Some of my Flickr friends have done beautiful shots of butterflies in an exposition held in Montreal. I was a bit jealous until I found this one in Valleyfield.

Nikon D90
Exposure : 1/640
Aperture : f/8
ISO: 160
focal length : 170 mm (255mmf in DX)
Aperture, Topaz Denoise 3 and Detail4, Nik SilverEfex pro

François Meehan

Ahhhhh, my D90 is back in service, after 32 days 2 hours et 17 minutes.

That was long!

It feels soooo good to work with the DSLR. So much control over the image, working with RAW files and quality lenses.

It was a good lesson, working for more than a month with older “point & shoot” camera. I won’t retire them yet, I now realize there are times where they can do a pretty descent job.

This shot was taken on Sainte-Catherine street in Montreal, no superpositions; a display and some reflections from the street.

** By clicking on the image, you will see it’s large version

Nikon D90
Exposure : 1/200
Aperture : f/4
ISO: 160
Focal length : 50 mm (75 in DX)
Aperture, Topaz Denoise 3 and Detail4, Nik ColorEfex pro

François Meehan

Between 2 customers visits, downtown Montreal, I took this “quickie”.

Good news! My D90 is ready, I’ll pick it up tomorrow, Yahoooooooooooo!

Canon PowerShot SD870 IS
Exposition : 1/160
Ouverture : f/5.6
ISO: 400
Focal length : 14.7mm
Aperture, Topaz Denoise 3 and Adjust 4, Nik ColorEfex pro

François Meehan

This is a sign that does not lie :

Municipal employees of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Q.C., removed their Christmas decorations on the main street.

Canon PowerShot SD870 IS
Exposure : 1/1600
Aperture : f/4.5
ISO: 160
Focal length : 10.8mm
Aperture, Topaz Denoise 3 and Adjust 4, Nik SilverEfex pro

François Meehan

I found this beautiful mirror at “magasin général D’Aoust G & Cie” , Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Qc.

Could not resist taking the shot.

Canon PowerShot SD870 IS
Exposure : 1/60
Aperture : f/2.8
ISO: 400
Focal length : 4.6mm
Aperture, Topaz Denoise 3 and Adjust 4, Nik ColorEfex pro

François Meehan

Still no D90… Should be for next week. Life goes on.

I found a variant to my “Bellyshooting” technique: Here I am “Capshooting”:

Canon PowerShot SD870 IS
Exposition : 1/200
Ouverture : f/2.8
ISO: 400
Longueur focale : 4.6mm
Aperture, Topaz Denoise 3 and Adjust 4, Nik ColorEfex pro

François Meehan

I am not a big fan of graffiti’s. Sometimes thought, there are pieces of art to be found

Picture taken at the canal of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal.

Nikon D90
Exposure : 1/30
Aperture : f/4
ISO: 400
Focal length : 50 mm (75 in DX)
Aperture, Topaz Denoise 3, Nik SilverEfex pro

François

Getting ready for a party night…

Valou, my favorite model.

Canon PowerShot SD870 IS
Exposure : 1/10
Aperture : f/2.8
ISO: 800
Focale length : 4.6mm
Aperture, Topaz Denoise 3 and Detail 2, Nik SilverEfex pro

François Meehan

Here is what happened that night. Toward the end of the meal, I looked at that empty bottle of coke thinking there must be a shot to made here. So I drew a face on a finger, put the “point & shoot” in macro mode and started playing with the camera.

Canon PowerShot SD870 IS
Exposure : 1/200
Aperture : f/2.8
ISO: 800
Focal length : 4.6mm
Aperture, Topaz Denoise 3 et Detail 2, Nik ColorEfex pro

Suddenly, after I put that finger inside the bottle to take some shots, the company phone went off.

I didn’t wanted to lose the call and I had other shots to take with the bottle, so I went on tho answered the call with as I was.

For some obscure reasons, my son thought that was funny…

Canon PowerShot SD870 IS
Exposure : 1/60
Aperture : f/2.8
ISO: 250
Focal length : 4.6mm
Aperture, Topaz Denoise 3 and Detail 2, Nik SilverEfex pro

François Meehan