Realism - more than Patriotism

[vikingBerserker]

Just beautiful!

 

[Shinpachi]

Beautiful shots, MM. Thank you very much for taking your precious time for my curiosity.
I now understand the excellent work comes from the excellent place

 

[michaelmaltby]

Thanks, Shin

Anne of Green Gables (1985 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Shinpachi]

Thanks for sharing, MM.
The copyright/trademark issue is a sad thing but I am more interested in "Sam of Green Gables" by Wayne and Shuster

 

[michaelmaltby]

November 24. Low plus 7, high 13

Buffalo is facing rain today after 5.5 feet of snow in 36 hours. People face losing their roofs. Winter is still 25 days off.

 

[Shinpachi]

Looks like a Christmas day

 

[Tracker]

Another good reason to live in Canada -- less snow?

 

[michaelmaltby]

November 26. High plus 2, low minus 6.

Walk in from Willy's ... the rain had lifted most of last week's snow and I could have driven in but I had made up my mind for walking .. and I did.

 

[Shinpachi]

Nice shots and good work as always, MM

Canon PowerShot A4000 has good image quality and the quality would not be deteriorated so much even if it was resized to around 20-25%. Advantages are you can upload image data more easily and quickly and vice versa for download.

Just my impression and a hint for your future enjoyment of the Windows software.

 

[michaelmaltby]

Thank you, Shin. I am on a Mac OSX and have not explored any photo apps except the crop/zoom/level features of iPhoto app which came with my Canon.

I love the detail that comes up in your treatments .... please feel free to play with my photos when it pleases you. Any suggestions for simple Mac OS photo packages ... ?

MM

 

[Shinpachi]

I'm not familiar with Mac OSX but confirmed ColorSync Utility has same resizing function as Windows Paint.
Here are screenshots from my old iBook G3. Mac is cool!

 

[michaelmaltby]

Thanks, I'll check it out.

MM

 

[michaelmaltby]

December 3. High plus 2, low minus 17

Productive day trip .... in and out, essentials achieved.

 

[Shinpachi]

Oh, my download speed much quicker. Thanks for attempting, MM
Leks looks more manly in the great nature year by year.

 

[michaelmaltby]

December 11. High minus 2, low minus 11. Five inches of fresh powder falling.

The world morphs

 

[Shinpachi]

Looks one of the best places in the world to enjoy the Christmas Eve soon

 

[michaelmaltby]

In the winter I generally don't go up for just one night because you use a lot of firewood to get he place comfortable .. and being log construction the longer you're there the easier it is to maintain comfort level. So I'll be in TO with Tiina's family celebrating Estonian Christmas Eve at the seniors extended care facility where both her parents live. Her Dad's birthday falls around then ... he's 98. Mom is 95.

But niece Emily, husband Fred and son Maiko are coming over from Chamonix on the 18th. Along with sister Ray and her kids Chloe and Jasper ... all 6 are going up to Beaver Bend on the 20th and returning to TO on the 23rd for Christmas turkey at my place.. That's great use and the kids will remember it for the rest of their lives.

Back in 1983 Tiina and I used to bring up Emily and Ray ... Tiina would play scrabble with them nice and cozy inside and I would fell balsam trees outside on the riverbank. It was one story + basement then, no solar ..

 

[Shinpachi]

Maiko's pictures look great. A professional's job
Merry Christmas, MM!

 

[vikingBerserker]

Very cool!

 

[michaelmaltby]

December 18. High minus 5, low minus 11. 5 Inches of styrofoam on the ground. No trails packed by ski-doo's yet.

Quick in and out to make final accommodations for the company .... enroute north as I post