Victoria

POTW – April 9, 2012: Anchors Away

Fisgard Lighthouse Anchors

Tweet Today’s Photo of The Week comes from outside Fisgard Lighthouse in Victoria, British Columbia.  The sign post at the center of the anchors points out the distance to Victoria, London, Yokohama, Japan and Seattle. Tweet


Esquimalt Harbor

Sail boat in Foggy Equimalt Harbor - Victoria, BC

Tweet Fog and mist were the key hallmarks during my vacation to Victoria last July.  Locals assured me it was an unusually chilly summer and that their normal July weather was governed by the Pineapple Express.  They swore to me that July on Vancouver Island felt a lot like being in Hawaii.  We never saw […]


Back To Sooke

Path at Wiffen Spit Park

Tweet Another view of Wiffen Spit Park in Sooke, British Columbia.  The fog and mist that had dogged us all day finally began to clear off when we arrived out at Wiffen Spit.  If you look closely in the distance, you can see plumes of fog rising off the hills in the distance across the […]


POTW – April 1 – Race Rock Lighthouse

Race Rock Lighthouse, British Columbia

Tweet I took this shot while out on a Orca whale watching during my vacation on Vancouver Island last summer.  It was the only pretty day I got on the trip. We were lucky to watch a playful transient pool of Orcas that day.  After watching the juvenile porpoise in and out of the water […]


POTW: Sooke, British Columbia

Tweet Shot in July 2011 at Wiffen Spit Park, Sooke on Vancouver Island.   This shot is my first foray into HDR photography, with Nik software’s HDR Efex Pro.   The original shot was taken on a gloomy, overcast, gray summer afternoon.  I think this version makes a far more interesting photo. Photo Details:  1/160 sec at […]


Parliament At Night

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