Along the Rideau River just behind Carleton University, by the south point of Vincent Massey Park, you can often spot a pair of hideous deformed ducks swimming about. Life is cruel – they would have made a handsome set of swans.

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This little guy jumped out at us at Hog’s Back Park and begged to have his picture taken.

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Periodically (I think wind direction is the primary factor?) the Ottawa airport routes all the incoming air traffic directly over our house.  Because they’re coming down not far from here, most of them fly over with their gear down, well within waving altitude. I don’t mind the bit of noise they make – [...]

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A friend posted a link to a trendy new thing to do on flickr -  “The future of photography!” – an invention called the Cinemagraph. Here’s two of the better, more subtle ones from photographer Kevin Burg. They’re sortof like the photos in Harry Potter’s world.

Calling them a fancy name is disingenuous really, they’re just [...]

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On our weekend walk Natasha and I were excited to discover that the ducks are back in our neighbourhood and are poking for bugs in a puddle that, during the summer, is normally a tennis court. They didn’t seem to mind having a duck-wannabe floating around next to them trying to blend in.

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Here’s another project I’ve been up to lately…
Remember that post I did about the Bokeh effects in Scott Pilgrim? With a Christmas tree covered in tiny point lights just begging to be photographed, I felt I ought to prove that it works. Here’s a starburst effect I created just by holding a piece [...]

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I just realized this morning that tomorrow’s going to be the last day I’ll be biking into work this season. I’m not confident (or equipped) enough to do a lot of biking in the dark and with the days getting shorter I’m starting to push my luck getting home before sunset. I’ll be switching over [...]

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We came home from camping to discover that the weird “broccoli” flowers growing in the front flower bed had finally bloomed pink. And what’s more, they were super popular with the bees – we counted a few dozen taking turns combing through the little flowers for pollen. With so many fascinating subjects hard at work [...]

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As I was leaving the house this morning to get on my bike, I noticed a thick shimmering spider web strung between our rose bushes. As I bent down to look I came face to face with something hovering on a nearly invisible web – this enormous 2 and a half inch long Orb Weaver [...]

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I tried hard to drink in every bit of the fast-paced live-action Scott Pilgrim movie, which was packed full of neat little details and sight gags. I completely missed this clever trick in the trailers, but as soon as I saw it in the theatre I got so excited I yelled loudly whispered “LOOK AT [...]

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