Posts Tagged ‘Cape Breton Highlands’

Thu 16 Oct 2008 Tom Wilson Uncategorized Comments Off on Polarizing Lens – Bring out the Great Fall Colours / / / / / / / /

Polarizing Lens – Bring out the Great Fall Colours

Outdoor Photography Canada magazine has two great articles in their fall/winter edition 2008. The first one was is Darwin Wiggett’s Secret to Eye-Popping Colour where he gives you five techniques you can use.  The second article is on the Cape Breton Highlands – “A cornucopia of...Read more

Mon 24 Mar 2008 Tom Wilson Uncategorized Comments Off on Came Upon Ruffed Grouse – also known as Partridge / / / / / /

Came Upon Ruffed Grouse – also known as Partridge

Recently, my wife and I came across a couple of Ruffed Grouse while hiking in the woods on the crust. Ruffed Grouse are commonly known as partridge here. The above ruffed grouse could hear me coming and flew onto a tree, fluffed out to warn the other one of danger. Some interesting tidbits, the...Read more

Thu 20 Dec 2007 Tom Wilson Uncategorized Comments Off on White Christmas for the Highlands / / / / / /

White Christmas for the Highlands

Winter is here in the highlands and it looks like it will be a White Christmas for Cape Breton Island. Depending on where you live in the highlands, there is 50-100 cms of snow in your yard and it is only December. My wife and I went for a walk after work yesterday and I […]Read more