amp with HDMI switching, cable from the new PC's video card plugs right in and the windows desktop shares seamlessly with the large screen hidef set!
That's a neat new feature for us.

All kinds of Audio and Video cables were removed since now everything is connected with single hdmi cables.

With the change to hdmi or USB and most deviecs having either wifi or bluetooth the former rats-nests of cables are quickly disappearing!

Guess that is another benefit of the unplanned upgrades!

Tonight we are listening to the Train Stories CD by Don Charbonneau which we picked up from the artist when we met him in a shop while visiting Wawa Ontario.

Posted a couple of aurora oldies

2011-05-10T00:12:00.002-04:00

Been a long time since the Aurora Borealis (AKA: The Northern Lights) has shown itself way down in the Lake Simcoe region.

So I dug up a couple of old shots to remind myself what they looked like.
(these are from way back May 15 2005. around 03:45am)

phenomenon - Images by Peter Pauer

The sky was quite dark except for the aurora doing its majestic performance, the foreground tree were lit by a largish 1,000,000 candle power flashlight being passed over them fairly quickly.

The solar cycle should peak next in early 2013, but the sun seems to be a bit off this time and this cycle does not appear to be working up to be as strong as the last one. You can track the solar cycles here:
NOAA / Space Weather Prediction Center

Today's tunes are some very old blues numbers by Hugh Laurie

Social signs and graffiti

2011-03-28T11:19:00.002-04:00

Created a new gallery of social signs and graffiti.

The first batch of graffiti is from a walk down Toronto's graffiti alley, and is currently available for editorial use only.

Enjoy !

social, graffiti - Images by Peter Pauer

Building a new gallery of eco friendy power

2011-03-11T00:56:00.001-05:00

Building a new gallery of eco-friendly and renewable power.
First 19 images of wind generation processed and loaded!

eco power generation - Images by Peter Pauer

Article in Feb 17 Georgina Advocate Newspaper on us going national with our new publisher

2011-03-02T20:25:00.001-05:00

Rainbow Country and Spirit Wolf are two of eight photographs by Peter Pauer selected for inclusion in an exclusive line of canvas reproduction prints by Canadian company Access Fine Art featuring North American artists and photographers. Doug Morden’s photograph Inseparable was also chosen.

As promised here is the text from the article in the scan image above!
Click the image for a larger version!

ARTS & Culture: Prints available at Kat’s Gallery, Eustace Pharmacy
Photographers' works win national acclaim
by Heidi Riedner

An artistic eye behind a lens focused on Georgina has developed national exposure for two local photographers.

Peter Pauer and Doug Morden both live work in Georgina and their passion for photography has always been part of who they are, so it was very exciting for the pair to have their work chosen to be printed and distributed by Access Fine Art, one of the leading Canadian distributors of vine prints, posters, canvas reproductions and Giclée prints.

The French term Giclée, pronounced gee’clay, means to spray or squirt, which is how an inkjet printer works, however, it is not the same as a standard desktop inkjet printer and is much larger. In Giclée printing no screen or other mechanical devices are used and therefore there is no visible dot screen pattern. Affectionately referred to as knitting machines for their similar appearance, Giclée prints are a little over a meter wide with the image retaining all the tones and hues of the original.

Established in 1986, Access Fine Art has developed a bestselling line of exclusive canvas reproductions prints created by North American will now include the work of both Mr. Pauer and Mr. Morden.

Eight of Mr. Pauer’s photographs were selected including panoramic colour shots, Summer Cedar Grove and Winter Cedar Grove, taken at Sibbalds Point Provincial Park, and Rainbow Country, a landscape of a barn with a double rainbow in the background snapped just off of Woodbine Avenue. Black and white selections include Weeping Willow and Winter Brush, where were taken at Willow beach.

Two exquisite shots of trees, Windswept and Laying Down Roots, which are quite the hot trend right now, round out the list, according to Kat Taylor of Kat’s gallery in Jacksons Point.

Mr Morden’s colour photograph of two horses taken at a local farm on McCowan Avenue, entitled Inseparable, was also chosen.

In her role as an Ontario sales representative for Access Fine Art, Ms Taylor chose the images by Mr. Pauer and Mr. Morden not only for their high calibre and composition, but because the finished products are true representations of art.
“Anyone can take a picture, but photography is art when it captures the mood and light of a subject.” She says. “It has to speak to people in one way or another.”

She adds that she is extremely excited about two of the area’s local photographers being included in the exclusive line, especially since their subject matter is largely local as well.

The photographs were launched the first week of February and were among the best sellers during the Toronto Gift Show, with requests coming from across Canada, as well as the state of New York.

One of Mr. Pauer’s most popular, Spirit Wolf, a beautiful double image of a marshy landscape with the subtle outlines of a wolf appearing in a mist from the watery depths, accounting for 25 per cent of the entire sales from the show, adds Ms Taylor.

All of the pieces are available at Kat’s Gallery and Eustace Pharmasave in Jackson’s Point.

The shows, one was great, but the horror!

2011-02-27T01:28:00.008-05:00

"The Outdoor Adventure Show" was great!
Lots to see and peruse over.
We did get our passes/permits for 2011 and mostly escaped without spending too much!

The show was packed, really really packed. Showing the great outdoors and "getting away from the daily grind" is a very popular (and profitable) pastime.

We did come across a bush-hawk camera support at the show that looks very interesting indeed!
Supports and steadies shorter telephotos up to around a 300mm f/2.8

Did I mention the venue was packed?
At the same time as "The Outdoor Adventure Show" (hall 5) and the Toronto International RV show (halls 4,3,2,1) (which was huge, crowded and actually mostly depressing) there was also the unusual sexapalouza show in hall 6 and an automotive show somewhere near.

The massive crowds that showed up for the combined shows overwhelmed the small 5000 spot parking facility. As seen in the next image many people spent a long time slowly dirving around trying to locate a place to leave their vehicle.

It would maybe make more sense to hold these very popular events on separate weekends?

