Re: OT: I spy with my b&w eye
Hi Fernando A few other favourite spots, specifically for birds. You already know about High Park, which has both a captured and wild waterfowl population. Just West of Sunnyside and High Park, there is Humber Park which also is known for its waterfowl population throughout the fall, winter & early spring. There also use to be a snowy owl there during the winter. East end, between Rouge River in Scarboro and Oshawa, is very rich in bird life especially in the spring for the smaller song birds and during the fall for migrating hawks. The best place is Lynnshore Conservation area and Cranberry Marsh in Whitby off of Bailey St. It use to be really good for waterfowl, but it got drained in a storm, and subsequent restoring has allowed it to be filled with rushes, so that the water area is really out of camera reach. But it is still good to see hawks, vultures etc. especially during the Sept. Oct. months. The last time I was at the Toronto Zoo in winter, I saw more wild deer than the caged Canadian animals. You may be lucky :-) Also they use to have cross country ski trails through the Canadian section. And , of course, any night in Toronto you should be able to see and maybe capture (on film or digital), racoons. A friend of mine in the downtown area has a family of racoons in his backyard tree. Two good books, if you can locate or order them: 1."Toronto the Wild" explains why we humans are basically guests in the Toronto area. 2.Also a chap named Clive Godwin has at least one of his books still current on the best places to observe birds in Ontario, and which includes an extensive section on the Toronto area. Even better, if it's still in print is his book on the Toronto area. That should keep you busy for a day or two :-) herb PS, you can email me if you'd like to know some of my other favourities. >Also, didn't know about Leslie Spit, now it's added it to my list to check it >out (any other locations to recommend?). BTW this was on Lakeshore Blv West, near High Park.
Re: OT: I spy with my b&w eye
Shel, Dave, Vic & Herb Thanks for the input. This was a first test and I took note of your feedback. Herb, glad you like the "wild life" set. I didn't include more wild life because I haven't been here for so long, but it's a living project of my own and I plan to keep adding more photos; I also have some photos of squirrels but didn't like the result, I'll wait next fall to capture that; Quite a change from Buenos Aires where the only wild life you find is cats, dogs and pigeons... Also, didn't know about Leslie Spit, now it's added it to my list to check it out (any other locations to recommend?). BTW this was on Lakeshore Blv West, near High Park. Fernando herb greenslade wrote: Hi Fernando Looked at your fotos, especially, the waterfowl off of Toronto Islands (I think) . November on my last visit, I rediscovered Leslie Spit this is after another disappointing visit to LynnShore out at Whitby, which when I lived in Toronto, was the Mecca (oops religion, sorry!) for waterfowl and other birds. I'm wondering why you didn't include other of Toronto's wild life that lives within it's boundaries, such as the racoons (the densest population per square kilometer anywhere in North America) or the red foxes that roam the Don Valley or even the herd of deer that inhabit the Rouge River - Also from what I understand, the clubs all over :-) Anyway, loved your bird fotos. herb _ Scan and help eliminate destructive viruses from your inbound and outbound e-mail and attachments. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*.
Re: OT: I spy with my b&w eye
Hi Fernando Looked at your fotos, especially, the waterfowl off of Toronto Islands (I think) . November on my last visit, I rediscovered Leslie Spit this is after another disappointing visit to LynnShore out at Whitby, which when I lived in Toronto, was the Mecca (oops religion, sorry!) for waterfowl and other birds. I'm wondering why you didn't include other of Toronto's wild life that lives within it's boundaries, such as the racoons (the densest population per square kilometer anywhere in North America) or the red foxes that roam the Don Valley or even the herd of deer that inhabit the Rouge River - Also from what I understand, the clubs all over :-) Anyway, loved your bird fotos. herb
Re: OT: I spy with my b&w eye
Regardless of the technical qualities, I like option B best. Why: when I opened it, the first thing my eye spotted was the chain. Probably because it is actually the only contrasty object that is in focus. Apart from that, the monkey is fading into the background, which also gives it a special flavour. Groeten, Vic Fernando Terrazzino wrote: Anyone that knows b&w and have some spare time to help me... I'm playing around here with some old scans that I have from a trip to Thailand, and found this photo that I like but didn't quite get good exposure (bright light in the back, no flash to fill-in, yadda, yadda, yadda...). Basically the background is somehow overexposed and the subject is underexposed. Anyway, while I wait to send some day the rest of my stuff to Canada, I thought about playing around with this bad print scans, hoping to apply the same process to a better future negative scan. So here I am, decided to try a b&w version to hide some defects of the photo and end up with 4 versions. I kinda have my personal choice but would like to listen some input from a more knowledgeable audience. Here's the link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/sets/72057594064899026/ you'll find 4 b&w version, plus an attempt to restore some color (best I could do, with diff. layers for highlight and shadows, but don't like it anyway) and the original(just for demonstration purposes). Your vote? A, B, C or D? Thanks _ Don't just Search. Find! http://search.sympatico.msn.ca/default.aspx The new MSN Search! Check it out!
Re: OT: I spy with my b&w eye
D, but it still looks flat. Needs something Dave > Anyone that knows b&w and have some spare time to help me... > > I'm playing around here with some old scans that I have from a trip to > Thailand, and found this photo that I like but didn't quite get good > exposure (bright light in the back, no flash to fill-in, yadda, yadda, > yadda...). Basically the background is somehow overexposed and the subject > is underexposed. Anyway, while I wait to send some day the rest of my stuff > to Canada, I thought about playing around with this bad print scans, hoping > to apply the same process to a better future negative scan. > > So here I am, decided to try a b&w version to hide some defects of the photo > and end up with 4 versions. I kinda have my personal choice but would like > to listen some input from a more knowledgeable audience. > > Here's the link: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/sets/72057594064899026/ > > you'll find 4 b&w version, plus an attempt to restore some color (best I > could do, with diff. layers for highlight and shadows, but don't like it > anyway) and the original(just for demonstration purposes). > > Your vote? A, B, C or D? > > Thanks > > _ > Don't just Search. Find! http://search.sympatico.msn.ca/default.aspx The new > MSN Search! Check it out! >
