Cottage vignettes: flora and fauna around the dock
A photo gallery of beautiful, grim and ugly creatures around our dock at the cottage.
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A golden mystery: Chrysopilus thoracicus
Golden-backed snipe fly, Chrysopilus thoracicus, an eye-catching mystery.
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Nature’s gift of exercise
The mud in the woods has evolved from chocolate cake batter to bread dough. It feels like kneading to walk. This morning was…
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The creek runs through a crystal palace
A crystal spectacle invites separate reflections in photography and language.
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Making a choice between photography and dog ownership
Why I won’t get a dog.
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My personal favourite photos of 2018
2018 was a year when I came back to nature photography with a vengeance. Here’s a retrospective of my monthly favourite photos since May.
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Astounding photography with a camera phone
These four images came from only 15 minutes in the woods with a camera phone. Practically everyone has a tool for creating works of art.
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Seeing with and without cameras
Photography can be both a useful tool and a hindrance in observing nature.
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The beauty of a spider web: overcoming prejudice
This macro image of a spider web holds a lesson about beauty and prejudice.
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Awakening: images from a day in Prince Edward County
After posting a daily photo journal on Flickr for more than seven months in 2008 I seemed to burn out for one reason,…
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