Now why did I say the RV show was depressing?
It was big, lots to gawk at and crowded. However almost everything there seemed massive, 30 and 40 foot houses on wheels. Very little for those interested in something small like a popup camper, or small hard side trailer maybe in the 19 to 24 foot range. We did note on the units we looked at that the prices were down from previous years so that at least was good.

And to add insult the "food area" with their fascinating 5$ hotdogs and 3$ pops managed to run out of food. After waiting for 20 minutes (they kept saying just 5 minutes more) was told it might be another 20minutes before the next shipment of food arrived.

Brilliant, we packed this show in early and probably won't be back.
The little you save at supposed deals at the show are not worth the headaches
Much nicer to go visit the dealers on their sites.

Off to the outdoor shows

2011-02-26T00:18:00.001-05:00

We are off to spend the day at
"The Outdoor Adventure show" and "The Toronto International RV show" !

All set to get our passes & permits for this summers travels into the Canadian north,
and who know what new kit we will discover there we suddenly must have and can't live without !

Going to take a little camera but not sure will be able to make any images to share in the crowds that flock to these events!

The Good!

2011-02-23T01:11:00.001-05:00

The Good - walking in the park

The good, everywhere I went there were many people making good use of the park!
Walking themselves or with their dogs, hiking, snowshoeing and x-country skiing!
And cameras were in evidence everywhere, lots of people making memories of their day in the park.

Good days and proper uses of the area!
Hope it continues the activities are much better than sitting in front of TV's and keyboards!

The Bad

2011-02-23T01:01:00.006-05:00

The bad - Tracks in restricted areas

Making this a double entry to separate the good from the bad.

And this is the bad portion. In winter this park allows sleds and other motorized vehicles like cars on approved roads and trails only. While the major portion of the park is closed off to mechanized travel. This is done to protect the general seasonally restricted access (people are permitted to wander by foot) park area from damages during the off-season. Vehicle travel and even parking is permitted on approved (and plowed) roads and trails to gain access to the great activities available on Lake Simcoe like ice fishing and sledding that many come to enjoy here.

I took an extended walk through and around many areas like the restricted nature reserve and several of the closed to vehicular traffic campground areas. Everywhere I went there was the sign of regular sledders ignoring the park rules and tearing up the closed off areas.
A few years back the park closed down completely to all access during the winter seasons and caused great upset to the people that liked to regularly use it for lake access and other approved winter activities.
I can foresee the park authorities clamping down on off-season access again someday, if their rules continue to so blatantly be ignored.

Which would be a big shame, I myself like to occasionally pass through the park on my way to enjoy a sled ride or do some ice fishing on lake Simcoe.

Catch as catch can!

2011-02-21T15:36:00.009-05:00

Went by the cedar grove, one of our past favorite haunts for finding images at Sibbald's Point provincial park.
A "recreational class" park close to Toronto covering 225 hectares. And discovered the grove is now contained within a "nature reserve" area, no ordinary humans allowed!

Have not been able to unearth what the new nature reserve is all about yet!
However suspect it has been created to allow the old majestic cedar grove area a chance to regenerate from the people pressure it has been put under over the years.

This is the fenced off sight that now greets visitors when they arrive at the site of a couple of our more popular panoramic images.

The post title refers to my view that if you see something that catches your eye, make the image then and there. It might not be around the next time you visit!

Happy camping in 2011!

Day hike in the snow.

2011-02-20T23:25:00.000-05:00

Or what happens when the photographer shows up and the intended subjects don't.

Trudging through the bush and trails, mile after mile,
with my trusty LowePro SlingShot 300 AW on my back carrying all my gear.
Note I did not fasten the waist strap because the heavy coat was too thick.
(And I am sticking to that story!)

Found an old Canon RC-1 remote hiding in a drawer and discovered it still works with current Canon EOS bodies, so had a bit of fun taking a few self portraits.

Quite a serious affair as can be seen in these shots.

Shortly after these shots were made I heard the call of the wild Tim's and headed for some coffee.

Snow day.

2011-02-19T19:41:00.000-05:00

What a day,
nasty blizzard blew in unexpectedly overnight complete with very high winds and much lower temperatures that lasted all through the day.

Put the brakes on our plans to go into downtown Toronto to shoot the "famous" alley ways with their sometimes amazing graffiti walls.

So we left the cameras warm and cozy with the cat, but braved the cold to head out for some Sushi! (successfully devoured)!

Trying a blogger customization

2011-02-17T00:44:00.002-05:00

Trying hand at a bit of blogger template customization!
What do you think of the changes?

The background is the beach at Agawa Bay provincial park on Lake Superior north shore.

One of our favourite lenses (Sigma EX 120-300 f/2.8) has been discontinued!

2011-02-14T14:58:00.010-05:00

The SIgma EX 120-300 f/2.8 is dead, long live the Sigma EX 120-300 f/2.8 OS!
Just learned that one of our favourite lenses has been discontinued!
But has been reborn with optical stabilization built in!

You can read about the new arrival on the Sigma Photo site here

Here is a sample test shot originally done to test a Canon EOS XTi we obtained from ebay using the original Sigma EX 120-300 f/2.8 .

The shot is just Canon EOS XTi camera and Sigma EX 120-300 f/2.8 lens pointed out the living room window!

The lens performed very well as usual, and the little dslr proved to be in fine working order too!

Image tech detail settings
Exposure ....... 1/320
Aperture ......... f/3.2
Focal Length . 300 mm
ISO Speed ..... 400
posing fee ...... cup of bird seed.
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8 unique new necklaces added to the Jewelry by Linda gallery

2011-02-13T23:56:00.002-05:00

Linda has been very busy lately!
An additional eight new unique one of a kind necklaces have been added to the Jewelry by Linda gallery.

The ones that are still available for purchase can usually be viewed at Kat's Gallery and Framing shop in Jackson's point!

16 new unique necklaces added to the jewelry by Linda gallery

2011-02-13T01:11:00.003-05:00

Check it out 16 new and unique one of a kind necklaces have been added to the Jewelry by Linda gallery.

10 new unique necklaces added to the jewelry by Linda gallery

2011-02-12T17:38:00.000-05:00

Jewelry - Images by Peter Pauer

10 new unique necklaces added to the jewelry gallery

Linda wins lake Simcoe Living photo contest!

