Photography by Rick Towns

This is my photo gallery of pictures that I've taken that I am particularly fond of. Please enjoy!

Male Downy Woodpecker

A male Downy Woodpecker (you can tell by the red mark on his head) sitting on our suet ring in the backyard.

Canon EOS M50 + Canon EF-S 55-250mm zoom @ 200mm, f/6.3, ISO-400, 1/320 sec. on 2023-02-19
Earl the Chipmunk

A little chipmunk that we've named Earl. He lives somewhere in our backyard and we feed him and the squirrels peanuts (unsalted, of course!).

Canon EOS M50 + Canon EF-S 55-250mm zoom @ 250mm, f/6.3, ISO-1000, 1/320 sec. on 2022-04-11
The Great Cluster in Hercules M13

Star cluster M13 in Hercules. A ball of several hundred thousand stars orbiting the Milky Way. Also known as NGC 6502. It is over 20,000 light years from Earth.

Canon EOS M50 + Meade 2080 LX3 2000mm f/10 telescope, f/6.3 adapter, ISO-6400, 6 sec. on 2022-07-14
Baby Turtle Swimming

This little turtle was seen swimming in a cenote in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. There were a bunch of small fish swimming around this little fella.

Canon EOS M50 + Canon EF-S 55-250mm zoom @ 250mm, f/7.1, ISO-200, 1/400 sec. on 2023-02-11
Cowbird sitting on tree branch.

Shot of either a female or juvenile male Cowbird. This was in our backyard over the last winter. We saw many of these mid-sized birds around out feeders.

Canon EOS M50 + Canon EF-S 55-250mm zoom @ 232mm, f/5.6, ISO-3200, 1/400 sec. on 2022-04-19
Mourning Dove on a fence.

This is one of our Mourning Doves that lives in the area. There are two of them (as they mate for life) and they often visit our back deck to get some bird seed. This one is relaxing on the deck railing.

Canon EOS M50 + Canon EF-S 55-250mm zoom @ 250mm, f/6.3, ISO-160, 1/500 sec. on 2022-05-01
M57 The Ring Nebula

M57 The Ring Nebula. This is a planetary nebula and is the remains of a star that exploded most of its stellar material leaving behind just a small white dwarf star. It is 2570 light years from Earth.

Canon EOS M50 + Meade 2080 LX3 2000mm f/10 telescope, f/6.3 adapter, ISO-6400, 6 sec. on 2022-07-25
A Seagull in Flight in Victoria, BC

A Seagull in flight over the Strait of Juan de Fuca as photographed from the Canada side in Victoria, British Columbia. The land in the background is the United States.

Canon EOS M50 + Canon EF-S 18-55mm zoom @ 55mm, f/16, ISO-800, 1/2500 sec. on 2022-09-02
White Breasted Nuthatch sitting on suet ring.

This is a White Breasted Nuthatch sitting on our big suet ring in our backyard. This is one of my favourite birds along with Chickadees, Juncos, and Downy Woodpeckers. It's almost like this little guy is posing for me!

Canon EOS M50 + Canon EF-S 55-250mm zoom @ 187mm, f/5.6, ISO-400, 1/250 sec. on 2023-02-19