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Two cats and a dog ago, we went to Quadra Island. It's one of those uber-West Coast places Mike and I like so much... easily accessible, close to civilization and yet... once you're there... a world unto itself.
We had our time, did our thing, explored forests, farms, beaches... laughed at our cats getting wild in the woods. And then caught the ferry back to the big island.
It was late fall. November I think. Storm season. And we had a massive storm.
The ferry couldn't dock. It turned back eventually. But only after an hour or so of trying trying trying.
During that hour.... as the ferry rose and fell... and rocked and swayed and heaved and rolled and nearly overturned... as our poor little girl cat barfed in the backseat... we saw the world differently.
On the crests of waves, we had an almost aerial view of Campbell River (the town where the ferry docks) - high high above it all. Deep in the troughs, we were so far down we could only see the concrete and timbers that support the dock... the part that's normally well submerged and should definitely not be at human-eye level.
On those crests, it felt like we could soar straight home - or anywhere, for that matter.
In the troughs, it felt as though the ocean would swallow us; as though we'd never see the sky or land again.
I think I'm in a trough, photographically. I just can't get it up, you know? I look at other people's pics... They snap and leap and sparkle. Then I look at mine. Dull dull dull. Boring. Quotidian. Flat. Featureless. Lifeless. Grey. Completely uninteresting.
That's okay. It's probably a phase. Something to be gotten through. I'll just keep on trudging the path and see what might be waiting up ahead. If you don't hear from me, I may be lost. And that's okay too.
The last chapter of a trilogy
1. www.flickr.com/photos/chikuma_riv/12943021573/
2. www.flickr.com/photos/chikuma_riv/12987692473/in/photostr...
One of the great things about having a dog is that you start to explore the area around you when on walks. I spotted this view a week or so ago whilst out walking and with todays heavy frost I headed straight for it as I knew the scene would just look perfect. I wasn't wrong.
Pretty much straight out of the camera save for a few levels adjustments.
Better viewed large on black
The weather was so beautiful last weekend that we took a stroll down the lane to this pretty little woodland which is currently filled with bluebells.
Thanks for all the lovely comments and favs on yesterday's blossom shot :)
Thank you Kietbull for drawing my attention to this relaxing piece of music entitled The Winding Path by Kevin Kern - someone I had never heard of before.
Paths
"If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere." Frank A. Clark
With Canon 5D Mark III and Canon 16-35 F4ISL
@ Ponte Vasco da Gama, Lisboa, Portugal
Duarte Sol Photography
A trail in the Sturgeon River Gorge Wilderness Area within the Ottawa National Forest in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
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Fairy Pools, Glenbrittle, Isle of Skye, Scotland. This place became one of my favorite places I ever visited and definitely one of my favorite places in whole Scotland. There is something magical about the clear waters which flow through the Black Cuillin Mountains. The light was very harsh (Mid day) yet the beauty of this place allows some beautiful photographs to be made. That said I feel deeply sorry I did not hang around until the sunset when the light would have been truly special litting those mountains...
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Setup:
Leica M type 24+, Super-Elmar-M 21mm ASPH, ISO 200, f/11, 60 seconds. Lee Big Stopper + Lee 0.9 Soft GND + Lee CPL.
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