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September: photos post

Posted by Patrick Lam on Friday, October 3, 2025

September was down again in terms of number of pictures processed, but I was not at a computer for many days in September. (I wonder if I could correlate the number of travel days with the number of pictures processed). There are only 9GB of new pictures from September, so maybe not adding too much to the backlog. Desperately trying to have less than a two-year picture backlog. Looking at the chronological order, there are some big trips in the backlog, like New Caledonia in November 2023 and the Travers Sabine in February 2024. It is challenging when there is a set of 400 pictures from a day.

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

  • Sets of pictures processed: September=10, August=12
  • Total pictures processed: September=414, August=563
  • Total pictures in selection pool: September=1486, August=2123
  • Accept rate: 28% (min 14%, max 65%)
  • Pictures posted on this page: 81
Montréal from above; heron closeup; Lima: Miraflores cat; bike in mirror; Tallinn: "Cars ruin cities"; Turg market; Athens: tomatoes; diversion to YQB; American bullfrog just outside Montréal; Vancouver: lupins?

Leaving Athens (July 2025)

Mid-rises seen from Athens hotel room; Golden Pap; transactions in the morning; nuts.

Lima (April 2025)

Olives; various messages; pushing a push-bike uphill; surfer; blooms on a slope; Larcomar beach; Parroquia La Virgen Milagrosa; toy planes including AC Rouge (?); bull figurines; more Peru goods; pompoms.
Turtles in the Bosque El Olivar; saffron finch; Belcher's gull eating; Sally Lightfoot crab; red-masked parakeet.

Canada (March and September 2023)

Montréal morning and Couche-Tard; warmup; back at the University of Waterloo campus; Woodstock pumper n°1; egret; yellowjacket nest; common whitetail dragonfly; hundreds of peaches and nectarines; Calgary.

Estonia (May 2025)

Estonia flag; Ferris wheel at the mall near TLL; tram/LRT; wooden construction; Jaan tram; medieval torture instruments; Ukraina Restoran; Eurasian blue tit; historic building housing the Estonian Students' Society; fieldfare; hooded crow; view from Hotell Dorpat room.

Canada (August 2025)

Montreal: Green heron (2×); black-capped chickadee; turkey vulture; Vancouver: "no climbing on rocks"; Carmen and Maria, green-winged macaws; African grey; starling; princess parrot and budgie (are they frens?); insect-eating plant; Bourke's parrot; brown creeper; chestnut-backed chickadee; crow.

In Transit

Drawn from all the above sets.

Stuck Russian plane at YYZ; on the train past the CN tower; approaching Montréal; over the wing; Union Station & CN tower; "Rising" sculpture in Toronto; VIA @ Union Station; Toronto skyline; Calgary: Godzilla; Paris: past the Concorde; above CDG; three bags to Athens; Wellington: sign at WLG; Auckland: minding the fire; Athens: Air Canada baggage checkin line; Montréal: "medical procedure" on delicate machinery.

The List

Backlog has probably grown.

2023:

  • [April-July] various cellphone photos
  • [September] Waterloo/Calgary/Seattle/Squamish (5)
  • [October] Winnipeg, Scarborough and Sydney (7)
  • [November] Johnston Hill (1)
  • [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 (3)
  • [May] Estonia (1)
  • [May] Escarpment Track
  • [June] Korean Festival in Wellington/WJA (2)
  • [June] Australian Nationals (4)
  • [June] PLDI (11)
  • [July] Olympus (1)
  • [July] TMB (10)
  • [August] TMB (1)
  • [August] Grenoble (3)
  • [August] Montreal (2)
  • [August/September] Auckland (3)
  • [September] Glacier skiing (5)
  • [September] Auckland SCAM (3)
  • [September] Tukino Ski touring meet (3)
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