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John Lee 🇨🇦
@watgrad.bsky.social
Recently retired, exploring new possibilities, like photography, hiking, and birding. Avid volunteer.
Ontario, Canada. 🇨🇦

I follow birders and photographers!

(All pictures posted are mine, unless otherwise stated.)
Do you feed the birds in the wintertime?
feederwatch.org

The feederwatch counting season starts in November!
There's even an app to make submitting your data easy!

#birds
#feeder #feederwatch
#wildlife #nature
November 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
First snowfall!
November 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Plant shelf...
(just remembering, plants aren't toys - for my #52Frames friends)
#houseplants
#plants
November 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Tried the "tell a story with Flat Lay" extra challenge for the #52frames_showusyourtoys theme this week.

I'm definitely embracing imperfections!

#52frames
#photography
November 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I'm still working on this challenge. These are so great - I really like the games image!
I don't really have many "toys" for #52frames_showusyourtoys, but took a couple of shots: a collection of my winter activity gear and a flat lay of some of our favourite board games' pieces
#wintersportsgear
#boardgames
#Wyrmspan
#Wingspan
#Parksboardgame
#UnderGrove
November 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just a duck
(It was a quiet day birding.)

#birds
#birding
#nature
#photography
November 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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October 31, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I didn't have many ideas for this week's #52frames_yourworstnightmare challenge, so I went with my first and only thought.

I used our doorbell camera to create a composite image inspired by a spooky scene from the horror film Hereditary.

#52frames #photography #horror
#Hereditary_movie #Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 4:58 PM
A cluster of #mushrooms growing on a mossy stump! (Stamm Woodlot, Waterloo)
#fungi
#nature
#photography
October 27, 2025 at 10:39 PM
My attempts for the #52frames_centeredcomposition challenge this week.
#52frames
#photography
#centered
October 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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October 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Beautiful autumn colours and an awesome close encounter with a red-shouldered hawk at #Jardinbotanique
#Montreal
#birdphotography
#hawks
#redshoulderedhawk
#fallcolours
#landscapephotography
October 24, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) from last night. Not very detailed, but still happy I captured something!

Thanks to @afischer.bsky.social for the inspiration - have a look at his amazing captures of this comet!

#astrophotography
#comet
October 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
#52Frames_shadows submission for this week.
Simple shadow from plants in the kitchen!
#52frames
#photography
October 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Intersection of shadows. Still on the hunt for 'shadows as subject' ideas for the #52frames_shadows challenge!
This idea failed - I couldn't get a clear shot with the camera hanging from my neck and the final image seemed a bit creepy - not what I was going for!
#photography
#52frames
#shadow
October 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Yet another watch face for the #52frames_time challenge! 🕖
#52frames
#photography
October 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Reposted by John Lee 🇨🇦
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) in the early hours of 3 October, captured through the C8 with an ASI294mc and additionally with a Nikon D5600 and a Tamron 70-200 at a focal length of 130 mm. The #comet was also nice to observe visually and will hopefully brighten significantly. #astrophotography
October 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Riding on the Simcoe Railway!
#trains
#fall
#photography
October 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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I'm trying to better emphasize storytelling in my photos, so for #52frames_time, I photographed my Mom looking through an old photo album. Edited to emphasize warm, late afternoon (literally and metaphorically) light and time passing, yet held — in hands, in photographs, in light.
#hands
#nostalgia
October 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
HarvestTIME!
One of my attempts for the #52frames_time challenge.

#52frames
#photography
#landscapr
October 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
A "moving texture" I came across in the forest while hunting for my #52frames_texture pic.
#52frames
#photography
October 8, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Some of the forest textures I found while hunting for my #52frames_texture pic.
#52frames
#photography
October 8, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Obligatory supermoon pic!

#astronomy
#photography
#supermoon
October 7, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Afternoon country drive during the fall in Ontario! 🍁🍂
#landscape
#photography
#autumn #fall
#horse
October 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM