Archive For The “flowers” Category
A few morning shots of bees harvesting nectar from mountain cornflowers (centaurea montana) in my front garden.
A small lake in a bowl at the peak of Trapline Mountain on a sunny August morning. (Robin Rowland)
GPS route to Trapline Mountain (Google Earth)
On Monday August 5, friends invited me along for a trip to Trapline Mountain to photograph the alpine. Trapline Mountain is about 30 kilometres east of Terrace, BC. You get to the mountain first by driving along the road that follows the Copper River and then taking a rough access road to the peak. At the peak is a BC Hydro microwave communications tower. The area is popular with photographers, ATV enthusiasts and the occasional campers in the summer and snowmobilers in the winter.
Black and white images
I have converted most of the images to black and white. Depending on the image I either used Photoshop or SilverEfx.
Another view from the peak of Trapline Mountain. (Robin Rowland)
Another of the mini-lakes at the peak of Trapline Mountain. (Robin Rowland)
The peak of Trapline Mountain. (Robin Rowland)
The tree line just below the peak. (Robin Rowland)
A vertical view of the lake. (Robin Rowland)
A sharp distant peak. (Robin Rowland)
Another view of the mountains. (Robin Rowland)
Flowers and reeds at the shore of a lake a little lower on the mountain. If you look carefully you will see a swarm of flies. (Possibly mayflies?) (Robin Rowland)
Bright plants track a small stream through the alpine. (Robin Rowland)
Ferns and flowers among the broken rocks of the peak. (Robin Rowland)
Colour images
The peak of Trapline Mountain is absolutely beautiful. So I have included some colour images.
A view from the peak. (Robin Rowland)
A closer view. (Robin Rowland)
Another view. (Robin Rowland)
GPS track to the peak of Trapline Mountain (Google Earth)
Haaland Ave. Waterfall
Haaland Ave. Waterfall tumbles off a cliff into the Copper River.
The Haaland Avenue falls on the Copper River, (Robin Rowland)
A pole among the rocks below the falls. (Robin Rowland)
A bouquet of carnations with two maple leaf flags honouring Cpl. Nathan Cirillo and Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent was left on the Kitimat Cenotaph prior to Tuesday’s Remembrance Day ceremony. (Robin Rowland)
In Kitimat, as happened across the country on November 11. 2014, there was a larger turnout than usual at the Remembrance Day service, as people reflected on the recent events, the deaths of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo and Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent, as well as the fact that Canadian Forces are in action against the Islamic State in Iraq.
A veteran waits quietly for the ceremony to begin. (Robin Rowland)
As in previous years, the fly past over the cenotaph came from the wild, migrating geese.
A cub leader and her troop were part of the parade to the cenotaph. (Robin Rowland)
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Girl Guides at the cenotaph with Canadian Rangers and Army cadets in the rear ranks. (Robin Rowland)
Generations of Girl Guides at the cenotaph in Kitimat (Robin Rowland)
The Guard of Honour–a Canadian Ranger. (Robin Rowland)
The Guard of Honour–an army cadet. (Robin Rowland)
The Guard of Honour–a Mountie (Robin Rowland)
Members of the Royal Canadian Legion lowered flags during the two minutes of silence. (Robin Rowland)
One of the veterans at the Remembrance Day ceremony (Robin Rowland)
The spectators at the Remembrance Day Ceremony. (Robin Rowland)
RCMP Corporal Chris Manseau lays a wreath as the Royal Canadian Legion’s wreath party watch. (Robin Rowland)
A new tradition…
For the past several years, there’s been a tradition that began at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ottawa, people leave their poppies at the cenotaph. Here in Kitimat, people are now pinning their poppies to the wreathes that were laid at the cenotaph a few minutes earlier. (Robin Rowland)