An afternoon walk along the Mashiter Trail with Wally – one that we do several times a week – this time I took a macro lens and stopped along the way to take photos along the side of the trail – reminded me of the title of a book I once read and enjoyed by Arundhati …
Took the dog for a walk on a trail behind our house along the Mashiter Trail with my 105mm macro lens – this is a lovely “true” macro lens that is also a great for portraits. A challenge I often bump into when using a macro lens is the shallow depth of field, especially when …
Spent another nice day in Stenying and decided to take a few shots of the flowers growing in D&J’s backyard (click here to see)– I didn’t have a true macro lens with me, so I used the 18-135mm zoom for my Fuji XT-1. I’ve used this camera exclusively on the trip (along with a 23 …
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After a bit of business travel, it is always great to return home, particularly this time of year when summer is just around the corner and everything is still lush and green. Gardens throughout Squamish are all coming to life, the rhododendron’s are in full bloom, the bees and the birds are all busy etc. …
We’ve had an unusually mild and wet winter, with temperatures reaching the mid-teens over the last few weeks. Gardens throughout the Sea-to-Sky corridor are coming alive several weeks earlier than usual, and we’re hoping that a late hard freeze doesn’t occur (although the skiers amongst us probably don’t agree). I took advantage of a break …