2011-02-12T14:20:00.014-05:00

Linda won first prize for spring images in "Lake Simcoe Living" magazine for her entry of "spring flowers on the Black River" in Sutton.
Appears the winning entry will also be their next March cover!

Listing to the RUSH "BEYOND THE LIGHTED STAGE" Blu-Ray for the day!

The Biggest Loser Ultimate Workout, kinect on XBOX 360

2011-02-09T23:00:00.005-05:00

Tis Murder !
Just ran through the initial setup and first session of "The Biggest Loser Ultimate Workout" on the XBOX 360 with Kinect.

Barely survived the setup, and almost did not make it through the first short session.

Really annoying when the "game" can see you and what you are doing (or not doing) and promptly yells at you for not keeping up.

For better or worse got classified for intermediate/moderate level exercises instead of the beginner/easy level was hoping for.

What a major step up from the same "game" on the Wii!!
A console that has not been powered on since the xbox 360 appeared under the plasma.

Silly what you do so you can head in to the bush (and fit between the trees) when the summer comes!

Chosen as this months Featured Photographer at Kat's gallery!

2011-02-09T22:52:00.002-05:00

We have been chosen as this months "Featured Photographer" at Kat's Gallery & Framing Shop!

And have just newly acquired a Canon EF 17-40mm f/4 L lens!

Suddenly have the urge to brave the cold elements and head out shooting again!

Tonight we are watching an Alice Cooper "Theater of Death" Blu-Ray,
Does sound great with DTS 5.1 audio channels and 800 watts of old school power behind it!
Even past 60 that fellow can still belt out his "Shock Rock" show!

We have signed with a Fine Art publisher

2011-02-09T22:50:00.002-05:00

We are signed with Access Fine Art publisher and the first set of images in our collection are now available to retail galleries everywhere through their Pauer Collection

If you are interested in any of these fine large gallery wrap canvas prints have you local art retailer contact Access Fine Art

Updated and added a few galleries

2010-10-20T00:54:00.002-04:00

fall - Images by Peter Pauer

Finally found a minutes to process a few images from places we have visited this fall, like Bracebridge and Algonquin.
Most of the new images were , made with very long exposures in excess of 30 seconds to get the dreamy look on the water.

Tonight the a few works by Dylan emanate from the speakers to keep us company as we edit images.

Back from this summers camping trip

2010-08-31T00:49:00.001-04:00

We are back from a month of camping.
Just unloaded the cards and processed 1 image so far.

Here is a sampling of image taken at a Ducks unlimited wetland project on the Bruce peninsula.

MacGregor Point - Images by Peter Pauer

The Night of the Upgrade.

2010-07-23T10:29:00.001-04:00

Whew did the upgraded to the latest wordpress 3 and also updated to a new version of the nextgengallery plugin.
Which ended up making us do a lot of recoding on our site theme to make it work correctly again.
And took a LOT longer than planned or expected!

In the process we completed the transfer of all photography related functions to our fully eCommerce enabled http://pauerstock.com image bank.

Also added a few social media widgets to help people share what they like.

Killbear Visit

2010-07-19T11:27:00.000-04:00

Images beginning to appear from our short visit to Killbear provincial park in Parry Sound.
We arrived there just 1 day after a Tornado howled through the area and a severe weather watch was still continuing.

Another set of necklaces added to the Jewelry Gallery

2010-06-15T23:47:00.000-04:00

Another set of ten necklaces has been added to the jewelry gallery!

Royal Ontario Museum visit attempt, don't bother

2010-05-01T23:21:00.007-04:00

Tried to go the the Ontario Museum today. Operative keyword is tried.

You must now check all bags, backpacks, knapsacks, umbrellas etc. before entering.
I am never without my camera gear and there is no chance I will leave my camera bag with several thousand dollars worth of lenses & equipment at the check-in. So that was a no go.

Similar goes for my wife, she used to periodically take our grand-kids to the museum with all the needed support gear for young kids in a backpack.

We never had any issues before, but this must be some new brilliantly inspired rule.

So the ROM is now permanently added to our DO NOT VISIT list.

I'd guess for anyone planning a visit there, don't bring you camera bag (or any other bag) along.

(The security guard did offer to let us take our camera out and just leave the bag at the check-in. That would have left a bag with a 70-200 IS lens, 19-35 lens, 50mm lens, and 530 flash, about 3500$ worth of gear sitting there waiting for me to come back, not bloody likely.)

Another sign of our new unfriendly times.

Today's tunes are Neil Young's "Living with WAR"

Second set of necklaces

2010-03-28T14:29:00.003-04:00

Second set of six necklaces has been added to the jewelry gallery!

Also changed the sort order of the Jewelry Gallery to push down so the newest additions are always at the top.

First set of Necklace by Linda images is up!

2010-02-01T01:27:00.001-05:00

Jewelry - Images by Peter Pauer

Jewelry by Linda Necklaces are available for viewing and purchase at Kats Gallery in Jacksons point.
Jewelry images are available for licensing as DirectStock at Pauer Stock

Two updates to our little Georgina Cemeteries directory

2010-01-27T00:32:00.004-05:00

While driving the Georgina back roads in search of locations for scenic images
We passed by the Mann Cemetery long missing in our Georgina cemetery directory.

And shortly later just down the road a bit we found the New Keswick Cemetery

Two updates to our little Georgina Places of Worship directory

2010-01-27T00:18:00.006-05:00

Two new updates to our places of worship directory

While driving randomly about looking for a music shop
we bumped into the Wilfred United Church

and it has been added to our Georgina Faiths directory.
Though in typical ding dong manner I did not poke the GPS so its coords were not recorded.

We were contacted by Pastor Shawn of Cornerstone Pentecostal Church to say they have moved worship to a new location, also updated in our directory

Chutes Provincial Park Gallery

2009-11-25T14:22:00.003-05:00

Chutes - Images by Peter Pauer>

Finally finished processing and uploading the images from our visit to Chutes.

