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On a more artistic theme

June 9th, 2008 · No Comments

I spent several days looking at different ways to post-process images to redo some of the art work at home. I came up with the following using a combination of Photoshop, filters and Nikon Capture NX.

My personal favourite is the last image. Something about the nature of the light, mist and boy staring at the [...]

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Tags: Photography

Ruff, Hudsonian Godwit in Minnesing Swamp

May 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Ontbirds (an excellent birding mailing list for Ontario) reported a Ruff, a shorebird and also a bird I’ve never seen before just outside of Angus, Ontario. I decided that I would give finding it a try rather than going to Long Point as the weather was a little on the rainy side further south.
The birds [...]

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Tags: Birding · Photography

Pain in the Technology

November 30th, 2007 · No Comments

Most of you that know me, know that I might have an infatuation with technology. This is true but as I get older, I’m getting wiser and starting to think that this whole technology thing is just plain annoying. Let me give you a few examples that I have suffered since my return from travelling. [...]

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Tags: Blogroll · Technology

Bangkok Pictures and Photo Processing

November 25th, 2007 · No Comments

I have updated the blog entry about Bangkok with pictures and have posted 2 new picture galleries. One is of general scenes in around and Bangkok (some appear in the blog above). The other is a gallery of the Grand Palace in Bangkok. The Grand Palace is something to behold, I was expected opulence [...]

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Tags: Bangkok · Blogroll · Photos · Technology · Travel