June 23, 2020
There’s nothing like a hot day to make one seek out respite. And there is no lack of places to enjoy the heat and have a lazy day when you live in Victoria. Just a short drive from Victoria’s urban… Continue Reading…
May 29, 2020
For water photography, moving water can be taken with two different approaches. Do you want to freeze motion or do you want a velvety flow to it, making it look smooth and soft? This approach is the latter, contrasted by the… Continue Reading…
May 28, 2020
Since 1882 Beacon Hill Park is a garden oasis in Victoria. Woodland trails, playgrounds, a water park, a petting zoo, ponds, picnic areas, a band pavilion, landscaped gardens and spectacular vistas over the Juan de Fuca Strait draw the locals and tourists alike. The… Continue Reading…
May 27, 2020
When you think of flower colours, many will think of whites, pinks, yellows, reds, purples, oranges and blues. Generally, flowers make you think of spring and summer. When I look at this image I think ‘autumn.’ Colour influences how you see… Continue Reading…
Kicking Horse Campground (Yoho National Park) and Field, B.C., offer majestic mountain panoramas of the Rocky Mountains. This image is of Mount King, part of the Van Horne Range, as it towers on the horizon. I love everything about this image. It is so… Continue Reading…
May 26, 2020
It was time to leave the familiar world of daylight behind and venture into the darkness to explore the magical landscape of the night. ‘Night’ adds a brand new dimension to otherwise “ordinary” street scenes, as in this case. The streetlight is… Continue Reading…
May 24, 2020
Trees always live on in the forest. They become forest trolls! I love how the moss has slowly taken over this stump. The stumps shape and the texture of the moss immediately brought to mind ‘troll’. Can you see the… Continue Reading…
May 21, 2020
This is nature’s natural spotlight in Avatar Grove; taken from the the river bed of Gordon River. Gordon River is a popular destination for kayaking. Generally speaking, it is a lower-water run except for the rainfalls of fall and winter, when it… Continue Reading…
May 20, 2020
The Fibonnaci sequence is nature’s numbering system. This sequence appears everywhere in nature, such as the leaf arrangement in plants, the pattern of the florets of a flower, and the scales of a pineapple. And it’s all because plants just grow… Continue Reading…
May 18, 2020
The gunnera leaf can measure up to 8 ft. across. This leaf is hiding a wicked stem and plenty of spiny thorns! It is considered an invasive species in Ireland and New Zealand. This plant was found in Cathedral Grove,… Continue Reading…