Todays music is provided by Holst, The Planets.

pauer stock image ppsa001-rock-beach-killbear

2009-10-01T17:30:00.003-04:00

Image Name:
ppsa001-rock-beach-killbear

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Title: Rock on beach at Killbear

Click image or text to be able to view larger version and have the ability to purchase image for stock use or a print.

pauer stock image ppsa002-Great-Gray-Owl-Ontario

2009-09-27T12:51:00.009-04:00

Image Name:
ppsa002-Great-Gray-Owl-Ontario

Title: Great Gray owl at Georgina by Lake Simcoe

Click image or text to be able to view larger version and have the ability to purchase for stock or prints.

Another nights updates to the pauerstock site.

2009-09-11T01:50:00.002-04:00

New gallery / in collection eco-natural
Weather

New images added to galleries:
Stone
Superior

Tonight listening to Gordon Lightfoot's Edmund Fitzgerald.

New updates to the pauerstock site.

2009-09-10T00:11:00.003-04:00

New Galleries added
Digitalis - Digital Art
Small town Ontario - Katrin

New Images added in galleries:
Finlayson
Superior
Limited Editions

Finally getting some time to look at and process all the images we took during the August travels. Hope to have new additions each coming day.

Tonight listening to Don Charbonneau CD entitled "Riding The Rails in Paradise"

Evening paddle in Algonquin

2009-07-31T00:51:00.009-04:00

Image from a recent stay in Algonquin, more images of Algonquin Park can be viewed at Pauer Stock.

The Jazzy renderings of the "Don't smoke in bed" and "This House is Haunted" disks by Holly Cole serenade us this night.

Algonquin panorama # 2

2009-07-22T01:11:00.006-04:00

Panoramic view from top of Algonquin Park's Lookout trail.

Composite merge of 10 images forming a
18209px * 2233px (7.5" * 60.5" @ 300dpi) image
iso 100
55mm
f/8
Monopod

Rain storm and high winds hit just as we got to the top.
Not one of the better images, but shows what can happen when you rush some shots to get off a cliff edge.

Some old Pink Floyd tunes rumble through the night.

Sneak Peek, new panorama in the works

2009-07-15T01:57:00.007-04:00

Sneak Peek at a new massive panorama currently in the work's of an Algonquin Park vista. This one is the "famous" view from the Algonquin park Visitors Center observation deck.
Just one of the many images produced during our short visit to the Provincial Park last week.

Technical details

Current image size is 22652px * 3448px which would make a 11.5" * 75.5" print @ 300dpi
Panorama is composed of 13 segments, each of the segments itself is a multi shot blended and tone mapped HDR image.
The view actually exceeds 180deg from edge to edge , perspective was flattened and corrected to produce a linear image.

Each segment was make with a 50mm lens @ f/8 and at various shutter speeds.
A tripod was used.
Photoshop CS3 was used to perform the RAW conversion, HDR blend and panorama merge.
The cleanup of artifacts remaining from the HDR & merge remain to finalize the image.

All the while we were listening to Surf music by Dick Dale and the Trashmen.

Disposable society.

2009-06-23T10:55:00.004-04:00

My little office printer ran out of ink, it managed to run out of 3 colors at once!
So off to the shops we went and found the cartridges would be 20$ each.
If they were still being made.

So we came home with a nice brand new laser printer that now cost only 70$ with a toner cartridge.
It seems a new toner cartridge for it is 90$, so guess what.
When it runs out of toner it is cheaper to throw it out and buy a new printer.

Landfill sites must love this.

Texas Blues, just can't leave them alone for long.

2009-06-22T21:04:00.004-04:00

Surprise not a post about imaging!

Been a while since I put the old axe away.
Too many things going on to have time to play.
Felt the twinge and pulled it out, still seems to make the sound!
Promptly picked up the few lessons I was still missing from the "Essential Licks" series and also a few to start off the "Essential Fretboard" set of lessons from StevieSnacks by Anthony Stauffer.
Great stuff to get your fingers going, young or maybe even a bit to old!

Dedicated to the Texas Blues sound of Stevie Ray Vaughan!

You may have guessed, right now listening to Stevie Ray Vaughan's Pride and Joy DVD at maybe a few too many of the 1200 watts the amps are capable of delevering.

A bit of Zoo Jelly

2009-06-21T13:12:00.003-04:00

Yep, just had to go visit the zoo now!
After attending the excellent "Bogen Cafe" seminar on making "Budget Safaris" to your local zoo's.

Here's a shot using the Fabulous 50$ Fifty lens.
(most brands have a 50mm f/1.8 lens that is a real sleeper, it is usually the least expensive in the makers lens lineup, barrel is made of plastics and it performs absolutely great!

Camera settings for them as is interested in such things.
ISO 800, f/2.5, @ 1/50 sec.
Manual exposure, Manual white balance.
Levels & curves adjusted in PhotoShop.

Those new jellyfish tanks at the zoo have some real neat lighting on them!

Still listening to Bob Seger!

Just washed my feathers

2009-06-21T12:49:00.004-04:00

and I can't do a thing with them!

Still fooling with the Canon EOS dRebel xti I won on ebay for a couple of hundred bucks.

Here is what you get with the new, old obsolete 200$ camera when attached to a 4000$ lens.

Image details for those interested in such things:
This image was made at iso 400, using my 300mm f/2.8 lens @ f/2.8.
Mounted on a Manfrotto monopod, shot out the living room window.
Bird about 15 feet away, out of focus branches about 16 feet, green forest background about 50 feet.
Auto exposure & auto color. Bokeh courtesy of Sigma optics .

For today tunes we are listening to a bit of Bob Seger

Our new stock site went live.

2009-05-04T15:44:00.008-04:00

Our new stock site is ready, and has gone live with the agency.

All that is left to do is upload all the images into the stock archive.

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Image Bank

2009-05-02T00:36:00.001-04:00

The ePortal to our image bank is coming along nicely!

Most basic site and commerce setup are complete with the agency. As are the customizations to integrate its look and feel into our current main site layout.

The rather arduous task of combing through all the digital image files for image selection, prep, upload and key-wording will soon begin for not only digital files but the many chromes that are waiting to be scanned.

It's Spring!

