Will it win???

This photo is a finalist in the Nature Land Trust of British Columbia's photo contest. The winners will be announced on Friday, Sept. 26. I have my fingers crossed!

Evening Drama

I uploaded this shot to my Flickr site on Sunday, April 27 and it somehow got to the #1 spot on Flickr's top 500 "Interestingness" factor. That led to almost 6000 views in one day and resulted in the sale of four prints - which will grace the walls of a Midtown Manhattan apartment!

This shot was taken just below Bayshore Drive in the Hammond Bay area of Nanaimo.

God has left the building

This is the interior of the Butter Church, the exterior of which is in the previous posting.

The Butter Church

This old stone church on native land just outside of Duncan in Cowichan Bay, BC is known at the "Butter Church." It was built in 1870 and got it's name because it was funded by the sale of butter from the church's dairy.

Rocky Point

Clouds move in on the rugged coastline of Galiano Island.

Butchart Gardens

If you have never been to Butchart Gardens in Victoria at Christmas, I can't recommend it enough - especially if you are into night photography. My parents were visiting for Christmas and I took them there for dinner on Boxing Day. The dinner was just as spectacular as this view.

Altitude

The peak of Mt. Prevost (altitude about 2500 feet) received a dusting of snowon Monday. I finally made it up there yesterday afternoon.

Heading for the sea

Below the lower falls at Little Qualicum park

HDR Colors

Here's another HDR composition from my day at Port Renfrew

Walking by the sea

Hikers take advantage of the low tide at Botanical Beach near Port Renfrew. This is an HDR (high dynamic range) image that was made from three photos at different exposures. I just started playing with HDR on the weekend and I absolutely love the results. I have an album of HDR images from this day out on my website.

Woo Hoo!

I entered this pic of my daughter and her friend on the ferry into the 2007 Victoria Tourism photo contest and it was picked as a finalist. It's the first photo contest I ever entered and I have no idea why this shot would have been picked. I don't think I have a hope in hell of winning, but it feels pretty good just to have been picked as a finalist.