'Botanical Arch' - Vancouver Island

During Amandas very first visit to Vancouver Island, I took her to one of my favourite forests on the West Coast.

 

After a fun day of watching otters on the beach and saying hello to a bear who was happily munching on grass, we decided to head home.

 

I stopped at this spot on the trail just to play around with this composition but I wasn't very optimistic about getting any good ight.

 

After about 20 minutes of waiting I decided to quit and was packing up my gear when Amanda said ''wait, I can see some mist rolling in''.

 

I quickly pulled my camera back out of the bag, placed it on the tripod and held my breath.

 

Within about a minute, the ocean spray drifted in and caught the late afternoon sun in a magical display of light rays.

 

That golden light on the underside of that twirling branch was the icing on the cake.

 

This all happened in just a few minutes and I was shooting with shaking hands while wearing a manic grin on my face.

 

Amanda says that's when she fell in love with me. Because she'd finally found someone as crazy as she was.

 

Thanks for looking

Gavin Hardcastle - Fototripper

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