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West coast Express commuter train rolling through Port Haney.
This image shows the West Coast Express pulling away from the Port Haney Station. ( Alongside the Mighty Fraser River )
WCE has been serving the lower mainland since 1995, providing more than 2.8 million trips per year.
Every weekday more than 11,000 customers ride the WCE.
The commuter rail service operates during peak morning and evening periods between downtown Vancouver and Mission City.
There are eight stations
Maple Ridge, BC
Canada
Avant-dernier train de la journée vers Mission, le voici à peine sorti de la gare de Waterfront et longe les installations portuaires sur les voies du CPKC.
Penultimate train of the day towards Mission, here it is just out of Waterfront station and runs alongside the port facilities on the CPKC tracks.
Brown Hare, Norfolk.
This little one made its way towards me in stunning morning light. These sort of shots are not my favoured images but when they sit just in front of you unaware of your presence the shot just has to be taken.
Little Owl, Norfolk
Finally nailed a few images of this Little Owl that I am happy with.
Leaning out the car window , the raised grass made for a nice diffused area in front of the gravestone and a few bokeh balls behind made for a pleasant image.
Just need to get a bit lucky with the juveniles now.
Brown Hare, Norfolk
I have recently been spending the majority of my time photography wise sat next to this poppy field hoping for a hare or three to show above the flowers. Though a few have obliged, still to get a shot which I really want. The joys of wildlife photography.
Male Stonechat, Norfolk
A posing male sat just nicely in the
near gorse allowing me to get a lovely background of OOF flowering gorse behind.
Récemment acquise par la compagnie afin de rajouter un départ sur le tableau horaire, la WCE 907 est la seule locomotive ayant servie pour les 3 seuls transporteurs de banlieue au pays (GO Transit à Toronto, AMT à Montréal et WCE à Vancouver).
Recently acquired by the company to add a departure on the schedule, WCE 907 is the only locomotive to have running for the only 3 commuter agencies in the country (GO Transit in Toronto, AMT in Montreal and WCE in Vancouver).
We spent only one evening in Vancouver, and after spending all day split up exploring different parts of the downtown area, we rendezvoused at the Waterfront station to take a West Coast Express commuter train out to the suburb of Coquitlam to shoot the fourth eastbound of the evening pulling in.
WCE F59PH Number 907 Heads West On A CN Manifest At McAbee On The CN Ashcroft Sub. This Was It’s First Trip West After Being Rebuilt In Georgia By Progress Rail And Is Bound For The VIA Shops In Vancouver BC.
Brown Hare, Norfolk.
Every now and then an image comes along which, for me, stands out from others.
Yes this maybe another hare image, and those who follow me will know I post plenty of them, this for me is may never be repeated, everything ticks the boxes from how close the subject was, the pose, both ears facing forward to the sunlight illuminating the wild flowers behind.
A totally unplanned image as I was shooting the other direction into the recently harvested corn field.
Chinese Water Deer, Norfolk.
An overcast morning here in today but it was like Water Deer Central and a few Brown Hare chucked in for good measure.
This young one coming to a sudden stop almost immediately after this shot was taken.
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WCE train number W5 cruises along in the morning shadows as it approaches Waterfront station in Downtown Vancouver, BC.
Brown Hare, Norfolk.
Another recent image captured in early morning light of a Brown Hare.
Action shots, namely boxing images, are my goal but will take portraits like this when they are on offer.
Brown Hare, Norfolk.
I have been treated with some lovely close ups, mostly in stunning evening light, recently.
This recently harvested cornfield provided all my favourite ingredients, the background as the field was sloping, having a low POV gave me the foreground, mix in the subjects and lighting conditions and some lovely images and memories were made.
Brown Hare, Norfolk.
My after work location for the last few years has not been as productive this year so it was good to get a few shots on Sunday evening just gone, including this close up as it sat just 3-4 metres away.
Brown Hare, Norfolk
A recent Hare image captured in the lovely early morning golden light.
It is moments like this that makes the early morning alarm calls bearable.
Peu après son départ de Coquitlam, le premier train de la journée en direction Est dépasse un train local du CPKC.
Shortly after leaving Coquitlam, the first eastbound train of the day overtook a local CPKC train.
Barn Owl, Norfolk.
Golden hour image of this female barn owl. I was on my way back to the car as I thought she had returned back to her resting place.
She made a reappearance and I had no time to adjust my settings as she flew across between me and the low sun. The original RAW image was much lighter but a few slider adjustments and a much more appealing image came forth.
Brown Hare, Norfolk
Images from this area have been very hard to come by this year compared to previous. The hares are still in the area but not sure whether local land owners have culled the numbers or because of other factors.
An image from June 2024.
