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About versicolor.ca versicolor.ca is the domain name for web space managed by David Graham Patriquin of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It serves several community groups as well as personal interests, those relating mostly to natural history and environmental issues. The web space is maintained on shared severs at funio.com in Montreal Canada. The domain name is maintained through sibername.ca.
I retired from my position as Professor of Biology at Dalhousie University in 2008. I spend as much time as I can exploring my bioregion, which I somewhat arbitrarily defined as the area within 50 km driving distance of downtown Halifax. The name versicolor is taken from the species epithet for a common native iris in Nova Scotia: Iris versicolor. The photo at right was taken on July 2nd, 1998 with a Panasonic Palmcam NV/PV-DC1000. It shot 640 x 480 px photos (0.3 MP). It was the first digital camera I acquired and I had thought it would be the last camera I would ever want to purchase. Little did I know about digital media! Since then I have averaged at least one new camera each year, alternating between a pocket point & shoot and a DSLR or Superzoom type. My latest versions are a Sony HX100V and a Pentax Optio WG-1 GPS. The latter is about the same size as the Palmcam, but shoots 14 MP photos and cost less than half of what I paid for the Palm Cam. It's incredibly good for macro shots which is my main reason for buying it but it's also fully waterproof, geotags photos & makes reasonably good audio recordings. So I use it as my field notebook and for recording bird songs as well. I purchased the Sony HX100V rather than a new DSLR (my current one being a now ancient Nikon D70) because of its light weight and modest cost compared to a DSLR + lenses. I'm an iMac person but not an iPhone (or any kind of cell phone) person. I love the internet as a learning and communication tool, but I'm happiest when I'm "miles away from anywhere" and disconnected from the internet (and phones) but have a digital camera nearby. For more trivia about me, see my Linkedin Profile. - David Patriquin (JackPine) (patriquiATdal.ca) |
