I don't leave the house very often these days, visiting only my brother once a week and going to the grocery store once every 3 weeks. What was my surprise today when I went near the Saint Lawrence and, guess what, ALL THE ICE HAS MELTED ! The Saint Lawrence is now in its "summer mode", only thing is the river discharge is at its maximum (500 000 cu. ft. per second) as the Great Lakes are shedding their ice cover too. I could at least try my new K3 III + HD DA 16-85 mm ED (SIGH !).

[MikeNArk]

That's quite a different view. High water flow. Are you planning to get out more as the weather warms up?

[RICHARD L.]

Yes I intend to walk more often outside and drive a little more too. I had my oil changed and my muffler replaced on the Mazda, I'll have summer tires mounted in a couple of weeks and I'll be able to "wax the winter away" in May. No more heavy parkas and winter boots ! Strange how we shift from Winter to Spring in a matter of days ! It was -15 deg C last week and they forecast +15 deg C next week ...

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[C_Jones]

Nice shot. I use the Pentax 16-85 on my K-3 II.

[angkymac]

We see that same shot so many times, and each time they are something quite different from any of the previous.
Very good to be able to follow the seasons on the St. Lawrence through your lenses.
Angky.

[RICHARD L.]

You know, no two days are ever the same. The natural environment evolves with the seasons and the beholder evolves too. Equipment changes often (at least for me), new cameras, new lenses or different formats ... The pandemic has made us all more introvert, more sensitive to a possible "end of our personal world" as we had known it. Plus I had a health scare which made me acutely aware of the finality of life and of the beauty Nature gives everyone of us, here and now (Zdes i Seitchas, as I learned on "Dojhd" (Rain TV), a free Cable-TV station from Moscow that has been shut down by Putin), despite our World in turmoil.

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[angkymac]

You know, no two days are ever the same. The natural environment evolves with the seasons and the beholder evolves too. Equipment changes often (at least for me), new cameras, new lenses or different formats ... The pandemic has made us all more introvert, more sensitive to a possible "end of our personal world" as we had known it. Plus I had a health scare which made me acutely aware of the finality of life and of the beauty Nature gives everyone of us, here and now (Zdes i Seitchas, as I learned on "Dojhd" (Rain TV), a free Cable-TV station from Moscow that has been shut down by Putin), despite our World in turmoil.

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What you say is quite the truth, isn't it?!!!
I see beauty and I see ugliness every day where I live--beauty in people and people being ugly.
If I am allowed, I intend to keep on recognizing ugliness for what it is, and doing what I can to replace it with beauty.
My camera is a small part of that process--but it is a very important part.
I'm glad that you too are using your camera(s) and lenses to show something of beauty.
Some days, something posted here is what picks our head up and gets us back out there in hopes of something good.
Keep shooting and posting!
Angky.

[RICHARD L.]

Thank you for your understanding. I spend a few hours a day on the Pentax Forum and watching travel videos on Youtube (I discovered a very nice channel called "RVerTV" featuring an older gentleman named Russ - he travels all over the U.S. Southwest and I give him comments on things and places I have visited over the years, a very pleasant pastime). I hope we can all start to live again like we used to before the pandemic.

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