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The Sidney fishing dock, taken half an hour before my previous upload, on New Year's morning.
The tripod one can see a leg of on the left, was a photographer trying out his new toy; a time-lapse video recorder about half the size of a cell phone. He noticed me laying on the dock, and took some pictures of me...a fellow photographer addict!!
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Pelagic Cormorant shaking out after a grooming session along Sidney's waterfront.
I've been itching to try the new box with some wildlife, so after adjusting in box settings, I went out for another experiment. I was lucky enough to catch this moment, and had some fun processing it.
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An older shot. A Black Turnstone in winter plumage searches for eats along Sidney's waterfront, Haro Strait.
The rest of the flock is nearby, and some even had a bath in the shallow surf, but that only happened when I left the beach and was back up on the path! Maybe next time!
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An Anna's Hummingbird feeding one of two chicks this spring.
After a lot of setbacks with software conflicts and the like, I am finally bringing to you the beginning of the hummingbird documentary. It can be viewed at the following link:
This documentary follows one female Anna's Hummingbird and her two successive nest sites in the spring of 2021. It is a tragic story, as you will eventually see, but all starts out well in the first nest I found. This video shows the beginning of her story as I saw it.
There have been documented cases of one female making four successive nest sites in one season. Not wanting to overdo my presence and the possible stress it can bring, I closely followed the first nest I found, and did only a cursory check-up with the second nest. As a result, I do not know if she had a nest before or after this set.
Time spent at the nest site varied, but was usually limited to only one hour. The female became used to my presence within that first hour. In spite of this, most video footage was taken after I had set up the gear and left, in order to keep stress levels low and not draw predators attention to the site. If you are careful to observe, in the last clip, she does seem extra careful as a flock of crows were nearby. After feeding the chicks, she went over to harass them.
This series is dedicated to friends of the family on whose property the nest was located. I am very thankful to them for letting me traipse all over their front lawn at intervals over the course of several weeks in order to document this family from the best possible angle.
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The first of two storms to hit the west coast of British Columbia due to Arctic outflow and low-pressure systems. It started to snow around 2:00 pm Sunday afternoon. This was taken seven hours later...the first snow dump of around 8 inches. (Sidney, BC).
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Happy New Year to all my Flickr followers!! May the new year bring you health and joy, with new and wonderfully surprising photographic opportunities!!
I was pleased to hear the weather should yield a decent sunrise on New Years Day, so I could keep my tradition of capturing the beginning of a new year. We have had a lot of heavy overcast weather during the Christmas break, so I have not been shooting much at all.
This is Haro Strait as seen from underneath the Sidney fishing dock. It is the south end of Sidney Island one sees on the left.
It has been a couple of years, but I am almost completely caught up with my backlog in the photography department. With the end so close in sight, I have not be on Flickr much, and will continue to have sporadic appearances so I can succeed and finish what I started out to do!!
Your faves, comments, and support are always greatly appreciated!!
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A Pelagic Cormorant just resurfacing after a dive, off Sidney's waterfront (BC).
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The sun was golden as the evening wore on in
Sidney, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. In the golden light this boat in the small harbour looked as thought it were made of gold.
Thank you for visiting my photo stream and viewing some of the images. Comments and faves are greatly appreciated.
The hood ornament of a 1964 Jaguar MK2 at Sidney's Torque Masters Auto Extravaganza Car Show this summer.
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Happy New Year everyone!!
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Sidney's fishing dock, not so early in the morning on an overcast day, with threatening rain.
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My take of last night's spectacular northern lights display. I wish I had a wide angle lens and a better box. Regardless, the event was spectacular to behold, and I'm so glad I went out to see it.
This was taken from Sidney's fishing pier. The northern lights in this direction were fainter compared to the rest of the sky, but I rather like the interest the hotel and the moon created within the frame.
Any advice for creating a cleaner nighttime image would be greatly appreciated, as our family will likely be going out again tonight in hopes of seeing nature's show again! (Keep in mind that I do not have a great processing program, so looking more for in-box advice).
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Passenger on BC Ferry enjoys the sunrise as the ferry pulls away from the dock at Swartz Bay, Sidney BC on it's way to the Tswwassen terminal at the mainland near Vancouver BC.
Tomorrow is Remembrance Day in Canada: a day we remember what it cost to gain our freedom.
Lately I catch myself wondering what veterans think of today's society, which is slowly, but invariable stripping away the freedoms we have enjoyed, and which they paid so dearly for...
