Greenwater Provincial Park

[PS-RagE]

Since I have six weeks of vacation built up, I decided to and head out and take a week off before the busy season kicks in (I am busiest in fall/winter). This time, we headed to Greenwater Provincial Park outside of Cochrane, Ontario. It was a nice park - very clean and very quiet. It was completely empty for much of the week. Of course, we weren't there 24 hours before the clouds slammed shut and the largest storm of the summer began (ie. tail end of Katrina). Despite non-stop rainfall I managed to get out and grab some pics through out the week:

Nikon D2X, Sigma 180mm f/3.5 macro, ISO 100, 1/60, f/20, handheld with flash


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Nikon D2X, Sigma 180mm f/3.5 macro, ISO 100, 1/60, f/20, handheld with flash -2/3 EV


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Nikon D2X, Sigma 180mm f/3.5 macro, ISO 100, 1/180, f/4, handheld with flash -2/3 EV


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Can't find anything to take a pic of? Start turning over logs!

Nikon D2X, Sigma 180mm f/3.5 macro, ISO 100, 1/60, f/25, handheld with flash -2/3 EV


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Nikon D2X, Sigma 300-800 f/5.6 @ 800mm, ISO 400, 1/200, f/5.6, tripod mounted


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Nikon D2X, Sigma 180mm f/3.5 macro, ISO 100, 1/60, f/20, tripod mounted with flash -2/3 EV


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More things to be found by turning logs over.

Nikon D2X, Sigma 180mm f/3.5 macro, ISO 100, 1/60, f/20, handheld with flash -2/3 EV


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Nikon D2X, Sigma 180mm f/3.5 macro, ISO 100, 1/60, f/16, tripod-mounted with flash -1/3 EV


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I must have taken 50 pictures of this wood bug and a couple other similar coloured beetles. So far, they are proving to be the most challanging to expose correctly due to their glossy black bodies.

Nikon D2X, Sigma 180mm f/3.5 macro, ISO 100, 1/60, f/22, handheld with flash -1/3 EV


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This nasty little bastard bit my daughter when she pulled it from the lake to show me.

Nikon D2X, Tamron 90mm f/2.8 macro, ISO 100, 1/60, f/36, handheld with flash


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Nikon D2X, Sigma 180mm f/3.5 macro, ISO 100, 1/20, f/6.3, tripod mounted


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Nikon D2X, Sigma 180mm f/3.5 macro, ISO 100, 1/60, f/16, handheld with flash

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Nikon D2X, Sigma 180mm f/3.5 macro, ISO 100, 1/2.5, f/22, tripod mounted

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Nikon D2X, Sigma 180mm f/3.5 macro, ISO 100, 1/60 +1/3 EV, f/22, handheld with flash


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Nikon D2X, Sigma 180mm f/3.5 macro, ISO 100, 1/8 -1/3 EV, f/11, tripod mounted


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Not too much wildlife to be seen but plenty of flys.....

Nikon D2X, Sigma 180mm f/3.5 macro, ISO 100, 1/60, f/16, handheld with flash -1 EV


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Nikon D2X, Sigma 180mm f/3.5 macro, ISO 100, 1/60, f/16, handheld with flash

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This is the equipment used to capture most of these images:

the 90mm Tamron

the 180mm Sigma

 

[fugu]

Ever get tired of bugs?

 

[PS-RagE]

Hey, if its outdoors and will sit still long enough for me to focus its all good