Category Archives: Nature & Landscapes

Wild Times

One of the best things about living where I do is the profusion of wildflowers that spring up at this time of year. Especially numerous are the white fawn lillies and camus flowers, but my favourite is the much less … Continue reading

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Accidental Alder

An interesting thing happened on the way to this picture. I came upon a stand of red alders and carefully set up my camera and tripod. I spent more time than usual trying to get just the right camera position … Continue reading

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After the Storm

We don’t get a great deal of snow here in Victoria, so when we do, it’s quite an event. And perhaps because it’s so rare, it seems especially beautiful. I took this picture after waiting out a sudden squall in … Continue reading

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Brighter Mornings At Last

Although the days have been getting longer since the winter solstice back on December 21st, from this latitude, all the extra daylight has been added to the evening, with later and later sunsets. If, like me, you hate getting out … Continue reading

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A Season of Loss, of Sadness

In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, long ago. In the Bleak Midwinter, by Christina Rossetti.

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Macro Tributaries

I’m struck by how often shapes and textures recur in nature even on vastly different scales. One of the things I most love about macro lenses is how well they distort our perception of the everyday and familiar, and give … Continue reading

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Sunrise Frost

At this time of year we’re often right on the flight path of Pacific storm systems.  The resulting lighting conditions often make for dramatic photographs. I’ve often wondered what it must be like to live in a place where the … Continue reading

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White Fawn Lilies

This region has its share of beautiful wild flowers (including several lilies), each taking its turn to enliven the forest floor at different times of the year. One of the first to emerge in the spring is the White Fawn Lily. … Continue reading

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November Grey

I shot this yesterday while walking through Devonian Regional Park along one of the numerous paths that lead from the parking lot to Taylor Beach. My favourite route takes me along the fence line of an adjacent farm, which is … Continue reading

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Autumn Orchard

Linking the B.C. interior city of Penticton and its neighbour, the town of Naramata (and well beyond), is the Kettle Valley Railway trail. As the name suggests, the KVR is an abandoned railway line, and it’s now the domain of … Continue reading

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