Niamtougou1983

August 17, 2023 - Common loon on a still Pawtuckaway Lake, Nottingham, New Hampshire, USA.

[Pentax K-1, Pentax-D FA 150-450mm; f5.6, 450mm, 1/3200s, ISO 25600 - Enhanced noise reduction in Adobe Lightroom]

After being harassed by several ravens, a Cooper's hawk goes on the offensive. Pawtuckaway Lake, Nottingham, New Hampshire, USA

[Pentax K-1, Pentax-D FA 150-450 mm; f5.6, 450mm, 1/2500s, ISO 1600]

Two pair of goldfinches spent the afternoon eating sunflower and cosmos seeds in our front yard today.

[Pentax K-1, Pentax-D FA 150-450 mm; f5.6, 410 mm, 1/3200, ISO 3200, Adobe Lightroom noise reduction]

Sunlight streaming through the lens of an old lighthouse lamp at the Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, Massachusetts USA

This red-tailed hawk in our neighbor's tree was being harassed by a herring gull and finally vacated the tree. Melrose, Massachusetts, USA Photo is a compilation of 12 individual shots assembled in Photoshop.

[Pentax K-1, Pentax-D FA 150-450 mm; settings vary]

Red-winged blackbird on an iron fence enjoying a lovely sunset across Ell Pond, Melrose, Massachusetts, USA

[Pentax K-3, PENTAX-DA 55-300mm; ƒ/7.1, 300.0 mm, 1/1000, ISO 1600]

I was attempting to develop a variation on poutine that I'm calling "Poutine Amélioré".

Here they are out-of-the-oven, baked and cheesed. I packed them in Tupperware and brought them to the office party the next day, where I will finished them off:

• cut gelatinized chicken reduction into small cubes and placed one in each potato cube.

• fired up a blow torch (OK, a small culinary blow torch, but a blow torch nonetheless) and melted the reduction while warming the potato/cheese.

Served.

July 5, 2023 - Mass Audubon's Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA

[Pentax K-1, Pentax-D FA 150-450 mm; f/6.3, 450 mm, 1/2500, ISO 2500]

A window in the Shaker House at the Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, Massachusetts, USA. Fruitlands was a short-lived Utopian Community founded by Louisa May Alcott's father and she lived there for about 6 months. The Shaker House was later moved there from a nearby community, as part of a preservation project. This house was used in the filming of the 2019 version of "Little Women."

Looking South towards Boston, here's a composite of several photos with lightning from last night's storm. I think I missed the better/earlier weather cell that blew through.

For our upcoming high school graduations, my mother took my brother and I on a Caribbean cruise in February 1978. This was early in the morning as the ship was arriving in port - I remember it being Port au Prince? The photo was taken with a cheap Kodak camera but I was really happy with the way it came out. I consider this my first "good" photograph.

Skating rink at the Frog Pond on Boston Common, Boston, Massachusetts

[Google Pixel 6; f/1.9. 6.8 mm, 1/25, ISO 608]