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A Giant Pacific Octopus, (Enteroctopus dofleini), on the move in the tank at the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre, Sidney, BC.
It is in the process of changing it's skin colour. This is accomplished by controlling it's chromatophores, organs in the skin of many cephalopods which contain pigment sacs made more visible by radial muscles pulling the sac open, thereby making the pigment expand under the skin. This process occurs very quickly, and can allow a cephalopod to camouflage with it's surroundings, making it virtually invisible when it stops moving.
This is a wild specimen captured off the west coast of Vancouver Island and will spend only three months in the tank; less if it doesn't adapt well to it's new environment. The divers take exact notes on where it was located, so when released, it is returned to the territory from which it was 'borrowed'
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Success!! A shot from this morning. The Red-tailed Hawk chick is maturing nicely. Here I caught it being a bit of an acrobat as it navigated the nest edge from one end to the other while two of the three eaglets basically ignore the antics. (Roberts Bay, BC).
As to be expected, people other than nearby residents have shown up at the nest. I have met people from Winnipeg, and Whitehorse, and heard that there were visitors from as far away as Texas!!
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This shot was for a photography assignment. I had to find a bold background and wait for someone to come into it.
I was having trouble thinking about what I would do for this one, until I remembered that Sidney had a couple of murals (BC).
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My Cairn Terrier, Digger, looks down a long wharf in Sidney BC Canada. Probably the most photographed wharf in the area because it's length makes for a good shot with the perspective that takes your eye to the end. This was the first shot I have done there but I will probably go back in different conditions and play with the camera.
We are lucky enough to live in an area with a couple of eagle nests, so they are always close by.
These two were at the end of my street.
Taking a break from the snow as it has stopped for now and drying out its wings.
Heavily cropped as they were on top of one of their favourite perches very high up.
Long after all the sunset watchers are gone, the color still fills the sky and reflects on the ocean. Off in the distance there were several sea lions frolicking in the water while I was watching the colors of the sunset. Perfect night!
Give every day the chance to become
the most beautiful day of your life.
~ Mark Twain ~
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This One seconds long exposure was taken at an altitude of Five metres, at 06:57am on Monday 23rd September 2019 around sunrise off 1st Street and Bevan Avenue, between the boat jetty and Bevan Avenue Fishing Pier in beautiful Sidney by the sea on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
The beautiful red sky bursting through the clouds was created by the sunlight's falling dust particles in the atmosphere, and lasted only a a few minutes before vanishing. It evolved almost out of nowhere and had walkers and joggers stopping in their tracks to watch it's brief beauty before it was gone and blueish grey clouds dominated the skyline once more.
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Nikon D850. Focal length 70mm Shutter speed: One seconds long exposure Aperture f/16.0 iso64 RAW (14 bit uncompressed) Image size L (8256 x 5504 FX). Focus mode AF-C focus 51 point with 3D- tracking. AF-Area mode single point & 73 point switchable. Exposure mode - Aperture priority exposure. Nikon Back button focusing enabled. Matrix metering. ISO Sensitivity: Auto. White balance: Natural light auto. Colour space Adobe RGB. Nikon Distortion control on. Picture control: Auto. High ISO NR on. Vignette control: normal. Active D-lighting Auto.
Nikkor AF-P 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6E. Lee SW150 MKII filter holder. Lee SW150Con adapter for Lee 100 rings.Lee 100 67mm screw in adapter ring. Lee SW150 0.6 (2 stops) Neutral density Graduated resin filter. Lee SW150 Filters field pouch. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.Mcoplus professional MB-D850 multi function battery grip 6960. Matin quick release neckstrap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup.Manfrotto 055XPROB Tripod 3 Sections (Payload: 5.6kgs). Manfrotto 327RC2 Light Duty Grip Ball Magnesium Tripod Head (Payload: 5.5kgs). Manfrotto quick release plate 200PL-14. Jessops Tripod bag.Nikon MC-DC2 remote shutter release cable.
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LATITUDE: N 48d 38m 53.34s
LONGITUDE: W 123d 23m 36.03s
ALTITUDE: 5.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 90.1MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 50.60MB
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Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.10 (9/05/2019) LD Distortion Data 2.017 (20/3/18) LF 1.00
HP 110-352na Desktop PC with AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. Verbatim USB 2.0 1TB desktop hard drive. WD My Passport Ultra 1tb USB3 Portable hard drive. Nikon ViewNX-1 64bit (Version 1.3.1 11/07/2019). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit (Version 1.4.7 15/03/2018). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 1.3.2 15/03/2018). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.
