A brand new camera

My older EOS Rebel digital camera needed a good sensor cleanup, so I went to the local camera shop to get it done. Actually, I didn't know what caused these blurry spots on some but not all of my pictures. It appears that it's dust sitting on the light sensors. I suppose that this mostly happens with SLR cameras since dust can enter the camera body during changes of lenses.

Anyway, I also enquired about prices for macro lenses. As these were way too high for my budget, I then asked the salesman if a non-SLR could be a good alternative, mostly in regards to macro.

He then showed me what the latest Canon bridge camera could do...and I was flabbergasted!
The results were really terrific! The only thing that made me not buy it was that it runs on AA batteries, and I loathe AA batteries!

So he showed me the Nikon P90 bridge camera, which gave similar amazing results but featured an affordable lithium ion battery pack.

I took it home for a little more than half the price of a good macro lens, and I'm in love with it.

This photo of Queen Ann's lace is an example of what this little marvel can do:

More new jewelry

A mid-oriental inspired necklace and earrings set.


Black onyx, black agate and rock crystal knotted necklace.


Azurite, new jade, vintage chain and antiqued brass accents.


Amethyst and rock crystal knotted necklace.


Turquoise and antiqued brass accents bracelet.

Toy car illustration

Here, just for the fun of it, is a little toy car illustration that I did a while back...

Just listed on Etsy...

Lapis lazuli and brass necklace, with an oriental inspiration


A gemmy amber colored keyring.


A bracelet made of lapis lazuli drops and chrysocolla beads on a vintage brass chain.

Port of Montréal

I was in Montréal yesterday, with my daughter and her cousin, to see an exhibition on pirates that had been much advertised. We then went all the way up to the museum's belvedere where we could enjoy a striking view of the port of Montréal.
I then took a series of photos of that view, from left to right, taking care to overlap each photo with the preceeding one (or the next one depending...).
Later on, back home, I remembered that, with the newer versions of photoshop, you could merge such photos automatically (file>automate>photomerge...).
This I tried, and here is the result ( 1 minute for something that would have taken me the better part of a day manually!):