Rose Trio

At the end of last summer, I planted several rose bushes.  They have not been doing fantastic this year.  (One has even died.)

Returning from a week camping trip, this trio is preparing to show.  I set the aperture as high as possible to reduce the focal depth.  Just one of the three is in good focus and the background is blurred out entirely.

Strong Roots

While visiting Mt. Edith Cavell Glacier, we walked to the glacial pond.  The outflow streams appear to not follow a warn path as the material is all the same - glacial deposit. 

This tree was less than two feet tall  and I would guess about 8 years old.  In the cold glacial climate and uncertain soil to grow in, it was amazing to see it surviving.

The image is unique as I made the photo by almost placing the lens in the water.  Looking from different perspectives creates unique images.

Golfing in majesty

As a fun excursion in Jasper, I went with 4 golfers and took photos of the beauty and their golfing.

The difficult part of these locations is that there are too many options to choose from.  I tried to capture the 3 horizontal bands of interest - green space, mountains, clouds.

Canada Geese

Both of these images are crops to make a better photograph.  Part of the reason for cropping was that there were about 25 geese in total but the number in focus in any one shot was limited.  I have to work on my shots to have better focal depth.  I work on higher F-stops; however, I am not entirely happy with the way the lenses are performing.

Twisted Daisy

Along the Willingdon Beach trail there was a patch of tall daisies.  I found the twisted leaves intriguing.

Normally I like to use the rule of thirds; however, I knew that I should break the rules with making this image.  The high contrast nature of the white daisy with dark background draws your eye to the twisted petals.

BC Coastal Sailing

I grew up spending my summers on or near the ocean.  Seeing this sailboat anchored off Willingdon Beach brought back many memories.

This was made at the same time that the previous sun reflecting image was created.  I had to manually reduce the exposure to ensure that the sun didn't wash out all the colours and create a high contrast / low colour image.

Early Evening Willingdon Beach Sunset

My Mother-In-Law believes Powell River has the best sunsets in the world.  I have taken some wonderful shots that I will share in a future post.

Taking shots with high sunlight exposure works best using manual settings.  I was able to adjust the exposure to develop this image.

I most enjoy the horizontal lines of the shore, waves, Harwood Island and clouds.