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@davemeredith.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 7:35 AM

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestBeaks with the alternative theme #YellowElements. A male Evening Grosbeak covers both themes.

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

@kennagirl.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 10:53 PM

Spirit Rock Conservation Area
In #BruceCounty see the ruins of Corran which was a 17 room mansion, use the steel spiral staircase and walk the trails
#explore #Ontario #Canada

@davemeredith.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 9:33 AM

Three fading coneflowers (Echinacea) for #3sDay photographed with the Laowa 105mm STF (Smooth Trans Focus) as part of my #NatureWithUnusualLenses project.

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

@davemeredith.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 5:54 AM

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Black&White. Two summer plumage Ring-billed Gulls on a boulder on the Lake Huron shoreline at Southampton, Ontario.

#BruceCounty #ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 10:11 AM

An Autumn Meadowhawk dragonfly on the #BrucePeninsula, Ontario for #WingedWednesday

#BruceCounty #ECK #photography #nature #naturephotography #TenMinutesFromHome #BackyardPhotography

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 10:02 AM

Ripples on Colpoy's Bay, Ontario shortly after sunrise for #WaterWednesday

Part of my #GettingBackToBasics project made with a manual focus short telephoto.

#BrucePeninsula #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #TenMinutesFromHome #ManualFocusPrimeLens

@androdconstruction.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 1:20 PM

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@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 10:59 AM

Autumn Maple leaf on an ivy covered boulder for #TextureTuesday and #RockinTuesday

#BrucePeninsula #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #TenMinutesFromHome #GettingBackToBasics #ManualFocusPrimeLens

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 6:42 AM

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #EFG

Evening Grosbeak
Fieldfare
Great Egret

#Saskatchewan #Cheshire #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #Kodachrome #1980s #1990s #2000s #ManualFocus

A male Evening Grosbeak in some light snow at -25°C in Saskatchewan, Canada.

A Great Egret flying over Lake Huron at Southampton, Ontario.

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 5:35 AM

Backlit autumn Maple leaves against a blue sky for #ColourADay #BlueTue

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

Multicoloured backlit autumn Maple leaves on a branch against a blue sky.

Part of my Nature With Unusual Lenses project made with the Laowa 105mm STF (Smooth Trans Focus) lens.

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 10:50 AM

Today's alternative #BirdOfTheDay theme is #AwkwardAvian. A juvenile Red Knot standing on a sloping rock on one leg while scratching and preening.

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

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 10:25 AM

Chicory flower for #MinimalMonday and #BlueSkyMonday

Part of my project photographing #NatureWithUnusualLenses. In this case the #TTArtisan 100mm bubble bokeh lens with a focusing helicoid adapter.

#BrucePeninsula #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #nature #naturephotography #TenMinutesFromHome

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 9:58 AM

A Coneflower (Echinacea) seed head for #MacroMonday

Part of my #NatureWithUnusualLenses project. Made with the Laowa 105mm STF lens and an extension tube.

#BruceCounty #ECK #photography #TenMinutesFromHome #ManualFocus #PrimeLens

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 9:29 AM

Colpoy's Bay, Ontario at dawn for #BlueSkyMonday and #ColourADay #PinkMon

Part of my #GettingBackToBasics project made with my 24mm lens from the early 1980s.

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

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 8:03 AM

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BokehBirds. A male Ruby-throated Hummingbird on the #BrucePeninsula, Ontario with a background of out of focus cedar trees. Manual focus with a telephoto from the 1980s.

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

A mostly green male Ruby-throated Hummingbird in flight against an out of focus green background of cedar trees.

Made with a 10 year old DSLR and a manual focus telephoto from the 1980s.

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 7:31 AM

Clouds over the #BrucePeninsula, Ontario shortly before sunrise for #ColourADay #PinkMon

#ColorADay #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #TenMinutesFromHome #BackyardPhotography

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 7:20 AM

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BokehBirds with the alternative theme #AwkwardAvian. A male Evening Grosbeak that thinks it's a Nuthatch.

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

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 3:26 PM

Autumn Maple leaf caught on a pine tree branch on the #BrucePeninsula, Ontario for #ColourADay #OrangeSun

#ColorADay #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #nature #naturephotography #TenMinutesFromHome #NatureWithUnusualLenses #ManualFocusPrimeLens

An orange maple leaf caught on the green needles of a pine tree branch.

Part of my project photographing nature with unusual lenses. In this case the Laowa 105mm f/2 STF (Smooth Trans Focus) lens.

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 9:53 AM

Mostly yellow Maple leaves on the #BrucePeninsula, Ontario for #SundayYellow

#BruceCounty #ECK #photography #nature #naturephotography #TenMinutesFromHome #ManualFocusPrimeLens

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 8:44 AM

A hint of orange in clouds over the #BrucePeninsula, Ontario shortly after sunset for #ColourADay #OrangeSun

#ColorADay #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #TenMinutesFromHome #BackyardPhotography

Stormy looking clouds over woodland with some of the clouds tinted orange by the setting sun.