AlexH Photography

07/25/2020

Comet NEOWISE & The Milky Way
Comete NEOWISE & La Voie Lactée

05/09/2019

Happy Birthday to Zoe

Zoe and family

04/13/2019

Un étourneau sansonnet.
A Common starling.
(c) 2019 MCW
1/160 f/6.3 600mm iso100

A Common starling taken by MCW (c) 2019.

03/09/2019

Visit of a male Downy Woodpecker.
La visite d'un Pic mineur mâle.
1/1250 f/6.3 600mm iso400

The visit of a Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) in the Montreal Villeray/St-Michel district, which is quite a rare occurrence if you don't have a feeder. - _CBS8645.jpg

03/06/2019

Testing product photography in a custom lightbox.
Tests de photo de produit dans une lightbox fabriqué à la main.
1/40 f/4.8 52mm iso200

Testing product shooting in a custom lightbox made from a cardboard box, tissue paper and white poster board. Two small clip-on snake lights were positioned aside the lightbox and the box was sitting in a room with natural morning sunlight coming from a window nearby. Post-processing was needed to w...

02/15/2019

The Twelve Apostles site, Victoria, AU.
Les Douze Apôtres, Victoria, AU.
1/1600 f/13 55mm iso400

Somewhere along the B100 coastal road, the Twelves Apostles site offers amazing views over remaining pillars of limestone that stand today. Despite the name of the site, only nine large pillars were once standing. In 2005, one of them collapsed, leaving only eight of them today. Some of them are 50....

02/08/2019

A Pied Cormorant's colorful face.
Les couleurs d'un cormoran varié.
1/400 f/13 200mm iso400

Full zoom on the Pied Cormorant to show its bright colors around its eyes and beek.

02/08/2019

Young Pacific Gull.
Une mouette juvénile.
1/800 f/6.3 600mm iso400

Gulls are very common along the coasts. This one is juvenile, perhaps 3 to 4 years in age, which can be told by its grayish head, backhead and neck, which will become completely white once mature. The tip of the bill also gradually transitions from black to red (in mid transformation in this picture...

02/08/2019

Little Pied Cormorant hiding its crest. It looks quietly observing the waters around it.
Un cormoran pie (et non 'pied') ne montrant pas sa crète noire sur sa tête.
1/640 f/6.3 600mm iso400

A quiet Little Pied Cormorant perched high to observe its surroundings. They are easily recognized by their yellow beak and small black crest that they sometimes exhibit which makes them quite amusing to look at.

01/19/2019

A curious wallaby looking at the camera in the early morning.
Un wallaby curieux qui pose pour la caméra.
Near Wallaman Falls, Queensland, Australia.
1/320 f/6.3 600mm iso1600

A wallaby crossing the country road to Wallaman Falls in the very early morning. There were quite many of them around the bushes on each side of the road, hiding at the approach of the motorhome. differ from by their small size (less than 1 meter high, compared to up to 2 meters for kangaroos) and a...

01/19/2019

A goanna of the Royal National Park wandering among everyone.
Un paisible iguane de 1m de long parmi les picniqueurs.
Royal National Park, NSW, Australia.
1/500 f/6.3 600mm iso1600

A peaceful 1-meter long wandering around among people in the Royal National Park, NSW, Australia. They are walking slowly, probably looking for food or just sunbathing. Not dangerous per se, unless provoked, as we it can be approached at a distance of 2-3 meters. They're carnivorous, eat snakes and....

01/19/2019

A fast-running Purple Swamphen bird, also known as a Pukeko in NZ.
Le Purple Swamphen connu aussi comme la 'poule des marais'.
Royal National Park, NSW, Australia.
1/800 f/7.1 500mm iso800

An Australasian Swamphen bird running away in the water. Shot taken while canoeing on the quiet waters of the Royal National Park, south of Sydney.