Parc national des Monts-Valin

I posted this photo last February as part of a series taken when Paulette and I went snowshoeing in this Quebec park just east of Lac St. Jean. I also submitted it to a Photo News contest called Snow Days. It's been viewed by many people but most exciting was a comment from Michel Roy, "wow, super". I consider this high praise coming from an extremely talented professional photographer.

Check out Michel Roy's flickr site. Stunning images!

Junction Creek, Sudbury

My first photo outing of January 2011 took me, Blaine and Richard to Junction Creek, Sudbury. We focused on a stretch of open water and a congregation of hundreds of mallard ducks grooming and feeding along the icy shore. 

Suddenly the sun found an opening in the clouds and the ducks came alive; bright orange feet, emerald heads and sparking white snow. 

Minutes later a snow flurry blew across the sun creating the lovely speckled panorama you see below. 

Canon 7D at 85 mm, 1/250 and 1/400 sec, ISO 200, f/9, hand held