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@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 10:06 AM

Red Maple leaf caught on a Cedar branch for #ColourADay #RedWed

#ColorADay #BrucePeninsula #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #TenMinutesFromHome #GettingBackToBasics #ManualFocusLens

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 9:05 AM

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdsWithBerries. A Redwing eating a Holly berry.

#Cheshire #ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #TenMinutesFromHome #BackyardPhotography #Kodachrome #1980s

A Redwing (a member of the Thrush family) eating a Holly berry in a south Cheshire garden.

Published in a Field Guide to Garden Wildlife of Europe.

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 10:25 AM

Two juvenile Red Knot on the Lake Huron shoreline during autumn migration for the #AlphabetChallenge #WeekKForKn and #TwosDay

#BruceCounty #ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #TenMinutesFromHome #Velvia #2000s #VintageLens #ManualFocus

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 9:38 AM

Storm clouds over the #BrucePeninsula, Ontario shortly before sunrise for #TextureTuesday

#BruceCounty #ECK #photography #TenMinutesFromHome #BackyardPhotography #BlueHour #clouds

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 8:35 AM

A Blue Jay shortly after sunrise for #ColourADay #BlueTue. One of those times when you have too much lens.

#ColorADay #BrucePeninsula #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #TenMinutesFromHome #BackyardPhotography #VintageLens #ManualFocus

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 8:20 AM

Meet Knotty, an Ent. For the #AlphabetChallenge #WeekKForKn...

#BrucePeninsula #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #TenMinutesFromHome #GettingBackToBasics #ManualFocusLens

A section of Pine tree trunk with knot holes resembling a face.

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 8:12 AM

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Silhouette. A Ring-billed Gull watching the sunrise over Colpoy's Bay, Ontario.

#BrucePeninsula #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #TenMinutesFromHome

A Ring-billed Gull standing on a rock sticking out of water in a bay. The bird is facing away from the camera looking towards the direction of the rising sun. The water fills 80% of the frame shading from orange pink at the top of the image to blue at the bottom.

Made with a decade old mirrorless camera and the plastic telephoto kit zoom.

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 14, 2026, 4:20 PM

Chicory flower for #MinimalMonday

Part of my project photographing #NatureWithUnusualLenses. In this case the Laowa 105mm f/2 STF (Smooth Trans Focus) lens.

#BrucePeninsula #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #TenMinutesFromHome #GettingBackToBasics #ManualFocusLens

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 14, 2026, 9:56 AM

Lichens growing on Black Walnut tree bark for #MacroMonday

#BrucePeninsula #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #ClassicMono #TenMinutesFromHome #BackyardPhotography #GettingBackToBasics #ManualFocusLens

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 14, 2026, 9:29 AM

Storm clouds over the #BrucePeninsula, Ontario during the #bluehour for #BlueSkyMonday.

The clouds were moving so fast yesterday morning a regular 6 second exposure shows movement.

#BruceCounty #ECK #photography #TenMinutesFromHome #BackyardPhotography #GettingBackToBasics #ManualFocus

Storm clouds over tree tops during the blue hour before sunrise.

The clouds were moving fast so a six second exposure shows movement in the clouds.

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 14, 2026, 9:16 AM

A fading coneflower (Echinacea) on the #BrucePeninsula, Ontario for #ColourADay #PinkMon

#ColorADay #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #TenMinutesFromHome #ManualFocusLens #NatureWithUnusualLenses

A fading Eastern Purple Coneflower against an out of focus background of green vegetation and gray brown bedrock.

Part of my project photographing Nature With Unusual Lenses. In this case the TTArtisan 75mm swirly bokeh lens.

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 13, 2026, 1:19 PM

45 second exposure of clouds moving over the #BrucePeninsula, Ontario shortly before sunrise for #StunDay

#BruceCounty #ECK #photography #TenMinutesFromHome #LongExposureProject

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 13, 2026, 10:05 AM

A Black-eyed Susan for #SundayYellow

Part of my project photographing #NatureWithUnusualLenses. In this case the #TTArtisan 75mm swirly bokeh lens with a 14mm extension for closer focusing.

#BrucePeninsula #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #TenMinutesFromHome #ManualFocus

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 13, 2026, 9:47 AM

Autumn Maple leaf caught on a spider web on an ivy covered boulder for #ColourADay #OrangeSun

#ColorADay #BrucePeninsula #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #TenMinutesFromHome #GettingBackToBasics #ManualFocusLens

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 13, 2026, 8:18 AM

A mailbox with a message for the #AlphabetChallenge #WeekJForJocular and the #SensoryArt theme #Words. Also for #ColourADay #OrangeSun

#ColorADay #BrucePeninsula #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #TenMinutesFromHome

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 13, 2026, 7:44 AM

Tiny patches of blue sky between the storm clouds for #StunDay. Over the #BrucePeninsula, Ontario yesterday afternoon.

#BruceCounty #ECK #photography #TenMinutesFromHome #BackyardPhotography #GettingBackToBasics #ManualFocusLens

Storm clouds over a black walnut tree with tiny patches of blue sky visible between the clouds.

Made with the Pergear 35mm lens on a mirrorless camera.

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 13, 2026, 7:36 AM

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #AngryBirds. A male Evening Grosbeak always looks angry face on with those eyebrows.

#BrucePeninsula #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #TenMinutesFromHome #BackyardPhotography #VintageLens #ManualFocus

A male Evening Grosbeak perched on the branch of a pine tree looking towards the camera.

Photographed with an old digital camera and my manual focus telephoto from the 1980s.

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 12, 2026, 12:28 PM

#Undulating water at sunrise for the #BlueSkyArtShow theme.

Ripples on Colpoy's Bay, Ontario at sunrise.

#BrucePeninsula #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #TenMinutesFromHome #GettingBackToBasics #ManualFocusLens

@marvinrozema.bsky.social Sep 12, 2026, 11:18 AM

Websters falls Dundas Ontario
#wandering #tenminutesfromhome #walkinthewoods #travel #photography #Ontario #Canada

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 12, 2026, 10:55 AM

#Undulating northern lights over Colpoy's Bay, Ontario for the #BlueSkyArtShow theme.

#BrucePeninsula #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #TenMinutesFromHome