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Yesterday I had the most amazing pelagic I think of my life and we didn't even find a fishing boat. This has now topped the two pelagics where I've seen 3 Short- tailed albatross and 15 Laysan. We first saw a Manx Shearwater that Tom Plath spotted by Cleland Island and then Liron Gertsman spotted a Slaty-backed Gull in the same flock. As we headed out to pelagic waters Mike Toochin, myself and Ilya Povalyaev spotted a Guadalupe Murrelet! It was less than ten feet from the boat! It's insane to have that bird not way further out it's only BC's 3rd record! Liron and Ilya got some great photos of it. To see it check out the BC RBA here bcbirdalert.blogspot.com/2019/08/rba-guadalupe-murrelet-a...
Next I, Mike Toochin and Mark Wynja spotted 2 Scripps's Murrelets and several miles later Liron Gerstman spotted 2 more Scripps's Murrelets. It was a pretty magical day I got 3 lifers and 3 BC birds and we had 4 provincial rarities!. I am still reeling and happy I could share it with such great people. Thanks to ocean outfitters and Captain Ron for such a special day!
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Looking over Burnaby Heights at the Downtown Vancouver skyline. The 'floating' lights in the top left are from UBC in Point Grey. On the right, you can see the cranes of Port Metro Vancouver and a sliver of Coal Harbour. ~ Captured Friday night in Burnaby, BC ~ September 4, 2015
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Highway 99. One lane northbound and three lanes southbound at the George Massey Tunnel this evening. Major traffic problems around the lower mainland this afternoon. I was stuck for 2 hours on Hwy 91 (East-West Connector) this afternoon because a couple of accidents on the Alex Fraser Bridge had shut it down. As a result, commuters took another route and the Tunnel was backed up for hours. Captured from Deas Island, BC ~ October 28, 2015
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Chasing waterfalls at Elk Falls Provincial Park. Standing on the new 60m (197ft) suspension bridge courtesy of Campbell River Rotary Club, BC Hydro, BC Parks, the Federal Government and the Island Coastal Economic Trust. The bridge is designed to safely hold the equivalent of 400, 300-pound men... but it still swings a bit. Captured in Campbell River ~ November 1, 2015
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Image taken from Garry Point Park in Richmond, BC
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Autumn leaves dress the cobblestone streets of historic Gastown. There's always magic in the air here but the colourful fall vibes make it much more enchanting. Captured from the corner of Abbott and Water Street in Vancouver British Columbia, Canada ~ November 13, 2020 🍂
At flood levels, this would normally be the beach area.
It is OK to break the rules sometimes of having the midline in the middle ;)
Image was taken from Buntzen Lake in Anmore, BC.
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A quiet morning at Buntzen Lake in Anmore near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
About this photo: I was on my way to Pitt Lake in Pitt Meadows near Vancouver, BC, Canada. I was going to go for a walk over there and enjoy the beautiful views. On my way to Pitt Lake, I drove by this cranberry field and just had to stop as the farmers were harvesting the berries. Such a unique thing to witness (to know about how cranberries are harvested, read more info below).
I spotted these two farmers in their wading gear pulling the cranberries in with special booms (some type of floating beams). I found it very fascinating.
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~Camera Settings:
*Camera Model: Sony DSC-RX10M4
*Focal Length: 220mm
*F-Number: F/8
*Exposure Time: 1/320 sec.
*ISO Speed: ISO-100
*Exposure Program: Manual Mode (M)
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Some information about the cranberry harvest: Cranberries grow in fields low to the ground on vines and usually the fields are kept fairly dry until harvesting season from late September to the end of October.
If they had a dry cranberry harvest where berries are individually hand picked, it would easily take a team two weeks. But with a wet harvest, where the field is flooded, it usually only takes a couple of day.
The field is flooded leaving the water at a depth of six to ten inches (15-25cm). The growers then use beaters to churn the water and whack the berries off the vines. The farmers head out in a row, so that no berry is left unbeaten. Because each berry has four air pockets, they can float in liquid. Once the field is completely beaten, the water is raised to approximately two to three feet (0.6m to about 1m).
The berries are typically moved toward a specific corner of the field by farmers, wearing hip waders, who corral the berries using rakes and floating beams called booms through the chilly water. The berries are then pumped out using suction. Then they're rinsed with fresh water and separated from the debris. The berries are then loaded into a truck, and shipped to a processing facility.
Image taken from Stanley Park in Vancouver, BC
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Again, I went missing for couple months due to my busy schedule. I hope everyone had a safe 2021.
2021 was quite a rewarding year for me as a photographer as I connected with many people. In addition, I got few extra projects/jobs relating to photography. I hope 2022 will go as smoothly as I hoped.
This one was taken not long ago and it was one of the best mornings I witnessed for a long time.
Location: Cypress Lookout, BC
On it's first trip out to Canada's West Coast, newly restored FP9 #4106 leads the Royal Canadian Pacific home to Calgary, AB, as the train travels east on the Cascade Sub through the Yale Tunnels near Yale, BC.
A lone heron patiently waits for dinner on a vacant swimming raft. Twilight peeks through a layer of clouds over Bowen Island and reflects off of English Bay and the Salish Sea. Captured last night from the sands of Locarno Beach in Vancouver ~ 07-23-2015
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View from the tip top of Panorama Ridge in BC's Garibaldi Provincial Park. From left to right-- Guard Mountain, Mt. Garibaldi, Mt. Price.
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This morning's amazing light show honouring the victims and heroes of 9/11. Watching the Aurora Borealis never gets old for me. I can't help but say "WOW!!" everytime I see the northern sky pulsing with waves of light. This latest one was at a storm level of 6.67 Kp and lasted for a couple of hours into dawn. Captured at Porteau Cove Provincial Park in Squamish-Lillooet, BC ~ September 11, 2015
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Powerful rain hitting the west coast today made for a muted and simple image of an island in front of a coastal mountain.
The sun's rays find an opening in the coastal cloud cover to beam down its last light for the night.
Chesterman Beach - West Coast - Vancouver Island - BC
The rains arrived after an amazing day exploring beaches.
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Image taken in Downtown Vancouver BC.
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Adorable Black Bear cubs waiting for their mom to return with a salmon. Copyright © Kim Toews/All Rights Reserved.
When someone is nice enough to loan you ND filters and then you neglect to take them on a hike where there are opportunities to use them, you find yourself doing silly things. Picture me laying on the deck of a mountain bike bridge, camera propped on said deck, while shooting at .6 of a sec. Yep, silly!