Owl

Owl, originally uploaded by mikemilton.

Our friendly barred owl is back again this winter. The tree on our frontage seems to be a favoured spot.

In Loving Memory

In Loving Memory, originally uploaded by mikemilton.

This (very old) card belonged to Arch P and seems like a good way to mark the anniversary of the ending of prohibition.  Some Background can be read here

In Loving Memory

Died 

In Ontario, Canada, on Saturday, September 16th,

1916

John Barley Corn

Aged Thousands of Years.

The Funeral
The body will be buried to-night at 7 o'clock. The "Spirit" will live. Service will be given at all hotels up to that hour and at summer, winter and other resorts till his resurrection. The Pall.Bearers will meet at Queen's Park, Toronto, after the funeral and leave at an early date. Messrs. Flavelle, Dingman & Co. will be the chief mourners when the Pall-Bearers leave. Thanksgiving Services will be held at many Churches Sunday, September 17th at which many of John's secret but ardent friends wil attend.

Newton Wesley Rowell

Hearse (T) Driver

Snow Birds

Snow Birds, originally uploaded by mikemilton.

Snow Birds

Yesterday was our first big snow (and our first power outage).

So we unstepped the mast on the sailboat, moved the generator into place and, importantly, put out lots of seed!

One segment of the video was shot at 720P60 and slowed down.

Uploaded by mikemilton on 2 Dec 10, 7.27AM EST.

Meanwhile, Mike Adams dock is enjoying the benefit of the 60mms of rain that preceded the snowfall

Hope had a *long* day

Hope had a *long* day, originally uploaded by mikemilton.

... and is resting hard on the couch.

She never really settles when one of us is away but with everyong home she takes a needed rest. I guess the new couch is to her liking

Moon and Clouds

Moon and Clouds, originally uploaded by mikemilton.


Just in time for Halloween?


This is just a little test of using manual exposure (and auto ISO) on the 1DmIV. The camera was set to F1.2 and 1/30. This shot focusses on the moon and strikes me as more interesting than the one which focussed on the trees. 


It was shot in 1080P30 and transcoded down to 720p - who knows what flickr did to it but it looks fairly good

New Camera Body Update

My venerable EOS1DmII has a new younger brother, the MkIV.

I skipped a few versions and also got the full frame 5D but wanted the focussing performance of the 1D line.

So, I'll keep the wide angle lenses on the 5D and shoot the 'slow' stuff while I go after fast, distant stuff with the new body.