Rideau Falls

Rideau Falls
Rideau Falls, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Camera: Canon EOS 5D; Lens: Canon EF-24-105mm f/4.0L IS USM; f/11.0 @ 1/250 sec; ISO 400; Focal Length: 28mm

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Rideau Falls

Rideau Falls
Rideau Falls, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaCamera: Canon EOS 5D; Lens: Canon EF-24-105mm f/4.0L IS USM; f/11.0 @ 1/250 sec; ISO 400; Focal Length: 28mm
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Tulips

I like tulips. They appear soon after the crocuses and daffodils. They appear as splashes of vibrant colours against the canvas of slowly greening gardens.

In previous years, I've driven to Ottawa for the Canadian Tulip Festival where you can see over 3 millions tulips in bloom.
Tulips - Canadian Tulip Festival - Commissioners Park - Dow's Lake - Ottawa
This year, I've been content to simply enjoy the tulips in my front garden.

First buds
Double Tulip
Pink and White Tulip
Even when the Sun does not shine and the World is cool and damp, the tulips still sparkle and shimmer.

Wet Tulip
And as they age, there is still a beauty to be seen.

Past Prime
With all the riotous colours, this shot just screamed to be done as Photo Art.

Photo Art - Tulip

Hope you enjoyed the photos.

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Other images of flowers taken so far this year can be seen in my Flowers - 2010 galleries.
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Some more of my favourite things

Ottawa Tulip Festival - May 2009
Many coloured Tulips

Back in May, my wife, Marilyn, and I once again headed up to the Nation's capital, to enjoy the annual Tulip Festival. I am always amazed by the millions of tulips on display. A multitude of tulips is another of my favourite things.

For your enjoyment, here are a few images taken during that visit.


Barbados Tulips


Pink Tulips


A rainbow of Tulips


One dares to be different


Thanks for coming along to see the tulips. Hope you enjoyed it.

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Other images taken during our visit to Ottawa can be seen in my Ottawa Tulip Festival - 11 May 2009 gallery.

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It's been a long Winter

I'm not a Winter person. While others love the cold and snow, I do not. So of course I choose to live in an area where it has been said to have "10 months of Winter and two months of lousy skiing".

What I miss most in Winter is colour. Looking over my photos, I notice there is a lack of Winter scenes. I found some images of when we visited Niagara Falls in February 2005.


Then there was that trip we took to Toronto in February 2008. We stopped off in Whitby and I spent a wonderful afternoon taking pictures with a great chap named Joe Noordman at the Lynn Shore Conservation Area.


We took another trip in February 2007 down to Northern New York and Vermont. While touring the Vermont Teddy Bear Factory, I took this shot out a window.


Back in December 2006, we visited Upper Canada Village in Morrisburg, Ontario during their "Alight at Night" festival. This was definitely something to see. But you MUST dress warm. It was -14 C with a steady wind the night we were there.


As I look back through my photo galleries looking for Winter scenes, one thing became very obvious. I took more flower shots in 2008 than all the Winter scenes I've shot over the past 4 years. As I said at the start, I am not a Winter Person.

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Anyone wishing to see other photos taken on any of the above mentioned trips can do so by clicking on these links:
Toronto & Niagara Falls 2005
Whitby Ontario - 2008
Short trip to Northern NY and Vermont - February 2007
Upper Canada Village - December 2006

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