Last of the zoo ... Bored Lemur

Alas, all good things come to an end: this picture series as well as the trip to the zoo. This lemur pretty much sums it up, all tuckered out (or bored). He doesn't even look curious about us. 

Monkeying Around

Cougar on the Prowl

Ok ... well the cougar isn't exactly on the prowl ... I mean it didn't have to be. In fact it was quite easy for it to get its supper, it was given directly to it! We were able get the "show" at the zoo by the keepers while they fed the Cougar its meal directly through the fence.

Lion of Papanack

Since we got to see the lioness yesterday, today here are a couple images of her mate.

The Lioness

The next two images from the Papanack zoo are of the local lioness. Here are a couple of the shots that I liked of her. One makes her look awful angry ... but I think that is just an artifact of a yawn.

Snow Leopards

Following suit to pictures that are way beyond when they should have been edited and posted, here are some images taken the Papanack zoo near Ottawa. The two images below are of my favorite animal at the zoo: the snow Leopard. I also think that they are the best ones from the visit!

Bridges and Beaches

I know I know, the beach in the second picture isn't as nice as the one that I was posting earlier from Punta Cana, but hey, what can you do? I found these next two images quite interesting for the sole reason that they aren't at all what we are used to seeing them with. Obviously this comes from the seasons. The bridge seems to be lacking something, and in this case, running water. For the second image, it takes a couple of moments to realise what the chair is since we don't associate a lifeguard chair with a frozen river. -> I <- think this makes the images all that more interesting ... but maybe that is just me.

The Final Two

Here are the final two images from the "Haunted Hotel" series here. There are actually these two, as well as two others that are left but you will have to go to my flickr page (link on the right) to see the other ones. Enough of these posts have been dedicated to this place.

Into the Darkness


Abandoned, Overrun, and Beautiful

Back of the Haunted Hotel

The next two in the hotel series on highway 2 close to Kingston, Ontario.

The Rooms Upstairs

This time when I visited the hotel I ventured up the stairs in the back of the hotel (cautiously making sure every step was still safe) and checking on the inside of the hotel. It looks as if the upstairs was a living area for the owners (complete assumption). There was one room upstairs that looked as much of a mess as those that were downstairs but the rest was eerily clean. The first image below is of the living room which was the most cleared of them all. I really like how this one turned out. The second image was of one bedroom upstairs although not clean and tidy like the living room, was creepily still intact. This includes the bed being made and the dresser relatively cleared. This room was by far one of the creepiest.

Living Room


Bedroom

Creepy Hotel on Highway 2

Here is the first installment of the promised pictures from the haunted hotel. I tried to use monochrome to accentuate the "creepiness" of the place. I'm not sure if I succeeded to the level that I would have wanted, but post processing was fun none the less.

Enter if you dare


Creepy Window

Haunted Hotel HDR

I've been on course in Kingston for the last 4.5 months and a few of us have been meaning to get out to the "Haunted Hotel" on highway 2 for a while now. It took us to the last week of the course to finally get out there. Here is the first one of that series. More to follow this week when I get them edited up. Hopefully I'll be posting more regularly again since my course is finished and I should have some more time.

Parliamentary Architecture

One of the many amazing views in the interior of the Canadian Parliament building in Ottawa.

Parliament Hall

Parliament Hill

Parliament Hill

The Exterior of the Parliament Library

Having posted one of the pictures from the inside (and with a couple more to come) I thought today's post would show the three photos from the exterior of the Canadian Parliament Library. The exterior was under renovation not that long ago (around the summer of 2005 I believe) and the evidence of this is shown in the copper top of the building. When the colour of the copper is still the colour of copper, the roof is relatively new since the copper has yet to oxidize. Older copper roofs have oxidized and are then a green colour instead.

Bells and Books


Starburst Parliament


An Angle on Politics

House of Commons

House of commons in the Canadian Parliament building in Ottawa, Canada. A quick HDR from the exterior of the House of Commons.

House of Commons

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

This is finally the last image from the "Ottawa Walk" series. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is another one of those very well known landmarks of downtown Ottawa.

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

The Parliament Building

Here are another series of shots that I have been meaning to do since I moved to Gatineau. I finally found the time to make it to the parliament buildings with my tripod to get a couple of HDR's.

The Parliament and its Decorations


Road to the Government


Government Buildings


The Provincial Flame

Rideau Falls Pt. 2

As promised, here is the second installment of the Rideau Falls posts. The interesting thing about taking picture of the Rideau Falls was the two bridges that I crossed to get the different vantage points. Being a very cold day, the mist from the falls was instantly frozen on everything around it. It was very similar conditions (around the falls) to freezing rain. This also meant that I could have probably skated on these bridges. Needless to say (don't you hate when people say that ... if you don't need to say it, don't say it!), I tried to cover up my camera equipment as much as possible when crossing the bridge! I think it was worth it though.

Rideau Falls


Close up of the Falls


Rideau Falls Panorama and a View of Gatineau

Rideau Falls

Even though there are quite a few of these HDR's from the Rideau Falls portion of my walk around Ottawa, I will get through them in two posts. I've been wanting to get out to the Rideau falls for a few images ever since we moved to Gatineau. We noticed them while going over the bridge to the Gatineau side when we saw someone on the side of the bridge (is there even a pedestrian spot there?) taking pictures of them. The many different parts of Ottawa with the "Rideau" name (river, road, buildings, etc.) all derive themselves from these falls when the falls were dubbed "Rideau Falls" since they were a "curtain" of water (Rideau is curtain in French). The rest is history ... and photographs below.

Rideau Falls


Black and White Rideau


Icy Rideau Falls