There is a bird of prey on the Horizon that caught the eye of Rubis.

Easier to see if you enlarge the image by clicking on it.

Picture taken during a pleasant evening walk, fields of Notre-Dame-de-l’Ile-Perrot.

Did I ever tell you how much I love the 50mm lens? I know, I know, I repeat myself. Seriously what a lens.

Nikon D90
Exposure : 1/1600
Aperture : f/4
ISO: 400
Focal length : 50 mm (75 en DX)
Aperture, Topaz Denoise 4, ColorEfex pro

François Meehan

The morning departure for the geese is a ritual, as Robert explained the “protocol” to me.

They stand by group of 8-10 individuals. At a given moment, the leader stands tall on the water, flaps his wings and start to shout (liberal translation), “Are you ready, are you ready, are you ready…”, the others respond and the volume rises. There is a decibel level to reach; if not attained, the group calms itself, make a few minutes pause and start all over again until everyone agree on departure.

The take off itself is really impressive, the goose is like a “747″, it requires a lengthy runway.

Nikon D90
Exposure : 1/500
Aperture : f/5.6
ISO: 640
Focal length  : 185 mm (277 en DX)
Aperture, Topaz Denoise 3, Nik Viveza and Color Efex pro

Once in the air at their cruising altitude, nothing can’t stop them.

Nikon D90
Exposure : 1/500
Aperture : f/5.6
ISO: 640
Focal length : 280 mm (420 en DX)
Aperture, Topaz Denoise 3, Nik Viveza and Color Efex pro

So long, have a nice winter..

Nikon D90
Exposure : 1/1500
Aperture : f/5.6
ISO: 640
Focal length : 280 mm (420 en DX)
Aperture, Topaz Denoise 3, Nik Viveza and Color Efex pro

Note:

I rarely have the chance to do sorties with other photographs and I totally enjoyed the experience with “TreborF” (Robert).

I wish to renew the experience with other members of the Flickr. There is so much talent in the community, so many opportunities to exchange about our passion of the image.

Thanks again Robert !

You must really like photography, in order to spend several minutes shooting in front of a mirror windows, just to get the right reflection, while people pass by with a perplex look.

“The story you read is true, only the image was composed in order to protect the identity of the innocents”

Nikon D90
Exposure : 1/60
Aperture : f/16
ISO: 200
Focal length : 50 mm (75 en DX)
Aperture, Topaz Denoise 3, Nik Viveza and Silver Efex pro

François Meehan

What a special day last Saturday was. I had the privilege to do some shooting in Terrebonne with Robert, or treborf , his user ID in “Flickr”.

For those who don’t know, Flickr is “the reference” on the Internet for photographs to exchange opinion on their art.

After a few exchanges, we decided to go shooting together to catch the “first light”.

That is so cool, I am going to a new place with a guide ! In a few weeks, I will return the favor and show Robert nice opportunities in my region.

Be on site at 7:00, that is the plan, so I had to wake up at 5:00 to get on time to the rendez-vous point, the Tim Hortons at Mascouche.

Robert had the excellent idea for us to start the day at Rivière du parc.

Once on site, we saw hundreds of geese still through the dark. There is even a big 3 floor observatory. Only thing missing was a “Lazyboy”

There is nothing lake the morning colors…

** Click picture to enlarge

Nikon D90
Exposure : 1/1000
Aperture : f/5.6
ISO: 640
Focal length : 145 mm (217 en DX)
Aperture, Topaz Denoise 3, Nik Viveza and Color Efex pro

After a good night’s sleep, the birds are getting ready for departure.

Nikon D90
Exposure : 1/250
Aperture : f/5.6
ISO: 640
Focal length : 270 mm (405 en DX)
Aperture, Topaz Denoise 3, Nik Viveza and Color Efex pro

François Meehan

Fall is showing up its nose and I realize now how much I miss the magnificent sunsets of Ste-Luce-sur-mer.

During these few hours of days end, I found so much peace, calm and harmony.

Especially when I took this picture. The heron on the rock was not there to prey, our to find a sole-mate.

It stood there for a long period, standing still, looking at the sea, the sky and its superb colors.

Nikon D90
Exposure : 1/45
Aperture : f/16
ISO: 800
Focal length : 105mm (157 en DX)
Aperture, Topaz Denoise 3 and Detail.

Right after I took took this image, I sat on the sand and started to observe in the direction where the bird was looking toward.

I felt a strange peace inside, time got suspended, I savored the moment.

Ahh, Ste-Luce is so far away!

François Meehan

Looks like I see blue herons everywhere these days.

Another beautiful sunset at Ste-Luce-sur-mer.

Please note, I used Picturesque on this shot, this is where the light frame and subtle shadow around it is coming from.

Nikon D90
Exposure : 1/500
Aperture : f/2.8
ISO: 1000
Focal length : 50mm (75 en DX)
Aperture, Topaz Denoise 3 and Clean

François

Each day during our stay at Ste-Luce sur Mer, we saw that bird at least 3 times.

It seemed to have made a particular rock, really close to were we stayed, its home base.

On some occasions, we would see two herons, that was not the norm.

Several herons pictures to come, that were such good subjects.

Nikon D90
Exposure : 1/3000
Aperture : f/6.7
ISO: 400
Focal Length : 300mm (450 en DX)
Aperture, Topaz Denoise 3, Viveza and Define from Nik software

François