Sunset on Pog

This summer Leanne and I went camping in Algonquin Park. My family took me there many times when I was young and have always enjoyed it so I wanted to share that with Leanne. We had some rain but overall decent weather. Did some hiking, checked out the art gallery and the park museum and store. Leanne picked up badges for each of the hikes we did for her camp blanket. Each night we would walk down to the beach and watch the sunset (well, she’d watch, I’d shoot). I was disappointed in the sunset but I can’t control the weather! This one was nice in that I got the group of ducks in there.

The Tiny Ram's Head Lady Slipper

The is the second of two Ram’s Head Lady Slippers I am posting. We were lucky that these were growing under a tree near the trail where we were able to access them without disturbing the environment they were growing in. How small is small? Take a look at this.

Ram's Head Lady Slipper Orchid

We were lucky to have found these. They are quite rare and are protected at Singing Sands Beach in the Bruce Peninsula National Park.

Pink Lady Slipper

Scott and I took a trip up to the Bruce Peninsula again last year. We had pretty poor weather but managed to get some good shots nonetheless. This is one of them.

It’s been a while since I posted. I shot this last night. I realize it may be dark, but I like the moody, painterly look of it. Photographed at the Niagara Falls Botanical Gardens.

A white tail deer looks up during a morning graze in Letchworth State Park.

This is another macro photo of the same web as yesterday.

A spider web is covered in early morning dew in this end of August photo.

This is a dragon fly resting on a piece of Birdsfoot Trefoil.  Photographed early in the morning, the dragonfly and flower are still covered in dew.  It is hard to see in this size, but I am picking up reflections of the sky in the dew drops.

This photo was obviously not shot recently    I will be mixing recent photos along with photos from last year that did not get post, though should have during my bouts of non posting. Feel free to comment on some of the photos.

Scott found this Fritillary one morning late last summer while out shooting.  With it’s wings closed we could see he was a little beaten up. It wasn’t until he had warmed up enough to spread his wings that I saw just how bad he really was.

The second butterfly Scott found was in much better shape.

A cloud is back lit from the sun over Port Colborne on a misty, September morning.

A quick freeze caused the still water of Lake Erie to freeze forming these large ice crystals. I’ve converted the photo to black and white to help emphasize the graphic quality of this shot.

This picture of a snow drift was photographed during one of our first snowfalls this season.

This photo, shot on the same day as the previous three photo, seemingly shows rays of light streaming from the clouds. I did this using a long exposure and zooming the lens at the end of the exposure without adjusting focus. I do not remember if I zoomed in or out. I also used this technique on a previous photo (http://potd.chrisempey.com/2008/06/20/20-zoom-zoom/).

Photos shot the same day:
A New Dawn
Sunday Morning on the Lake
Incoming Storm

While I was out with Scott and John not too long ago, we were standing around talking when we noticed the storm that was off in the distance now much closer. I had time to quickly walk to my camera, spin around and get off this one photo of the storm coming in. This was the start of rain and extremely high winds. There was also and almost immediate 10 degree drop in the temperature.

A dramatic sunrise over Lake Erie photographed from Fort Erie, Canada. The windmills of Buffalo are visible in the distance.

The sun peaks over the horizon on a late December morning. Photographed over Lake Erie, this picture shows the sun just rising over the horizon and being reflected in the water on a beach near Fort Erie.

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The sun has not yet risen over the clouds in this early morning photograph. One of the first snowfalls of the season where we could take some decent photos with the snow but the light, while nice for a short period, did only last a short period.

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An extreme closeup of a Green Darner’s head. This is a great example of the compound eyes these little hunter’s have for snatching pesky mosquito’s out of the air so much better than we can.

A macro photograph of a Green Darner dragonfly.

A Green Darner dragonfly is perched upon a piece of clover, backlit by the sun the veins in it’s wings are visible.

I shot this deer on a weekend trip to Letchworth State Park with Leanne. While was comfortably asleep, I took her truck for a bit of early morning photography. This was one of a 1/2 dozen deer grazing in this field.

Water cascades over a small ledge as it travels down Twenty Mile Creek

Water cascades down a small drop on Twenty Mile Creek just downstream of Ball’s Falls

Small Waterfalls

Water cascades of a small ledge on it’s way downstream amidst many fallen leaves of various colours.

Stormy Sunset

This is a panorma of the sunset as a storm approached from the south.  It is a multiple photo panorama. To view a larger version, either click here or on the photo above.

Photo of an Osprey in flight

Another Grass Pink Orchid