The moon is setting over Twin Falls, a provincial park, northwest of Smithers, British Columbia on the morning of August 25, 2016. Sony Alpha 7II, with Sony G 70-300. (Robin Rowland) Converted with Silver FX Pro.
It’s a beautiful sunny,late spring morning in Kitimat, BC. But look out at Kitimat harbour and Douglas Channel and you see its socked in with fog.
There’s beauty in the forests of the Kitimat Valley, even if you’re a plant with the Latin name horridus. It’s also called the Devil’s Club and has very nasty spines on both the stem and the leaves. It’s related to the ginseng family and was used by coastal First Nations as a medicine for arthritis […]
A rare Christmas Eve waxing gibbous (almost full at 98.4 per cent) moonrise over Mt. Elizabeth in Kitimat. (Robin Rowland) Sony Alpha 55 at 200mm. The moon rise over Mt. Elizabeth, 500mm Minolta mirror lens with Sony Alpha 77. (Robin Rowland) About 20 minutes before moonrise. Mt. Elizabeth at dusk. (Robin Rowland) The moonrise in […]
A juvenile bald eagle surveys the Kitimat River from a log on a sandbar. (Robin Rowland) Once again this year I joined the Kitimat Christmas Bird Count, helping out the Kitimat Valley Naturalists. Here are some of the best shots from that day, Wednesday December 16. 2015. Gulls huddle together on the shore of MK […]
The December sun over Kitimat harbour and Douglas Channel, December 10, 2015. (Robin Rowland) The view of Douglas Channel from a park near my house in Kitimat. A panorama created with Lightroom CS new merge and panoramic feature. The original would be 38 inches wide if printed at full size.
I had great plans for shooting the super moon and the eclipse blood moon on Sunday night, September 27. Unfortunately the ideal shot of the moon rising over our iconic Mt. Elizabeth (which I have captured in the past) was impossible, there was a storm blowing in, and the overcast was so heavy that dark […]