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Wild daisies at my doorstep.

These wild daisies were growing in a field right behind our house. Look closely for bugs of all kinds. I thought I would give Affinity Photo a try for a while as my post-processing software with a little extra selective sharpening using Topaz Sharpen AI.

Camera: Pentax K-3

Lens: HD Pentax DA 55-300mm f4-5.8 ED WR

107mm / ƒ/9 / 1/400s / ISO 200

Taken: June 24, 2022

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Night Sky at Litchfield Lake

The night sky from our friend’s cottage at Lake Litchfied, QC. I’m always amazed at the colors the camera picks up from the different stars, especially in the milky way.

Two photos were used for this image, one of the stars, and the other of the trees light painted with an LED headlamp.

Camera: Pentax K-3

Lens: Tamron SP 10-24mm f/3.5 DI II

10mm / ƒ/3.5 / 60s / ISO 1600

Taken: June 22, 2022

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Riot of Windblown Yellow

A riot of yellow windblown flowers.

I sat right at the edge of a large clump of these bright yellow flowers. My lens was maybe 20cm from the closest blooms. The slightest wind would cause them to blur; and when it really blew, they would just whip around in front of me.

Camera: Pentax K-3

Lens: Tamron SP 10-24mm f/3.5 DI II

10mm / ƒ/22 / 1/20s / ISO 100

Taken: June 17, 2022

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Bright rainbow from my front porch.

A very fine misty rain was falling and my guess is that the wind was causing the ripples. The dark clouds in the distance really made the colors pop. The small white clouds I found added that extra bit of interest.

Camera: Pentax K-3

Lens: smc Pentax DA 18-135mm ED AL [IF] DC WR

135mm / ƒ/6.3 / 1/400s / ISO 100

Taken: July 28, 2022

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Morning Fog – Annapolis Royal, NS

There was fog on the Annapolis Royal Marsh when I went for walk with a friend around the French Basin Trail in Annapolis Royal, NS.

A female Wood Duck happened by and added just a bit of interest to something that would have been an otherwise dull picture.

Camera: Pentax K-3

Lens: HD Pentax DA 55-300mm ED WR

135mm / ƒ/10 / 1/160s / ISO 400 Taken: September 7, 2022

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Spiderweb – Annapolis Royal, NS

I came across a spiderweb bejeweled with dew drops, while out on a morning walk with a friend around the French Basin Trail in Annapolis Royal, NS.

You don’t get a chance to use the word bejeweled too often, so might as well 😊 .

Camera: Pentax K-3

Lens: HD Pentax DA 55-300mm ED WR

260mm / ƒ/7.1 / 1/160s / ISO 400

Taken: September 7, 2022

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Weeny in the Corn

My wife carved this most excellent Hallowe’en pumpkin and I thought it deserved to be preserved for posterity.

I took Weeny O Pumpkin out into the corn fields behind our house. I gathered some burnt bits of wood from when they cleared the field a few years back and built her an altar to sit on. An off-camera flash with a white umbrella was used to light her from the side. The mouth and eyes were, quite naturally, lit with her own good candle which we had used when she was on our porch greeting all the trick or treating little ghouls and goblins that visited us.

The final shot is a composite of sky, light painted corn stalks and Weeny herself.

Camera: Pentax K-3

Lens: smc Pentax DA 18-135mm ED AL [IF] DC WR

18mm / ƒ/11 / exposure varies / ISO 100

Taken: November 1, 2022