A Harbour Seal waiting for handouts at Sidney's Fish Market at the end of Beacon. They always look like they're smiling to me!
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**** This frame was chosen on Wednesday 22nd December 2021 to appear on FLICKR EXPLORE (Highest Ranking: #479. This is my 210th photograph to be selected.
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This Ten seconds long exposure was taken at an altitude of One metre, in the golden hour around sunrise at 06:29am on Monday 15th September 2019 seated on a fold up camping chair around sunrise off 1st Street and Bevan Avenue, between the boat jetty and Bevan Avenue Fishing Pier in beautiful Sidney by the sea on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
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Nikon D850 Focal length: 58mm Shutter speed: Ten seconds long exposure Aperture: f/16.0 iso640 RAW (14 bit uncompressed) Image size L (8256 x 5504 FX) Focus mode: AF-C AF-Area mode: 3D- tracking Exposure mode: Aperture priority exposure Nikon Back button focusing enabled Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance: Natural light auto, 0, 0 Colour space: Adobe RGB. Nikon Distortion control on Picture control: Auto High ISO NR On (Normal) Vignette control: Normal Active D-lighting: Auto Saturation: Auto
Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm f/4G ED VR. Lee SW150 MKII filter holder. Lee SW150 77mm screw in adapter ring. Lee SW150 0.6 (2 stops) Neutral density graduated soft resin filter. Lee SW150 Filters field pouch. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.Mcoplus professional MB-D850 multi function battery grip 6960. Matin quick release neckstrap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup.Manfrotto 055XPROB Tripod 3 Sections (Payload: 5.6kgs). Manfrotto 327RC2 Light Duty Grip Ball Magnesium Tripod Head (Payload: 5.5kgs). Manfrotto quick release plate 200PL-14. Jessops Tripod bag.Nikon MC-DC2 remote shutter release cable.
LATITUDE: N 48d 38m 52.31s
LONGITUDE: W 123d 23m 36.78s
ALTITUDE: 1.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF FILE SIZE: 91.2MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 31.20MB
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Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.10 (9/05/2019) LD Distortion Data 2.017 (20/3/18) LF 1.00
HP 110-352na Desktop PC with AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. Verbatim USB 2.0 1TB desktop hard drive. WD My Passport Ultra 1tb USB3 Portable hard drive. Nikon ViewNX-1 64bit (Version 1.3.1 11/07/2019). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit (Version 1.4.7 15/03/2018). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 1.3.2 15/03/2018). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.
Late night on the Sidney Pier, Sidney, BC
The colors are created by the moon light shining through the ice crystals or water droplets in the clouds - different from a "moonbow"
Frequently caught on camera with a long exposure.
Had to run out tonight as the sky was so pink and the full moon was rising along the waterfront here in Sidney, BC.
The camera caught even more color than the eye could see.
Comet Neowise has a nucleus measuring roughly 5 kms (3 miles) in diameter, and its dust and ion tails stretch hundreds of thousands to millions of kilometers while pointing away from the Sun. Discovered on March 27, 2020, by astronomers using the Neowise space telescope. Neowise is expected to make its closest approach to Earth on July 22, passing at a harmless distance of 103 million kms (64 million miles). It has a long, elliptical orbit, so it will be approximately 6,766 years before Neowise returns to the inner parts of the solar system.
Comets are made of frozen leftovers from the formation of the solar system roughly 4.6 billion years ago. The masses of dust, rock, and ice heat up when approaching the Sun; as they get closer, they spew gases and dust into a glowing head and tail.
It’s quite rare for a comet to be bright enough that we can see it with the naked eye or even just with binoculars. The last time we had a comet this bright was Hale-Bopp back in 1995-1996.
~ NASA ~
I haven't done a lot of astrophotography, but thought I would give it a try with such a unique opportunity.
