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On A very hot summer day we were leaving Trojan Pond when we spotted this handsome Buck relaxing in the shade of a few pine trees. Note the velvet antlers.He posed and then wandered off at his leisure. Details VR 18-200 F3.5 -5.6 ,200mm, f/5.6 . 1/125, ISO 100
This was a prize for me. I watched this fellow for at least 5 hours and some hundred shots. The male arrives about 2 weeks before the female and his job is to search out a nesting sight. There colour is vivid, as they are mating and starts to fade as the season goes on. Trojan Pond has now become a choice location on my Spring calendar. Details VR 70 -200 mm f/2.8, 400mm . f 7.1, 1/500, ISO 200
The Salmon run on the Squamish River is an attraction to photographers worldwide . Thousands of Eagles arrive annually to feed on the carcasses of spawning salmon.
A Christmas time tradition in our home is the Amaryllis. Grown from a bulb which is given to us every year by a close friend and gardner. I used a black velvet cloth as a background when I photographed this with my Leica D-Lux 4.
An Orca Whale near the mouth of the Fraser River at Steveston Village during the annual Sockeye Salmon run. There were three different pods, (approximatley 90 whales in total) having a massive feed on one of the largest sockeye salmon runs in history. Interestingly the Orcas were doing very little breaching on this day. The picture was taken with a Nikon D-200 with a 70-200mm f/2.8 at 200mm (picture was taken at ISO 200, 1/640 at f/9). This is one of a five shot sequence taken as this Orca slipped down beneath the waves.
“Can you imagine swimming 400 kilometres against a raging current, encountering thousands of obstacles along the way, not eating a bite of nourishment, with only one purpose to your journey — to reproduce and die? Such is the fate of the Adams River sockeye salmon. The drama of reproduction is played out in exactly the same way every cycle as millions of sockeye make their way back to the gravel beds of the Adams River, the place of their birth, to spawn and die.” – Adams River Salmon Society In October of 2010, an estimated 15 million Fraser River sockeye salmon returned home to British Columbia after spending two years out in the Pacific Ocean. These adult sockeye will battle the Fraser River and the Thompson River to reach the Adams River. Along their journey, the sockeye will seek out the streams that gave them life four years earlier. The 12- kilometer long Adams River will be the final stop for as many as two million of these salmon. While the sockeye return every year, the migration that occurs every fourth year (2010, 2014, 2018…) dwarfs the others. This was another remarkable trip- First time for Marie and I . We went with Cathy & Bob Hamaguchi on a beautiful fall day. Details Lens VR 105 f/2.8 G ( f/6.3 , 1/1000’s, area mode dynamic, wb direct...
Highland Valley Buck
Posted by bill on Mar 31st, 2011 |
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On A very hot summer day we were leaving Trojan Pond when we spotted this handsome Buck relaxing in the shade of a few pine trees. Note the velvet antlers.He posed and then wandered off at his leisure. Details VR 18-200 F3.5 -5.6 ,200mm, f/5.6 . 1/125, ISO 100
Trojan Bluebird
Posted by bill on Mar 30th, 2011 |
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This was a prize for me. I watched this fellow for at least 5 hours and some hundred shots. The male arrives about 2 weeks before the female and his job is to search out a nesting sight. There colour is vivid, as they are mating and starts to fade as the season goes on. Trojan Pond has now become a choice location on my Spring calendar. Details VR 70 -200 mm f/2.8, 400mm . f 7.1, 1/500, ISO 200
Eagle
Posted by bill on Mar 30th, 2011 |
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The Salmon run on the Squamish River is an attraction to photographers worldwide . Thousands of Eagles arrive annually to feed on the carcasses of spawning salmon.
Amaryllis
Posted by bill on Mar 10th, 2011 |
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A Christmas time tradition in our home is the Amaryllis. Grown from a bulb which is given to us every year by a close friend and gardner. I used a black velvet cloth as a background when I photographed this with my Leica D-Lux 4.
Orca Whale
Posted by bill on Mar 10th, 2011 |
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An Orca Whale near the mouth of the Fraser River at Steveston Village during the annual Sockeye Salmon run. There were three different pods, (approximatley 90 whales in total) having a massive feed on one of the largest sockeye salmon runs in history. Interestingly the Orcas were doing very little breaching on this day. The picture was taken with a Nikon D-200 with a 70-200mm f/2.8 at 200mm (picture was taken at ISO 200, 1/640 at f/9). This is one of a five shot sequence taken as this Orca slipped down beneath the waves.
Sockeye Salmon
Posted by bill on Mar 10th, 2011 |
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“Can you imagine swimming 400 kilometres against a raging current, encountering thousands of obstacles along the way, not eating a bite of nourishment, with only one purpose to your journey — to reproduce and die? Such is the fate of the Adams River sockeye salmon. The drama of reproduction is played out in exactly the same way every cycle as millions of sockeye make their way back to the gravel beds of the Adams River, the place of their birth, to spawn and die.” – Adams River Salmon Society In October of 2010, an estimated 15 million Fraser River sockeye salmon returned home to British Columbia after spending two years out in the Pacific Ocean. These adult sockeye will battle the Fraser River and the Thompson River to reach the Adams River. Along their journey, the sockeye will seek out the streams that gave them life four years earlier. The 12- kilometer long Adams River will be the final stop for as many as two million of these salmon. While the sockeye return every year, the migration that occurs every fourth year (2010, 2014, 2018…) dwarfs the others. This was another remarkable trip- First time for Marie and I . We went with Cathy & Bob Hamaguchi on a beautiful fall day. Details Lens VR 105 f/2.8 G ( f/6.3 , 1/1000’s, area mode dynamic, wb direct...