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Backcountry Diaries
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I'm an amateur Canadian photographer living in northern Ontario close to beautiful Lake Superior. I like to shoot nature and wildlife. But I'm happy capturing whatever presents itself in front of my lens.

#camping #hiking #snowshoeing #canoeing, and more.
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We spotted this juvenile garter snake as it crossed the trail, trying to hide in the leaf litter.

#photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #snake
A snake lifts its head over a dried, shrivelled leaf from the forest floor. The leaf appears to glow orange in the sunlight.
September 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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A hoverfly sips the last few drops of nectar on a late-September hike on an old familiar trail.

#photography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #nature #hoverfly #wildflower #insect
A small hoverfly, with the black and yellow markings of a bee, sits on the yellow centre of a lavender wildflower. Some of the other flowers in the image are starting to wither as summer turns to fall.
September 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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During the day, this road bustles with both foot and vehicle traffic as people go about their busy lives. But at night, the silence rolls in like dense fog.

#photography #monochrome #fog #blueskyartshow #theroad
A nighttime scene, looking down a quiet street. Street lamps cast cones of light through dense fog down to the road, revealing a parked vehicle on the left. Part of a silhouetted tree balances the light with darkness.
September 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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A bee gathers pollen while it still can. Fall is in the air.

#NaturePhotography #photography #WildlifePhotography #bee #flower #yellow
A bee sits atop a bright yellow and orange flower, pollen grains on its face, and a swollen pollen sac on its hind leg.
September 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Two long-forgotten Muskoka chairs being reclaimed by nature.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #OutdoorPhotography #AbandonedPlaces #RusticCharm #Overgrown #ForgottenPlaces #ReclaimedByNature #AutumnVibes
Two old, lichen-encrusted Muskoka chairs sitting on green grass facing left, as the red and green bushes of an encroaching forest loom in the background.
September 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Broken promise.

#Photography #Forest #Autumn #FallenLeaves #WeddingMetaphor #NaturePhotography #RustAndDecay #ArtInNature #VisualPoetry
September 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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#BlueskyArtShow #angles
A nighttime scene looking down upon an illuminated, triangular swimming pool.
September 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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You never know what you might encounter along a busy city street.

#BlueskyArtShow #angles #climbing
A person with outstretched arms rappelling by coloured rope down the side of a glass building. The lines of the arms, ropes, windows, and reflections form many angles, shapes, and X patterns.
September 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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It was nice to spend an afternoon on the rocky shores of Lake Superior trying to capture her early autumn mood.

#photography #monochrome #slowexposure #landscape #greatlakes #LakeSuperior
A black and white photo looking along the water's edge of a rocky shoreline. On the left, a beach leading into a forest. On the right, rocks emerging from the water, which itself is smooth and milky white from the long exposure. A black and white photo taken from the shore on an overcast day, looking towards the milky white water over large rocks in the foreground. Another rocky coastline is visible in the distance.
September 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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The morning before the unofficial end to summer, and light bursts through the trees.

#BlackAndWhitePhotography #BWPhoto #Monochrome #PhotoStory #MorningLight #ForestPhotography #WoodlandPhotography #Photography #Sunburst
Black and white photo of a forest with tall, slender trees. Sunlight bursts through the canopy, creating a starburst effect and scattering light across the shadows of the forest floor.
September 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Scenes from our campsite on this Labour Day weekend.

#icmphotography #intentionalcameramovement #ICM #abstractphotography #natureabstracts #canada #ontariophotography #lakelife #canoeing #forestphotography #treelovers #naturephotography #moodynature #slowshutter #photographicart
An intentionally blurry photo of a forest scene, with light-coloured trees in the foreground. A flash of teal emerges from the bottom of the scene, barely hinting at the presence of a canoe on the forest floor. A blurry photo of a canoe sitting amongst the trees close to the shore of lake.
September 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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The door is open. The hardest step is the first one.