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Photograph taken at 04:50am on Monday 22nd May 2016 off 1st Street and Bevan Avenue, standing on the shoreline in beautiful Sidney by the sea on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
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Nikon D800 34mm One seconds long exposure f/2.8 iso100 Size L (7360 x 4912) FX. RAW (14 bit) AF-C continuous focus with 3-D tracking on. Manual exposure. Matrix metering. Auto white balance. Nikon fine tune on (+9)
Nikkor AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G ED IF. Jessops 77mm UV filter. Nikon MB-D12 battery grip. Two Nikon EN-EL batteries. Nikon DK-17M Magnifying Eyepiece.Manfrotto MT057C3 057 Carbon Fiber Tripod 3 Sections (Payload 18kgs). Manfrotto MH057M0-RC4 057 Magnesium Ball Head with RC4 Quick Release (Payload 15kgs). Manfrotto quick release plate 410PL-14.Jessops Tripod bag. Optech Tripod Strap. Nikon DK-19 soft rubber eyecup. Digi-Chip 64GB Class 10 UHS-1 SDXC. Lowepro Transporter camera strap. Lowepro Vertex 200 AW camera bag. Nikon MC-DC2 remote shutter release.
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RAW (TIFF) FILE SIZE: 103.00MB
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Nikon D800 Firmware versions A 1.10 B 1.10 L 2.009 (Lens distortion control version 2)
HP 110-352na Desktop PC with AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU processor. AMD Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB SATA storage. 64-bit Windows 10. Verbatim USB 2.0 1TB desktop hard drive. WD My Passport Ultra 1tb USB3 Portable hard drive. Nikon ViewNX2 Version 2.10.3 64bit. Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.
Out looking for the aurora late last night and found these great clouds, color and light with a twinkle of a few stars.
Last glow of the aurora fading as the night nears an end.
Just me left at this location at this time and a family of curious raccoons. Earlier there were several people out to view the lights.
This is one of the many ‘cute little birds’ that visit our yard daily. I am slowly learning, or trying to learn the different ID’s thanks to Cornell Labs among others. (Please correct me if I am wrong on ID)
I took this tonight just past 8:30 to try my hand at lower light bird photography on my new R6. (Still learning all the ins and outs there too!)
Noise reduction is an awesome thing when shooting at 26,500 ISO, although it wasn’t as noisy as I would have expected.
This little guy or gal was very much interested in what I was doing, or more than likely wondered if I knew what I was doing and decided to hang around to see!
These little birds are 15-16 cm (5.9-6.3 in) long and weigh 25-28 g (0.9-1.0 oz) with a wingspan of 21-24 cm (8.3-9.4 in).
The feathers on the head can look distinctly peaked or smooth and flat, depending on the bird’s attitude. (Must have liked me, this one had smooth feathers)
I have a family of these in my birdhouses and many more doing the mating ‘dance’ along the fence, very fun to watch them ‘flirt’ with each other.
Thinking of a very good friend of ours who lost her father unexpectedly this week. May he rest in heavenly peace. ❤️
On the wings of the tiniest earth angels, may the spirit of those that we mourn today be remembered and may this be the start of healing for all.
~ Unknown ~
On this very rainy afternoon, we had a visitor come to our back yard, the pouring rain did not deter either of us.
Likely stopped by to check what was available, but all of our back yard birds disappeared into the trees and became very quiet.
He or she stayed around long enough for me to drag out my camera and head out into the rain for a visit. We had a little chat about leaving the little ones alone, then he/she flew away. (I know it is all part of nature and how it is etc, just don’t want to see it in my back yard)
What is usually a very quiet and calm little inlet, this day was crazy with crashing waves and logs etc hitting the shoreline.
The storm was moving on and out of the area, the sun was going down and we were getting some nice color coming in.
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Photograph taken at an altitude of Eleven metres, in the magic of The Golden Hour around sunrise, at 06:36am on Wednesday September 7th 2011 off Patricia Bay Highway 17 and Lochside Drive, near Frost Avenue on the shoreline in beautiful Sidney by the sea, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Over in the distance, the sun us rising over Mount Baker, in Washington State, USA. Also known as Koma Kulshan, she is an active glaciated andesitic stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the North Cascades of Washington State in the United States, standing 3,286 metres tall and was first ascended in 1868, her last eruption recorded in 1880
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Nikon D700 112mm 1/400s f/4.8 iso200 RAW (14Bit) AF
The same Pelagic Cormorant I uploaded fairly recently. Indeed, the same shot but in colour and with only a slight crop this time. When the wings beat forward, the sun shone through them in a most remarkable way.
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There are many forest fires raging on the mainland responsible for a strange, soft gray, haze transfusing the sky in some coastal areas of South Vancouver Island and creating amazing clarity and fiery colour in the rising sun. Lovely across the water through a Sidney pier and appealing to a group of Cormorants.
Hundreds of firefighters have come from other Provinces and Washington State and are making headway. Hopefully rain today may lend a hand.