Night
The Milky Way high over top the ancient trees of the unprotected Upper Walbran Valley on Vancouver Island this Thanksgiving weekend. I'm thankful for these amazing, timeless places but would most thankful for their ensured protection into the future. Here's to that effort!
View of the Milky Way and a meteor from Metchosin last night. Feeling tiny.
I love storms - especially thunder storms - and I've been waiting for the chance to shoot lightning for years. But Victoria rarely, if ever, sees any. So when this powerful front came through, I took to the hills of Metchosin to watch the dazzling display unfold over downtown. And what an incredible show it was! Nature never ceases to amaze. Above are my favorite two shots from the evening, both taken with the 5D MKII and a 70-200mm 2.8 lens.
Fast moving clouds and a bright full moon made for a magical view above old oak trees on a Metchosin farm last night.
Just last week I stepped outside into my backyard and was treated to the most amazing display in the sky. I have seen halos around the moon before but nothing quite as beautiful as this. Multiple rainbows encircling a full moon, quietly floating in the air. Mother nature never fails to astound me with her abilities to create unimaginable beauty - and then in an instant, let it vanish into thin air.
This is a tiny two room abandoned house I visited in the middle of the night. Two police cars actually pulled up on the road nearby with their lights on while I was shooting. It had my heart going quick but it just so happened that they were only pulling somebody over nearby and never even noticed me.
I had been eying up this firetruck to light paint for a long time. It was absolutely pitch black when lighting it in the forest. Nice to bring it alive for one night again after all the years it sat there.
This was the second trip back to this old 68' GMC. Upon inspecting the files from the first trip I discovered they were somehow just out of focus and I had to redo it. Lighting was quite technical and time consuming for this shot involving two flashes, remote triggers, three different colored gels, a flashlight, lots of numbers, and patience.
