05Dec/14

Downtown Montreal at Twilight for the 2014 Photochallenge.tempusaura.com

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As many of you know I’m a contributor at the PhotoChallenge.org along with Gary, Jeremy and our founding father, Trevor. This week’s challenge by Trevor; “2014 Challenge, Week 48 Landscape – Cityscapes/Townscapes”

03Dec/14

Seagull Right Angle Viewfinder (90 Degree) Review

12/03/2014ENGLISH, Photography Gear Review© STEVE TROLETTI - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, 1x, 2x, 7D, 90, angle, Arts, camera, Cameras, canon, Canon 5D, D4, D4s, D800, D810, degree, dslr, ebay, Equipment and Services, eyepiece, finder, fuji, Full-frame digital SLR, macro, magnify, mamica, Mark 2, Mark II, Minolta, montreal, neck, nikon, Nikon D4, olympus, pain, pentax, photgraphy, Photo, photography, Product Reviews, rectangle, relieve, right, Right Angle Viewfinder, rotate, round, seagull, SEAGULL 1x - 2x right view Finder / ANGLE FINDER Viewfinder, Shopping, Single-lens reflex camera, slr, sony, square, strain, twist, view, viewfinder, viseur, wordpress, yashicaSteve Troletti

Seagull Right Angle (90 Degree) Viewfinder Probably one of the least known, least used, but one of the most useful tool for the outdoor photographer is the Right Angle Viewfinder. An indispensable

28Nov/14

Tiffen Variable ND Filter for Photography and Video – First Impressions

11/28/2014ENGLISH, Photography Gear Review© STEVE TROLETTI - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, Adorama, amazon, amazon.ca, amazon.co.uk, amazon.es, Barcelona, california, canada, D810, Deutschlans, England, España, filter, Filtr, ile de la visitation, italia, milano, montreal, Nature Photography, nikon, nikon d810, Österreich, photography, Photography Gear, Product Reviews, purchase, quebec, schweiss, suisse, Suisse Romande, TIFFEN, Tiffen Variable ND Filter 2-8 Stops, UK, United Kingdom, United States of America, united states of america - usa, US, varese, Variable ND, Variable Neutral Density, VND, wildlife photographySteve Troletti

Lately I’ve been doing some research for a variable ND filter. Many sites have reviewed them for sharpness, color shift and build quality. Most of them settled on the Tiffen Variable ND

14Nov/14

ROLLEI INFRARED IR400 FILM WITH HOYA R72 FILTER

11/14/2014ENGLISH, Photography Gear Review© STEVE TROLETTI - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, Art and Culture, B&W, black, canada, film, filter, HIE, hoya, infrared, Infrared Photography, IR400, kodak, media type, montreal urban nature, nikon, North America, outdoor, parc de l'ile de la visitation, Photo, photography, quebec, r72, River, ROLLEI, sun, whiteSteve Troletti

I’m no film addict but once in a while I like to shoot film. It slows me down and makes me think more about my photography. I decided to get back into

21Oct/14

Snow Geese in Fall Migration – Réservoir Beaudet, Victoriaville

My Snow Geese image on a Billboard on Highway 20 in Quebec

You may have noticed the billboard on Highway 20. It features the fall Snow Geese Symposium in Victoriaville on October 25 and 26 at Reservoir Beaudet. Some of you have even recognized

16Oct/14

White-breasted Nuthatch – returning for Fall

The leaves are taking on their fall colors and many have already fallen to the ground. There are still plenty left in the trees to keep our forests less illuminated on these gloomy fall days. Warblers have already come and are almost all gone. They are slowly replaced by Kinglets, Junco and White-throated Sparrows. Our forest birds

10Oct/14

Double-crested Cormorants and other birds suffer because of our Trash

Portrait – Double-crested Cormorant We’ve all heard of these poor albatross chicks who perish on Midway Island with stomachs full of plastic waste. Clouds of micro-plastics in the center of the Pacific Ocean. One thing is certain, the plastic waste that pollutes the waters of the Pacific Ocean around Midway Island is not created by

08Oct/14

The Gray tree frog – Hyla versicolor

With fall hitting us like a lighting bolt, it feels like we’re closer to winter than the summer we’ve just left behind. Amphibians and reptiles of all kinds are becoming increasingly scarce. I was quite surprised to find this gray tree frog near the bottom of

26Sep/14

Rough Stink Bug on Sumac flower

Last week it seemed like summer had hit a brick wall. Temperatures fell drastically and we even had a morning of frost. My first thought, no more bugs for macro photography. Well insects are hardy little buggers and it’s not a little cold that will stop them dead in their tracks. (Brochymena sp) Ropugh Stink Bug on

25Sep/14

Poutine the Snapping Turtle and the Penis Prolapse

The appendage trailing behind the turtle was not his intestines, but his penis. The poor Snapping Turtle suffered from a prolapsed penis. U

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