2009-03-22T13:32:00.002-04:00

FINALLY, spring has arrived

Thoughts are already turning to fun in the warm leisure time of the hot, dog days of summer to come.

The Black & White conversions continue!

2009-03-09T01:41:00.001-04:00

Completed searching the first 4000 images stored in the library and from that created 47 monochrome conversions
Just over 3000 images still to examine to get caught up to date and start working in the present!

A few more conversions done and five new Black and White images from around Ontario and Quebec were added to the
MonoChromes Gallery at out main site!

New monochrome conversions!

2009-03-01T15:41:00.003-05:00

Found some available time to do a few more conversions and ten new Black and White images from around Ontario and Quebec were added to the MonoChromes Gallery at out main site!

No more art classes, at least for a while.

2009-02-02T11:03:00.008-05:00

After many years of successful sessions we have selected to stop offering art classes through the Georgina Art Center and Gallery.

At least for a while.

Until the controversy of the various "arts" places within Georgina like the "Red Barn theater" and the "Georgina Arts Center" repeatedly coming back to dip into the public tax trough for ever larger amounts of money to try to keep their doors open is resolved.

While this practice may be acceptable when times are good.

We, as many others in the town are indicating feel it is simply not permissible to use public tax funds for the entertainment of some. Especially when times are as bad as they currently are and many residents are scrambling to just survive.

Today we are listening to the "On an Island" cd by David Gilmour.

Still updateing in the Big Chill!

2009-01-17T00:42:00.000-05:00

Still converting and updating away even in the BigChill going on at the moment!

As usual new updates can be found in theMonoChromes Gallery on our main site!

New images added to MonoChromes gallery

2008-12-29T01:07:00.003-05:00

Five new Black and White images from Temagami and Lake Simcoe were added to the MonoChromes Gallery .

Keep up to date with current events and happenings at Silver Wind Studio at our new blog here silverwindstudio blog

A quick update to this old blog

2008-12-28T00:31:00.001-05:00

A new monochrome gallery has been added to our main site.
MonoChromes

Remember to check the new main blog for the latest updates
Our New Blog is HERE

New images and content added

2008-11-17T14:48:00.003-05:00

New images and content added to the NEW blog site here : New blog

Main site converted

2008-11-14T01:03:00.002-05:00

The main web site for silverwindstudio.com was converted to a database backed site with an integral blog.
At the moment not sure if this blog at blogger.com will continue or be mothballed.

Sharon Temple Illumination

2008-09-28T23:41:00.009-04:00

Click image to go view larger version.

Following the practice of the "Children of Peace", The Sharon Temple Illumination is recreated on the first Friday night of September every year.

Image from the sold out 2008 Illumination which occured on Friday, September 5.

Music for the night is Steppenwolf

Another summer comming to a close

2008-09-21T01:55:00.003-04:00

Packing up the trailer on the last day for the drive home.
After spending most of the month of August at Finlayson Provincial Park in Temagami.
Someone did not want to leave yet.

More images will be posted to the flickr stream as they become available.

Listening to a lot of Pink Floyd since the passing of founding member Richard Wright on September 16.

Tranquil road

2008-07-07T01:04:00.004-04:00

Tranquil road in Arrowhead provincial park.
Sites in the radio/noise free zone were large, isolated and provided great privacy.

At least during the week. With the weekend came the crowds with non-stop loud barking dogs, screaming kids that did not want to be there, people that seemed to only know how to yell to each other and campers with blaring radios that did not seem to care they selected the radio free area.

All offenses that carried hefty fines and potential eviction though that never seemed to happen.

Park is recommended for a visit during the weekdays, but best avoided on the weekends.

A few more images available at the Flickr Photostream

Sunfighter by Grace Slick & Paul Kantner was the music of choice.

Long absence and away again for a bit

2008-07-02T11:19:00.002-04:00

Quick update, as we have been quite busy for the last while and are now about to take off for a few days in the Canadian near north.

Taking some interesting new macro gear so there might be some new images coming when we get back.

Thin Ice

2008-01-27T23:52:00.001-05:00

Ice fishing hut gone through the thin ice of Lake Simcoe in late January 2008.

Been quite a warm winter this year.

A few more images at the Flicker Photostream

Camera used with a 150mm lens @ ISO 200

Listening to the sedate croonings of Ozzie Osbourne tonight.

2008 - Self assignment No:1

2008-01-01T04:06:00.000-05:00

First of a series.
More of the series can be seen in the Associated interest link: Iridium

No photoshop crutch used to create the image.
Only traditional lighting techniques.

45mm lens, f/13 @ 1 second.

Pink Floyd Live in Pompeii DVD sooths the night.

Zoo Visit after early November snow.

2007-11-29T01:58:00.002-05:00

Dang Travel agent!
What is all this cold white stuff on the ground.

At least the Dens have radient heat installed in the rocks!

A few more shots can be seen at the Associated interest link:
Flickr Photostream

Doing a bit of practice hand holding heavy glass this trip.
Most shots were done with a 300mm f/2.8 lens.

Today Stevie Ray Vaughan's new CD Solos, Sessions & Encores plays through then night.

Evening at volume 11

2007-11-19T00:03:00.000-05:00

Spent an evening at a great guitar session sponsored by Fernder and Hal Leonard.

All the musicians were stellar
The demo band consisted of

The Drummer: Tom Brechtlein http://www.tombrechtlein.com/index.html
The Bassman: Reggie Hamilton http://reggiehamilton.com/
The Guitarist: Greg Koch http://gregkoch.com/

Greg proved to be an amazing player easily switching from one genre to another.
He demonstrated the Fender Stratocaster, Telecaster, the new VG Stratocaster, and the Supersonic amplifier.
Keeping the crowd enthralled with a constant stream of great stores impromptu songs. (and references to how the Hal Leonard music method books are very useful training aids)

Reggie demonstrated his signature Fender jazz bass. He proved to be an incredibly versatile player. Gave us one of those ah-ha moments about what a bass can do when in the hands of a great bassman.

Tom wailed away at his drum kit and flawlessly set the beat for the demos!

