I like early  morning fog

until

it turns into

a humid day.

Playing with Photos

In addition to spending a lot of time mowing, and never getting finished due to rain and rain and rain, I have been playing with photos off and on. Here are three of my latest.

I was called to the bathroom to see this spider reflected in the bathtub the other day. It reminded me a a sculpture in front of the National Gallery in Ottawa:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maman_(sculpture)

This plume moth was found on a White Avens flower at the RBG last Friday. The plume moths are quite unique in both shape and colours.

Last Sunday we went hiking in the Dundas Valley until we got rained out. Then, after a bit of ice cream, the rains went away and we made a stop at a nearby waterfall. This is a double exposure with the girl both pointing at the falls and climbing a log that appears to be in the falls. 

Three Photos from the Morning Dog Walk

        The best photo was the one I missed as I was too slow to get my camera out of the bag. At the edge of our east meadow pond, we flushed out a female Mallard and at least a dozen ducklings. They were across the pond and hidden in the weeds before the camera was out. Sigh.

Meanwhile, just a few metres further on there was some Timothy Grass in bloom.

        And in the barn were several moths. This first one is called a "Beautiful Wood-Nymph," in spite of looking, from a distance, like a bird dropping.

        I do not know what kind of moth this last one is. Does anyone have any ideas re ID?

View from the Hamilton Waterfront Trail

        There were a lot of wild flowers down beside the Hamilton Waterfront Trail today but it was these new cygnets that stole the show.

Busy as Usual

I think about this blog every day but seldom get around to actually doing anything about the thinking.

Following are a few photos that I have put up on Facebook in the past week or so.

Cecropia Moth from a RBG wilderness property.

Chicken Sunset

Two photos melded together.

First Summer Sunset

from our west meadow.

Playing with an iPhone App

called Circular

Sunrise

from three photos melded together.

Just having fun with the camera and Photoshop.