Ladies & Gentlemen...

...more baboons.
Enjoy.

New and improved...with more baboons!

Updated the Senegal Trip gallery.

New and improved...with more baboons!

Sabodala Village

On the surface, it is what I would have imagined it to be.
No electricity or running water.
No 2,500 sq ft homes.
No a/c.
No cars.
No 52" HD LCDs.
No cable TV.
No 3D Imax mega movies.
No ipods, ipads, iphones.
No bmw, versace, abercrombe or apple.
No designer shoes.
No designer anything.
No facebook or twitter.
No internet.
Not a whole lot by western standards.
They live in grass, straw and mud huts.
Not what a westerner would consider livable.
The morning communal meeting area?
The water supply station.
Where the women fill their pots.
Yet everywhere I walked, there were smiling faces.
And giggling children.
A different world.
A different pace.
Different.
Not inferior.
Their life, I would wager, is as much, if not more fulfilling than my own.
It is here, we could all learn a lesson.
I have for sure.
On what is truly of value.
What is key in life.
Key to happiness.
To fulfillment.
Sabodala Village

By the way, I've rearranged my Travel gallery to include both trips and destinations.

I love it!

FINALLY, an announcement from Canon that gets me really excited.



They have just announced the development of a EF200-400mm f/4L IS USM Extender 1.4x lens.
Yes, that's a 200-400mm zoom lens with a constant F4 aperture.
And YES, it has a BUILT IN 1.4 extender, which when turned on will make the lens a 280 to 560 F5.6 lens.

With the release of the 100mm L Macro with IS, and this lens, Canon, you are keeping me a happy customer.
I can't wait to get my hands on this one!

TB10 III

So one of the best parts, photo-opportunity-wise, of a trip to Thunder Bay is the deer.
They are quite easy to find.
And with a few apples, quite easy to coax into modelling for you.
A few images of my furry models are up in the mammalia gallery.
Enjoy!