Archive For The “Photoblog” Category
The rainbow crosswalks on Davie St. in Vancouver’s westend gay village on a night of heavy April rain. (Robin Rowland)
A freighter anchored in Vancouver’s English Bay is seen through fog and heavy rain. (Robin Rowland)
BC, black and white, night, Photoblog, point and shoot, rain, Sony RX10iii, street photography, VancouverBritish Columbia , Davie Street , English Bay , freighter , gay , photoblog , rain , ship , West End
Two bald eagles battle over a duck at Kitimat harbour. Images taken off the shoreline of Kitamaat Village.
A bald eagle flies over Kitimat harbour (Robin Rowland)
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Another bald eagle watching from above. (Robin Rowland)
Splash! The first eagle swoops down and grabs a duck (hard to see in this image) (Robin Rowland)
The second eagle heads skyward with its eye on the first (Robin Rowland)
The first eagle is heading away with his catch (Robin Rowland)
The second eagle swoops down to attack. (Robin Rowland)
But the attack is unsuccessful and the first eagle escapes with its meal still in its talons. (Robin Rowland)
BC, birds, Douglas Channel, duck, eagle, Kitimat, nature, Photoblog, Photography, seascape, Sony RX10iiibald eagle , Bird , Bird photography , birds , British Columbia , Douglas Channel , Kitamaat Village , Kitimat , Kitimat British Columbia , photoblog
Photos from the annual local photographers’ walk around Minette Bay. The deepest cold passed, leaving ice everywhere. There was a heavy overcast and occasional fog.
A female bufflehead duck in the tidal flats of Minette Bay. (Robin Rowland)
Previous New Year’s walks
January 1, 2017
January 1, 2016
BC, birds, Douglas Channel, duck, estuary, fog, forest, ocean, Photoblog, Photography, snow, Sony RX10iii, wetlandDouglas Channel , Kitimat , Minette Bay , Minette Bay Lodge , snow
Fly past. A bald eagle passes some mallard ducks in flight over Kitimat harbour. (Robin Rowland)
A flock of mallards fly over Kitimat harbour. (Robin Rowland)
A “murder of crows” fly toward Kitamaat Village from the Kitimat harbour. (Robin Rowland)
A crow comes in for landing on the shores of Kitamaat Village. (Robin Rowland)
The beach at Kitamaat Village as the tide begins to recede with the sun shining on the fog in Kitmat harbour. (Robin Rowland)
A pair of bald eagles find perches on a old snag on the Kitamaat Village waterfront. (Robin Rowland)
A sparrow hides in the long grass and wildflowers in the Kitamaat Village seawall (Robin Rowland)
Alpha 7II, Alpha6000, BC, birds, crow, Douglas Channel, duck, eagle, fog, forest, Kitimat, landscape, Photoblog, Photography, seascapebald eagle , Bird , birds , British Columbia , crow , fog , Kitamaat Village , Kitimat , ocean , seascape , sparrow
Fog on a Kitimat mountaintop. (Robin Rowland)
Alpha 77, black and white, boreal, fog, Photoblog, rain forest, summitBlack-and-white , British Columbia , fog , forest , Kitimat , trees , Weather
A windswept stunted tree on the shores of Kitamaat Village near the soccer field (Robin Rowland)
A violet-green swallow skims over Whatl Creek, Kitimat, BC, Wednesday July 12, 2017. (Robin Rowland)
Went out to Whatl Creek on Wednesday morning as the Kitimat Valley Naturalists conducted the monthly bird count. At Whatl Creek swallows were darting from tree to tree, skimming the surface of the creek and hunting insects across the estuary since it was low tide.
Normally swallows are very difficult to capture, as I have tried a few times both this year and last with little success. At Whatl Creek, however, the photography gods were smiling. With the swallows skimming over the water, it was easier to follow them (than against the sky) and the autofocus was able to keep tracking the birds. Sony Alpha711, Sony 70-300mm G lens, ISO 2000, shutter priority 1/1250.
A swallow over the Whatl Creek estuary at low tide looking out over Douglas Channel. (Robin Rowland)
A swallow over the Whatl Creek estuary. (Robin Rowland)
Two swallows over Whatl Creek estuary and Kitimat harbour. One seen against the mountains and a second smaller (further away actually) one over the ocean on the far right. (Robin Rowland)
A violet-green swallow over Whatl Creek. (Robin Rowland)
Another shot of a swallow over Whatl Creek. (Robin Rowland)
Alpha 7II, birds, Douglas Channel, Kitimat, Photoblog, Photography, swallowBird , Bird photography , Douglas Channel , estuary , landscape , swallow , violet-green swallow , Wahtl Creek