Tea For the Tillerman

I have been pretty busy lately but I thought I had better update the blog anyway. These two pictures were taken several years ago with a point and shoot Canon. These are International pictures - the river is in Canada but the background mountain is in the USA!

Use the comments and tell me which of the two photos you like best...


TILLERMAN: This one always makes me think of Cat Stevens' Tea For the Tillerman.'



RIVER PILOT: I like the lighting,the wind in the hair, and the mountain dividing river from sky.



Please take a moment to comment on which you like best and why...

Watoto African Children's Choir

Recently the church we fellowship at hosted a wonderful concert of the Watoto Children's Choir from, you guessed it, Africa. It was an inspiring evening of song, praise and dance, vibrant in the energy of its' performance and the colors of cultural dress. Safe to say, a wonderful time was had by all.



1/80 sec. f8. 300mm ISO1250 saturation reduced in iPhoto

Spring Is Sprung

Many 'things' have become icons of spring, symbolically heralding the glorious change of the season from the passing winter to the luxurious changes brought about by the warming sun with its' longer days. If you are not too young and you have experienced spring on the prairies, you will no doubt be always hoping to spot the ever beautiful prairie crocus.

Prairie Crocus

1/250 sec. f5.6 ISO-800 55mm

Bugs On Plants

Bugs are fascinating subjects, especially when seen close up through a micro (for Nikonians) / macro lens.


1/125 sec. f4.2 ISO-800 60mm Nikkor Micro Lens



1/640 sec. f10 ISO-1000 60mm Nikkor Micro Lens



1/125 sec. f4 ISO-800 60mm Nikkor Micro Lens

Snowshoeing At Fairmont Hot Springs

It is time to deviate a little from the Photo Of the Day concept and just share a few pictures. My wife works really hard and she has taken this week for a vacation, which we are taking at Fairmont Hot Springs, British Columbia.

Today we strapped on our snowshoes and went along on a guided trek that departed from the local ski hill. There isn't a lot of snow, the lighting was poor and I lost a lens cap, so photographically the day was a wash, but our guides, Lucas, Steph, and Britt made certain that we enjoyed ourselves anyway.

Approaching the Creek Crossing



Our Guides; Steph, Britt, and Lucas.



The Wife and I At the Turn Around Point. Photo by Stephanie

Birds Of A Feather

Of course one can always get two sides of a coin by utilizing two coins, or in this case, two pieces currency.




1/125 sec. f4.5 ISO1000 60mm Tripod

Two Sides of the Coin

Today for a Photo of the Day I not only get to post two photos, I indeed Must post two, for today's photo is a collector coin from the Royal Canadian Mint, and as everybody knows, there are two sides to every coin.

Year Of the Dragon Collector Coin 'Tails'

1/2000 sec. f3.8 ISO1600 60mm Tripod

Year Of the Dragon Collector Coin 'Heads'

1/4000 sec. f3.8 ISO1600 60mm Tripod


The ISO is so high because I neglected to reset the sensitivity after doing some hand held photography of wild birds while using a Nikon Fieldscope and adapter on my Nikon D70. Considering the ISO setting there is very little noise present.