The Cat's Meow...

or Roar! Here are the same cats as the last post, but you'll notice they aren't yawning in these pictures! As mentioned, these were all shot at the Toronto Zoo on our photo excursion last week. This will be my last post until next week sometime, as we are heading to Myrtle Beach for the March Break. I will try to post some pictures if I can shoot anything of interest

Open Wide

Here are some shots of the Big Cats taken at the Toronto Zoo, when my friend Melissa and I went yesterday. Our sole reason for going was to practice our photography and try to get some good shots. I think we did.

All the cats seemed very lazy as they were laying around on an awesome sunny day, but we caught them all yawning in these pictures below. Some of them do look quite scary, showing off their teeth, but they weren't, they were just caught in a "yawn".

I'll add some normal shots of them next time!

Here are a: snow leopard, caracal lynx, cheetah, female lion, male lion and an amur tiger.

Some Scenics!

Here are some scenic shots (landscapes) taken at Amherst Island. The first shot I used my polarizer and shot against the sun as it glistened on the water and got this effect. Photographers are the only ones who dread the sun, maybe we're all part vampires! Actually, it is sometimes hard to get shots that are exposed properly, too much sun can overexpose your shot. The other shot I included is one of the shoreline on the south side of the island.

Enjoy!

Icicles

Yep, despite the warm weather, there are still icicles around! You just have to look for them. I went on a photo trip on Friday to Amherst Island and found these on the side of the island that is hit with the water from Lake Ontario. They looked pretty cool in the sun and so I took a few photos of them. I didn't see much of anything else...some ducks, a couple of geese and a couple of swans. I also saw lots of hawks, but they were too far away to get a good shot.

Keturah and Ziggy

Sorry for not posting in a while...I've been busy, but not sure what was keeping me so busy!! Anyway, here are some shots of Keturah with her regular steed, Ziggy.

More Algonquin Park

Here are some more shots from our trip to Algonquin Park...

1. Scenic picture along the logging museum trail
2. Chickadee eating off Kevin`s hand
3. Keturah hiking along the logging museum trail

Feathered Friends....

Happy New Year!!

Sorry I haven't posted lately...We were busy with family/friends. We then went to the Cottage near Algonquin Park for 3 days. We took a couple of Brooke's friends with us as well this time. We had lots of fun and the kids enjoyed sledding, skating, playing the Wii and board games while at the cottage. On our last day there, we went hiking in Algonquin. We didn't see ANY moose, but we did see the feathered friends below as well as a pine marten, a squirrel and woodpeckers.

Anyway, here are a couple of cute shots that I got of a Gray Jay and a Chickadee. The chickadees ate out of our hand and the gray jays came close, but would not eat from our hand. We did throw seeds in the snow and they came down from their perches after we moved away a bit to eat the seeds.

More pictures soon...

If you are on Facebook and have an interest in Photography I have created a group called "The Shooting Gallery", where I will be posting tips as well as more of my pictures. I hope you will consider joining us!