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  1. Greg Shchepanek

    Birds A Bird in Hand: Red-breasted Nuthatch

    Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) Algonquin Provincial Park, Spruce Bog Trail, Ontario, Canada. Canon EOS M100 • EF-M55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM • ƒ/6.3 200.0 mm 1/250 1600 Flash (off, did not fire) This would have been a great shot if I had done it with a macro lens but in the...
  2. Greg Shchepanek

    Birds The Friendly Bird: Red-breasted Nuthatch

    Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) are known for climbing down the trees and the are one of the friendliest birds of the woods, this one perched on a Cedar tree at Jack Pine Trail, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Canon EOS M100 • EF-M55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM • ƒ/6.3 200.0 mm 1/320 640 Flash...
  3. Greg Shchepanek

    Birds A Bird in Hand: Black-capped Chickadee

    Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Algonquin Provincial Park, Spruce Bog Trail, Ontario, Canada. Canon EOS M100 • EF-M55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM • ƒ/6.3 200.0 mm 1/320 1250 Flash (off, did not fire)
  4. Greg Shchepanek

    Birds On the Boardwalk: Black-capped Chickadee

    Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Bill Mason Centre, Dunrobin, Ontario, Canada. Canon EOS M100 • EF-M55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM • ƒ/6.3 200.0 mm 1/320 320 Flash (off, did not fire)
  5. Greg Shchepanek

    Birds Black-capped Chickadee

    Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Bill Mason Centre, Dunrobin, Ontario, Canada. Canon EOS M100 • EF-M55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM • ƒ/6.3 200.0 mm 1/80 1600 Flash (off, did not fire)
  6. Greg Shchepanek

    Woodland Flower: Wild Strawberry

    Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana/vesca) Bill Mason Centre, Dunrobin, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Canon EOS M100 • EF-M28mm f/3.5 MACRO IS STM • ƒ/5.6 28.0 mm 1/1250 200 Flash (off, did not fire)
  7. Greg Shchepanek

    Woodland Flower: Heartleaf Foamflower

    Heartleaf Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia) Bill Mason Centre, Dunrobin, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Taken on May 23, 2020. Canon EOS M100 • EF-M28mm f/3.5 MACRO IS STM • ƒ/4.0 28.0 mm 1/640 100 Flash (off, did not fire)
  8. Greg Shchepanek

    Northern Starflower

    Northern Starflower (Lysimachia borealis ssp. borealis) Bill Mason Centre, Dunrobin, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Taken on May 23, 2020. Canon EOS M100 • EF-M28mm f/3.5 MACRO IS STM • ƒ/8.0 28.0 mm 1/250 100 Flash (off, did not fire)
  9. Greg Shchepanek

    End of Summer Flower: Cardinal Flower

    The striking red of the Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) Shaw Woodlot, Ontario, Canada. Taken on August 15, 2015. Canon PowerShot G7 X • 8.8-36.8 mm • ƒ/3.5 8.8 mm 1/30 125 Flash (off, did not fire)
  10. Greg Shchepanek

    Wildlife Happy World Turtle Day: Midland Painted Turtle

    Some times turtles will be spotted on land they are most likely to be laying eggs or changing locations. Midland Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata) Mer Bleue Conservation Area, Ottawa, Ontario. Ramsar site no. 755. Panasonic DMC-ZS30 • ƒ/3.3 4.3 mm 1/50 400 Flash (off, did not fire)
  11. Greg Shchepanek

    Happy World Turtle Day: Midland Painted Turtle

    Happy World Turtle Day: Midland Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata) Dunrobin, Ontario, Canada. Panasonic DMC-ZS60 • ƒ/6.4 129.0 mm 1/125 200 Flash (off, did not fire)
  12. Greg Shchepanek

    Narrow-headed Marsh Fly

    Narrow-headed Marsh Fly (Helophilus fasciatus) Bill Mason Centre, Dunrobin, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Panasonic DMC-ZS20 • ƒ/4.0 4.3 mm 1/400 100 Flash (off, did not fire)
  13. Greg Shchepanek

    Field Flower: Foxglove Beardtongue

    Foxglove Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis) North Augusta, Ontario, Canada. Sony DSC-RX100M2 • Sony 28-100mm F1.8-4.9 • ƒ/4.0 10.4 mm 1/250 160 Flash (off, did not fire)
  14. Greg Shchepanek

    Canada Anemone

    Canada Anemone (Anemone canadensis) Jessop Falls, Ontario, Canada. Olympus FE47 X43 • ƒ/6.3 7.7 mm 1/1250 100 Flash (off, did not fire)
  15. Greg Shchepanek

    National Park Bruce Peninsula National Park of Canada

    Dwarf Lake Iris (Iris lacustris) Bruce Peninsula National Park of Canada • Lake Huron, Ontario, Canada. Conservation Status: vulnerable (N3) in Canada (NatureServe). Sony DSC-RX100M2 • Sony 28-100mm F1.8-4.9 • ƒ/2.8 10.4 mm 1/100 160 Flash (off, did not fire)
  16. Greg Shchepanek

    Others International Tea Day: Afternoon Tea Time

    Tea pot, Natural Health Tea, and spoon. Ready for tea. Canon EOS M100 • EF-M28mm f/3.5 MACRO IS STM • ƒ/3.5 28.0 mm 1/250 1000 Flash (off, did not fire)
  17. Greg Shchepanek

    Dandelion with Drops

    Finally picked a Dandelion to photograph at home. Canon EOS M100 • EF-M28mm f/3.5 MACRO IS STM • ƒ/4.0 28.0 mm 1/60 250 Flash (off, did not fire)
  18. Greg Shchepanek

    International Bee Day: Perplexing Bumble Bee

    Perplexing Bumble Bee (Bombus perplexus) Urban Garden, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Panasonic DMC-ZS30 • ƒ/3.3 4.3 mm 1/250 100 Flash (off, did not fire)
  19. Greg Shchepanek

    International Bee Day: Brown-belted Bumble Bee

    Today is #InternationalBeeDay 🐝🌻 Brown-belted Bumble Bee (Bombus griseocollis) Larose Forest, Limoges, Ontario, Canada. Panasonic DMC-ZS20 • ƒ/4.0 4.3 mm 1/500 100 Flash (off, did not fire)
  20. Greg Shchepanek

    Woodland Orchid: Checkered Rattlesnake Plantain

    One of the rarest to find in flower is the Checkered Rattlesnake Plantain Orchid (Goodyera tesselata) Pukaskwa National Park of Canada • Ontario, Canada. Found this one in the Boreal Forest in Central Ontario close to Lake Superior. Sony DSC-RX100M2 • ƒ/2.8 10.4 mm 1/60 160 Flash (off, did not...