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July: photos post

Posted by Patrick Lam on Monday, August 4, 2025

I was away for a lot of July, but still managed to do a quick turn on the core Olympus photos, as well as Bromont photos. Did a bunch more pictures from 2023 and incremental progress on the Estonia and Seoul trips. I am, however, sure that I took more pictures than I processed, including 41GB of TMB photos.

Picture logs available, and, as always, pictures are clickable to go to the full gallery.

  • Sets of pictures posted: July=15, June=15
  • Total pictures posted: July=845, June=415
  • Total pictures in selection pool: July=3354, June=1113
  • Accept rate: 25% (min 5%, max 59%)
  • Pictures posted on this page: 119

Fauna and flora (mostly birds):

Hooded crow; white wagtail; barn swallow; yellow-bellied toad; narrow-bordeded five-spotted burnet; chamois, grazing; alpine accentor; horses; another chamois; brown Argus butterfly; scarab beetle.

Mount Olympus, Greece (July 2025)

First of two European mountain trips this summer. Estonia doesn’t really have mountains though I did get to that highpoint, so I have my first two country highpoints this summer.

Hotel Pantheon, Litochoro; flower and Olympus; Mario, pointing; Nikos; Prionia, 2.5km; Mario and plam; dog following us; cloud over ridge; "It's that big!"; approaching Apostolidis; photographing the mountains; refuge Apostolidis; Stefani; face of Zeus; six mules with driver; Mario; easing down; Natsis pass; through Natsis pass; Mario at Mytikas summit; rocks and cliffs; looking at Skala; various horses; shoulder at dawn; Stefani right side; chatting over coffee in the refuge; self-driving mule.

Canada

Some pictures from the 2023 archives. Almost done with that year. Except for the New Caledonia trip, and a bunch of other sets.

Birchbark canoe at YOW; covered totem pole at YVR; warmup at Pacific Intarnational; shiai; Mount Baker from Abbotsford; Kingston city hall; newaza; some advertising thing at SYD; some event at Uptown Public Square, Waterloo; tree with Eastern kingbird; Bromont church; strawberries; in-laws; turkey with four chicks; sunset.

Pacific International, Abbotsford (January 2023)

Next year this tournament is returning to Richmond, so I plan to go. The air quality in the venue in Abbotsford is abysmal and I almost surely got COVID there.

Kingston RMC (March 2023) and to Ontario (September 2023)

The September “To Ontario” set is part of a trip to Calgary, Seattle and Squamish, which I still need to get to.

Bromont (July 2025)

More Canadian content, newer, with quick turnaround.

Wellington (September 2023)

Again from the archives; trying to work through all the 2023 pictures.

Inside Pipitea marae; at Zealandia: takahē; tuatara; kākā; toutouwai; tieke; piwakawaka; kererū.

Japan (February 2025)

Big pile of photos left to do here from the Kumano Kodo.

Early morning start from Tanabe; Kii-Tanabe station; applying a stamp; on the trail; Daurian redstart; scenic views from the trail; art gallery on the trail; water wheel; old wooden dam; gyuba doji and ennogyoja; bamboo forest; Chikatsuyu art museum (closed); swinging a mallet; at our Chikatsuyu ryokan.

Estonia (May 2025)

About half done with these.

Bird tour around Tallinn: mute swans; common eiders; two terns; tern take-off (well, probably landing); tit; brown-lipped snail; white wagtail caught something; common shelduck; merganser; stork; heaps of geese; chaffinch; kestrel (pooping); common crane; common chiffchaff; willow warbler; tern; Tartu cathedral ruins (not destroyed part); facade only; max relax; something about protesting; Devil's bridge; cat; Tartu judo.

(To) PLDI, Seoul (June 2025)

Seoul via Shanghai and Narita. Not many pictures from the conference itself, but I still have lots of Shanghai and Narita pictures.

Stairs truck at WLG at dawn; "Your PC did not start correctly" at AKL; "Godwits" art; Shanghai maglev (nerfed); music in the park; rose; Eurasian tree sparrow; light-vented bulbul.

The List

Added 4000 photos on just the TMB trip, so more backlog.

2023:

  • [March] Edmonton Intl
  • [March-July] various cellphone photos
  • [September] Waterloo/Calgary/Seattle/Squamish (7)
  • [October] Winnipeg, Scarborough and Sydney (3)
  • [November] Whitireia Park (1)
  • [November] Waiopehu (2)
  • [November/December] Ouvea, Noumea Zoo, Riviere Bleue, Aquarium, Grandes Fougeres, Pic Malawi (7)
  • [December] Seattle, Montreal, Nelson (4)
  • Various (4)

2024:

  • Various (6)
  • [February] Travers-Sabine (7)
  • [June] Light Cycles
  • [June] Nairn St Cottage
  • [June/July] Old Ghost Road (6)
  • [July] Melbourne/Cairns (7)
  • [August] Catlins (3)
  • [September] Skyline
  • [September] Japan (6)
  • [October] Rotorua (1)
  • [October] Ontario (5)
  • [October] Pasadena (5)
  • [November] Johnston Hill and Zealandia
  • [November] Gisborne (3)
  • [December] Cascade Saddle attempt (6)
  • [December/January] French Polynesia (8)

2025:

  • [January] Montreal
  • [January] Regina (almost none!)
  • [February] Japan (7)
  • [February/March] Kingston (2)
  • [March] Edmonton (4)
  • [March] Peterborough and Ottawa
  • [April] Lima (5)
  • [May] Estonia (5)
  • [May] Escarpment Track
  • [June] Korean Festival in Wellington/WJA (2)
  • [June] Australian Nationals (4)
  • [June] PLDI (11)
  • [July] Olympus (4)
  • [July] TMB (12)
  • [August] TMB (1)
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