The room was packed to overflowing, the volume knobs were all set to 11 and a great evening was had by all.
( Near the end when door prises were being selected I won a "Greg Koch Guitar Gristle" DVD, and my mate got a Fender hat (which is funny as he is a firm Gibson fanatic) )

Sorry no images this time, I was too busy watching and learning from the players to remember to snap any pictures.
I did get very nice autographed 8*10's from Reggie (shot by Steve Pitkin) and Greg (shot by Jim Weiland) .

They were good for sales too!
I now own several of the Hal Leonard Guitar books and DVD's!
And am looking into a "Jimi Hendrix experience" effects pedal by Digitech recommended by Greg instead of a plain wah-wah.

New direction

2007-10-18T00:49:00.001-04:00

New season has arrived and with it a new direction.

Getting burned out doing nothing but imaging so took up learning to make music for the winter.

Guitar is a Fender American Deluxe HSS Stratocaster with a little Roland Cube 20x practice amp

A few more shots of it and it predecessor ( a Fender Mexican standard that I bought just one month ago, then sold to move up to this model.) can be seen at the
Associated interest links: Flickr photostream

Image Info: 28mm f/2.8 lens, ISO 100, f/8 , 1/200
Lighting one 1600ws and one 800ws strobes with a 60inch photoflex reflector doing some bounce back and shot on seamless background.

Todays tunes are by Hendrix.

Harvest time

2007-10-01T02:02:00.000-04:00

Wheel keeps on turning into the future past.

The Harvest moon has already passed and soon the yearly cycle will end.
Once again heading us into the depths of winter, to spin the wheel and begin the cycle anew.

Image Info: ISO 1600, 24 mm lens, f/4.0 @ multiple shots combined to get the dynamic range needed for this shot

Denean's "Fire Prayer" provides the background sounds this day.

Summer fun at the beach

2007-09-09T23:16:00.001-04:00

Beach at Sibbalds Point Provincial Park taken on the last weekend of the summer of 2007.
Each segment is comprised of eight 8.2megapixel shots, image totals 120mp after merge.
Total image prints out full size at 14 inches by 10.25 feet.

Image info for all 16 shots
50mm f/1.8 lens, tripod with pano head, 4 bubble levels used :)
ISO 100 , f/11 , 1/1.25

Today we listen to Spinal Tap and the volume knob is at 11!

Clear cool night on Agawa bay

2007-08-28T10:10:00.001-04:00

Star field landscape seen from the beach on a clear cool summer night at Agawa bay, Lake Superior.

The Presides meteor shower we staid up for was a bust, with not many to be seen.
A few spectacular trails did pass by but not in front of the camera.

A few more shots can be seen at:
Associated interest links: Flickr photostream

Image Info: ISO 1600, 19mm lens, f/4.0 @ 30 seconds

Canadian folk singer and composer Ian Tamblyn provides the tunes for today.

Short Wet Vacation.

2007-07-09T23:45:00.001-04:00

We just returned from a from a short week long vacation at Bon Echo Provincial Park.

It rained for five out of six days we were there and temperatures dropped to near freezing on one night! So not too much photography or kayaking happened. We did make a day trip out to Bancroft to buy some fossils and rocks one day. On others we headed out for some hikes in between the down pours.
Nice park and all in all not a bad vacation.

The image is a panorama of the Mazinaw rock at Bon Echo provincial park. The "Rock" rises 100 meters above the lake, which drops to 144.78 meters (475 feet) at its deepest making it one of the deepest lakes in Canada. Formed by a fault line shearing.
The base of the rock is adorned by 260 ancient petroglyphs.

Original image is a whopping 14463*4740 pixels 16bit image taking 401,715K on the hard drive.
Panorama was assembled from 8 vertical 8.2 megapixel shots. Printed at a nominal 240dpi it is 20 by 60 inches without any enlargement.

Image data: all exposures preset to iso 100, wb 5900, f/13, 1/13 sec, 50mm f1.8 lens, Manfrotto tripod, Manfrotto ball head, Manfrotto panorama base, bubble level.
Image stitching was done with Photoshop CS3, on a dual core machine with 3gb memory and it still took forever.

Associated interest links:
More images to go here if/when available: Flickr photo stream.

Tonight the tunes are by a very old (1989) Alannah Myles CD, currently "Black Velvet" is playing again.

Canada Day in Georgina

2007-07-02T01:28:00.001-04:00

July 1, Canada Day celebration and firework display in Georgina.

Township put on a very nice pyrotechnic display to end an evening of celebratory events for a huge crowd.

Happy Birthday Canada!

Tonights sounds were provide by local bands at the events.

Associated interest links:
Flickr photostream

New Shield at Sibbald Memorial Museum

2007-06-23T00:47:00.001-04:00

The new Sae-Bauld shield painted and produced by Linda of Silver Wind Studio went up at the Sibbald Memorial Museum in Sibbald Point provincial park.

The tunes of the Highland Pipers keep the neighborhood awake these nights of Litha, Midsummers eve.
The Solstice has passed into Summer and wheel turns again as the now shortening days begin the journey once more into winter.

Song of the Canoe

2007-06-21T00:54:00.000-04:00

Visited the Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough, Ontario.
600 paddled water craft from Canada's past.
Very well done building and displays of Canoes and Kayaks and the history of their manufacture and use.

ISO 1600, 28mm lens

Tonights bubbling sounds are from Canoesongs volume 1.

Associated interest links:
http://www.canoemuseum.net/
http://www.canoesongs.ca/aboutCD.php

Navigating in the fog

2007-06-05T11:07:00.001-04:00

Stacked Furuno antenna pods.

Navigating in the fog on a tour of the Fathom Five national park islands and wreaks.

On the upper deck of the Blue Heron V,
Tours are out of Tobermory's Little Tub harbor.

Image Info: ISO 200, 68mm lens, f/5.6 @ 1/800

Associated interest links: Flickr Photostream

Trip to the Bruce Peninsula

2007-06-05T10:51:00.002-04:00

Little Tub Harbor.

Tobermory is a small town done right, for a town whose main industry is tourism. Friendly people, good food, easy access to everything, great trails to explore and glass bottom boat tours of the surrounding wreaks and islands.