Chinese Water Deer, Norfolk
Laying down, minding my own business (actually photographing hares), when I saw a female CWD and two young fawns come out of the margins.
Having chosen my spot carefully, regarding wind direction which was quite strong this morning, I waited patiently to see if they would come closer towards me.
Indeed they did, allowing me to get individual images and a few group shots, with this being my favourite.
Brown Hares, Norfolk.
Hare action, for the images I would like, has been very few and far between. Don't get me wrong, I have seen a few boxing matches and tear ups, but nearly always at a distance I choose not to capture. My preference is for closer shots which have not been overcropped and show a bit of detail.
This shot is still more cropped than I would like but as the light was good there is still some detail in the subjects when viewed as it should, just don't look too closely.
Brown Hare, Norfolk.
I have been treated with some lovely close ups, mostly in stunning evening light, recently.
This recently harvested cornfield provided all my favourite ingredients, the background as the field was sloping, having a low POV gave me the foreground, mix in the subjects and lighting conditions and some lovely images and memories were made.
Brown Hare, Norfolk.
An uncropped image of this soggy brown hare. Sometimes they come just a little too close.
Barn Owl, Norfolk.
All bar a week, the last decent image of a barn owl on a post, was this time last year. Pleased to get this one this morning even though, for the togs, my ISO was in excess of 5000. Due to the close up proximity this has cleaned up well after being ran through an old edition of Topaz.
Barn Owl, Norfolk.
I have been much luckier with barn owls so far this than all of 2024 in total.
I have so far managed to capture five different birds compared to only three last year.
Long may it continue, with some more decent weather.
Barn Owl, Norfolk.
Last year I only managed to capture three different barnies through out 2024.
So far lucky enough to have captured two so far in 2025. May it continue and here is hoping this year is a much better year.
Brown Hare, Norfolk.
It has been a while since I have uploaded any images on my page so I thought I would show this recent image of my favourite brown hare.
It has been a good year for the wild flowers and especially poppies, which are part of the backdrop for this image.
July 2024
Brown Hare, Norfolk.
Hare on a mud field with no obvious crops planted.
The chalk and flint providing some nice out of focus area.
Marsh Harrier, Norfolk.
Image of a Male Marsh Harrier with a young leveret taken from a public hide.
It appears that this male is servicing a female who is sitting on eggs and also nest building with a second female a couple of hundred metres or so away.
It will be interesting to see if both females have young.
Brown Hare Leveret, Norfolk.
This was amongst my first images of a hare youngster this year. This season, so far, has not been as kind as last year photographically wise..
Little Owl, Norfolk
Having come to the conclusion that this gravestone was a favourite of the little owl, I set up the D7200 remotely with a 30 odd year old lens, a 180mm Nikon AF.
While I was 99% sure it would pay a visit, I was unsure how it would react to the sound of the shutter.
First few shots were a disaster as I had set up too close and chopped the top off the head but the only effect shutter had was to get its attention.
Repositioned the camera and went and sat away. The little owl returned and took up its position on top of the stone. Though I could see the owl, I could not see without looking through my other camera what it was doing so shooting blind.
It sat for nearly 2 hours relatively in the same position, only disturbed by myself when I had retrieve my camera to go home.
EMD F59PH #907 pushes an early morning West Coast Express service as it heads away from Mission towards Vancouver Waterfront.
Locomotive: West Coast Express General Motors Electro-Motive Division F59PH Number 907.
Location: Mission, British Columbia, Canada.
Roe Deer, Norfolk.
My favourite breed of deer I like to photograph, in a favoured environment but not my favourite lighting.
Not that we have seen much of a summer this year, this was one of them days when the sun was raging and at 11:00am the light was harsh. On top of that, getting a clear shot through the grass wasn't easy.
I tried a few different edits before finally coming with one I was most happiest with.
Ever since the Suncor Refinery in Port Moody BC started receiving more carloads, many of CP's classic searchlights in the area have been taken down. The old signals protecting the station of Barnet were removed and a new control point by the name of Walker was created so trains could occupy less track on their work block when working the refinery. Shot from the refinery's access road, WCE 907 leads the last eastbound commuter around the Burrard Inlet at CP Walker. 907 is the newest unit on Translink's fleet and personally I think its a little bit overrated.
House Martin, Norfolk
As I drove into the parking area I disturbed a number of house martins collecting mud.
Seeing that no sooner had I passed they were back in the puddle again I decided I would try and get as close as I could causing minimal disturbance.
There were between 8-12 regularly returning and I managed to get to about 3-4 metres away, watching, and photographing them for 15-20 minutes, though throughout they were being frightened away by passing cars or the odd pedestrian.
They always quickly returned until a female Sparrowhawk made her presence clear and all mud collecting to come to an abrupt halt.