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20. Budding

Grass Pink Orchid

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19. Grass Pink Orchid

Grass Pink Orchid

Another Grass Pink Orchid

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18. Rose Pegonia

Rose Pegonia

This is another little orchid. And little is not an understatement.  I have my camera sitting on the ground for this photo.

Posted July 18th, 2008 12:26:51 AM | icon3 No Comments »
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16. Indian Paintbrush

Indian Paintbrush

Indian Paintbrush photographed against a backdrop of evergreen at Oliphant on the Bruce Peninsula.

Posted July 16th, 2008 9:33:43 AM | icon3 No Comments »
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11. Wood Lily

This a macro photo of a wood lily

Posted July 11th, 2008 10:55:14 AM | icon3 No Comments »
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10. Grass Pink

Grass Pink and Water Drop

A Grass Pink orchid with a drop of morning dew is framed again the reflection of the sun in a small pool of water.

Posted July 10th, 2008 3:45:43 PM | icon3 1 Comment »
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09. Poppies

Poppies Looking to the Sun

Another shot similiar to yesterday’s, this photo is a different composition.  I like this one better though.

Posted July 9th, 2008 2:03:56 PM | icon3 No Comments »
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08. Poppies Looking into the Sun

Poppies Looking to the Sun

This is a bit of a landmark image for me, photo #1000. I started this photo blog on February 1st, 2005 (after having previously displayed my images on another one of my sites for several years) with a photo of a Silver Cheeked Hornbill and posted daily up until a little bit before my wedding last year when other priorities became more important. I continued to post regularly, though not daily up until March of this year when because of hosting problems with my web provider, I became too frustrated and stopped posting until June 1 when I resumed daily posting.

Today’s photo, shot on my recent trip to the Bruce Peninsula with Scott is of poppies growing wild along the roadside. I am sure they had been part of a garden at one time, but the area appears to be overgrown now.

I hope to continue daily posting.  It does get tiring at times, and sometimes I need a little inspiration to put up a new photo.  I can’t say I will make another 1000 photos but I will give it a shot. The important thing is not to stop.  After a while, it almost becomes an addiction.

I haven’t done a good job up so far of advertising it, but many of my images here are available for sale but I hope to have that rectified shortly.

Posted July 8th, 2008 11:09:27 AM | icon3 3 Comments »
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05. Twins

A pair of Yellow Lady Slipper orchids sit nestled in a wooded area.

Like yesterdays, I like the blue in this photos.  I think that it compliments the yellow of the orchids.

Posted July 5th, 2008 11:36:57 AM | icon3 2 Comments »
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04. Slippers

Another photograph of two Yellow Lady Slipper orchids I photographed a couple weeks ago on the Bruce Peninsula. I don’t remember what was behind to give it the blue tint to the shadows but I do like the results.

Posted July 4th, 2008 7:36:05 PM | icon3 No Comments »
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03. Yellow Lady Slipper

Yellow Lady Slipper Orchid

A Yellow Lady Slipper orchid photographed in the Bruce Peninsula between Lake Huron and Georgian Bay.

Posted July 4th, 2008 12:00:56 AM | icon3 No Comments »
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21. Geranium

A wild geranium photographed along a roadside earlier this spring.

Posted June 21st, 2008 6:00:43 AM | icon3 No Comments »
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10. Raindrops

Raindrops on a tulip

Raindrops on a tulip. Again, shot with a 100mm or 135mm lens and a set of extension tubes.

Posted June 10th, 2008 7:00:33 AM | icon3 2 Comments »
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08. Garden Tulips

Tulips photographed in my Garden

This is a photo of a some of the tulips from my garden. I shot this with either a 100mm or 135mm lens and a couple of extension tubes.

I wrote about using extension tubes for macro photography here.

Posted June 8th, 2008 11:51:08 PM | icon3 No Comments »
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07. Hepatica

Hepatica in the Spring

I shot this while out with my father a while back.  Hepatica is one of the earlier wildflowers to bloom in my area. About the same time as Dutchman’s Breeches and before the Trilliums are up.  This was found protected under a fallen tree.

Other photos of Hepatca can be found here, Dutchman’s Breeches here and Trilliums here.

On another note, I have been using Wordpress for a week now and am still working on getting it to behave how I would like it to.  If you have experienced any errors or have any comments, please fill out the comment form and let me know.

Posted June 7th, 2008 10:22:28 PM | icon3 No Comments »
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05. Calla Lily #5

Calla Lily #5

This is the last of the Cally Lily shots I am posting. Tomorrow, something different.

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04. Calla Lily #4

Calla Lily #4

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03. Calla Lily #3

Calla Lily #3

Posted June 3rd, 2008 11:53:39 PM | icon3 2 Comments »
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02. Calla #2

Calla Lily

Calla Lily #2. I have five different versions of this Calla ready, not sure if I will post all five though.

Posted June 2nd, 2008 9:30:58 PM | icon3 No Comments »
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01. Calla

Calla Lily
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It’s been a while since I have posted.  The absence has been a combination of things, vacation, busy with the business, other priorities and an issue with my hosting provider and problems with the software I had been using for the blog, Movable Type.  I still believe that it is the best software for what I was doing but because the hosting company didn’t work with it well I have had to change.

I am now using WordPress.  I have been trying to get used to it and get the site set up the way I want, but I find it is not as customizable as Moveable Type.  I will be posting more often though!

Posted June 1st, 2008 12:03:02 AM | icon3 4 Comments »
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20. Rose #3

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19. Rose #2

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18. Rose

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07. Tongue

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06. Orchid

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13. Rose and Fern

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10. Dragonfly

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17. Orchid and Shadow

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01. Hollyhock - Again

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31. Morning Dew On Hollyhock #2

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30. Morning Dew On Hollyhock #1

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