#BlackAndWhitePhotography #BWPhotography #Monochrome #FineArtPhotography #Photography #PhotoStory #VisualPoetry #MinimalistPhotography #BarnPhotography #ContrastAndLight
A black and white photo of a barn door swung wide open, with a hesitant lamb peering hesitantly from inside the barn to the outside world.
August 29, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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#BlueskyArtShow #Arch
A black and white view of two stacked rows of ancient arches on the side of the Roman Colosseum.
March 30, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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#BlueskyArtShow #Arch
A view from the water looking under a stone bridge onto a patio with colourful umbrellas.
March 30, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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A snowy forest trail.

#BlueskyArtShow #blur #intensionalcameramovement #icmphotography
A blurry, winter forest scene in black and white. A bifurcated tree, it’s two white trunks forming a ‘V’, dominates the foreground in front of a dark woodland behind.
January 19, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Even as the vibrant colours of summer fade and the cold sets in, resilience endures. The dry catkins and muted winter tones remind us that strength lies in adaptation and perseverance through the most challenging times.

#photography #woodlandphotography #nature #naturephotography #resilience
A cluster of dry, brown catkins dangling from a slender tree branch. Dry, star (aster)-shaped flowers on slender woody branches.
December 30, 2024 at 3:45 PM
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Old bricks of the Château des ducs de Bretagne in Nantes, France.

#photography #blueskyartshow #bricks
A walkway across a rampart leads to a multi-sided brick building with a conical pointed roof.
December 28, 2024 at 3:20 PM
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This red-breasted nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) was obviously camera shy, trying to hide behind some unnatural detritus hanging in a tree. Despite his best efforts, he's just too handsome not to share.

#birds #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #m43photography
Grey bird with a black and white head and tawny breast, standing on a tree branch facing right, with the tip of his beak nearly hidden behind a wire suspending one blue and one black paper clip from another branch.
December 24, 2024 at 9:02 PM
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Thick winter plumage keeps this black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) warm even in the coldest temperatures.

#birds #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #nature #wildlife
A black and white bird, facing right, is perched on a stick in a forest. Some red branches frame its figure in the background.
December 23, 2024 at 12:34 PM
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A walk in the snow.

#photography #intentionalcameramovement #woodlandphotography #forestphotography #cdnpoli
A blurry photo of a cluster of four tree trunks surrounded by ethereal white snow or mist or smoke or haze rising from the ground.
December 21, 2024 at 5:29 AM
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How about a blue boat?

#photography #blue #boat #sailboat #bluesky
A blue and white sailboat moored in a busy marina with other sailboats (even some other blue ones), with a long line of trees in warm fall colours in the background.
December 20, 2024 at 10:45 PM
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When the temperatures plummet to -20 C and below, I turn my camera inward; this time towards a house plant. This is a Mother-In-Law's Tongue (a.k.a. Snake Plant; Sansevieria trifasciata).

#photography #houseplants #lowkey #flashphotography
Three tall, pointed green leaves with yellow margins tower over a smaller emergent leaf against a black background.
December 20, 2024 at 2:24 PM
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Our Christmas cactus bloomed today. Let the festivities begin!

#flower #photography #lowkey #christmascactus
A dark photo of a bright pink flower, its succulent leaves fading into the black background.
December 13, 2024 at 4:58 AM
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Snow and ice load spruce boughs in a peaceful woodland hours before a howling blizzard disturbs the calm.

#woodlandphotography #forestphotography #naturephotography #snow #ice #winter
Snow and ice weigh down spruce boughs in a quiet forest.
December 9, 2024 at 3:18 PM
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A walk in the woods after the first snowfall of the season seemed the perfect opportunity to indulge my new #ICM fascination.

#ICMPhotography #WoodlandPhotography #ForestPhotography #SnowyScenes #blur #bnw #bnwphotography #monochrome
A blurry photo, made with intentional camera movements, of a double tree trunk with white bark forming the shape of a V in the foreground amidst snow and other vegetation surrounding it. Another black and white ICM photo, showing an ephemeral staircase, seemingly ascending into the sky, with shapes of trees on either side.
December 5, 2024 at 4:10 AM