Home to the Fathom Five national underwater park, a commercial fishing fleet and the Chicheemaun car ferry that plies the waters between Tobermory and Manitoulin Island.

Many more images of the shoot in the Bruce to still to come.

Image Info: ISO 100, 22mm lens, f/8 @ 1/125

Nice lazy day

2007-05-14T00:12:00.000-04:00

One of the visitors that came by while I was a napping in my hammock enjoying a nice warm spring day.
Beer in one hand and camera in the other.

Handheld, ISO 200, 300mm f/2.8 @ f/4, 1/800 second.

No music today, just the sound of screaming lawn mowers in every other yard.

Old cedar grove awaits the summer visitors

2007-05-07T23:15:00.000-04:00

In quiet solitude an old Cedar Grove awaits the oncoming rush of summer campers.
Weekend warriors rushing out of the cities to recharge themselves by finding some R&R under the big blue sky.

Nestled away, snug in their tents hidden deep among the trees.
At night sitting, spinning tales around campfires instead of watching TV.

Too short, their time is spent, the rush back to the cement jungles begins.
Yet soon the wheel will turn, the solitude will return.
With it the children of the holly king will once more dance upon the earthen floor.

Digital Capture, ISO 200, 19mm lens, f/13, multi shot HDR image.

Inkubus Sukkubus - Wytches disk evokes memories of circles gone by at the Grove.

New Ring Light arrives

2007-01-31T00:00:00.000-05:00

The new ring light and "Moon Unit" softbox finally arrived!
Looks good (image is of the Moon Unit's front, camera sits in the dead center)

Now a little work will be needed to get used to this new old lighting method. It used to be quite popular long ago. and is again gaining popularity again.

From the cameras viewpoint the ringlight casts pretty well shadow less light.

Tonight Alice Cooper's Trash bangs dust bunnies around.

Squirrel dropped in for winter portrait

2007-01-30T00:23:00.000-05:00

A squirrel dropped in for a winter portrait, so far no sign of Moose.
Must be dastardly plot.

ISO 400, 600mm f/8 @ 1/1000

Tonight Jefferson Airplane shakes the air.

Codeing finished, mostly!

2007-01-23T09:56:00.000-05:00

Multilevel drop downs done!
That was a lot easier than I thought it would be!

Acknowledgments here go to Patrick Griffiths and Dan Webb
For the Son of Suckerfish Dropdowns at http://www.htmldog.com/articles/suckerfish/dropdowns/

Now all I really have left is to get the actual content written and loaded into the spiffy new site.

Oh and after analyzing visitor screen resolutions for a few days, I see that the lowest base level is 1024*768*16 so I may just boost the size from the 800*600 I had coded for.
I guess no one is using that low screen resolution anymore.

Winter has finally dropped in.

2007-01-21T20:07:00.000-05:00

ISO 400, 600mm @ F8

After a long absences winter has finally dropped in with a vengance.
Lot of snow almost overnight and very cold.
But it is almost February and the lake is still open water, so it looks like this years Ice Fishing season is going to be a bust.

Tonight listening to music from "The Show Boat"

Site re-write

2007-01-20T12:25:00.000-05:00

Accidentally came across the amazing capabilities of PSP, CSS and SSI!
Promptly used the new knowledge to completely re-write the main web site.
http://www.silverwindstudio.com/

Dynamic drop down menus with NO need for java on most browsers except IE.
Good old IE does not fully implement the hover pseudo class so it needs a short Java helper class to implement the function.

Acknowledgments go
to Patrick Griffiths, & Dan Webb for their amazing Suckerfish Dropdowns at http://alistapart.com/articles/dropdowns
And to Dan Benjamin for his wonderfull Random Image Rotation script at http://www.alistapart.com/articles/randomizer
And to http://www.airtightinteractive.com
for their great flash based gallery viewer called simpleviewer http://www.airtightinteractive.com/simpleviewer

More work to come next plan to try to make the CSS drop downs do multi level!
And of course need to get around-to-it and migrate all the content to the new site version!

Tree Hugger

2006-10-19T22:43:00.000-04:00

Tree Hugger
(©) Silver Wind Studio

A nice but rainy day as we head into another winter.

ISO 400, 300mm lens, F4.5 @ 1/125

Tonight Jethro Thull Thick as a brick helps bring back the 70's

Notre-Dame basilica in Montreal

2006-10-18T22:46:00.000-04:00

Notre Dame

(©) Silver Wind Studio

This place is just stunning!
Highly recommended stop if you are visiting old Montreal.

Hand held shot 28mm lens ISO 3200 F2.8 1/30sec

Today the Red Army choir sounds out.

Where old shoes go

2006-10-01T00:21:00.000-04:00

Where old shoes go
(©) Silver Wind Studio

Ever wonder where your shoes go when they disappear?

ISO 200 75mm F8 @ 1/80

Denean's Fire Prayer placates the evening.

Calm Agawa bay Morning

2006-09-29T00:44:00.000-04:00

Calm Agawa bay Morning
Released as a Limited Edition of 350
(©) Silver Wind Studio

A calm summer morning on Agawa bay.

19mm lens, ISO 200 F8 @ 1/60 sec.

The riffs Dr. John weaves soothe the night

Jeepin in the Lake Superior Provincial Park area.

2006-09-25T00:48:00.001-04:00

Jeepin in the Lake Superior Provincial Park area.
(©) Silver Wind Studio

An old sign found while bouncing along the gravel path to Frater Station.

35mm lens, ISO 100 F8 @ 1/80 sec.

Tonight the current tune is Couldn't Stand the Weather by Stevie Ray Vaughn

The famous Agawa by rock

2006-09-23T22:17:00.000-04:00

The famous Agawa by rock
Released as a Limited Edition of 350
(©) Silver Wind Studio

Stunning rock at the end of Agawa bay on the amazing Lake Superiors north shore.
This landmark attracts dozens of sun worshipers to sit and watch the evening sunsets.

35mm lens, ISO 200 F8 @ 1/60 sec.

Don Charbonneau's Northern Highway rekindles memories of that north land.

