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John Lee 🇨🇦

@watgrad.bsky.social

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Recently retired, exploring new possibilities, like photography, hiking, and birding. Avid volunteer. Ontario, Canada. 🇨🇦 I follow birders and photographers! (All pictures posted are mine, unless otherwise stated.)

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John Lee 🇨🇦 @watgrad.bsky.social · 15h

A cluster of #mushrooms growing on a mossy stump! (Stamm Woodlot, Waterloo)
#fungi
#nature
#photography

A troop of mushrooms grows from a mossy stump, amid the fallen yellow leaves.

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John Lee 🇨🇦 @watgrad.bsky.social · 23h

My attempts for the #52frames_centeredcomposition challenge this week.
#52frames
#photography
#centered

frost on the cabbages (taken with phone)

a mallard duck caught splashing while taking a 'bath'

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chocolatemal.bsky.social @chocolatemal.bsky.social · 2d

More #streetphotography and #centrecomposition. Can't decide which to submit for #52frames_centeredcomposition. Do you have a fave?
#legs
#heels
#autumncolors
#architecturephotography

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John Lee 🇨🇦 @watgrad.bsky.social · 2d

They are all great, Michelle. My fav is the woman walking. It is very dynamic, full of energy and motion - a striking photograph!

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John Lee 🇨🇦 @watgrad.bsky.social · 3d

Wow, very cool pics, Michelle! All are excellent, though I really like the girl with the umbrella!

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chocolatemal.bsky.social @chocolatemal.bsky.social · 4d

Beautiful autumn colours and an awesome close encounter with a red-shouldered hawk at #Jardinbotanique
#Montreal
#birdphotography
#hawks
#redshoulderedhawk
#fallcolours
#landscapephotography

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John Lee 🇨🇦 @watgrad.bsky.social · 4d

Great captures, Michelle! I like how the hawk is looking right into the camera in that second photo!

John Lee 🇨🇦 @watgrad.bsky.social · 5d

👏👏👏 Wow!

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John Lee 🇨🇦 @watgrad.bsky.social · 7d

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) from last night. Not very detailed, but still happy I captured something!

Thanks to @afischer.bsky.social for the inspiration - have a look at his amazing captures of this comet!

#astrophotography
#comet

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John Lee 🇨🇦 @watgrad.bsky.social · 7d

#52Frames_shadows submission for this week.
Simple shadow from plants in the kitchen!
#52frames
#photography

The shadow cast againts a yellow by the plant on the stand in our kitchen

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John Lee 🇨🇦 @watgrad.bsky.social · 9d

Molly and I took almost the same pic!
#52frames_shadows

the shadows of a man and his dog stretch out down a paved path fringed with green grass

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John Lee 🇨🇦 @watgrad.bsky.social · 11d

Waiting for the beta release...
#gander
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John Lee 🇨🇦 @watgrad.bsky.social · 11d

The figure standing at the lamp post with the shadows of the trees visible evoked a stronger response for me, with more questions / imagined possibilities about who they are and what they are doing. (If that makes sense)

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John Lee 🇨🇦 @watgrad.bsky.social · 12d

Intersection of shadows. Still on the hunt for 'shadows as subject' ideas for the #52frames_shadows challenge!
This idea failed - I couldn't get a clear shot with the camera hanging from my neck and the final image seemed a bit creepy - not what I was going for!
#photography
#52frames
#shadow

the shadows cast by two street lights (tree branches and a couple hoding hands) intersect

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John Lee 🇨🇦 @watgrad.bsky.social · 14d

Yet another watch face for the #52frames_time challenge! 🕖
#52frames
#photography

An old watch showing a countdown to the time the sun set on Oct. 8, 7:05 PM

John Lee 🇨🇦 @watgrad.bsky.social · 16d

Thank you! I will give it a try on the next clear night!

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John Lee 🇨🇦 @watgrad.bsky.social · 16d

Just curious, can a regular DSLR (i.e. Nikon D3500) with a long lens capture this comet now, or is a special set-up needed?

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Andreas Fischer @afischer.bsky.social · 16d

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) in the early hours of 3 October, captured through the C8 with an ASI294mc and additionally with a Nikon D5600 and a Tamron 70-200 at a focal length of 130 mm. The #comet was also nice to observe visually and will hopefully brighten significantly. #astrophotography

Komet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) mit heller grüner Koma und schwächerem Gasschweif, aufgenommen am 3. Oktober durch ein Teleskop Celestron C8. Summenbild aus 90 Einzelaufnahmen mit je 30 Sekunden Belichtung

Komet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) mit grüner Koma und Schweif, aufgenommen am 3. Oktober mit einer Spiegelreflexkamera bei 130 mm Brennweite. Summenbild aus 160 Einzelaufnahmen mit je 10 Sekunden Belichtung

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John Lee 🇨🇦 @watgrad.bsky.social · 16d

Amazing! 👏👏👏

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John Lee 🇨🇦 @watgrad.bsky.social · 17d

Riding on the Simcoe Railway!
#trains
#fall
#photography

a young woman looks out the window of a 1920s train car

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chocolatemal.bsky.social @chocolatemal.bsky.social · 17d

I'm trying to better emphasize storytelling in my photos, so for #52frames_time, I photographed my Mom looking through an old photo album. Edited to emphasize warm, late afternoon (literally and metaphorically) light and time passing, yet held — in hands, in photographs, in light.
#hands
#nostalgia

Old woman's delicate hands with wedding rings resting on an afghan and holding an old photo album of black and white photos

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John Lee 🇨🇦 @watgrad.bsky.social · 17d

An excellent picture that tells a beautiful story! So creative and meaningful!

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John Lee 🇨🇦 @watgrad.bsky.social · 18d

second crop

John Lee 🇨🇦 @watgrad.bsky.social · 18d

HarvestTIME!
One of my attempts for the #52frames_time challenge.

#52frames
#photography
#landscapr

farmers ride two tractors in tandem, one cutting the corn stalks and shooting the corn into a trailer pulled by the second tractor

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John Lee 🇨🇦 @watgrad.bsky.social · 20d