Chip Trail


This is a chip trail along the eastern boundary of Beacon Hill Park, lined with Garry Oak and all kinds of other cultivated species of trees, wild flowers and blue bells right now.  I liked the spread of this oak tree and the contrast of the chipped surface with the darker grass as it disappeared into the distance.

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Drain with Gulls

More of the storm drain on the beach in Ross Bay. Don’t blame me, blame Ken at Oneowner, he suggested it. This is another from a rainy morning this past Friday when I also photographed the dog walkers that share this beach with the drain. I think this is the first time I have used the wide-angle lens for the drain, and it is one of the ones from Friday that I like the best. Trial Island is in the distance to the left, the bright patch in the distance was most likely the sun shining on David Williams in the vicinity of Seattle.

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Ross Bay Rain Walking

We had a steady rain this morning, right when I was out with my camera. I was not the only one outdoors though, the dog walkers were out in full force. Does carrying your dog while walking count as dog walking?

My apologies to subscribers for the broken link in emails yesterday, or for placing yesterday’s post into the feed for the previous day. I published it with the wrong date and then fixed the date, which of course broke the links and did not change it’s RSS feed order. It has been a long time since I last did that, so I hope you forgive me.

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Mother of Pearl Buckle

Ross Bay Awash II

Another view of the storm drain on the beach in Ross Bay, Victoria taken the same day as Ross Bay Awash and Ross Bay Bright. Most of my pictures of this drain are in black and white since I find I can get more out of the sky and water that way. But, I really like the colours in this version and it would be a loss to convert it to black and white.

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Storm Drain III

Storm Drain II

This is a follow-up to my Storm Drain post from February which is one of my most liked photographs, probably for its drama. This image was taken at the same time, but with a much longer exposure which smooths out the drama. This is the storm drain structure on the beach in Ross Bay, Victoria that I was featuring in my blog for some time, a sort of informal series of images.

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