Moss Street Mannequin
Last year I posted images of a black velvet covered dress form on Pandora Street. I never thought I would be posting another series of pictures of vintage clothing on a mannequin on the streets of Victoria, but here you go. I could have asked for much better lighting than the lovely warm and bright sunlight that we had on Saturday, but I was not complaining as it was a great day, best of the year.
Sun Drain
Looking south
Confession time – this blog has featured only one of the storm drains in Ross Bay. I think it is time for another one; I expect many of my subscribers will agree, though perhaps in moderation.
It was a lovely sunny day on Saturday – a day when people were sunbathing for the first time this year. We walked the length of the Ross Bay beach on our way to the Moss Street Market. The tide was lower than usual, and so this drain was well exposed against a perfectly calm sea. The Olympic Mountains still have a lot of snow in the distance – they were worthy of a telephoto shot, but that was not going to be.
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Depth of Pearl
These four 5:1 macro shots are of a piece of shell that is cut into a leaf shape, but of no obvious function. It is one of the few remaining shots from the Canon MP-E 65mm 1-5x macro lens that I rented a few weeks ago. To find out more about the lens look at the first of these posts.
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Littlerock Sahsima
Back once again to the transformer stone, Sahsima, on Harling Point. This picture was taken when I was first trying out my “new” 24mm lens at the Chinese Cemetery. The lens is an old Nikkor which I have modified and adapted to my Canon body as described in this recent post. Other posts from this day include Painting Sahsima.
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Drain with Wood
This is another storm drain picture from a rainy morning two weeks ago. I love this colour of driftwood.
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Blues and Grass
Another set of pictures taken during the rain along the eastern boundary of Beacon Hill Park in amongst the Garry Oaks and other tree species. There are small meadows, with bedrock outcrops in places, and in the meadows in this part of the park are a mix of the native camas and introduced bluebells. They go very well together, though I would rather see just the camas as bluebells can be found in any garden and camas is struggling in the many corrupted habitats it once thrived in.
Drain Uphill
More of the storm drain on the beach in Ross Bay, but this time I turned around and looked inland from part way out the drain. A new perspective for me, it was the first time I can remember, possibly ever, that I walked out on the drain – usually it is too wet to do so. I was pleased to find these slightly wind-distressed trees lining Eberts Street. Now that I look more closely, the main distress for these trees is the utility company pruning branches away from the lines. A chronic problem around here as they do it without care for the tree’s long-term health and often the bad pruning can cause rot and premature demise of trees. We need more underground services, but $$ will prevent that from happening for a very long time.
This is another view through the 24mm lens, though I have cropped it quite heavily. The picture was taken on the same rainy day as the last drain picture I posted – the wet surface of the drain is fresh water since the waves were small and the tide quite low. I like the subtle reflections of the tree and utility pole on the drain surface.
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