Lonely and forgotten

2006-08-30T01:51:00.000-04:00

Lonely old grave
(©) Silver Wind Studio

Things you come across when poking around old places on dreary rainy days.

35mm lens, ISO 400 F5.6 @ 1/30 sec.

Old Turtles vinyl album (remember those) crackles in the still night air.

Summer Storm

2006-08-09T00:20:00.000-04:00

Too Hot.
Then rain and more rain
Then heavy storms with big winds causing roofs and trees to jump around to new locations.
Then too hot again.

Dang government can't get anything right :)

Summer Storm

(©) Silver Wind Studio

Shot from inside the Jeep Commander stay dry shoosting platform;
40mm lens, ISO 200 F8, mild sepia toning in photoshop.

The Dead Dog Cafe brings a bit mirth to the night.

Old tree warming itself in the evening sun

2006-06-17T01:06:00.000-04:00

Haven't been posting much or using the net at all lately.
Since I picked up a great new hobby, geocaching, when I obtained a Garmin 76Csx GPS.
Now during any free time I'm more often found out bushwhacking trying to locate another cache instead of hiding indoors.

Came onto this old tree sunning itself in the late even sun while hunting for a nearby cache. Got there too late and will have to return in the daylight to continue the quest.

Old tree warming itself in the evening sun

(©) Silver Wind Studio

Iso 800 @ f5.6

Black Sabbath "Solitude" strains into the dark depths of the mind.

Red Algae in Cooks Bay, Keswick ,Ontario.

2006-06-17T00:44:00.000-04:00

It is only early June and already the algae blooms that clog this Lake Simcoe bay and rivers during the dog days of summer is well under way. This time there seems to be a red algae bloom in the works.
This being fresh water it can't really be referred to as a red tide.

Since the farms are pretty well all gone now, replaced by developer's spreading the word of the big city sprawl. Who will the politicians blame on the phosphor load washing into the lake?
Couldn't possibly be all the artificially green and weed free lawns.

(©) Silver Wind Studio

Iso 800 @ f5

Black Sabbath "The Wizard" bangs the dust loose from the walls this early morning.

Home Town Pride

2006-04-16T17:48:00.000-04:00

On my extended stroll today I could not help but notice the extensive amount of trash that has emerged from the melting snow everywhere.
The town’s folk have always cried about the summer tourists leaving mounds of trash everywhere.
But who threw all this out their car windows this past winter?

Modern people it seems take no pride with living in their town anymore.

The other half of the journey was along a lake road designated as part of a bike and pedestrian path. I met a few people actually walking on it, but the non stop stream of vehicular traffic speeding along it at much higher than the posted 40km/h was frightening. As were their irate honks as the gasOholics panicked seeing someone on the roadway not surrounded by tons of metal.

(©) Silver Wind Studio

Iso 200 @ f8

Tunes by Beatles provide todays music.

Walked upon this scene

2006-04-05T23:51:00.000-04:00

Walked upon this scene, while strolling along on a nice warm spring day.
A huge lineup of cars going up around the building, all waiting a long time for their turn to get a coffee fix in the drive-through.
Went inside and it was deserted.

How incredibly lazy can people be these days.
The parking lot was empty too.
Why are people so afraid to get out of the cars and walk?

(©) Silver Wind Studio

45mm lens, Iso 100 @ f8

Tunes by Boston bounce around the room today.

Evening on a thawing lake Simcoe

2006-03-30T00:21:00.000-05:00

Evening on lake Simcoe, Spring thaw is setting in.
Came across this sunset scene while walking along the shore with a coffee in hand.
Beach is still empty, but only a few weeks till it is packed full of sun worshipers from the city.

(©) Silver Wind Studio

HDR image composite, 28mm lens, Iso 100 @ f8

Tunes by the Dead, Dead Ahead DVD spins wildely in its cage.

Can spring be far behind

2006-03-09T23:57:00.000-05:00

Rain, temperatures getting into the Canadian tee-shirt range, lake thaw starting, geese, can spring be far behind?
Time to sit a while and watch the fish huts sink slowly into the lake.

(©) Silver Wind Studio

Digital Capture, Nikon Point&Shoot ISO 50.

Today's tunes supplied by the April Wine.

NoBS Photo Success

The civilized cat.

2006-03-06T23:52:00.000-05:00

Went to the RV and Trailer show on the weekend.
Lots of vendors there, many selling incredibly expensive things.
Suspect we did not escape from this show without a good wallet vacuuming.
At least the cat will sleep more comfortabley this summer.

(©) Silver Wind Studio

Digital Capture, ISO 400, 33mm lens @ f8, 1.3 second exposure with one stroboscopic light source.

Today's tunes supplied by the Lee Arron.

Fish at work

2006-03-04T23:55:00.000-05:00

Toronto Zoo's massive 45000 liter Malawi tank
4000 fish in a 45000 liter tank!
(Thats the same population density as having same as having 42 fish in a 125 US-Gal tank.)

Tank Conversions:
45000 liter (provides 11.25 Liter/Fish)
9898.63 UK-gal
11887.74 US-gal (Which is the same as having 42 fish in a 125 US-Gal tank)
Only one thought comes to mind.

Whow, that's one big tank to clean.

(©) Silver Wind Studio

Digital Capture, ISO 800, 19mm lens @ f4

Today's tunes by the Guess Who.

Ambush Kitty

2006-03-04T00:07:00.000-05:00

Don't you sometimes wish you too could hide in a banana box and pounce on the unsuspecting victim?

(©) Silver Wind Studio

Digital Capture, ISO 800, 75mm lens @ f5.6 , single strobe as a fill.

Today's tunes by the Grateful Dead.

Tea Time

2006-02-27T00:33:00.000-05:00

Spring must be coming!
Went to the Outdoor & Camping show earlier in the day.
Lots of vendors there, many selling things specially overpriced just for the show.
Escaped from the show without emptying the wallet.
Next weekend comes the RV & trailer show and another chance for vacuuming the wallet.

(©) Silver Wind Studio

Multiple digital captures, composite image.

Inkubus Sukkubus: Witch Queen, throbs throughout the dimly lit chambers this early morning.