While driving to the beach Saturday morning, I saw the rising sun skimming across this field and had to pull over to get a shot.
farm road
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winter lights
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Dew-spangled branches sparkle in chilly morning light.
fog bank
Looks like this is as close as we’ll be getting to a white Christmas. Happy holidays, everyone!
Fog bank at Medicine Beach, Pender Island, B.C.
December beach
We’ve had a lot of rain, wind, and extreme high tides lately, making beach photography challenging to say the least. So when a pale sun shone its light on a gently ebbing sea one afternoon last week, I jumped at the chance to head down to the water.
Pender Island winter shoreline
No, it wasn’t a colourful sunset, but it was so pleasant to spend time taking pictures without having to worry about water on my lens, wind shaking my tripod, or wet feet. It felt as though Autumn had finally given up the battle with Winter, and peace at last ruled the land.
frozen
lingering mist
Pender Island, British Columbia
rubber boots and lens cloths
(2 images)
Prior to yesterday’s big wind storm, I had two previous unsuccessful attempts at storm-chasing: the first time, the sky opened up in a deluge just as I arrived the beach; the second, all the clouds blew away leaving a glaring sun and boring blue sky. Third time’s a charm, and the conditions were perfect. Except I should have worn rubber boots, as it was distracting to keep having to leap out of the way of incoming surf and my feet ended up getting wet anyway. Also, the single cloth I’d brought to wipe the spray and rain off my gear was pretty well soaked and useless after five minutes. I needed lots more.
I ended up with many ruined shots due to tripod vibration (my little tripod was no match for 80km/hour winds!) and water spots that were impossible to get rid of. However, not all was lost. Here are a couple of my keepers.
Pender Island, British Columbia
bamboo drops
(Two images.)
winter twigs
Pender Island, British Columbia
edge of light
A couple of seconds after I took this picture, I got totally soaked with salt spray from the next wave. My camera got pretty wet too, but I quickly wiped it off and it was fine. One of the hazards of shooting on a windy beach!
Pender Island storm
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