Tidal Edges
A few shots from around the south edges of Kilgii Gwaay site and island. I don’t think I have used any of these before in black and white. This is a quick reminder of some photographs from the past few weeks posting about my visit to Gwaii Haanas – part of a wrap-up with a couple more posts.
To open the gallery below, click on any image then use the arrows to navigate and escape to return to this page.
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- Moon-set at dawn from cabin
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- Moon in the morning from cabin
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- site tarp, doing its job
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- Bladderwrack and morning light
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- Dawn excavations at Kilgii Gwaay
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- Kilgii Channel, part of Houston Stewart Channel, to east
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- dawn clouds east from Ellen Island
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- Bladderwrack and morning light
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- Tidal river in front of Kilgii Gwaay site
burnt embers 
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing the tag link.
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Thanks GGNB – it is a beautiful part of the world, a short boat ride from a world heritage site Sgang Gwaii (you might know it as Ninstints, the name of the main chief of the village). There are a few posts about it as well in here somewhere too.
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Beautiful series. I especially like Dawn Excavations and Site Tarp.
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Thanks so much Ryan. I had been making the occasional monochrome version of images while I was processing them for other posts, and then leaving them as being a bit out of place. Nice to have a bit of a grab bag post to toss them into 🙂 Soon I will be out of the tour guide mode and into conserving images to make sure I have enough for a few days between shooting. I feel that coming up pretty fast in fact. I should have put some of these aside, and probably I have some more I can dip into from time to time. I hope people are not expecting me to keep on posting large galleries of images, because they will be disappointed.
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view East from Ellen Island is my favourite. I guess I like threatening storm clouds! Val
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Hi Val – those clouds were something of a morning phenomenon out over Hecate Strait – they were often there on the clear days, looking ominous but not amounting to much.
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Between your unbelievable awesome posts on topic and Elizabeth May’s release of her book on this area, my wife and I are now thoroughly convinced we must visit this place one day. It actually tugs at our heart-strings. Without your incredible blog and all the great details you’ve shared, we’d never have known about it… which is a tad bit embarrassing considering we live within a few short kilometers of this magical place. We really, really appreciate all the effort that went into producing this series and have loved each and every entry.
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Thanks so much Toad, I am glad to have brought some of the wonder of this place into your home. If you can make it happen to visit Gwaii Haanas, then do it. Even if it pours with rain every day, it is still beautiful (not as much fun mind you, but you just need rain protection for the camera as well as good sturdy rain gear for your self). May’s book is really very good at imparting some of the special aspects of Haida Gwaii and why it has been such a political flash point in the past. I think those days could be coming again, not over logging, but the transport of tar sands oil through these waters. I have a post planned on that topic too.
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Great comments, Ehpem! I am really looking forward to your post regarding the oil tankers. Mrs. Toad and I have been following this story closely with much concern over the well-being of our beautiful area. It’s scary to think that the oil companies can wield so much power as to cast these concerns aside and potentially move ahead with a truly frightening project like that.
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I published it today! I forgot to embed a video, guess I will do that with an edit…
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Beautiful landscape series but the side tarp photo seems a little out of place. That said, it’s a brilliant photo and I’d hang this in my living room any day.
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Thank you Ken. I am glad you like it that much.
It is out of place – that’s what we get for me making a post in the middle of the night. I had intended to use that image in a different post, an idea that I now doubt will work.
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