Here’s another short video clip of this porcupine I came across while out photographing along the North Saskatchewan River in the Strathcona Science Park. He (or she) was pretty small, maybe about the size of a beach ball, and was not going anywhere – if I moved too suddenly he’d pause from his eating, but he never left his spot. It’s hard to imagine how a porcupine can get enough nutrition out of the dried grass and seeds that he’s eating here to be able to survive the kind of cold that we’ve been getting lately, but I guess they do.
You can push the fullscreen button (four outward arrows at the bottom-right of the video) to view it larger, or follow the link to watch a high-definition version at vimeo.com.
Here’s another short video clip that I took during this recent period of extremely cold weather. Walking over the footbridge between Strathcona Science Park and Rundle Park, I was mesmerized by the combined, overlapping movement of the fog rising from the river, the ice flowing downstream, and the ripples in the water. The light breeze was moving the mist around and the low sun was glinting off the thin icebergs, creating a beautiful, swirling, shining scene.
This past year I upgraded my camera to the Canon 5DmkII, it’s a terrific camera that I’m very happy with, and one of the neat tricks it does is shoot high definition video. I don’t shoot too much video — I’m a stills photographer at heart, regardless of what the camera can do — but it is fun to try once in a while.
I took this short video this past week during the cold snap — it shows a small flock of Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) ducks swimming in the river then taking off and flying, landing again a ways upriver. The ducks dive briefly under the water surface a couple of times before flying — my best guess is that they’re “de-icing” their wings (it was about –35° C that morning).
You can push the fullscreen button (four outward arrows at the bottom-right of the video) to view it larger, or follow the link to watch a high-definition version at vimeo.com.
After a pretty slow day at the Gold Bar craft sale, I’m hoping for the best at this year’s TKUC Guild christmas gift sale this coming Saturday, the 28th of November. I’ll have a table set up at The King’s University College (9125 50 street, here’s a map) between 10 AM — 3 PM. There’s a $2 admission (kid’s are free) and over 70 vendors. I’ll again have photographic prints and cards for sale, and this time I’ll print enough of the popular ones!
Just a quick note to let you know that I’ll be at the Gold Bar community art & craft sale from 10 am to 4 pm on Saturday, the 21st of November (’09) (here’s a map to the hall). I’d love to have you drop by to say hi (six hours can go pretty slow with no one to talk to), and I’ll have a selection of prints and cards for sale as well. Hope to see you there!
Hi! Thanks for having a look at my personal photography journal.
I hope to regularly post new photographs that I’m excited to share with you before I can incorporate them into my more formal galleries. These will be photographs that either taken recently, or sometimes, photographs that I’ve recently processed (or re-processed). I’ll usually add a short description of where, when, or why I took each photo, and sometimes ask for feedback on things I’m trying out.
I’ll always welcome any comments or questions you may have about any of the images – you can either leave me a comment on one of the entries, or contact me directly.
I hope you enjoy these images, and please check back often to see what I’ve been up to.
