03May/17

Shooting Infrared with the Opteka 6.5mm f/3.5 Fisheye Lens

For the last year I’ve been playing with the 2016 update of the Opteka 6.5mm f/3.5 Manual Focus Aspherical Circular Fisheye Lens. Once manufactured side by side with the Samyang and Rockinon fisheye lenses

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23May/15

Lets save the Montreal Botanical Garden Red Fox before it’s too late

A little update from Space For Life, Biodome veterinarian, Jacques Dancosse. Feeding wild animals – a good idea? Published on March 30th, 2015. Adult male Red Fox For a few weeks I’ve been contemplating writing

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01Aug/14
Juvenile Cooper’s Hawks are out of the nest – video

Juvenile Cooper’s Hawks are out of the nest – video

At the beginning of May I published an article on the Cooper’s Hawks mating in the Greater Montreal Region : The Cooper’s Hawks are Mating in the Greater Montreal Region During July the young Cooper’s Hawks quietly started venturing out of

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27Jun/14
Nesting Red-winged Blackbirds

Nesting Red-winged Blackbirds

First 2014 Red-winged Blackbirds to arrive Feels like just yesterday the first Red-winged Blackbirds had just arrived. I can still see them struggling to survive the last few frigid winter days as

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27Apr/14
The Cooper’s Hawks are Mating in the Greater Montreal Region

The Cooper’s Hawks are Mating in the Greater Montreal Region

In the last decade, Cooper’s Hawks have been making their presence more and more seen throughout the Greater Montreal area. No other Cooper’s Hawk is more notorious than Odin, nesting for nine consecutive

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10Apr/14
Montreal Birding – 2014 Spring Bird Migration Update

Montreal Birding – 2014 Spring Bird Migration Update

A late start for the 2014 Spring Bird Migration. It’s been just over a week since Canada geese have started pouring in large flocks. This is almost a month later than previous years

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10Sep/11
The First Emperor’s Procession; The Magic of Lanterns 2011

The First Emperor’s Procession; The Magic of Lanterns 2011

The Magic of Lanterns 2011 A new season of The Magic of Lanterns has commenced in the Chinese Garden of the Montreal Botanical Garden. This year’s theme “The First Emperor‘s Procession” The festivities

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08Jun/11
The Gift Shop at the Chinese Garden – IR

The Gift Shop at the Chinese Garden – IR – INFRARED

The Gift Shop at the Chinese Garden – Montreal Botanical Garden – IR – by Steve Troletti Last year’s Blue-Collar strike that hit the Montreal Biodome and forced its closure during the

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