DawsonPointers

<p>Three shots of sailing taken in the north channel of Lake Huron above Manitoulin Island.<br> The first is of 'Kash Decision'. People must stay up at night thinking of names for their vessels.</p><div></div>

<p>This is in homage to the pioneers. We took a boat cruise to the Benjamin Islands in the channel north of Manitoulin Island. What first caught my eye was the orange lichen(?) near the water's edge as compared to the common green lichen growing on the upper rock. Lichens are communities of algae and bacteria. These species are working together to establish life on the barren, tough granite rock. There is a lot of this orange lichen out there. This was the only shot I had that didn't include a large and expensive yacht.</p><div></div>

Christoph, love the sequence. I wonder what happens in the mind if you flipped your image horizontally? Would we see it as a super moon setting? We are conditioned to rising in the east and setting in the west. How this relates to left and right in an image is interesting (to me).

<p>Thank you Paul!</p>

<p>I think this is a robber fly. Please correct me if I'm mistaken. I tried to do focus stacking but alas it moved enough that the photomerge doesn't work. This is the best of the lot.</p><div></div>

<p>A bumble bee working a sea holly</p><div></div>

<p>European Skippers taking a drink from the moss at the edge of the pond. The European Skipper was accidentally introduced through contaminated timothy seed in 1910. For about a week each year, the ground around here is orange with them.</p><div></div>

<p>Yesterday was Canada's 147th birthday. Fireworks were held in our community on Saturday to coincide with Summerfest/Biker's Reunion. This one burst reminded me of the maple leaf; Canada's emblem. </p><div></div>

<p>I am in awe of nature's gradients and gentle strokes and challenged to capture them faithfully. </p><div></div>

<p>Mites on a long-horned beetle. Even the bugs get bugged!</p><div></div>

<p>They do love each other. Really.</p><div></div>

<p>Yes, the pond is a busy place this time of the year. The spring peepers have done their peeping and the toads have successfully croaked.</p><div></div>

<p>Maybe not a hair-raising back story; but, certainly a hair-shedding one.<br> Harry pushed the ball into the pond. He doesn't swim. The koi were interested but were of no help. </p><div></div>

<p>Fern fronds unfurling. </p><div></div>

<p>Greetings from the depths of northern Ontario.<br> Jack-in-the-pulpit. </p><div></div>

<p>Greetings from the depths of northern Ontario. <br> Thanx for the leadership, Laura. Lots of inspiration comes from this thread.<br> Here's a lichen landscape.</p> <div></div>

<p>Greetings from the depths of northern Ontario.<br> "I'm lichen landscape photos."<br> 2/3rds of a pun.</p><div></div>

<p>Greetings from the depths of northern Ontario.<br> The ice finally left the lake last weekend. Guess summer's here!<br> Gordon, great shot of the toad. It is nice to see them whole and alive. They are suicidal here; just like chipmunks on the roadways. Despite my best efforts, I cannot keep them from entering the pump on my pond. I have not yet found the balance between keeping the toads out and allowing the water, leaves, detritus, etc. through. I'll have to keep my needle-nose pliers handy to pull the remaining toad bits out of the pump through the toad breeding season. The joys of spring while learning toad anatomy.<br> Here's some sphagnum moss (and a dog hair) creeping up a rock on our pond. </p><div></div>

<p>Chickadee</p><div></div>

Anything visualizing a Christmas cliche. e.g. 'Frosty the Snowman'<div></div>