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A smaller structure at Scotsdale Farm near Ballinafad, Ontario. This building backs onto the farm’s mill pond. Footprints from the farm’s other visitors can be seen in the snow. Scotsdale Farm is open to the public and hosts a conference centre along with the hiking trails, including the Bruce Trail.
A smaller structure at Scotsdale Farm near Ballinafad, Ontario. This building backs onto the farm’s mill pond. Footprints from the farm’s other visitors can be seen in the snow. Scotsdale Farm is open to the public and hosts a conference centre along with the hiking trails, including the Bruce Trail.
… why do you ask? Tee hee. Today’s photo is a “fun” one that I spotted while out and about. I do get a kick out of public BSOD’s and here’s the one I spotted at the Real Canadian Superstore in Georgetown tonight.
This tree is along the Lafarge 2000 trail west of Freelton, Ontario. We were geocaching along the trail, doing our usual Friday night BFL thing. Spotted this tree near one of the geocaches, and with the moon shining as strong as it was decided that this tree needed the 14mm treatment. After capturing the initial “as it were” photo, we started playing with flashlights and light painting. This is the third (and last) photo taken of this particular tree. No photoshopping or any of that, just a bit of highlights and clarity tweaking in Lightroom.
Found these little thumbtacks while cleaning up, and decided it was time for a quick macro. This is my 24-70 2.8 mounted to the camera with 56mm in extension tubes. The geocacher in me likes the smiley ones.
It’s been a bit chilly the last couple nights. Well, actually a LOT chilly with temperatures I don’t remember even seeing last winter nevermind this winter. That’s keep me from wandering far with the camera or setting up long exposure photos after work. I saw this on the way out of the office, a little white flag marking where the sprinkler heads are for the spring landscaping work but when I saw it I had another vision altogether…..
This is a closeup of my calico kitten, Mocha. She started pawing at the lens while I was taking photos of her nap, this was my fave of the batch.
I noticed the moon and the rather bright object not far away from it as I left work tonight. When I got home, a friend messaged me and asked if I’d be shooting the Moon/Jupiter conjunction. Normally I’d jump at an outing but it’s like -15C outside tonight, with a windchill at -25 …. so this photo was taken at the end of my driveway. They won’t be this close in the sky again until 2026 apparently. I didn’t quite have as much zoom lens as I’d like for this – I max out at 300mm, but I do have a stupidly high resolution camera (D800) so I can crop down and still get something nice, like this.
Shadows on the trail as we approach Hilton Falls on a winter hike.
A quick photo of Hilton Falls from the lower observation platform on a cold winter day. There are patches of snow in the still flowing creek.
