1005_0376 Caspian Tern - 2010
Before moving to the prairie full time in 2011, I lived on southern Vancouver Island for many years (1991-2011, off and on). So today I'm starting a new image set of photos shot during those years and in subsequent visits. My favourite locations on the coast, mostly unpublished. A few, like this one, are newly reprocessed, and the original effort has been deleted from my photostream. Really, with today's software, it's like I'm seeing them for the first time. In a way that really is true.
Esquimalt Lagoon, near Victoria, was a productive location for me, especially after I rented a suite in a house just up the hill. Under constant pressure from housing development on its perimeter, it has been further compromised by population increase: traffic, walkers, joggers, dogs, etc. This is what my spies tell me. I was seeing it before I left. Whether it will remain viable as a bird sanctuary is anyone's guess. If it doesn't, mindless development in the interest of profit will be the cause, and the elected officials who allowed it will be the enablers.
What a great place it was, though, and still may be. I recall waiting for the Caspian Terns to arrive in May, one of the year's highlights. Largest tern in the world. I reprocessed this shot of one nabbing a small fish in Photoshop, with additional noise reduction and resizing to tighten the crop a little. More to come...
Photographed in Colwood, Vancouver Island, British Columbia (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2010 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
1005_0376 Caspian Tern - 2010
Before moving to the prairie full time in 2011, I lived on southern Vancouver Island for many years (1991-2011, off and on). So today I'm starting a new image set of photos shot during those years and in subsequent visits. My favourite locations on the coast, mostly unpublished. A few, like this one, are newly reprocessed, and the original effort has been deleted from my photostream. Really, with today's software, it's like I'm seeing them for the first time. In a way that really is true.
Esquimalt Lagoon, near Victoria, was a productive location for me, especially after I rented a suite in a house just up the hill. Under constant pressure from housing development on its perimeter, it has been further compromised by population increase: traffic, walkers, joggers, dogs, etc. This is what my spies tell me. I was seeing it before I left. Whether it will remain viable as a bird sanctuary is anyone's guess. If it doesn't, mindless development in the interest of profit will be the cause, and the elected officials who allowed it will be the enablers.
What a great place it was, though, and still may be. I recall waiting for the Caspian Terns to arrive in May, one of the year's highlights. Largest tern in the world. I reprocessed this shot of one nabbing a small fish in Photoshop, with additional noise reduction and resizing to tighten the crop a little. More to come...
Photographed in Colwood, Vancouver Island, British Columbia (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2010 James R. Page - all rights reserved.